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Foxconn EV Model B. (File photo)As per the details shared by the design team, the newly unveiled EV will share the almost same style statement and design structure in the final stage model.The largest electronics maker Foxconn, best known for creating Apple iPhones, has finally unveiled its first production-ready EV during the ongoing Geneva Motor Show. The five-seater Foxtron Model B is built on the company’s MIH (Mobility in Harmony) modular architecture, and has been designed by one of the popular firms Pininfarina.As…

Elon Musk has sued ChatGPT-maker OpenAI and its chief executive Sam Altman, among others, saying they had abandoned the company’s original mission to develop artificial intelligence for the benefit of humanity not profit.The lawsuit filed late on Thursday said Altman and OpenAI’s cofounder Greg Brockman originally approached Musk to make an open source, nonprofit company.The Microsoft-backed company’s focus on making money breached that contract, lawyers for Musk said in the lawsuit filed in San Francisco. They added…

A fan collective is trying to clear every level of the original Super Mario Maker before Nintendo shuts down the servers. Super Mario Maker was released in 2015 for the Wii U and allowed fans to upload player-made levels to an online hub, as long as they could actually be completed. In 2020, Nintendo confirmed it would be winding down support for the game, with the online hub closing on April 8. The group known as ‘The 0%ers’ started their task of completing every level of Super Mario Maker in 2017, with more than 40,000…

In “Dune: Part 2,” Paul Atreides (Timothée Chalamet) rallies the Fremen people against the oppressive House Harkonnen, leading to an epic clash that unites characters from across the galaxy that author Frank Herbert first visited in his 1965 science-fiction novel “Dune.” Director Denis Villeneuve’s sequel, which comes out on Friday, March 1, is a complex portrait of a people at war that has already garnered widespread critical acclaim. Naturally, any game that’s officially tied to it must echo that sense of scale and…

Paris-based cybersecurity startup Filigran is capitalizing on the success of OpenCTI to build a suite of open-source threat management products. The company has already found some early traction with OpenCTI, its open-source threat intelligence platform. That’s why the company recently raised €15 million (around $16 million at today’s exchange rate) in a funding round led by Accel with existing investors Moonfire Ventures and Motier Ventures also participating. Filigran’s first product is OpenCTI. It’s a threat…

Luminar reported revenue of USD 22.1 million in the fourth quarter, missing estimates of USD 27.34 million, according to LSEG data. Adjusted loss per share of 20 cents also fell just short of expectations.Luminar Technologies shares tumbled about 10% on Wednesday after the self-driving sensor maker's fourth-quarter results missed estimates on delayed production schedule for Volvo Cars' new EX90 electric SUVs. The company had shifted its manufacturing and engineering…

Kerry Wan/ZDNETWhile Samsung's Galaxy Ring sparked most of the health and fitness chatter at the start of Mobile World Congress, one major phone maker wants its smart ring to be the last thing attendees remember.Also: I tried the Samsung Galaxy Ring and it beats the Oura in 2 meaningful waysChinese technology company, Honor, announced today that it will be launching a smart ring later this year, possibly before or in line with Samsung. "Internally, we have this kind of solution. Now we are working on that part, so in…

Kerry Wan/ZDNETWhile Samsung's Galaxy Ring sparked most of the health and fitness chatter at the start of Mobile World Congress, one major phone maker wants its smart ring to be the last thing attendees remember.Also: I tried the Samsung Galaxy Ring and it beats the Oura in 2 meaningful waysChinese technology company, Honor, announced today that it will be launching a smart ring later this year, possibly before or in line with Samsung. "Internally, we have this kind of solution. Now we are working on that part, so in…

Global EV stocks, in general, and NIO stock price, in particular, have taken massive hits in the last few months. The investor focus seems to have shifted from the EV sector to more lucrative equities like AI stocks. The stock of the Chinese EV manufacturer, NIO, has been in a free fall since its August 2023 peak of $16.18. Since then, the stock has lost 65% of its value. However, after an intense sell-off, NIO shares are consolidating in a very tight range close to their IPO price. In this article, we will…

A worker walks past televisions, including the Vizio brand, on display in a Walmart Supercenter on February 20, 2024, in Hallandale Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty ImagesWalmart is doing some shopping of its own.The retail giant announced last week that it plans to buy smart TV maker Vizio in a $2.3 billion deal. If the acquisition goes through, the discounter will own a consumer electronics company that already sells many flat-screen TVs and soundbars through Walmart's website and stores.Yet the heart of the…