This might be a bigger deal than the robotaxis. Tesla said it completed its first fully autonomous vehicle delivery from factory to customer. A video posted on X shows the vehicle — a Tesla Model Y — leaving the company’s Austin Gigafactory, driving on the highway, passing through suburban sprawl and residential neighborhoods, before arriving at a customer’s apartment building. Tesla CEO Elon Musk had promised the first fully autonomous delivery would take place on June 28th. But on Friday, he announced that the milestone had been achieved a day early.“There were no people in the car at all and no remote operators in control at any point. FULLY autonomous!” Musk wrote on X. “To the best of our knowledge, this is the first fully autonomous drive with no people in the car or remotely operating the car on a public highway.”View LinkThat last part isn’t accurate. Waymo has been operating fully driverless vehicles with passengers on the highway for over a year. The vehicles, which are driving on freeways in Phoenix, San Francisco, and Los Angeles, are only available to employees of the company, with the goal of opening them up to the public at a later date.But Tesla’s achievement is still notable, especially when you consider the rocky rollout of the company’s robotaxi service. The robotaxis launched with safety monitors in the passenger seat with access to a kill switch, and within a few days, the vehicles were recorded committing several safety lapses, including driving over the double-yellow line into the opposite lane of traffic and hard braking in the middle of the road for no apparent reason.By proving it can operate fully autonomous vehicles on highways without a safety monitor present in the vehicle, Tesla is able to demonstrate that its Full Self-Driving system is getting closer to Musk’s promise of “unsupervised” driving. The robotaxis aren’t quite there yet, still requiring safety monitors and remote supervisors. That leaves Tesla in limbo between confidence that its technology can handle the driving without anyone in the vehicle, but less confident when there’s a human being riding inside. Update, June 28th: Added Tesla’s 30-minute “long version” of the trip.

Age verification is perhaps the hottest battleground for online speech, and the Supreme Court just settled a pivotal question: does using it to gate adult content violate the First Amendment in the US? For roughly the past 20 years the answer has been "yes" - now, as of Friday, it's an unambiguous "no."Justice Clarence Thomas' opinion in Free Speech Coalition v. Paxton is relatively straightforward as Supreme Court rulings go. To summarize, its conclusion is that:States have a valid interest in keeping kids away from pornographyMaking people prove their ages is a valid strategy to enforce thatInternet age verification only "incidentally" affects how adults can access protected speechThe risks aren't meaningfully different from showing your ID at a liquor storeYes, the Supreme Court threw out age verification rules repeatedly in the early 2000s, but the internet of 2025 is so different the old reasoning no longer applies.Around this string of logic, you'll find a huge number of objections and unknowns. Many of these were laid out before the decision: the Electronic Frontier Foundation has an overview of the issues, and 404 Media goes deeper on the potential …Read the full story at The Verge.

When transitioning from Windows to Linux, it's essential to select the proper distribution that best suits your needs. There is a plethora of Linux flavors to choose from, and experimenting with them in VMs or a dual-boot configuration is your best bet. Since Ubuntu is a popular operating system, and part of the Windows Subsystem for Linux and Hyper-V, you should give it a try.

Back in 2010, my parents got me a PlayStation Portable—more commonly known as the PSP — for my eleventh birthday. To date, it remains one of the best gifts I've received. I spent hours every day playing GTA Liberty City, Chinatown Wars, FIFA, God of War, and a ton of other games on the console. It was a massive upgrade from the Nintendo Game Boy Advance SP I had earlier — in terms of graphics, screen size, and the overall experience. As I grew older, though, I built a custom PC and moved to PC gaming, which meant that my PSP was now lying unused in the closet. It stayed like that for over a decade, until I recently unearthed it while moving out of my current house.

As a visual thinker, I love a good diagram, especially mind maps and flowcharts. They allowed me to gain an overview of all the details, draw connections, summarize information, and identify problems. However, diagramming tools (or using a design app as a diagramming tool) can feel like navigating a messy whiteboard. I end up spending too long placing and aligning elements to nail the aesthetic, rather than focusing on the content of the diagram.

The Nintendo Direct presentation for Donkey Kong Bananza showcased more about the game that Nintendo Switch 2 owners can expect to see on July 17th, 2025. Those who have been waiting for another reason to justify purchasing a Switch 2 won't have to wait much longer for a single-player adventure that will have them smashing their way to gold bananas with Donkey Kong. But in addition to a brand-new adventure for Nintendo's favorite gorilla with a tie, Donkey Kong Bananza has a few interesting features on the Switch 2 that are drawing attention. The game will have a co-op feature that lets players bring a friend to control the young Pauline on Donkey Kong's escapades. But this is part of something that is much more intriguing for Switch 2 owners, and could mean something even greater for future games for the console.

Handheld gaming is about the only time I get the chance to work through my ever-growing library of games, whether it's on the Legion Go, Switch, or Switch 2, or even on my phone with a clamp-style controller. It's not the portability, although that helps, but most of them have some pause and resume function, so I can get a few minutes when I have time and get back to whatever needs doing.

I have been using Proton VPN for a couple of years now due to Proton’s privacy-focused and encrypted zero-knowledge architecture. Like other VPN clients, it includes optional features that can optimize security and improve connectivity performance. Not all the features are enabled by default, but there are some great ones that I wish I had started using sooner. All the following features are available with a subscription to one of the available tiers. Also, since Proton VPN is cross-platform, you can use it on Windows, Linux, macOS, Android, and iOS.

