Kodiak Robotics has officially handed off two autonomous trucks to customer Atlas Energy Solutions, marking the startup’s first commercial launch. Atlas, a provider of proppant (i.e., sand) and oilfield logistics, received its first Kodiak-equipped trucks in December and began driverless operations in an off-road environment in West Texas’s remote Permian Basin shortly after. The company has already delivered 100 loads using self-driving trucks without a human safety driver behind the wheel, according to Kodiak founder and CEO Don Burnette. This is the first time, as far as we’re aware, that the customer is owning and operating the driverless vehicle, instead…
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When it comes to workhorse laptops that won’t buckle under the pressure of a bunch of opened apps, one of the best brands to shop for is Dell. For years, Dell has produced powerful and reliable Windows laptops with excellent benchmark scores, but sometimes the pricing can get a bit aggressive. That’s why we’d like to direct your attention to this Dell deal: For a limited time, when you purchase the Dell XPS 13.4-inch OLED Touch Screen Laptop at Best Buy, you’ll only pay $1,000. The full MSRP on this model is $1,500. We tested this laptop not long ago…
In the first trailer for Drop, the perfect first date quickly shifts into a murderous nightmare. The White Lotus star Meghann Fahy plays Violet, a widowed mother who agrees to go on a date with Henry (Brandon Sklenar). Meghann leaves her young son (Jacob Robinson) at home in the care of her sister (Violett Beane). When Megann finally meets Henry at the restaurant, she’s relieved to learn that he’s a handsome, polite, and charming man. While speaking at their table, Violet begins to receive a series of anonymous drops to her phone. At first, Violet thinks nothing of the memes, and…
We’re always on the lookout for the best TV deals, and it’s only a matter of time before the new and exciting TVs we saw at CES 2025 hit shelves. This means last year’s models will be going on sale, and some manufacturers are already marking down the top sets of 2024, including Samsung. Right now, all three sizes of the Samsung Neo QLED 8K QN900D are discounted. We’d like to spotlight the 65-inch version, which is currently on sale for $3,500 and has a $5,000 MSRP. This offer is available through Amazon, Best Buy, Samsung, and a handful of…
The history of action cinema is littered with classics, including a few that were actually made before. The action movie remake is not super common, but it’s also not as rare as you might have guessed. Some of these movies retain the same title as their predecessors, but others do not. As a result, it’s harder to know what the filmmakers are adapting. While original action cinema is great, today we’re counting down the 10 best action remakes ever made. And yes, we made room for Dune. 1. 3:10 to Yuma -2007 One of a couple of western remakes to grace…
At Galaxy Unpacked 2025, Samsung teased its upcoming XR headset, Project Moohan. This Vision Pro competitor is expected to launch later this year at a significantly lower cost than Apple’s spatial computer. Samsung’s mention was quite brief but we do have plenty of information about this exciting new device that’s expected to arrive later this year. Samsung isn’t new to XR and with the backing of two other tech giants, Project Moohan could become a serious threat to Apple’s Vision Pro and VR market leader Meta and its Quest 3 headset. While it might seem like Samsung is rushing to…
Samsung hosted its Galaxy Unpacked 2025 event in San Jose, California, where it announced its latest Galaxy S25 series. Not to be outdone, the Korean smartphone maker left attendees and at home streamers stunned with the teaser of the decade, hinting that it has a device called the Galaxy S25 Edge on the way. The brand gave little to no hints about what the device might entail, except flashing some deconstructed smartphone parts on the theater’s demo screens. This is enough to leave enthusiasts salivating for more information on the upcoming smartphone. The last time there was an Edge-branded product…
Netflix is one of the most popular streaming services in the world, with over 280 million subscribers. And just what do those people tend to watch? In particular, what is the most popular movie on Netflix? Each week, the streaming service releases a list of its 10 most-watched movies over a recent seven-day period to keep subscribers in the loop regarding its most popular titles. Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz have returned to the top of Netflix with their new movie, Back in Action. The action comedy earned the best opening weekend for an English-language film since 2022’s The Adam Project. The…
YouTube said Wednesday that it is adding new experimental features for Premium users, including high-quality audio, a faster playback speed option on mobile, and the ability to “jump ahead” on the web to skip to the more intriguing part of the video. The company routinely tests new features that users can activate from youtube.com/new. The company said users can now enable an experimental feature that lets them listen to music videos with a higher audio bitrate — up to 256kbps. As a reminder, YouTube Music already offers this quality for audio listening when you turn up the settings to High in…
At Samsung Unpacked 2025 on Wednesday, Google announced that it’s updating Circle to Search to make it easier for users to find information and get things done. The feature, which launched last year, allows people to search from anywhere on their phone by using gestures like circling, highlighting, scribbling, or tapping. Now Google is expanding AI Overviews to more kinds of visual results for places, trending images, unique objects, and more with Circle to Search. Last year, the company launched AI Overviews for queries in Circle to Search when a search included both images and text. With this latest update,…
