• 2026 GWM Tank 500 prices: Prado, Everest rival finally gets diesel power with new 3.0L

    August 17, 2026

    The GWM Tank 500 is now finally available in Australia with diesel power, and it’s the brand’s new 3.0-litre turbo-diesel four-cylinder. It’s priced at $65,990 drive-away in base Lux trim and $71,990 drive-away in flagship Vanta form. GWM Australia is also offering a choice of either a $2000 discount (“cash bonus”) or $2000 fuel card for vehicles purchased before October 30, 2026. For context, the Tank 500 Lux undercuts the most affordable turbo-diesel V6-powered Ford Everest by $1000, while the Vanta is $5000 cheaper than the mid-spec Everest Sport V6. Even the cheapest Toyota Prado is priced at $73,200 before…

  • Some Claude users are mad that Anthropic’s new watermarks will catch them using it at their jobs, classes

    August 13, 2026

    Anthropic recently made the decision to watermark Claude’s outputs — inserting invisible code into the chatbot’s editorial text that marks it as AI-generated. Anthropic rolled out this new policy to satisfy the EU AI Act’s Transparency Code, which now requires tech companies to label content that has been AI-generated or edited in a manner identifiable to computer systems. Yet while European regulators may be happy, some AI users are decidedly not. One need look no further than Reddit to find evidence of brewing discontent, though other posters on the site are not in agreement. One of the more histrionic posts…

  • You Can Now Watch Classic Movies Like The Martian, E.T. And Zodiac On Apple TV

    August 13, 2026

    Apple TV is known for its original series like Ted Lasso, Silo and Severance, but it’s now offering new content it doesn’t often feature: classic films. The streaming service just made around 20 popular movies available for subscribers to stream, including The Martian, E.T., The Proposal, The Sixth Sense, Titanic and Zodiac, 9to5Mac reported.  You can usually only buy or rent these movies from the Apple TV Store, but they’re all now tagged as “Just Added,” so they can be streamed for free with an Apple TV subscription, which costs $12.99 per month or $99 a year.  If you want…

  • 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…