Sean Duffy, President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee to head the U.S. Department of Transportation, thinks owners of electric vehicles should pay to use roads. “How to do that, I think, is a little more challenging,” Duffy said at his confirmation hearing Wednesday before the Senate Commerce Committee. The former Republican lawmaker is correct that it would be a challenge to enact such a change that would affect owners of Tesla, Rivian, Lucid and other EVs. Federally funded road repairs are mainly paid for by taxes collected on diesel and gasoline. EVs don’t consume gas, which means they don’t contribute to fuel…
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Better known for its standard laptop deals, HP also has some great gaming laptop deals for anyone looking to play on the move. Today, for instance, you can buy the HP Omen gaming laptop with a GeForce RTX 4070 GPU and 17-inch screen for 27% off. Usually $1,800, it’s down to $1,300 so you save $500 off the usual price. It’s a sleek laptop with some great hardware, and we’re here to tell you all about why you want to buy it. HP Omen 17-inch gaming laptop One of the best laptop brands if not one of the best gaming…
Nvidia made some bold claims about its RTX 50-series GPUs when they were announced earlier this month, saying that the new range can outclass their previous-gen counterparts with twice the performance. Although Nvidia’s new lineup might be among the best graphics cards when they launch, the vast majority of the extra performance comes on the back of the new DLSS Multi-Frame Generation feature that’s exclusive to RTX 50-series GPUs. During Nvidia’s Editor’s Day for Blackwell GPUs at CES 2025, GeForce desktop product manager Justin Walker said that the RTX 5080 was about 15% faster than the RTX 4080 without DLSS…
Terraria‘s next update might not be the last one after all. The game’s refusal to ever be “complete” is something of a running joke among fans, as the official final update landed in May 2020, only to be followed by others in October 2020 and in 2022. Another “final” update was later scheduled for late 2024 or early 2025. Version 1.4.5 is said to be the actual, we-really-mean-it-this-time final update, but it isn’t quite finished yet. Developer Re-Logic apologized for the long delay on the update, but said the team wants it to feel “just right” and promises that the…
Tesla, along with three other industry partners, quietly backed an Illinois Environmental Protection Agency application that won $100 million in funding to build electric truck charging stations across the state, The Tech Spot has learned. The award was the biggest given out by the Biden Administration’s Federal Highway Administration last week in the second round
Four months after DJI launched its diminutive Neo drone, the company has just unveiled another one — the slightly more advanced Flip. Combining safety, portability, and highly capable imaging capabilities, the Flip is aimed primarily at vloggers and content creators, though newbies looking for an easy to use device that doesn’t break the bank will also find it a compelling option. DJI’s new Flip quadcopter, released on Tuesday, is equipped with a 1/1.3-inch CMOS sensor that captures 48MP photos and records 4K HDR video at 60 frames per second (fps). Vertical shots can be captured at 2.7K. It also supports…
When looking for great laptop deals, Dell is always one of the better places to check. Right now, you can buy the Dell XPS 13 at Dell for $700 off. Usually $2,229, this particular model is down to $1,599, and it’s fantastic value for what it has to offer. If you’re keen to enjoy one of the better laptops around, here’s what it has to offer. Alternatively, you can just tap the buy button to get straight to purchasing. Dell XPS 13 In our Dell XPS 13 review, we had a lot of good things to say. It offers an…
We first heard rumors that Samsung had a new battery technology in the works in late September and early October 2024. Now, a report from one of Samsung’s subsidiaries says that not only are those batteries on the way, but mass production will begin as early as 2026. These new oxide-based batteries have a density of 200 watt-hours per liter and are much closer to larger lithium-ion batteries, according to a report in the Korea Herald. Samsung hopes these batteries will replace lithium batteries, as the solid-state oxide batteries are safer, more efficient, and more flexible than existing technology. The…
Matt Murdock is ready for the MCU spotlight in the first trailer for the Disney+ series Daredevil: Born Again. Well, I will admit. It’s not entirely unpleasant seeing you again,” Vincent D’Onofrio’s Wilson Fisk, aka Kingpin, says to Charlie Cox’s Murdock in a scene that mirrors the diner confrontation in Heat. Fisk is running for mayor of New York City, while Murdock, who is blind, prefers fighting crime as lawyer in the courts instead of being the vigilante Daredevil. However, Murdock is back to wearing Daredevil’s signature suit by the end of the trailer and delivering punishment via the fist.…
Firefly Aerospace’s Blue Ghost mission launches to the moon A moon lander from Firefly Aerospace was launched this morning carrying a variety of NASA science instruments and technology demonstrations. The Blue Ghost mission was launched by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida at 1:11 a.m. ET today, Wednesday January 15. The aim is for the mission to perform a soft landing on the moon. If successful it will be just the second such landing ever by a private company, following the Intuitive Machines Odyssey landing last year. These two landings are part of NASA’s…
