Author: Zach_Wilson
Want a digital license plate? The Sony Afeela 1 will be the first car to offer one –and you’ll be able to add your Instagram handle
Sony Honda Mobility partners with Reviver to create digital license plates Customers can swap background colors and add text The RPlate costs around $900 (around £670 / AU$1,350) Sony’s debut Afeela 1 electric vehicle is perhaps one of the longest-standing features of the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, with…
Read MoreRemember Google Stadia? Steam finally made its gamepad worth rescuing
December 31st, 2025 is the deadline to save the Google Stadia controller. That’s less than three weeks from today — but there’s never been a better time. Last month, I discovered the controller is finally a first-class citizen in Steam and SteamOS. The Stadia controller was originally designed to connect…
Read MoreGoogle releases emergency fix for yet another zero-day
Google patched a high‑severity Chrome zero‑day alongside two medium‑severity flaws Vulnerability likely tied to a LibANGLE buffer overflow enabling memory corruption and remote code execution This marks Chrome’s eighth zero‑day fix this year, underscoring ongoing browser‑targeted attacks Google recently updated its Chrome browser to protect against a high-severity vulnerability that…
Read MoreBest Holiday Coffee Subscription Deals (2025): Atlas, Trade
Coffee subscriptions offer their steepest discounts in December—including on WIRED’s two favorite coffee subscriptions. Source
Read MoreRussian airline hack came through third-party tech vendor
Aeroflot’s July outage was likely a supply‑chain attack via developer Bakka Soft Attackers exploited months‑old access, lacking 2FA, to deploy extensive malware and disrupt flights Damage reached tens of millions, though The Bell’s report remains unverified and politically sensitive The cyberattack against Aeroflot, Russia’s flagship airline, was allegedly a supply-chain…
Read MoreHoto’s new PixelDrive electric screwdriver is on sale for the first time
Despite its small size, the cordless PixelDrive delivers an adjustable 0.5–6Nm of torque, which is strong enough for assembling electronics, putting together furniture, and handling most small home repairs. It also offers several useful features, like a unique built-in pixelated display that lets you check battery life and see which…
Read MoreRecent Posts
- CPU shipments fall as consumers pay the cost for price rises — but AMD grows its share
- China sets new airborne wind turbine record at 4,000m — this 747-sized helium blimp generates megawatt power from high-altitude winds
- Australia’s recording association bans AI-made music from charts
- iPod nostalgia is at an all-time high, so meet two new cheap, adorable tiny hi-res music players that invoke the best of the music-player era (bring your own white wired earbuds)
- Quote of the day by PsiQuantum CEO Jeremy O’Brien: ‘If you think the goal is to get to the top of the Empire State Building, you build longer ladders’ — a challenge to incremental hardware progress in quantum computing
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