Deal | SpaceX has cut the Starlink Mini dish to its lowest ever direct purchase pricing. SpaceX is slashing the Mini dish price by 20% for those who want to keep the kit even after the promo in the form of an activation bonus has expired and the dish is put in Standby Mode.

SpaceX has cut the Starlink Mini dish to its lowest ever direct purchase pricing. SpaceX is slashing the Mini dish price by 20% for those who want to keep the kit even after the promo in the form of an activation bonus has expired and the dish is put in Standby Mode.

Sodium-ion batteries are closing in on the energy density of LFP cells that power current mass-market electric vehicles. The sodium-ion race just got a new serious contender amidst the rising price of lithium.

The Terafab is pitched as a vertically integrated 2 nm chip foundry producing a terawatt of compute annually for satellites, cars, and robots. The plan involves a lot of hubris, as there are daunting capital and execution risks with Musk having a mixed record on manufacturing scale-ups.

The humanoid robot company that taught them to do backflips, march en masse, and do kung fu choreography might soon be having them do laundry. Unitree aims for more practical applications with a low-cost humanoid for household purposes.

The free ride on America's crumbling roads may be coming to an end for electric vehicle owners. Their cars are much heavier than the average ICE vehicle and do double the damage, so Congress is looking to introduce a higher road tax.

Nvidia is stepping on Tesla's toes by notching the biggest EV and ride-share names as customers for its autonomous driving system. It will also be making AI chips for orbital data centers of the type that SpaceX has teased.

Oppo has done the impossible with the new Find N6, whose hinge has been reworked to deliver a foldable phone without a display crease when opened. It builds on the work started with the Find N5, which was the thinnest foldable phone at launch.

Samsung plans to use low-cost OLED panels in the upcoming Galaxy S26 FE and Galaxy A57, moving away from its own Samsung Display department. Samsung is reportedly prioritizing manufacturing cost control in its midrange lineup despite internal pushback.

Dreame, the company that made its name sucking dust off floors, detailed the Nebula Next 01X electric SUV under the Starry Sky Plan to integrate L4 self-driving hardware. Besides impressive acceleration thanks to Dreame's record-beating electric motors, it comes with a true solid-state battery.

Rivian unveiled the R2 SUV with pricing aimed squarely at the Tesla Model Y and a free Autonomy+ self-driving suite backed by 200 TOPS of onboard compute. The R2 is also the first vehicle to use LG's 4695 cells, which are superior to Tesla's 4680 battery in the Cybertruck and Model Y.

After the full-size Gravity SUV, Lucid has announced three affordable models designed to take on Tesla and a "distracted" Elon Musk. One of them is the Cosmos SUV, priced as a direct Tesla Model Y competitor but with better specs.