Apple CarPlay, the interface that lets you cast your phone to your car’s infotainment screen, may finally be coming to Tesla’s electric vehicles. CarPlay is nearly a decade old at this point, and it has become so popular that almost half of car buyers have said they won’t consider a car without the feature, and

Science fiction has long speculated about the possibility of first contact with an alien species from a distant world and how we might be able to communicate with them. But what if we simply don’t have enough common ground for that to even be possible? An alien species is bound to be biologically very different,

We got our first glimpse of the much-anticipated second season of Fallout (adapted from the popular video game franchise) in August when Prime Video released an extended teaser. We now have the official trailer, with all the deadpan humor, explosions, and mutant atrocities one could hope for—including ghoulish Elvis impersonators in New Vegas. (Spoilers for

Standard brain implants use electrodes that penetrate the gray matter to stimulate and record the activity of neurons. These typically need to be put in place via a surgical procedure. To go around that need, a team of researchers led by Deblina Sarkar, an electrical engineer and MIT assistant professor, developed microscopic electronic devices hybridized

If you ask random gamers what price they think Valve will charge for its newly announced Steam Machine hardware, you’ll get a wide range of guesses. But if you ask the analysts who follow the game industry for a living the same question… well, you’ll actually get the same wide range of (somewhat better-informed) guesses.

The day after Google filed a lawsuit to end text scams primarily targeting Americans, the criminal network behind the phishing scams was “disrupted,” a Google spokesperson told Ars. According to messages that the “ringleader” of the so-called “Lighthouse enterprise” posted on his Telegram channel, the phishing gang’s cloud server was “blocked due to malicious complaints.”

Code Metal announced today it has closed $36.5 million in Series A funding to advance its platform for verifiable, AI-powered code translation. Accel led the round, which values the company at $250 million. The financing marks a significant milestone for the company as it expands deployment across defense, automotive, and semiconductor industries. Code Metal is

WisdomAI has closed a $50 million Series A financing led by Kleiner Perpers. The round attracted participation from new investor NVentures—NVIDIA’s venture capital arm—alongside existing backers Coatue, Latitude Capital, Madrona, GTM Capital, Menlo Ventures, and U First Capital. The investment brings the company’s total capital raised to $73 million, less than a year after launch.

As AI-driven fraud becomes increasingly sophisticated, fintech startup xpate and global fraud-prevention leader SEON have joined forces to embed real-time intelligence into digital payments worldwide. The partnership integrates SEON’s machine learning–powered risk monitoring directly into xpate’s global payments platform, giving merchants access to adaptive fraud protection that keeps pace with emerging cyber threats. The move

Partnify, a Netherlands-based collaboration platform, has closed a €1.8 million funding round to expand its AI-driven solution for cross-company project work. Hi inov, a European venture capital firm, led the investment. Rabobank, Inovexus, Maasinvest, and several angel investors also participated. The Zwolle-based company plans to use the capital for team expansion, platform development, and international