Segway Xaber review: The mall-cop company just built a better Sur Ron for less money
Segway Xaber review: The mall-cop company just built a better Sur Ron for less money

When you think of Segway, you might still think of the self-balancing personal transporters that mall cops and tour groups employ to get around. The company, however, since being acquired by Beijing-based Ninebot a decade ago, has morphed into E-bikes,…

Anti-surveillance clothing is getting cheaper, but don’t expect an invisibility cloak

Anti-surveillance clothing is becoming affordable enough for ordinary wardrobes, but its patterns only confuse certain computer vision systems. For now, it works better as a privacy statement than reliable protection.

1Password lets Claude inside your accounts without handing over the keys

1Password can now sign Claude into websites without exposing passwords or one-time codes, but the protection ends after login when the AI begins operating inside your account.

The war on ‘woke science’ comes for space research
The war on ‘woke science’ comes for space research

The Trump administration is waging a culture war on science, and the latest salvo is in the form of a dry, bureaucratic proposal from the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) that could threaten the future of US science as we know it. The proposal would give political appointees unprecedented control over grant funding, the […]

Sonos owners are finally getting a less frustrating app, but the rollout comes with a catch

The Sonos app is adding clearer navigation, customizable speaker sorting, and redesigned iOS volume controls, but the phased release could take two weeks to reach every user.

God Of War TV series is recasting Kratos
God Of War TV series is recasting Kratos

Amazon’s upcoming God Of War show has hit a major snag – it’s now on the hunt for a new Kratos, after an on-set injury put its current lead actor out of commission. Sons of Anarchy star Ryan Hurst was originally cast for the role in January, with Deadline reporting that four episodes of the […]

Netflix says it has used AI in over 300 titles and there’s no stopping it now

Netflix says generative AI contributed to roughly 300 productions in 2026, helping creators build crowds, battles, environments, and other sequences faster and more cheaply.

New open-weight AI from China is toppling the best of OpenAI and Claude Fable

Moonshot’s 2.8-trillion-parameter Kimi K3 comes close to Fable 5 and GPT 5.6 Sol in several benchmarks, while remaining open weight.

Gemini could finally let you choose how friendly it sounds

Google is testing voice customization for Gemini, letting users adjust energy, warmth, formality and speaking speed for a more personalized AI assistant.

This spinning drone hides in plain sight using a visual illusion

Northwestern engineers built a spinning drone that exploits motion blur, making it about ten times less visible than conventional drones.