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What Happens to Your Data If You Stop Paying for Cloud Storage?

Cloud Over

What Happens to Your Data If You Stop Paying for Cloud Storage?

David Nield

Gear News of the Week: Insta360 Debuts a Drone Company, and DJI Surprises With an 8K 360 Camera

Gear Roundup

Gear News of the Week: Insta360 Debuts a Drone Company, and DJI Surprises With an 8K 360 Camera

Julian Chokkattu

Tesla Found Partly Liable in 2019 Autopilot Death

Crash Report

Tesla Found Partly Liable in 2019 Autopilot Death

Aarian Marshall

Uber’s Drive to Become the Kleenex of Robotaxis

Party Ride

Uber’s Drive to Become the Kleenex of Robotaxis

Aarian Marshall

Still Using Windows 10? Here’s How to Get Another Year of Updates for Free

Still Using Windows 10? Here’s How to Get Another Year of Updates for Free

Andrew Cunningham, Ars Technica

Google’s Newest AI Model Acts Like a Satellite to Track Climate Change

World View

Google’s Newest AI Model Acts Like a Satellite to Track Climate Change

Boone Ashworth

Everything You Wanted to Know About China’s Auto Industry Takeover

Q&A

Everything You Wanted to Know About China’s Auto Industry Takeover

Jeremy White, Sophie Johal, and Michaela Neville

I Lived With Alexa+ for a Week. Here’s How It Went

Hey Alexa

I Lived With Alexa+ for a Week. Here’s How It Went

Nena Farrell

This Smart Basketball Tracks Data About Every Shot. It Could Be Headed to the NBA

Sure Shot

This Smart Basketball Tracks Data About Every Shot. It Could Be Headed to the NBA

Ben Dowsett

60 Italian Mayors Want to Be the Unlikely Solution to Self-Driving Cars in Europe

Italian Job

60 Italian Mayors Want to Be the Unlikely Solution to Self-Driving Cars in Europe

Antonio Dini

Gear News of the Week: Amazon Buys Bee, VSCO Has a New App, and CMF Debuts a Smartwatch

Gear Roundup

Gear News of the Week: Amazon Buys Bee, VSCO Has a New App, and CMF Debuts a Smartwatch

Julian Chokkattu

No, of Course You Can’t Actually Play the New Lego Game Boy

Brick Bait

No, of Course You Can’t Actually Play the New Lego Game Boy

Verity Burns

Amazon Just Dropped Two More Color Kindles

Color Drop

Amazon Just Dropped Two More Color Kindles

Nena Farrell

It Looks Like the Tesla Model Y Refresh Has Bombed

Y the Long Face

It Looks Like the Tesla Model Y Refresh Has Bombed

Carlton Reid

Did Tesla’s Robotaxi Launch Backfire?

Safe Travels

Did Tesla’s Robotaxi Launch Backfire?

Aarian Marshall

This Is the Commodore Comeback Fans Have Waited for—but the Odds Are Still Against It

Bit By Bit

This Is the Commodore Comeback Fans Have Waited for—but the Odds Are Still Against It

Craig Grannell

Automakers Are Canceling Plans for New EVs. Here’s a List of What’s Been Killed So Far

Road to Nowhere

Automakers Are Canceling Plans for New EVs. Here’s a List of What’s Been Killed So Far

Aarian Marshall

Chrome OS Will Merge With Android and Sony Surprises With a New Camera

Gear Roundup

Chrome OS Will Merge With Android and Sony Surprises With a New Camera

Julian Chokkattu

Apple Sues the YouTuber Who Leaked iOS 26

Secret Society

Apple Sues the YouTuber Who Leaked iOS 26

Boone Ashworth

This Turbo Escooter Wants to Set a Guinness World Record

Standing Room Only

This Turbo Escooter Wants to Set a Guinness World Record

Julian Chokkattu