President Trump’s Golden Dome may end up being quite a bit more expensive than originally thought.
A new report by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) estimates it will cost about $1.2 trillion to deploy the Golden Dome missile defense system and operate it for 20 years.
That’s more than double the CBO estimate from last year, which was $542 billion, and about seven times higher…
OPPO Find X9s, Find X9 Ultra India Launch Set for May 21, Privilege Packs with Freebies Now Live
May 14, 2026
OPPO Find X9s and Find X9 Ultra India launch is set for May 21, as promised by the brand last month. Find X9s and Find X9 Ultra pack 7000mAh+ silicon-carbon batteries, Hasselblad camera systems, LUMO Image Engine, dedicated cooling systems, and more. Here are the details of…
Sony Xperia 1 VIII has been announced by the company for the global markets exactly a year after the Xperia 1 VII was announced. The new flagship comes with an overhauled design over its predecessors along with the latest Snapdragon 8 Elite Gen 5 processor. Here’s…
Android Show I/O Edition 2026: Gemini Intelligence, Googlebook, 3D Emojis, and All Announcements
May 14, 2026
Google, at its Android Show I/O Edition 2026 held on May 12, made a bunch of announcements regarding what’s new in Android 17. The company announced Gemini Intelligence, which aims to “transform Android into an intelligence system that can do so much more for you, taking your intention into action.” Here are all the announcements Google shared at the Android Show.
Gemini Intelligence
Gemini…
As AI begins to interact with the physical world, new types of labs are working to build world models that could be used to operate physical robotics or model objects in physical space. Unlike large language models, there isn’t an easy source of data for those models…
WhatsApp adds an incognito mode in Meta AI chats
May 14, 2026
Meta on Wednesday said it is adding the ability to start “incognito” conversations with its Meta AI chatbot within WhatsApp. These conversations, the company said, will be processed in a secure environment and can’t be seen by anyone.
Users can start an incognito…
Smartphones can be distracting with their dizzying array of apps and constant stream of notifications. A new app called Poppy aims to organize the chaos by combining your calendar, email, messages, and other sources into a single dashboard.
The idea, per the company’s website, is that “Poppy pays attention so you don’t have to.”
Users can connect various services to Poppy’s app, like…
A trove of historic photographs depicting former US Presidents went to auction over the weekend, selling for staggering sums. What made the images so valuable wasn’t just their famous subjects, but the fact that each photo had been personally signed by its subject.
The…
The new 2026 ES will be the first Lexus model to feature Toyota’s Arene software platform, unlocking new features including EV route planning.
Toyota and Lexus EVs finally gain EV Routing
If you’ve ever taken a road trip in a Tesla, you know how much easier it is with…
Tesla announced today that it will invest almost $250 million more in battery cell production at its Grünheide factory outside Berlin, more than doubling planned capacity to 18 gigawatt hours per year and creating over 1,500 battery-related jobs.
The investment comes just two months after the automaker successfully scared workers away from IG Metall in a contentious works council election — a…
