• Denza Z9 S electric sedan revealed as smaller sibling to Australia-bound Z9 GT

    July 20, 2026

    The exterior of the electric Denza Z9 S sedan has been revealed in China with a similar styling and powertrains to the Z9 GT, which is due in Australian showrooms later this year with ‘flash’ ultra-fast charging. According to Car News China, the Z9 S follows the same design language as the Z9 GT, courtesy of former Audi designer Wolfgang Egger who heads design for Denza and parent company BYD, but wraps it in a smaller body riding the same e3 platform. Denza Australia told CarExpert it considers all models for local showrooms but stopped short of confirming whether the…

  • Reed Jobs would rather talk about curing cancer than his last name

    July 12, 2026

    Reed Jobs is easy to like. He’s motormouthed, self-deprecating, prone to video-game analogies, and clearly loves his work. He doesn’t particularly want to discuss the fact that he is Steve Jobs’s son, but he’s not uptight about it, either. When our producer, Maggie, asked if he was on a MacBook for our video call Thursday morning, he didn’t miss a beat: “Are you kidding?” What he’d much rather talk about is Yosemite, the oncology-focused venture firm he launched in 2023 to, in part, build biotech companies from scratch, out of early academic research, using a mix of philanthropy and outside…

  • Phoebe Gates’ AI Shopping App Phia Reportedly Claimed Unearned Affiliate Sales Through Fake Clicks

    July 12, 2026

    Gates, who is Bill Gates’ daughter, founded the app alongside Sophia Kianni. Kimberly White/Getty Images According to multiple reports, the AI-powered shopping plugin Phia used a tactic known as cookie stuffing to attach its affiliate code to sales it didn’t actually drive. Phia, which launched last spring, was co-founded by Phoebe Gates — Bill Gates’ daughter — and Sophia Kianni. Investigations by researcher Ben Edelman, Bloomberg and Capital One Shopping all reportedly found instances of the browser extension claiming referrals through fake clicks, and even taking credit for sales that other publishers should have gotten the commission for.…

  • GM’s clever hands-free driving tech still not locked in for Australia despite local filing

    June 22, 2026

    General Motors still has yet to confirm its Super Cruise hands-free driving technology for Australia, despite filing to trademark the name locally and continuing the global rollout of the feature. The American automaker submitted a filing to IP Australia on October 7, 2025, with a General Motors Australia and New Zealand (GM ANZ) spokesperson at the time confirming “it’s quite common practice for organisations to trademark proprietary terms in the markets they operate”. The company had no announcements to make at the time, and this hasn’t changed despite GM moving closer to rolling out the tech in new markets. Looking…

  • Waymo says it built a better benchmark for comparing robotaxis to humans

    June 10, 2026

    Waymo has created a new computer model designed to more accurately answer a fundamental question: how does its autonomous driving software stack up against humans? The Alphabet-owned robotaxi company, which developed the computer model of human driving capabilities in conjunction with TU Delft, published a research paper about it in Nature Communications on Wednesday. Waymo said it expects the new model to be more accurate than the previous version it has used over the past several years. The new model was built using a framework called active inference — the theory that a driver is constantly imagining possible futures and…

  • Snap Will No Longer Allow Younger Teens’ Spotlight Videos To Be Publicly Viewable

    June 10, 2026

    Maybe it wasn’t a great idea to let 14-year-olds post videos to Spotlight in the first place. Snap Snapchat is making another change meant to further restrict the reach of its youngest users. The app will no longer allow young teens to share content to a publicly viewable version of Spotlight, the app’s hub for shortform video content. Unlike most other parts of Snapchat, videos shared to Spotlight are public and can be viewed by anyone in the app. Up to now, Snap allowed users as young as 13 to contribute content to the feature, though the app…

  • 2027 Lexus RX spied: Subtle exterior changes could come with major interior update

    May 25, 2026

    The facelifted Lexus RX large crossover SUV has been spied testing, but while exterior changes appear scant there could be a larger overhaul inside. Spy photographs show what appear to be the flagship RX500h F Sport Performance with no changes made to its rear. Up front, the headlights are undisguised but the bumper and grille have been camouflaged, suggesting some changes have been made here. It’s possible this is an early prototype and further changes could be made to the vehicle’s exterior. It’s unclear when the updated RX will be revealed, though an unveiling is possible this year. Looking for…

  • Laid-off Oracle workers tried to negotiate better severance. Oracle said no. 

    May 9, 2026

    As was widely reported, Oracle axed an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 people via email on March 31. One of the employees cut that day told TechCrunch about the experience: “I had, like, this weird feeling in my stomach. I went to go sign into the VPN, and the VPN was like, ‘this user doesn’t exist anymore.’ Then I called my friend, and I was like, ‘Hey, can you see me in Slack?’ And she said, ‘No, your account’s been deactivated.’” The person soon received an email stating their role was terminated immediately. The severance offer arrived a few days later. But…

  • Discord Is Back After An Outage That Took Some Users Offline

    May 9, 2026

    Primakov/Shutterstock Discord is recovering following a brief outage that saw some users unable to use the popular chat app. At 3:08PM ET, the company said it had begun investigating an issue with its API systems. Shortly thereafter, at 3:24PM ET, Discord said it had identified the problem, but noted at the time it was still affecting users, making it difficult for them to access the service.  “We are continuing to work to remediate the issues impacting availability for some Discord users,” the company said at3:56PM ET. “This is causing impact across our service, including logging…

  • GWM working on Australia-bound diesel hybrid, diesel PHEV powertrains

    April 27, 2026

    GWM has confirmed it’s working on diesel hybrid and diesel plug-in hybrid powertrains, which will be launched in China early in 2027 – and their Australian release is on the cards, given the importance of our market to the Chinese automaker. “We have both [powertrain types in development], it can be hybrid and plug-in hybrid, you can choose what you like,” GWM chief technology officer Nicole Wu told Australia and New Zealand media. She confirmed GWM is developing technical solutions to manage NOx and particulate emissions, typically a challenge for diesel engines. CarExpert can save you thousands on a new…