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Tesla's "cheaper" Cybertruck arrives at $59,990, still far from the $40K promise
Posted on Friday February 20, 2026
Tesla's latest features an estimated 325 miles of range and features coil springs with adaptive damping, steer-by-wire with four wheel steering, a powered frunk, and heated first-row seats. The 6' x 4' bed includes a powered tonneau cover and multiple power outlets (two 120v and one 240v) with Powershare capability....Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Fake faces generated by AI are now "too good to be true," researchers warn
Posted on Friday February 20, 2026
Think you can quickly identify fake faces generated by AI models? Think again. According to a recently published study by Australian researchers, AI-generated faces are now essentially too difficult to spot – except for a small minority of people who are exceptionally skilled at analyzing facial features. As a result,...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Real-world data shows plug-in hybrids use far more fuel than advertised
Posted on Friday February 20, 2026
Using data transmitted wirelessly from roughly one million PHEVs produced between 2021 and 2023, the researchers measured actual fuel consumption across diverse driving conditions and found an average of six liters per 100 kilometers – roughly three times the officially certified figures.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
AI-powered defenses help Google shield Android users from malicious apps
Posted on Friday February 20, 2026
According to Vijaya Kaza, Google's VP of app and ecosystem trust, the company rejected more than 1.75 million potentially harmful apps during the review process and blocked over 80,000 developer accounts for various policy violations. Both figures are significantly lower than in 2024, when 2.36 million apps were rejected and 158,000 developer accounts were blocked.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Low-noise microwave amplifiers bring quantum computers closer to scale
Posted on Friday February 20, 2026
It is a crucial component in superconducting quantum architectures, where even minimal noise can overwhelm a qubit's delicate state. In conventional designs, energy losses in dielectric materials have been a primary source of excess noise, adding more than a photon's worth during amplification and blurring qubit measurement results.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Razer unveils $500 Huntsman Signature keyboard with CNC aluminum and mirror finish
Posted on Friday February 20, 2026
Razer's new keyboard is essentially an upgraded Huntsman V3 Pro, which itself is an excellent device that carries a $250 MSRP. The first production run will be limited to 1,337 individually numbered units.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Amazon says AWS AI tools were involved in two outages, but calls it "coincidence"
Posted on Friday February 20, 2026
One disruption occurred in mid-December, when AWS engineers allowed internal AI assistant Kiro to implement system changes without human intervention. According to four people familiar with the matter, the agent determined that the best course of action was to delete and recreate the environment for an AWS system that lets...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Astronomers identify a galaxy made almost entirely of dark matter
Posted on Friday February 20, 2026
A team of astronomers led by David Li has recently confirmed the discovery of ten potential "dark galaxies," where starlight is so faint that it's extremely difficult to detect anything with traditional observatories. The new list also includes Candidate Dark Galaxy-2 (CDG-2), a celestial structure that might be composed of...Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
Tesla says its US-based robotaxi support is better than Waymo's Philippines team
Posted on Friday February 20, 2026
Waymo's chief safety officer, Mauricio Peña, recently noted that while some of the company's remote-assistance (RA) contractors work in the US, many operate from other countries, such as the Philippines.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »
How a 16-year-old intern helped Netgear shut down a global scam network
Posted on Friday February 20, 2026
Last summer, Netgear tried something unconventional. Instead of relying solely on law firms and cyber investigators, it recruited a teenager. Wyatt, a 16-year-old high school student interning with the company through a family connection, was given a simple but risky assignment: make contact with the scammers themselves.Read Entire Article Continue Reading »