Flipper Zero Video Game Module Hands-on

If there’s one thing to say about the $169 Flipper Zero, it’s that it’s really damn cute. When the Flipper is idling, the cyber dolphin that appears in all the apps and product materials as the device’s mascot can be found lounging around, making sly references to older movies. Sometimes, they record a dancing praying … Read more

Some Hydrogen Car Owners Are Still Waiting For the Future to Arrive

“We have a giant, beautiful, red paperweight in our driveway,” Snell says. Snell is just one of many California hydrogen fuel-cell car owners facing difficulties as a confluence of unfortunate events—tech limitations, rising station operating costs, policy changes, even the Russian invasion of Ukraine—have hiked hydrogen fuel prices and taken hydrogen fueling stations offline. Just … Read more

Hyundai Motor India fixes bug that exposed customers’ personal data

Hyundai’s India subsidiary has fixed a bug that exposed its customers’ personal information in the South Asian market. TechCrunch reviewed a portion of the exposed data that included the registered owner name, mailing address, email address, and phone number of Hyundai Motor India customers who have serviced their vehicles at any of the company’s authorized … Read more

Hyundai Supernal S-A2 Electric Air Taxi Prepares for 2028 Takeoff

The Hyundai Group, manufacturers of many of our favorite electric cars, has set its sights on becoming a leader in electric aircraft. At CES 2024, Hyundai’s advanced air mobility wing Supernal pulled back the curtain on its new, second-generation S-A2, an electric vertical takeoff and landing, or eVTOL, air taxi. The Korean company announced that … Read more

Hyundai says hydrogen will play a ‘prominent role’ in going carbon neutral

Hyundai is going all in on the most abundant element in the universe in the quest to reduce planet-heating emissions. The South Korean automaker announced that hydrogen will “play a prominent role” in the company’s efforts to go carbon neutral by 2050. “Clean hydrogen should be for everyone, powering everything, and available everywhere,” Jay Chang, … Read more

Samsung and Hyundai are teaming up to add SmartThings to cars

Samsung notes that the features shown here are “examples of Home-to-Car and Car-to Home services to be developed,” so don’t take this image as a final representation of what the experience will be like. | Image: Samsung Samsung is teaming up with Hyundai to add Samsung’s SmartThings smart home platform to Hyundai and Kia’s connected … Read more

Samsung plans to extend its smart home tech to your Kia or Hyundai vehicle

Samsung If you’re a Kia or Hyundai owner, your car may soon get a little smarter. Thanks to a new partnership between Hyundai (which owns a portion of Kia) and Samsung, SmartThings connectivity will soon be available for certain vehicles.  At present, SmartThings operates much like other smart home hubs. You can set routines for devices … Read more

Peacock Hopes Ad-Free NFL Quarters Will Pull It Out of a Death Spiral

Josh Allen of the Buffalo Bills runs the ball against the Dallas Cowboys at Highmark Stadium on December 17, 2023 in Orchard Park, New York.Photo: Timothy T. Ludwig (Getty Images) Will the promise of fewer ads entice more viewers to stream sports on Peacock? NBCUniversal hopes so, having announced Saturday, December 23’s match-up between the … Read more

Volkswagen Bows to Touchscreen Criticism, Will Bring Back Physical Buttons

Volkswagen’s concept for the ID. 2All includes a button array and a rotary control in the center console.Image: Volkswagen There’s more than nostalgia making folks pine for the days of knobs, dials, and buttons. Touchscreens are fine for all-in-one devices but not for something as simple as controlling a car’s air conditioning. Volkswagen had to … Read more