Technology News for Wednesday 23rd April 2025

1. All-new Lexus ES takes saloon styling, luxury and refinement to a higher level

World premiere of the all-new, eighth generation Lexus ES. New model builds on the foundation of the current ES to deliver a clear step-up in performance, refinement, comfort and luxury appointments. Clean x Tech exterior and interior design theme ...

2. Instagram Edits app launched: How to use it for Reels and short videos on mobile

Instagram Edits app brings a slew of video editing features, including the ability to quickly add green screen overlays, apply effects, and more. Instagram Edits launched: Content creation is on the rise, and one thing that remains constant is the need ...

3. Porsche has designed this groovy special edition 911 to celebrate the 1970s

Anyway, back to the car. Limited to just 1,500 examples and only available as a convertible, the Spirit 70 celebrates the – you guessed it – 1970s and early 80s, but it's based on a modern 992.2 Carrera GTS Cabriolet. Yep, that's the one with Yorkshire's ...

4. Porsche 911 Spirit 70: a unique feeling of freedom and joie de vivre

Exclusive Olive Neo colour, historically inspired decorative graphics and legendary Pasha pattern in the interior: Porsche presents the 911 Spirit 70 at the Shanghai Auto Show, a convertible limited to 1,500 units that embodies the essence of the 1970s ...

5. Apple and Meta Are First to Be Hit by EU Digital Competition Law

The European Commission said the Silicon Valley companies violated the Digital Markets Act, a law meant to crimp the power of the largest tech firms.

6. Magnetic 'metabot' can expand, assume new shapes, and move like a robot—but without motor or internal gears

In an experiment reminiscent of the "Transformers" movie franchise, engineers at Princeton University have created a type of material that can expand, assume new shapes, move and follow electromagnetic commands like a remotely controlled robot, ...

7. Best Bluetooth trackers 2025: AirTag, Tile, SmartTag and more

Bluetooth trackers such as the Apple AirTag promise to help you find your lost keys, luggage or wallet, whether you've misplaced them in your own home or beyond your front door. Luggage trackers, key trackers, or something to keep tabs on your backpack ...

8. Meet your new AI teammate: Microsoft sees humans as 'agent bosses,' upending the workplace

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella discusses the company's Copilot initiatives at its 50th anniversary event in Redmond on April 4, 2025. (GeekWire Photo / Kevin Lisota). If you're still getting used to the idea of using AI chatbots at work, brace yourself ...

9. ChatGPT-maker wants to buy Google Chrome

ChatGPT-maker OpenAI would be interested in buying Chrome, the world's most popular browser, if Google was forced to sell it. Nick Turley, an executive at the artificial intelligence (AI) company, was testifying on behalf of the US government in an ...

10. Announcing Windows 11 Insider Preview Build 27842 (Canary Channel)

We're previewing a new, more streamlined UI for unexpected restarts which better aligns with Windows 11 design principles and supports our goal of getting users back into productivity as fast as possible. We've simplified your experience while preserving ...

11. New electronic “skin” could enable lightweight night-vision glasses

MIT engineers have developed a technique to grow and peel ultrathin “skins” of electronic material. The method could pave the way for new classes of electronic devices, such as ultrathin wearable sensors, flexible transistors and computing elements, ...

12. Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 review -- dark, bold, brilliant

It's a world of soft brush strokes, surrounded by a sky alive with dancing auroras, backed by shattered cliffsides with impossible waterfalls cascading off the world's edge. Light shifts and caustics shimmer across the ground as if ...

13. Update: Meta AI Begins Roll Out on Ray-Ban Meta Glasses to Even More Countries in the EU

Update on April 23, 2025 at 6:00 AM PT: Today, we're announcing that we're expanding access to Meta AI on Ray-Ban Meta glasses to Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland. Starting today, people in these countries can interact with ...

14. NASA Developing Aerogel Antenna for Enhanced Satellite Communications

The active phased array aerogel antenna is designed to conform to the shape of the aircraft to enhance aerodynamic performance and save valuable weight and space. In addition, it can adjust its array elements to minimize signal interference and boost ...

15. Seeing Olo: Scientists say they discovered a new color not seen with the naked eye

A team of researchers say there's a new color in the atmosphere. But here's the deal: you can only see it by being shot in the eye with a laser. Scientists at the University of California, Berkeley, who have witnessed the new color they dubbed "Olo," ...

16. Scientists Say You Can Only See This New Color by Shooting Lasers Into Your Eyes. Not So, Says Stuart Semple

Researchers at the University of California, Berkley, claim to have found a new color. The caveat? You can't see it. Not unless you have a laboratory fitted with a complex laser system that's cued into a specially designed software called Oz.

17. PlayStation Classic Themes Are Returning to PS5 in Next Update

If you're anything like me, gaming hasn't quite felt right without the impactful sights and sounds of the PlayStation 2's start-up menu. If that is the case for you -- for starters, you're probably also turning 30 this year, and we'll get through it ...

18. Introducing our latest image generation model in the API

Today, we're bringing the natively multimodal model that powers this experience in ChatGPT to the API via gpt-image-1 , enabling developers and businesses to easily integrate high-quality, professional-grade image generation directly into their own tools ...