Countless cars have received military-grade marketing over the years, their performances likened to some form of ordnance or another. Saab was notorious for leaning on its aeronautical origins, and it's hard to imagine what kind of state Jeep would be in today without literally parading its olive drab roots at every opportunity. But not since World War II's requisitioning of automotive factories have we had such a direct crossover between a civilian machine and defense devices as we have in today's 1,250-horsepower, $2.35-million Czinger 21C. The car's components are formed, layer by microscopic layer, in the very same machines that spin o …Read the full story at The Verge.

On Thursday, Tesla shareholders will vote on whether to grant Elon Musk an enormous pay package, the largest ever awarded to a chief executive by orders of magnitude, or risk him leaving the company in a huff.If this sounds weirdly familiar, it's because the same thing unfolded nearly a year ago. At the 2024 meeting, Tesla shareholders were urged to vote in favor of a $50 billion payday for Musk, in order to keep him on the job as CEO. This time the money is much greater - estimated to be worth $1 trillion - and the stakes for Tesla are much higher. The proposal, put forward by Tesla's board in September, says that Musk must "completely …Read the full story at The Verge.

When making my move from Windows to Linux, I dodged the Terminal as much as humanly possible. I mean, why would I use it? It was big, it was scary, there were no installers to run or icons to double-click, and I had to type in what I wanted to do. And if I typed in the wrong thing, my Linux PC would explode and create a small cartoonish crater on my desk; at least, that's what it felt like.

The collection includes a new two-button wireless remote that can be used to control more than just lights. | Image: Ikea Ikea announced 21 new Matter-over-Thread devices that can “connect with a wider range of devices and platforms, making it easier for customers to build a smart home across different brands.” The collection includes both entirely new products and updates to existing offerings introducing new functionality and features.The new collection was teased by Ikea’s David Granath during our exclusive interview earlier this year, and the company originally promised support for the Matter smart home standard when it announced its Dirigera hub in May 2022. Although the hub’s Matter support ended up being delayed for several years, it was finally introduced in beta in March 2024. Several months later, Ikea updated its smart hub so all users could use it as a bridge between the company’s Zigbee-based smart home devices and other Matter-enabled systems.Earlier this year, Ikea updated its Dirigera hub to become a Matter controller, allowing Matter devices from other companies to be added and controlled using Ikea’s Home Smart app. The company says it’s expecting its new Matter-compatible smart home collection to show up in stores as early as this month in some countries. For the US, the smart remotes and sensors will be available in Ikea stores starting in January 2026, while the smart bulbs will debut in April 2026. Ahead of that Ikea is already updating its app and hub this week to make the Matter controller functionality officially available to all users.Smart bulbs have been one of Ikea’s most popular smart home products, and its new Kajplats collection features a simplified lineup, making it easier for customers to differentiate what’s available. There are 11 variations in the new Kajplats line, including 60mm E27/E26 bulbs with a standard globe shape, compact 45mm P45 E17/E14/E12 bulbs, and GU10 directional spotlight bulbs that are each available in dimmable white spectrum or full color-changing versions.Ikea will also be offering clear decorative bulbs in three sizes as large as 95mm, but they’re limited to the white spectrum. Despite the company moving away from Zigbee for its smart home products in favor of Matter-over-Thread, the new bulbs will still be compatible with Ikea’s older wireless remotes and can be used without its smart home app or Dirigera hub for customers preferring a simpler setup.As rumored earlier this year, Ikea is introducing two new Matter-compatible wireless remotes that are no longer designed for specific products and functions. The Bilresa remote will be available in a streamlined two-button version and one with a scroll wheel, and while both can be used to turn on lights and adjust their brightness, they’re designed to be generic and compatible with other product types.The scroll wheel remote can also control multiple groups, switchable using a button on the bottom. You can use the scroll wheel to adjust the volume on a smart speaker, for example, and then switch to controlling the color of your lights. Ikea will be selling both versions of the remote individually or in red, green, and beige three-packs so you can differentiate their functionality and which devices they control based on their color.The remotes also work with Ikea’s new Grillplats smart plug that lets you remotely turn on lamps and smaller appliances while also tracking their energy usage.Rounding out Ikea’s new smart home collection are five new smart sensors. Myggspray is an indoor / outdoor motion sensor that can trigger lights. Myggbett is a door / window sensor that can activate lights or send notifications when they’re opened or closed. And Klippbok is a water sensor small enough to fit under appliances that can alert you to leaks through notifications and a built-in audible alarm of its own.The puck-shaped Timmerflotte is a temperature and humidity sensor that cycles through both measurements with a button press using a pixelated LED display on top. It can help ensure your home’s target temperature is reached even in rooms that may be located on another floor than where your smart thermostat is installed. Lastly, the Alpstuga may look like a desktop clock, but in addition to displaying the time it’s also Ikea’s first air quality sensor that can measure CO2 as well as the level of airborne PM2.5 particles in your home, temperature, and humidity. It’s designed to work with Ikea’s existing air purifiers, expanding the reach of their built-in air quality sensors to other areas of your home.Ikea hasn’t revealed US pricing yet, but it did share pricing details for the UK. The new Kajplats will range in price from £4 to £9 (around $5.21 to $11.73) while the dual button remote will be £3, and the scroll wheel remote will be £4. The Klippbok, Myggbett, and Myggspray sensors will each be £7, and the Timmerflotte temperature / humidity sensor will be £5. The most expensive device in the new collection will be the £25 Alpstuga air quality sensor.

