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At the launch of the Euro-focused Xpeng G6 in a storm-battered Portugal, representatives of the brand were on hand and keen to press journalists and influencers for their thoughts on the car that the company hoped would steal the Tesla Model Y’s thunder in Europe. In a situation like this, it’s common to default to…

Looking for a different day? A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Friday’s puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Friday, May 8 (game #1565). Quordle…

A simple test can see how well you can recognize lossy formats using your own music choices Beyond a certain point most people can’t easily tell the difference High-quality lossless is still the most future-proof format With music, how good is good enough? When you’re listening to digital music, what you hear depends on the…

Covering 4,000 kilometers of canals would save 63 billion gallons of water and generate 13GW of power annually Pilot project shows significant drops in water loss and algae growth Critics argue that the project is too expensive, and preventing canal evaporation can be counterproductive California’s extensive canal network could become a massive source of clean…

Why you can trust TechRadar We spend hours testing every product or service we review, so you can be sure you’re buying the best. Find out more about how we test. I remember it like it was yesterday. I got an email in my inbox with a link to preview an unreleased Dell display. The…

The Wayback Machine is under threat from AI once more The AI boom has tripled the price of the large hard disks needed for this expansive archive of the web This is a further danger posed to the Wayback Machine, which is also in trouble due to news sites blocking its web crawler, which is…

58% use AI to write code daily/often/sometimes, but 28% never use it at all Many lack trust in output and think AI-generated content could be incorrect GitHub Copilot and ChatGPT are the most popular tools, Claude rising The latest annual global C++ developer survey has revealed many programmers are actually rapidly increasing their use of…

Nvidia CEO says American manufacturing has a huge opportunity with AI ‘We’re going through the single largest infrastructure buildout in human history’, says Huang Nvidia and Corning sign major partnership to expend optical manufacturing capacity Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has suggested the increasing influence of AI offers the US manufacturing industry a great opportunity to…

Apple TV has greenlit Disavowed, a new action thriller series James Marsden stars in the leading role as a CIA agent who is abruptly fired A release date has not yet been confirmed Disavowed is an exciting new Apple TV series, and as soon as I saw the news, I knew Paradise fans would be…

ESET uncovered 28 fraudulent apps on Google Play, downloaded 7.3M+ times, falsely claiming to reveal call/SMS/WhatsApp histories The apps generated fake data and charged $6–$80 subscriptions, with most victims in India Google removed the apps and refunded Play‑based payments, but third‑party payment victims must seek reimbursement directly Google has removed more than two dozen Android…