The third and final season of the industry-defining Squid Game confidently delivers each new round of the deathly games with spectacularly brutal aplomb - but its attempts at worldbuilding are disappointingly tired and uneven. Some of Squid Game's most interesting dynamics from the first two seasons - the politics among the masked guards, the organ-harvesting operation, the relationship between Front Man/In-ho (played by Lee Byung-hun) and brother Jun-ho (Wi Ha-jun), the crew of burly men led by Jun-ho trying to uncover and infiltrate the island hosting the games - screech to frustratingly lackluster conclusions, without enlarging the world beyond what we have already seen so far. A new season of any show should always aim to ask new questions. For Squid Game, there are plenty to choose from. What is the selection process like for guards, and how do they get promoted up the hierarchy into the "triangle" sergeants or, eventually, the "square" leaders? What are their inner politics like? What other things happened between brothers In-ho and Jun-ho before In-ho joined the games? If Jun-ho's crew manages to infiltrate the island, will the games be stopped? How will that happen? Wh …Read the full story at The Verge.

I can't tell you the number of hours I've wasted rebooting PCs. When you're constantly swapping hardware, trying out new software, and sitting on the bleeding edge of software support, you're bound to run into issues, particularly with Windows. It's an operating system that's extremely powerful, but also bulky and complex, as well as notoriously fickle when it comes to recovery. I've wasted hours upon hours holding down the power button and hoping something changes the next time I go to boot the PC.

The Kobo Elipsa 2E is our favorite note-taking e-reader. Kobo is discounting two of its best e-readers. The Kobo Elipsa 2E, a competitor to the Kindle Scribe, is available for an all-time low of $349.99 ($50 off) from Rakuten Kobo and Target. Meanwhile, the Kobo Libra Colour is available for $209.99 ($20 off) from Amazon, Target, and Rakuten Kobo. The sale runs through July 10th.The Kobo Elipsa 2E is my top pick for taking notes while reading. Its spacious 10.3-inch display lets you write directly on ebook pages — whether in margins, between lines, or wherever inspiration strikes — giving you a natural, paper-like experience. While Amazon’s Kindle Scribe supports on-page writing, its tools are far more limited; you can’t freely annotate, circle text, or mark up pages with the same ease. For anyone wanting an e-reader that doubles as a digital notebook, the Elipsa 2E offers a more intuitive and versatile experience.Kobo Elipsa 2EThe Kobo Elipsa 2E is an ad-free 10.3-inch e-reader you can write on with the included stylus. It offers a whole host of useful features, like the ability to convert handwriting to typed text and a great selection of pen types.Where to Buy: $399.99 $349.99 at Target $399.99 $349.99 at Rakuten KoboMeanwhile, the Kobo Libra Colour is worth a look if you want something smaller but still feature-packed. Like the Kindle Colorsoft, it features a compact 7-inch color display that makes highlights, annotations, and comics pop compared to monochrome screens. Although the Colorsoft’s hues are slightly more vibrant, the Libra Colour provides a pleasant, easy-on-the-eyes experience. It also includes physical page-turn buttons and stylus compatibility (sold separately), allowing you to mark up text or jot notes — features that the Colorsoft lacks despite costing more.Kobo’s main drawback is the lack of native Kindle book support, but it makes up for this with broader file format compatibility and support for direct borrowing from public libraries through OverDrive. Plus, if you don’t mind a few extra steps, you can always convert Kindle books for use on Kobo devices.Read our review of the Kobo Libra Colour.Kobo Libra ColourThe Libra Colour is one of the newest e-readers from Kobo and one of the first with color. With both OverDrive and Pocket support, it gives readers considerably more options than e-readers from bigger brands like Amazon.Where to Buy: $229 at Amazon $219.99 $209.99 at Target $219.99 $209.99 at Rakuten KoboThree more deals to kickstart your weekendThe Belkin BoostCharge Pro 3-in-1 Wireless Charging Stand with Qi2 15W is on sale for $99.99 ($20 off) at Amazon after clipping the on-page coupon, matching its all-time low price. The sleek stand delivers up to 15W of fast wireless charging to MagSafe-compatible iPhones and includes a 5W Qi pad for charging other Qi-enabled devices, like Android phones or your AirPods. It also features a dedicated 5W charging puck for the Apple Watch, and supports fast charging for models starting with the Series 7.Anker’s 511 Charger is on sale for $12.99 ($10 off) at Amazon, which is its all-time low price. Anker’s also offering the same deal when you apply the code WS7DV2X0GGLZ at checkout. Despite its compact, travel-friendly design — with foldable prongs for easy storage — the charger delivers up to 30 watts of power via USB-C, making it fast and powerful enough to charge everything from smartphones and wireless earbuds to tablets and even some laptops.You can buy the Yeedi Cube robot vacuum for a new all-time low price of $199.99, down from $470, from Amazon as part of a limited-time lightning deal. The self-emptying, self-cleaning robovac offers solid 5,100Pa suction for picking up dirt and debris. While it skips high-end features like AI-powered obstacle avoidance, it can reliably map multiple rooms and lets you designate no-clean zones for more targeted cleaning. 

Graphics cards have become increasingly bulky in recent years, with high-end models typically occupying three or more PCI Express (PCIe) slots on the back of your case. This is mainly because modern GPUs draw more power and require beefier cooling solutions to keep operating temperatures in check. I used to love these chunky GPUs with triple-fan coolers because they gave me peace of mind about long-term performance and thermal headroom for overclocking.