Month: March 2025
Lexus’ sporty RZ is the latest EV with fake engine noises to simulate gear shifting
Lexus is updating its RZ electric vehicle lineup and introducing new versions that include a simulated manual gearbox and a steer-by-wire system. The top-of-the-line 550e F Sport includes a “Interactive Manual Drive” system that gives the driver the feeling of shifting like a manual gas car “by synchronizing acceleration and…
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Facebook, Instagram and Threads will start testing Community Notes on March 18
Meta will start testing its Community Notes model, with which it's replacing human fact checkers, on Facebook, Instagram and Threads in the US on March 18. Notes won't appear publicly on posts right away. The company wants to make sure the writing and rating system is working as intended before…
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‘We’re optimists’: AI enthusiasts Joe and Anthony Russo defend its use in movies and TV shows, but admit there are ‘very real dangers’ around its application
The Electric State directors have offered their thoughts on the use of AI in movies and TV shows Joe and Anthony Russo support its application as long as it’s used in the right ways The filmmakers have hired an AI expert for their AGBO production company The Russo brothers have…
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Microsoft’s new Xbox Copilot will act as an AI gaming coach
Microsoft is preparing to launch an AI-powered Copilot for Gaming soon that will guide Xbox players through games and act as an assistant to download and launch games. Copilot for Gaming, as Microsoft is branding it, will be available through the Xbox mobile app initially and is designed to work…
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Sigma BF review: the perfect camera for a minimalist
Sigma’s new $2,000 camera is missing so many features that you might not take the product seriously. The Sigma BF has no tilt or flip-out screen, hot shoe or cold shoe, any type of viewfinder, mechanical shutter, 4K 60, microphone port, or in-body stabilization. There isn’t even a link to…
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Thousands of iOS apps found to expose user data and leak Stripe keys
Security researchers from Cybernews found thousands of iOS apps with hardcoded secrets The secrets could be used in data leakage or wire fraud The majority of the secrets can be disregarded as low-sensitivity Researchers from the Cybernews team have found evidence to suggest that thousands of App Store applications have…
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