I customized these hidden Gboard layout settings and fixed (most) of my autocorrect flubs immediately

Autocorrect kept twisting my words into things I never typed, and every few messages I had to stop and fix it before tapping send. It got to the point where I was constantly proofreading every message twice, which…

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The Slate Truck is cheap, but its battery range can't compete

With a base model that costs just $24,950, the Michigan startup hopes its minimalist, customizable ride will be the antidote to a market in which the average new vehicle costs over $50,000. Affectionately dubbed the…

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Trump says it’s time to rebrand AI with a new name — and he’s also creating an AI Force

“To that end, I will be announcing, in the near future, the AI ‘Czar’ — Only High I.Q. individuals need apply!” he added. The president did not say what the AI Force and AI czar’s duties will entail. Venture capitalist…

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SpaceX targets September 28 for Starship's first orbital flight

The next time SpaceX's Starship rocket launches, it will orbit our planet and add Starlink V3 satellites to the company's internet satellite constellation for the first time. SpaceX has now revealed that it's targeting…

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Now Trump says he's creating an AI Force

As the industry calls for pumping the brakes on AI development, President Donald Trump is instead creating an "AI Force" and seeking a "czar" to run it. In a post on Truth Social, Trump said he would announce his pick to…

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Samsung could follow Micron by outsourcing DDR5 and SSD production to third parties to focus on more lucrative HBM and enterprise products — could SanDisk follow suit?

The company is directing capacity growth for DDR5 modules and SSDs toward external firms, reserving its in-house capacity for the more advanced HBM packaging process. Industry sources say this reflects Samsung's mounting…

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China is readying the world's first giant submarine UAV carrier — built with a 1115ft dock, the unnamed mothership could be longer (and bigger) than WW2 light aircraft carriers and carry 148ft underwater drones

It currently sits at a dock at the Hudong-Zhonghua shipyard in Shanghai, and Beijing has yet to formally acknowledge its existence, so it has no name, list of capabilities, or the military branch that will eventually…

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I disabled these smartphone features; now my Android Auto setup is miles better

Some heated up my phone, others wasted battery, and a few added distractions I didn't need while driving. So, I started switching things off one by one, and the difference was bigger than I expected. My phone now runs…

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Anthropic picks Accenture for third-party AI safety evaluations

Accenture's long list of consulting services is expanding to include evaluating Anthropic's frontier AI models for safety compliance. Anthropic announced the partnership that would allow Accenture to serve as third-party…

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Why buy a streaming device when you have a smart TV?

They let people watch content from platforms like Netflix, Disney+ and Hulu, among many others. This leads to a "one or the other" mindset. However, there are several reasons why adding a streaming device to a smart TV…

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