Can an EV really help power your home when the power goes out? It’s one of the biggest FAQs people have about electric cars — but the answer can be a bit confusing. It’s either a yes, with a but – or a no, with an unless. To find out which EVs can offer vehicle-to-home (V2H) tech to keep the lights on or even lower your energy bills, keep on reading.
UPDATE 09FEB2026: Nissan’s new LEAF…
Toyota reveals the Highlander EV as its first three-row electric SUV
February 11, 2026
It’s finally official. Toyota confirmed the 2027 Highlander will be its first three-row electric SUV after revealing new details about the upcoming EV on Monday.
The 2027 Toyota Highlander will be a three-row EV SUV
It’s been nearly three years since Toyota first…
German startup aims to deliver European hypersonic strike by 2029
February 11, 2026
PARIS — German startup Hypersonica claimed a “significant” step toward delivering Europe’s first sovereign hypersonic strike capability by 2029, after the company’s first hypersonic test flight in Norway pushed its missile prototype to more than Mach 6 and a range…
İZMİR — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan visited Saudi Arabia and Egypt earlier this month, marking fresh steps in the normalization of relations with key regional powers and opening the door to new defense deals.
The first stop of the two-day tour was Riyadh, where Erdoğan met with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman. According to official statements, both sides emphasized the need to…
Russian stealth jets have arrived in North Africa, as filmed by Algerian potato farmer
February 11, 2026
BERLIN — A new video snapped by a potato farmer appears to confirm that Algeria is the first country to have received the fifth-generation Su-57 stealth fighter jet from Russia.
The online video shows the distinctive silhouette of Russia’s most modern fighter jet against…
Report: Desperate PC manufacturers are turning to China for RAM
February 11, 2026
The current RAM shortage is raising prices for memory and storage as the “AI” industry gobbles up manufacturing capacity. That sucks for consumers, who are seeing the price of retail-packaged RAM go up by as much as 400 percent. But it’s also devastating for…
Gemini gave my Plex server a checkup. Its diagnosis surprised me
February 11, 2026
Who needs Netflix when you have Plex, the media server software that runs locally and lets you stream your own local video files? I’ve been hosting my own Plex server on a Raspberry Pi 5 for a few years now, and it’s mostly run without a hitch.
But like taking your car to a mechanic even when nothing’s obviously wrong with it, you should periodically look under Plex’s hood to see if it…
This dual-CPU PC from 1995 was so cool, Microsoft had to kill it
February 11, 2026
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PCWorld highlights the BeBox, a revolutionary 1995 computer featuring dual PowerPC 603 processors and custom BeOS operating system created by former Apple executives.
This innovative machine pioneered multi-processor computing…
Gore Verbinski's BioShock Movie Would Have Somehow Included Both of the Game's Endings
February 10, 2026
Pirates of the Caribbean director Gore Verbinski has said that his scrapped BioShock film adaptation would have somehow included both of the original game’s endings to mess with the audience’s heads.
Verbinski was attached to make a movie version of the beloved…
‘This Is a Hill Worth Dying On’ — Overwatch Actor Supports Potential Redesign of Criticized Character
February 10, 2026
The actor behind the English language version of the newly revealed Overwatch hero, Anran, has responded to criticism of her visual design, supporting calls for her look to be changed, claiming, “this is a hill worth dying on.”
Last week’s Overwatch spotlight saw the introduction of a new era for Blizzard’s hero shooter, but, with it, came the reemergence of an issue that’s followed the…
