ChatGPT’s Chrome extension can now read your tabs, YouTube videos, and highlighted text

OpenAI updated ChatGPT’s Chrome extension and desktop app with tab awareness, YouTube support, browsing history search, and a new Activity view for tracking chats.

This all-electric VinFast taxi service just debuted in Europe
This all-electric VinFast taxi service just debuted in Europe

Vietnamese all-electric taxi operator Green SM has made its European debut in Copenhagen, rolling out a company-owned fleet of VinFast EVs.

Podcast: Tesla/SpaceX merger, Rivian R2 progress, new Mercedes GLA, and more
Podcast: Tesla/SpaceX merger, Rivian R2 progress, new Mercedes GLA, and more

In the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss rumors of a Tesla/SpaceX merger, Rivian’s earnings, R2 progress, and efficiency test, new Mercedes GLA, and m…

A smart glasses detector is now among the top paid apps on Apple’s App Store

A $2.99 app that scans for nearby smart glasses has become one of the App Store’s top paid downloads amid growing camera anxiety.

This huge Texas solar hub is nearly 1 GW, and it’s only half built
This huge Texas solar hub is nearly 1 GW, and it’s only half built

Renewable energy developer Origis Energy has brought another 500 megawatts (MWdc) of solar online at its Rockhound complex in West Texas, pushing the sprawling project’s operating capacity to nearly 1 gigawatt (GW).

Google Earth’s AI deepfake tool only lasted one day
Google Earth’s AI deepfake tool only lasted one day

Google has shut down Google Earth feature it launched Thursday that allowed users to edit satellite images with text prompts using AI. The tool essentially let users create AI deepfakes of the real world using text prompts; Digital Digging’s Henk van Ess, for example, intentionally generated images adding things like refugees near the Mexican border […]

Hyundai reveals new 7-seat electric minivan concept
Hyundai reveals new 7-seat electric minivan concept

Hyundai unveiled the new Neira Concept, a seven-seat electric minivan, at GIIAS 2026.

The NHTSA is investigating 1.2 million Tesla vehicles over suspension failure reports
The NHTSA is investigating 1.2 million Tesla vehicles over suspension failure reports

The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) is probing nearly 1.2 million Tesla vehicles after receiving complaints about a suspension failure that could cause “a loss of vehicle directional control,” as reported earlier by Reuters. The preliminary investigation includes the 2018-2020 Model 3 and 2021-2023 Model Y, according to a filing from the NHTSA’s Office […]

Google might launch a ‘Pixel Tag’
Google might launch a ‘Pixel Tag’

Google is seemingly working on an item tracker that might compete with Apple’s AirTag. 9to5Google obtained an image of something called a “Google Pixel Tag” that has a small oval shape. The publication also linked to a Slovenian store listing about the Pixel Tag that describes the gadget as an item tracker with a speaker […]

Aventon Level 3 + Pace 4 smart e-bikes at new $1,299 lows ($600 off), EcoFlow GLACIER electric cooler bundles, Anker, more
Aventon Level 3 + Pace 4 smart e-bikes at new $1,299 lows ($600 off), EcoFlow GLACIER electric cooler bundles, Anker, more

We’ve got some exciting new low prices leading our Friday Green Deals this week, starting with the Aventon weekend flash sale that is offering up to $600 savings on the Level 3 Smart Commuter e-bike and the $500 savings on the Pace 4 Smart Cruiser e-bi…