RSS feed readers are the most effective way to stay on top of the news you want. With all of the advancements in technology, we have yet to see something that really surpasses the effectiveness and simplicity of an RSS feed aggregator, and that's why pretty much every news website still offers an RSS feed (that includes XDA, by the way).

A home lab is never "finished", there are always new upgrades to make, new services to install and tinker with, and new operating systems to try. It's an ongoing experiment that usually starts as an old PC and can quickly turn into a sprawl of cables and devices, all of which have a purpose. Some of the biggest upgrades will obviously be flashy: a new router, new CPU for your build, or the addition of a dedicated GPU, but honestly, some of the best changes I've made have been small, relatively quiet upgrades.

The next big leap in CPU design won’t come from adding more cores, chasing smaller nodes, or stacking additional chiplets onto one CPU. That's not to say that things like AMD's 3D V-Cache aren't good, meaningful innovations, but it doesn't really change how we think about CPUs.

From utilities designed to boost your creativity and productivity to media apps for organizing your documents, images, movies, and game collections, self-hosted services have become pretty diverse these days. In fact, the container ecosystem has grown so much that you’ll find dedicated apps (and even platforms) created specifically to help you manage, maintain, and troubleshoot other home lab utilities.

Tinder is testing an AI-powered “Chemistry” feature that learns about your interests and personality by analyzing your camera roll. In its latest earnings report, the dating app’s parent company, Match Group, described it as an interactive matching feature that’s designed to combat “swipe fatigue” by surfacing fewer, more compatible matches.Chemistry requires the user’s permission to access camera roll photos, and will also ask “interactive questions” to get to know users better. Match says this is a “major pillar of Tinder’s upcoming 2026 product experience,” and that the feature is already live in New Zealand and Australia, with plans to expand to additional countries in the coming months.Giving an app’s AI free rein to look through photos on your device feels a little invasive, even if the feature is opt-in only. Match Group has introduced this and other AI features in an effort to encourage Tinder users to stick with the app, which has suffered a decline in paying subscribers for more than two years.

Ikea is making the smart home cheaper and easier with a new line of low-cost Matter-over-Thread smart home staples, including bulbs, buttons, and sensors. Ikea just announced a bunch of super cheap, colorful Matter-over-Thread devices that will work with any platform, and it feels like Christmas came early for the smart home.The 21 new products include a line of smart bulbs starting at just £4 and two new remote controls that start at just £3 (US pricing is not yet confirmed). Ikea also officially updated its Dirigera hub to a Matter controller and Thread border router to support the new products, which will start to arrive in the US in January. It's a big shift toward a simpler, more open smart home, a vote of confidence in Matter from a major mainstream brand, and great news for users, w …Read the full story at The Verge.

Over the years, there have been a few initiatives that attempt to bring awareness to the idea that public USB charging ports are a disaster waiting to happen. In theory, these public charging ports could be compromised and be used to access data from your phone when you're only trying to charge your phone, a process referred to as "juice jacking".

Arc Raiders hasn't been out for more than a week yet, and already, it's being touted as one of the most accessible and enjoyable extractions shooters ever made. In fact, a lot of players, including yours truly, would put it right at the very top of that looter-shooter pyramid, and not without good reason. The game is ridiculously fun, ultra-optimized, downright gorgeous, with a thriving and camaraderie-heavy community — what else do you need?