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Google is expanding access to Opal, its AI vibe-coding app, to 15 more countries. The app, which lets you create mini web apps using text prompts, is now available in Canada, India, Japan, South Korea, Vietnam, Indonesia, Brazil, Singapore, Colombia, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Panamá, Honduras, Argentina, and Pakistan. “When we opened up Opal to users…
AltStore PAL, which launched as one of the first alternative iOS app stores in the EU last year, is coming to more countries, developer Riley Testut announced today. “Specifically, we plan to launch in Japan, Brazil, and Australia before the end of the year, with the UK to follow in 2026,” Testut says. Launching in…
Enterprise-grade software and vibe coding don’t typically go hand-in-hand. Still, increasingly, we’re seeing no-code/low-code platforms that take what they already do best — make developing and safely deploying software inside of an organization easy — and add a generative AI (GenAI) layer on top. Just last week, OutSystems announced updates to its AI-based Mentor service,…
NEW YORK – Tesla rolled out new, cheaper versions of two of its electric car models on Tuesday in hopes the offerings will help revive flagging sales. The new Model Y, costing just under $40,000 with a stripped-down interior, follows a slump in Tesla sales covering most of the past year due to anti-Elon Musk…
US Immigration and Customs Enforcement paid $825,000 this year for surveillance tech that can spy on nearby mobile phones. TechCrunch identified the contract, which “provides Cell Site Simulator (CSS) Vehicles to support the Homeland Security Technical Operations program,” in public records. This isn’t the first time ICE has used cell-site simulators, but the agency has…
Overall new light vehicle sales up 3.5% year over year. NADA raises 2025 sales forecast. Battery electric vehicles captured 11.8 percent of U.S. new light-vehicle sales in September, an all-time high that came as federal tax credits expired at month’s end, according to data released by the National Automobile Dealers Association. The surge represented a…
QuantumScape Corporation (NYSE: QS), a leader in solid-state lithium-metal batteries, has partnered with Corning Incorporated (NYSE: GLW), a company specializing in glass and ceramics. This partnership aims to improve the production of ceramic separators. These separators are crucial for bringing QuantumScape’s advanced battery technology to market. Ceramics Meet Innovation: A New Era for EV Batteries…
After a steady rise in the popularity of the electric car as a form of sustainable transport, there reached a point where adoption seemed to plateau, due to factors like expensive initial purchases and a lack of charging infrastructure. Government incentives helped customers through this stagnated period, but with the impending cessation of these incentives,…
Oct. 7 (UPI) — Britain’s Metropolitan Police said they dismantled an international smuggling gang and seized thousands of stolen cell phones. Police disrupted a major criminal network suspected to have smuggled up to 40,000 stolen phones from the United Kingdom to China in the past year. This is up to 40% of all phones stolen…
In the face of unprecedented challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, the need for innovative health solutions has never been more critical, particularly for vulnerable populations. A recent study has shed light on the feasibility, acceptability, and reach of a mobile phone delivery system for the Adolescent Transition Package (ATP) designed to support youth living…