Tesla has released part four of its so-called “Master Plan” in a post on X. Unlike the more focused “Secret Tesla Motors Master Plan,” which outlined concrete plans for future products, this “Master Plan Part IV” reads more like a rambling utopic fever dream that was partly written by Grok, while touching on Tesla’s AI-powered … Read more
OpenAI has promised to release parental controls for ChatGPT within the next month, the company said Tuesday. Once the controls are available, they’ll allow parents to link their personal ChatGPT account with the accounts of their teenage children. From there, parents will be able to decide how ChatGPT responds to their kids, and disable select … Read more
Microsoft has revealed the first batch of Game Pass additions for September 2025 and there’s one hornet-shaped title that looms large over the others. After a seven-year wait, Hollow Knight: Silksong arrives on September 4. We’ve known for a few years that the sequel to Team Cherry’s indie blockbuster would be on Game Pass on … Read more
Marshall’s family of TV audio gear is growing. The company has announced the Heston Sub 200 subwoofer and Heston 60 compact soundbar, both of which are now available for pre-order. The $700 Heston 60 is a smaller take on the first soundbar Marshall introduced earlier this year, the Heston 120, offering Dolby Atmos and DTS-X … Read more
It’s not spooky season without Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween! See the full lineup right here. It’s not spooky season without Freeform’s 31 Nights of Halloween! See the full lineup right here.
ExpressVPN has tripled its subscription options by switching to a tiered pricing structure, effective today. The new system includes three levels of service, the cheapest offering basic VPN service and the others adding extra features. Each one of those levels — Basic, Advanced and Pro — can be purchased for monthly, yearly or two-year durations. … Read more
There’s a new player in the AI race, and it’s a whole country. Switzerland has just released Apertus, its open-source national Large Language Model (LLM) that it hopes would be an alternative to models offered by companies like OpenAI. Apertus, Latin for the world “open,” was developed by the Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne … Read more
JBL just announced a new portable Bluetooth speaker, called the Grip. This model includes a rope hook, which should make it easy to attach to backpacks, ski gear, or just about anything else. It also features customizable ambient lighting that actually looks pretty useful. The company says this lighting scheme makes the speaker a “perfect … Read more
Dolby Vision has been one of the industry standards for HDR on TVs for over a decade. At IFA 2025, Dolby Laboratories is introducing Dolby Vision 2, what it calls “a groundbreaking evolution of its industry-leading picture quality innovation.” The second iteration has been updated to meet the capabilities of today’s TV technology and the … Read more
It was a quiet Labor Day weekend for tech, but the Engadget team has kept busy testing out new gear from the likes of DJI, Sony and Bose. I want to kick things off with the new flagship DJI Mic 3. The wireless mics have a wholesale design change from the Mic 2, plus many … Read more