California’s driver’s licenses as well as ID cards are being redesigned, and the results are stunning. The state’s natural splendor is now paired with cutting-edge protection.
Mornings typically start with grabbing your keys, phone and anything else left on the counter that feels important. Adding a Bluetooth speaker to that routine shouldn’t include lugging around a brick or messing with delicate electronics. That’s where the JBL Go 4, $39.95 (was $49.95) comes in, because despite its 6.7 ounce weight it produces rich sound.
Tesla’s Optimus V3 robot is stepping into the ring with some fancy new moves and taking on Unitree’s G1 with a flair that’s hard to ignore. It starts with a basic fist touch, just like human sparring partners do before a match. This sets the stage for a 36 second video that shows the robot getting progressively more fluid with a human partner.
Photo credit: Yuri Beletsky via Harvard
A team of astronomers has captured something amazing: a picture of a baby planet, still growing, nestled in a gap in a disk of gas and dust around a distant star. WISPIT 2b is a protoplanet 5 times the mass of Jupiter and 5 million years old, which is nearly 1000 times younger than Earth. It orbits star WISPIT 2, 437 light years away and this is a first. A planet has never been seen forming in one of these ring shaped gaps, confirming a long held theory about how planets affect their surroundings.
In a plain cardboard box delivered to a Parisian flat is the ROG Xbox Ally X, a shiny black slab of gaming goodness that ASUS and Microsoft have been teasing for months. The delivery label says September 30, 2025, 16 days before the real October 16 launch date. For one Redditor, this is an early Christmas present.
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A Tesla Model Y has been spotted near the company’s Texas Gigafactory and it’s not the sleek, feature-packed crossover we’re used to. This is the Model Y Standard, a stripped down version designed to bring Tesla’s electric SUV to a wider audience. The $7,500 federal EV tax credit is no longer available so Tesla’s timing couldn’t be better.
A new Model Y is being produced in a quiet corner of the Giga Berlin factory. The car drives itself around the campus, past machinery, stops at a Supercharger and parks in the outbound lot.
Flip the brass power switch and the Marshall Acton III springs to life like an old friend ready for a late night jam. This is the smallest of the Marshall home speakers and weighs in at over 6 pounds and 10 x 7 x 6 inches. The black version with woven front grille and modest script branding looks like the guitar amps of yesteryear. At $199.99 (was $299.99), it’s definitely a fair price for what you get.