Tesla vehicles will soon be able to speak to pedestrians

In a nutshell: Tesla cars are packed with unconventional features, and they’ll soon receive another that could make the EVs the closest thing we have to a real-life KITT from Knight Rider—the ability to “talk” to pedestrians.

Tesla boss Elon Musk posted a short video on Twitter demonstrating the feature, which he says will arrive soon. “Telsas will soon talk to people if you want,” tweeted the CEO.

In the clip, we see a Tesla driving past the camera while it plays


The Enmotus MiDrive combines true SLC and QLC on a single SSD

Enmotus is about to become the Dr. Frankenstein of SSD manufacturers by mixing two somewhat opposing solid state storage technologies . On a single M.2 stick, they’ll take the slowest and fastest forms of NAND and blend them together to make one drive that can hopefully satisfy all demands.

SLC (single-level cell) storage has just one bit per cell, which makes it the fastest and most enduring form of NAND. The recently developed QLC (quad-level cell) storage offers four bits per cell and


A mysterious new AMD Radeon GPU has beaten the RTX 2080 Ti

What just happened? The GeForce RTX 2080 Ti has remained on top as the most powerful gaming GPU since its launch in September 2018. However someone recently spotted a new unnamed AMD Radeon 'graphics device' claiming the top spot in the OpenVR benchmark leaderboards with a framerate of 103.3 fps. The average RTX 2080 Ti gets ~80 fps in the same test, making the new GPU a whopping 30% faster. Even the very best RTX 2
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Xbox Series X will launch without first-party exclusives

Bottom line: The go-to console of each generation – because historically, there can only be one – is usually the victor because it has the games players really wanna play. The exclusive titles that make you shudder at the thought of missing out on, you know those ones? Yeah, well the Xbox Series X isn’t gonna have any.

Microsoft is throwing the rulebook out the window with this one, without even having read it. Microsoft won’t be producing any titles for the Xbox Series X


The RTX 2060 KO is the first response to AMD's RX 5600 XT

Why it matters: As AMD puts final touches on the RX 5600 XT, it's entirely possible that the upcoming GPU punches above its weight class, and that would certainly get Nvidia's attention. Lower prices on RTX 2060 models could be one way Nvidia attempts to steal some thunder from AMD. While we wait for AMD to properly attack Nvidia at the high
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Apple cuts trade-in values for iPhones, Macs, iPads, and more

In context: The process of upgrading a smartphone is always exciting. You get to enjoy the look, feel, features, and speed of a brand-new device, without the need to worry about degraded battery capacity, app bloat, our outdated hardware. However, there's always the question of what to do with your old phone. Do you trade it in to the manufacturer, or attempt to get a better deal by selling it to a third-party?

The decision is tough -- there are

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Verizon delays its '5G Home' Wi-Fi service rollout to the second half of 2020

In context: One of Verizon's most notable steps into the 5G arena had nothing to do with cellular data and instead centered around home Wi-Fi connectivity. The service, called "5G Home," launched back in October of 2018 in four US cities. It promises average download speeds of 300Mbps and peak speeds of 1Gbps for $70 a month ($50 for Verizon customers).

Whether you qualify for the extra deal or not, $7

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Huawei says it's selling 100,000 units of foldable Mate X every month

In context: Foldable phones are in their infancy but the appetite for them is apparently there. Huawei has been able to sell 200,000 units of its Mate X to Chinese consumers in just two months, despite the device being more expensive than Samsung's Galaxy Fold and restricted to just one market.

During CES 2020, Samsung's CEO gave an ambiguous estimate of how many Galaxy Fold units were sold in 2019. Admittedly, it was subject to a botched

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US regulators are investigating claims that Fitbit and Garmin violated Philips' wearable device patents

In context: Patent disputes are the norm in the tech industry. It feels like one company is always accusing another of swiping their legally-protected ideas, and it's never clear who will come out on top. For better or worse, we're seeing this trend present itself once again: federal investigators are officially looking into Fitbit and Garmin after fellow wearable device maker Philips accused them both of violating its patents.

This news was first revealed by the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) in a press

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Magic: Legends' first gameplay trailer shows a potential Diablo 3 killer

Something to look forward to: Developer Perfect World dropped a new gameplay trailer (via Game Informer) on Wednesday for its upcoming Magic: Legends. The company describes it as an MMO action RPG, but it looks more like a four-player co-op Diablo 3 clone, and there is nothing wrong with that.

As the name suggests, it is Perfect World’s adaptation of the collector card game Magic: The Gathering that puts players in the shoes of a Planeswalker. If you like playing Diablo 3 as

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