Anyone can now download Tesla’s iOS Robotaxi app, but there’s still a waitlist

Tesla has made its iOS Robotaxi app available for all iPhone users to download as it expands service beyond a group of early access users for the first time. Beyond the current lack of an Android app (Tesla says one is on the way), there are a couple of things to bear in mind here. The company’s proper robotaxis are currently only available in Austin, Texas. There’s also a waitlist, so you won’t be able to book a ride immediately.

That said, it might not take folks on the waitlist too long to gain access to the service. Business Insider was able to start using it after about three hours.

Robotaxi app now available to all

Download to join waitlist – expanding access soon pic.twitter.com/gYsB3ZkbZB

— Tesla Robotaxi (@robotaxi) September 4, 2025

Tesla deployed its first fleet of Cybercab robotaxis in Austin back in June (and it didn’t take long for tales of unexpected behavior on the vehicles’ part to emerge). The company started offering rides in the Bay Area the following month with human drivers at the wheel — so really just a regular ride-hailing service rather than an autonomous one. Tesla has yet to receive permission to run a full robotaxi service in California, but it is allowed to test such rides with a safety driver behind the wheel.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/transportation/evs/anyone-can-now-download-teslas-ios-robotaxi-app-but-theres-still-a-waitlist-165523028.html?src=rss 

Threads posts now support ‘text attachments’ up to 10,000 characters

That was fast. A week after a new feature for sharing long-form text was spotted in the Threads app, Meta is making the experiment official. Threads users will now be able to append text snippets of up to 10,000 characters to their posts in a feature Meta says is meant to support journalists and creators on the platform. 

As Engadget detailed last week, the feature is fairly basic for now. Selecting “text attachment” from the post composer opens up a simple text editor that has some formatting options. Once published to Threads, text attachments open either in a full-screen view on mobile or in a dedicated window on threads.com. If the post contains a link, the text attachment will also show a preview of the linked post at the end of text.

That’s notable as Meta has been trying to make links shared on Threads more prominent in an effort to give creators a boost on the platform. So far, there have been mixed results. While data shows engagement with links has been growing in recent months, Threads is sending very little traffic to websites overall.

In a blog post, the company says the feature was inspired by user behavior as people frequently share “screenshots of longer content from books, articles, newsletters, podcast transcripts.” The company also suggests that the feature could be used by authors and journalists who wish to share previews of their published works.

While the 10,000 character limit technically means that authors and journalists could publish substantial amounts of writing directly on Threads, text attachments lack many features you’d expect from publishing tools. There are limited text formatting options, for example, and you can’t embed media or do much else to break up big chunks of text. (A Meta spokesperson says highlighting and other formatting abilities are in the works.)

Text attachments also aren’t compatible with sharing to the fediverse, so followers from other ActivityPub services won’t be able to see them even if you’ve opted in to fediverse sharing. But many users will likely still find the feature preferable to sharing lengthy multi-part Threads, which can be hard to follow and don’t always all appear in a single view in the app or website. 

Meta says the feature is still in its early days and that it plans to add more functionality to text attachments in the future, along with more creator-focused updates.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/social-media/threads-posts-now-support-text-attachments-up-to-10000-characters-170000305.html?src=rss 

Google’s Circle to Search can now translate text as you scroll

Google’s Circle to Search tool just got a bit more useful, as it can now continuously translate text while scrolling. Until now, people had to restart the process every time the content on the screen changed. The update ensures the translation feature will keep on ticking along.

Google says this is great for getting “more context for social posts from creators who speak a different language” or when browsing “menus when you’re booking restaurant reservations while traveling abroad.” Just tap the “Translate” icon and look for the menu option “scroll and translate.”

This update not only keeps the translation tool going as you scroll, but it even keeps working when switching to another app. Google says “there’s no interruption” in these cases, which sounds pretty darned useful to me.

The update is rolling out now to Android users, but Samsung Galaxy devices are getting it first. Everyone else will have to wait a little bit.

This is just the latest update for Circle to Search. The tool also now lets users conduct one-tap actions on phone numbers, emails and URLs.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/googles-circle-to-search-can-now-translate-text-as-you-scroll-171555663.html?src=rss 

Adobe Premiere is coming to iOS later this month

Adobe is bringing Premiere to iPhone for free, putting its powerful video editor in the hands of content creators on iOS. The app will offer easy exporting to TikTok, YouTube Shorts or Instagram with a single tap.

Users of the desktop application will be familiar with the multi-track timeline and the app’s core functionalities. Content creators will be able to splice video footage, fine-tune down to individual frames and add unlimited video, text or audio layers including voiceovers. Premiere will be able to handle 4K HDR footage and will include Adobe Lightroom color presets to help add a polished look to your footage. The app can resize the final output for posting on any platform.

Adobe says all these traditional features will be available for free with no ads, and videos will be exported without watermarks. This is somewhat unusual for a company that has all but perfected the monthly subscription model for its suite of tools that used to cost hundreds of dollars for a permanent license. The zero cost is likely driven by competition from other free video editing apps like CapCut, which shares a parent company with TikTok. Instagram also rolled out a free video editor this year.

For an AI-powered upgrade, users can buy generative AI credits to create sound effects, apply speech enhancement, or access AI assets generated through Adobe Firefly. Extra cloud storage will also be available for purchase through the app, which may explain why the App Store lists in-app purchases of $7.99 per month or $69.99 per year.

