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- Tesla Cybertruck sales are flatliningby Andrew J. Hawkins (The Verge) on 13 October 2025 at 19:03
After a brutal few months, Tesla sales are finally picking up thanks to expiring federal EV tax credits. But while customers are snatching up Model 3s and Ys, they are increasingly turning up their noses at the newest addition to Tesla’s lineup: the Cybertruck. Tesla only sold 5,385 Cybertrucks in the third quarter, down 63
- Apple’s streaming service gets harder to tell apart from its streaming app, boxby Scharon Harding (Ars Technica - All content) on 13 October 2025 at 17:16
Apple unifies its remaining streaming offerings by dropping the "+".
- New California law requires AI to tell you it’s AIby Hayden Field (The Verge) on 13 October 2025 at 17:12
A bill attempting to regulate the ever-growing industry of companion AI chatbots is now law in California, as of October 13th. California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Senate Bill 243, billed as “first-in-the-nation AI chatbot safeguards” by state senator Anthony Padilla. The new law requires that companion chatbot developers implement new safeguards — for instance,
- California enacts its own internet age-gating lawby Lauren Feiner (The Verge) on 13 October 2025 at 17:11
California joins a growing group of states with a new internet age-gating law after Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed AB 1043, the Digital Age Assurance Act. The law mandates that device operating systems and app stores require users to enter their age or date of birth when setting up a new phone or computer. The
- Apple TV Plus is being rebranded to… Apple TVby Jess Weatherbed (The Verge) on 13 October 2025 at 16:38
The Apple TV Plus streaming service is being rebranded with a “vibrant new identity,” according to the Cupertino company, and is “now simply Apple TV.” The announcement was briefly mentioned at the bottom of Apple’s latest press release regarding the December 12th streaming debut of F1 The Movie. At the time of writing, no changes
- Why Signal’s post-quantum makeover is an amazing engineering achievementby Dan Goodin (Ars Technica - All content) on 13 October 2025 at 16:15
New design sets a high standard for post-quantum readiness.
- 4chan fined $26K for refusing to assess risks under UK Online Safety Actby Ashley Belanger (Ars Technica - All content) on 13 October 2025 at 15:49
4chan fine may test if US will intervene to block UK’s Online Safety Act.
- Hans Koenigsmann, who investigated all of SpaceX’s rocket failures, is going to spaceby Eric Berger (Ars Technica - All content) on 13 October 2025 at 15:33
"I've always been interested to experience Max Q from the inside."
- Layoffs, a “coding error,” chaos: Trump admin ravages the health dept.by Beth Mole (Ars Technica - All content) on 13 October 2025 at 15:14
Reports suggest the hardest hit is the CDC, which is already struggling to function.
- EcoFlow’s Delta Pro Ultra X can power a home for weeksby Thomas Ricker (The Verge) on 13 October 2025 at 15:00
EcoFlow just announced its latest “most powerful” and “easy-to-install” whole-home battery backup system. It’s called the Delta Pro Ultra X because when you’ve already launched the superlative-laced Delta Pro Ultra in 2024, the only thing left is to add a variable to the name. Perhaps that X stands for 60 percent, which is the increase in