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Land Rover is bringing back the Freelander name, but it’s no longer just a single SUV. The new Freelander EV lineup will operate as its own label, with six models planned over the next five years and the first set to arrive in China later this year. This comes through its joint venture with Chery, and it marks a sharper push into the premium electric space. Instead of leaning on legacy models, it’s building a full range designed for fast rollout and modern expectations. China sits at the center, with a new Shanghai headquarters and factory upgrades already underway to…

Heat has been the ceiling that has stopped us from building electronic devices that survive in harsh conditions. Not only do electronic devices begin to thermally throttle at high temperatures, but if they are pushed beyond 200 degrees, they stop working entirely. But that might change, as a team at the University of Southern California may have broken through the thermal ceiling. In a study published in Science, researchers developed a new memory chip that kept working reliably at 700 degrees Celsius. For reference, that’s hotter than molten lava. The device showed no signs of giving up. Seven hundred degrees…

As if endless scrolling wasn’t bad enough already, TikTok has now quietly added a hidden emoji game inside DMs. The mini-game is live right now and works in both one-on-one messages and group chats. It means the app now has one more little trick to keep users hanging around even when they are technically done watching videos. And honestly, it is exactly the kind of feature you would expect from a platform that has mastered years of mastering the art of making “just five more minutes” turn into an hour. What’s the game, and why you should be wary The…

(NOTE: This article is part of an ongoing series that documents an experiment with using AI to fill the NCAA brackets and see how it fares against years of human experience. The original article is as follows.) This is the final entry in my series on using AI to help play March Madness pools. Like most stories, I had hoped this one would have a happy ending. Alas, my experiment using ChatGPT to help fill out my NCAA tournament brackets is best summed up as close, but no cigar. And yet, I would still call the experiment a success. That may sound odd coming from someone…

A new survey found that US consumers support Chinese auto brands entering the market, thanks to their lower costs, better performance, battery tech, and modern features. With the average new US EV car now costing close to $50,000, it’s not hard to see why. However, a new bill, if passed, will ensure Americans never get that option. The Biden administration imposed a sweeping regulation in January 2025, blocking all Chinese automakers from selling passenger vehicles in the US, citing national security concerns around data collection. Now, republican Senator Bernie Moreno has announced that he will introduce legislation next month to…

Just as Apple Watch has the consumer fitness market firmly in its grasp, Whoop has the athletic fitness market cornered. Google wants a piece of that pie, and the company has been quietly cooking up a screen-less Fitbit fitness band to challenge Whoop’s stronghold. NBA star Steph Curry teased the device on social media this week, saying it will unlock a “new relationship with your health.” According to Bloomberg, Google confirmed that Curry has been “working with the team to cook up something special,” with more details coming soon. The device appears to be a knitted gray fitness band with…

Typing on a virtual keyboard floating in mid-air sounds cool until your arms give out. That’s the reality of many AR (augmented reality) and MR (mixed reality ) headsets today. You’re either fumbling with handheld controllers or holding your hands up for too long, causing fatigue.  Researchers at Tohoku University think they’ve found a better way. The team has developed a system that turns any regular flat surface into a touch input area for AR and MR headsets. No extra sensors. No special markers. Nothing to set up. How does it work? When you press a fingertip against a hard…

The Dell Plus Copilot+ PC is down to $1,099.99 at Best Buy, a $500 saving off its $1,599.99 comp value. That’s a meaningful cut on a 16-inch 2-in-1 that pairs an Intel Core Ultra 9 with 32GB of LPDDR5X RAM, a 2.5K Mini-LED touchscreen, and Microsoft’s Copilot+ AI feature set. For a convertible laptop at this price, the spec sheet is difficult to fault. What you’re getting The Dell Plus Copilot+ PC has a bunch of things going for it. A 16-inch Mini-LED panel at 2560×1600 with 630 nits of brightness is a genuine step up from the IPS screens…

Razer has always been a gaming company at heart, so when it quietly steps into the productivity segment and launches its first-ever split ergonomic keyboard, we’re going to talk about it. Introducing the Razer Pro Type Ergo, and yes, it comes with a dedicated AI button (similar to the recent Windows Copilot PCs).  How is the Pro Type Ergo different? At its core, the Razer Pro Type Ergo is a wireless split keyboard built for people who type for a living (like me) and whose wrists have paid the price. The layout physically divides the traditional QWERTY arrangement into two…

Most wearables promise the usual things: heart rate, sleep tracking, maybe a stress score you did not ask for. This one is after something far more unsettling. Researchers at the University of Tartu’s Institute of Computer Science are working on a smartwatch-like device that could help detect micro- and nanoplastic particles in the human body. The work was published in the Proceedings of the 27th International Workshop on Mobile Computing Systems and Applications. The concept is striking as it takes a form factor people often associate with wellness and turns it into a tool for measuring one of the more…