The Adobe Premiere: Video Editor app is available to pre-save on the App Store with an expected release date of September 30. Adobe says that Premiere for Android is also under development.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/mobile/adobe-premiere-is-coming-to-ios-later-this-month-155019427.html?src=rss 

Google Photos gets Veo 3 integration, bringing in even more AI tools

The video-generation model Veo 3 has come to Google Photos, bringing even more AI tomfoolery to the platform. This allows users to do all sorts of wacky things. First and foremost, the pre-existing photo to video feature has been significantly improved. Google says that it can now be used to turn “still images into even higher-quality clips.”

There’s also a tool called Remix that transforms photos into various styles, like anime drawings, comic book illustrations, 3D animations and more. This is a popular use case for image generators. You’ve probably seen those Studio Ghibli-inspired images across the internet.

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Veo 3 brings a new Collage tool that makes it easy to pick multiple photos and select a layout. There’s even a simple image editor here that can be accessed directly from the collage maker.

The Highlight tool creates visual montages based on search prompts, complete with music. There’s also something called Cinematic Photos, which creates 3D renderings of pre-existing photos. Many of these tools can be combined to create unique images and videos.

Google Photos with Veo 3 integration is available to US customers right now, and these tools can all be accessed in the new Create tab. Users only get a limited number of image generations each day, with more generations available for Google AI Pro and Ultra subscribers.

This is just the latest platform that Google is sloppin’ up with Veo 3. The company recently brought it to YouTube.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/ai/google-photos-gets-veo-3-integration-bringing-in-even-more-ai-tools-160042831.html?src=rss 

Atlassian is buying Arc maker The Browser Company for $610 million

The Browser Company — the maker of the Arc and AI-centric Dia browsers — is set to have a new owner. Atlassian is buying it for around $610 million in an all-cash deal, which it expects to close in the second quarter of its fiscal year 2026 (i.e. by the end of the 2025 calendar year).

According to The Browser Company, it will continue to operate independently as it builds Dia. A private beta for the browser started in June. Arc (a well-regarded browser on which the company has ended active development) and Arc Search will stick around, and a long-term plan for those will be revealed in the near future.

Co-founders Josh Miller and Hursh Agrawal are staying on as CEO and CTO, respectively. Miller wrote in a blog post that they are looking to accelerate their ambitions by teaming up with Atlassian. “We chose Atlassian because their strengths complement our gaps,” Miller wrote. “And most importantly, like us, they believe the browser is becoming the new operating system.” The Browser Company plans to bring Dia to “to every platform faster than we could have previously imagined” in the coming months.

Miller said the company had three conditions for any acquisition: to ensure it remained independent, that all of its team members still had a job and that its “vision for Dia remains at the center.” He added that “a large part of why we chose Atlassian is values. Now more than ever. Not the kind you hang on a wall, but the ones you see in the work itself.”

Atlassian is the owner of productivity and enterprise services such as project management apps Jira and Trello (which has been buggy for me for over a year, for what it’s worth). Last month, it reportedly laid off around 150 workers, many of whom were said to be in the customer service department, and was said to be planning to use AI to take over some of those former employees’ tasks.

“Our vision is to make Dia the AI browser for work,” Atlassian CEO Mike Cannon-Brookes said in a video announcing the acquisition. The team is designing Dia so it’s “optimized for the SaaS [software as a service] apps where you spend your day; packed with AI skills and your personal work memory to unleash your potential; and built with trust and security in mind, so you can bring it to the office. An AI browser for your system of work.”

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/big-tech/atlassian-is-buying-arc-maker-the-browser-company-for-610-million-145236236.html?src=rss 

Eufy’s latest security camera has three lenses and a detachable solar panel

Eufy just introduced its latest outdoor security camera at IFA in Germany. The EufyCam S4 monitors your home using a fixed 4K wide-angle camera and a pair of 2K sensors that activate when a possible intruder is spotted and track them. Capable of auto-framing its subject, the main camera can pan, tilt and zoom in on a person as far as 164 feet away. It can also intelligently zoom out to ensure groups are kept in view.

The EufyCam S4’s stationary bullet camera has a 130-degree field of view, while the pan, tilt and zoom camera provides 360-degree tracking. With the three lenses working in unison, it’s going to be pretty difficult for anyone to evade their gaze. The camera also has a dual motion detection system, combining radar and passive infrared (PIR) tech to distinguish between moving humans and vehicles. This way you should get fewer false alarms from the Eufy app.

If the camera detects an intruder, red and blue warning lights are activated and a siren will trigger to warn them off. The camera can also be paired with Eufy’s HomeBase S380 (sold separately), a smart security hub that uses the company’s BionicMind AI tech for what it says is 99.9 percent accurate facial recognition. It also increases local storage to a sizable 16TB.

The EufyCam S4 ships with a built-in 5.5 watt panel that can fully charge the camera with an hour of direct sunlight. The panel is detachable, so can easily be moved to an area where it’ll drink up more rays, and you also get a rechargeable battery included so you’re not exclusively relying on the sun.

On its own, the EufyCamS4 costs $300 and will be available later this year. Bundles of multiple cameras and a HomeBase S380 will also be available.

This article originally appeared on Engadget at https://www.engadget.com/home/smart-home/eufys-latest-security-camera-has-three-lenses-and-a-detachable-solar-panel-150014067.html?src=rss 

Celebrity Endorsements and Online Casinos

As entertainment and gaming tend to gray areas in the new digital age, one of the highest-profile crossovers of the two has been with the creation of celebrity endorsements for the online gaming industry. These partnerships bring sparkle and glamour to platforms that are always recognized for their excitement and they help establish glamour and…

As entertainment and gaming tend to gray areas in the new digital age, one of the highest-profile crossovers of the two has been with the creation of celebrity endorsements for the online gaming industry. These partnerships bring sparkle and glamour to platforms that are always recognized for their excitement and they help establish glamour and… 

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