BYD’s low-cost Seagull EV, sold as the Dolphin Surf in Europe, is getting another update with a longer body and a more powerful motor.
BYD Seagull EV is due for a refresh
Starting at just 69,800 yuan, or about $10,000, the Seagull is BYD’s smallest, most affordable electric car in China.
Sold as the Dolphin Surf, the electric hatch starts at just £18,675 ($25,000) in the UK and €22,990…
Xiaomi reveals SkyNomad N90: a living room on wheels
July 14, 2026
Xiaomi has revealed the SkyNomad N90, the first model in its new SkyNomad series and the company’s first extended-range electric vehicle. CEO Lei Jun posted the first official exterior images today, and a new regulatory filing confirmed the full specs.
The N90 is a…
PARIS – Germany’s Helsing raised US$1.8 billion in Europe’s biggest-ever funding round for a defense-technology startup, valuing the company at $18 billion and continuing a flurry of mega rounds for the continent’s defense industry.
Munich-based Helsing raised the…
CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), operated by Canada and the United States, has gaping holes in its airspace radar coverage. Ottawa went some way to filling those gaps when it signed four related agreements in June for a new radar system sourced from Australia.
The system is called the Arctic Over-The-Horizon Radar (A-OTHR), and the deal is worth…
PARIS — The Hydis project to develop a European interceptor against hypersonic threats settled on a concept based on a solid-propellant rocket motor, according to MBDA, Europe’s biggest missile maker, with the program’s steering committee validating the final concept…
Cybersecurity advice is sometimes extremely straightforward. Your password leaked? Change it. Your PC needs updates? Apply them. You want to install pirated software? Don’t.
But more often, cybersecurity advice is a simplification of complex details—and results in…
Why DisplayPort beats HDMI for gaming PCs
July 14, 2026
Many gaming PCs aren’t delivering their full potential because the monitor and graphics card are connected via HDMI. While this usually works without any problems, it does not always make full use of the system’s capabilities, particularly when using high refresh rates, variable refresh rates, and modern graphics cards.
DisplayPort is designed for PC use, offering a more stable and less…
Microsoft has discovered a new piece of malware that not only spies on data but also renders entire systems unusable. The malware, known as GigaWiper, combines several destructive functions with a powerful backdoor for attackers.
Security researchers at Microsoft Threat…
Palworld 1.0 Players Spot a Number of Pal Redesigns — and Some Say They Now Look Less Like the Pokémon They Resembled
July 13, 2026
Palworld players have spotted that developer Pocketpair has altered several Pal designs for the 1.0 launch, leaving some saying they now look less like the Pokémon they had resembled.
Pocketpair published detailed patch notes for Palworld’s 1.0 version earlier this week…
The GTA 3 Mission That Reinvented It All
July 13, 2026
Few missions in GTA’s history would make such a big and noticeable change to the geography of the host city as Bomb Da Base Act II, which goes some way to explaining why all 45 seconds of this short, sharp, Tin Can Alley sniper mission remains so memorable.
By today’s standards it’s extraordinarily simple: in a world where there are entire games built around the sophisticated premise of…
