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Tesla HW3 claim grows to 7,000 owners, gets law firm backing for collective action
The Dutch collective claim against Tesla over broken “Full Self-Driving” promises on Hardware 3 vehicles has reached nearly 7,000 verified participants and secured backing from law firm Kennedy Van der Laan for a formal legal action.
The initiative, which launched in April with 3,000 signups in its first week, is now preparing to transfer the case to a foundation that will pursue the claim on behalf of all participants under Dutch collective action law.
Read MoreLatest Nest Cam at $70 Amazon all-time low, new Google Home Speaker pre-orders, more
While much of the the Pixel 10 deals have come and gone now (we expect them to return next week), there are still some Amazon all-time lows live on Google’s latest Nest smart home gear. Now that the all-new Google Home Speaker has arrived for pre-order we are taking a closer look at the best deals live on Nest gear right now.
Read MoreApple warns price increases are coming, new Siri continues to impress, more iOS 27 features
This week, Benjamin and Chance discuss the implications of Tim Cook’s reveal to the Wall Street Journal that Apple cannot mitigate the skyrocketing price of memory no longer, and consumers will soon see Apple’s device prices go up. Also, we have another week of impressive hands-on with Siri AI, and we continue to dive through a grab-bag of other iOS 27 features.
And in Happy Hour Plus, we discuss the potential market reception to the iPhone Air 2, expected to debut six months later than the iPhone 18 Pro. Subscribe at 9to5mac.com/join.
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Today’s Apple Books and audiobook deals from $1
Today’s lineup of the best Apple Books deals is now ready to roll, including titles like The Edge of Alone, Saucer: Savage Planet, Queen of Faces, If I Ruled the World, Murder at Gulls Nest (Unabridged), and more. Everything is waiting down below.
Read MorePrep for your trip with this deal on Rosetta Stone Sapphire
Learning a new language is one of the few hobbies that can improve your travels, your career, and your brain all at once—luckily, a year of Rosetta Stone Sapphire is available for just $127.20 (MSRP $159).
Read MoreAnker’s Smart Display 20,100mAh Prime Power Bank now down at $110 (Undercuts Amazon low)
As part of its latest Power Up Your Tech charging gear sale, where you’ll find some deals on official Apple accessories and more, Woot is delivering one of the best prices ever on the Anker Prime 20,100mAh 3-Port Power Bank down at $110.
Read MoreMaster Claude AI and automation with this $20 e-degree (Reg. $50)
Claude AI is one of the top AI models on the market right now, so there’s an incentive to learn how to get the most out of it. Luckily, this Claude AI Professional E-Degree is here to ease your journey into advanced prompt engineering for just $19.99 (reg. $49).
Read MoreAmazon’s official Solar Charger powers your Ring Doorbell so you don’t have to at $35 all-time low (Reg. $50)
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If you’re running a Ring Battery Doorbell, Ring Battery Doorbell Plus, or Battery Doorbell Pro, or planning on picking one up while they are at early Prime Day all-time lows, the official solar charging add-on just hit the best price ever. Let the sun trickle charge your front porch cam so you don’t have to – I’m seriously considering this same setup myself.
Beats Pill drops to $72, plus more Beats recommendations
Whether you’re shopping for yourself, Father’s Day, or graduation season, Apple’s Beats brand makes a wide lineup of excellent options. Here are my top recommendations (with some big discounts).
Read MoreToday’s best Android app deals and freebies: WINCH IT OUT, LUNA The Shadow Dust, more
Your afternoon lineup of the best Android game and app deals is now at the ready, including titles like WINCH IT OUT, Dungeon of the Endless: Apogee, LUNA The Shadow Dust, RPG Soul Historica, Nelly Cootalot: The Fowl Fleet, Guns’n’Glory Zombies Premium, and more. We also have Samsung Galaxy S26 at $150 off or open-box units at a massive $525 off as well as this Galaxy Tab S11 down to a new Amazon all-time low at over $300 off. Head below for today’s best Android apps.
Read MoreSweden tells EU to reject Tesla ‘FSD’ unless speeding is removed
Sweden’s transport authority has told the European Union it should vote against approving Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving (Supervised)” across the bloc unless the system’s ability to exceed posted speed limits is removed.
The recommendation, in a previously unreported April 30 letter to the EU’s Technical Committee on Motor Vehicles (TCMV), lands just before the committee is due to take up the matter on June 30, ahead of an eventual vote on a bloc-wide rollout.
Read MoreToday only: Best Buy offers major 50% price drops on official Samsung Galaxy S26 cases, deals from $12.50
For today only, Samsung is largely taking over the Best Buy Deals of the Day. We have already detailed the deep deals live on Galaxy S26 phones, but we are now ready to take a closer look at the official Samsung Galaxy S26 case and accessory deals live today – there’s a whole collection of them at a straight up 50% off the list prices right now starting from $12.50.
Read MoreTesla teases new FSD features — but it’s still not the self-driving promised
Elon Musk says Tesla’s Full Self-Driving will soon remember your parking preferences and let you talk to it through Grok, like giving directions to an Uber driver.
The features sound useful, and they reflect how genuinely impressive FSD has become — but they also underscore that it remains a supervised driver-assist system, not the unsupervised self-driving Tesla has sold to owners for years.
Read MoreApple TV deals from $3: House, Frasier complete, Star Trek animated series, Iron Man trilogy, more
Thursday’s lineup of the best Apple TV deals is now ready to go, including titles like Billions Complete Series, Star Trek: Animated Complete Series, Suits Complete Series, Frasier Complete Series, Downton Abbey Complete Series, the complete run of House, the Iron Man trilogy, more. We also have rare early Prime Day deals on Apple Watch Ultra 3, this 1TB M5 MacBook Pro with the official 96W Apple charger upgrade live at $200 off, and loads more early Prime Day deals waiting for you right here.
Read MoreApple’s mid-range 512GB M5 iPad Pro back down to one of its best prices today at nearly $150 off
Alongside the early Prime Day deals on Apple Watch Series 11 and these rare Apple Watch Ultra 3 price drops, Amazon is also now giving folks a chance on a mid-range M5 iPad Pro model at nearly $150 off the list price.
Read MoreTesla loses its head of quality to Stellantis
Tesla’s head of quality, Kahiree Gans, is leaving the automaker to return to Stellantis — the same company Tesla poached him from less than three years ago.
Gans has updated his LinkedIn profile to list his new role as “Vice President, Global SQD” at Stellantis, while describing himself as “Ex-Tesla Head of Quality.”
Read MoreHere’s why I think the AI photo features in iOS 27 are so well considered
In my roundup of what I saw as the 11 key AI features announced by Apple at this year’s WWDC, I said that the camera features seemed extremely well thought through.
In the two weeks since, my view has been very much reinforced. The Clean Up tool is now significantly more powerful, while the Reframe and Extend tools address similar real-life needs …
Read MoreToday’s best iOS app deals and freebies: Moncage, Sonority, Legends of Heropolis, Drawn Down, more
The early Prime Day deals are flying, we have rare price drops on Apple Watch Ultra 3, and Rockstar just announced Grand Theft Auto 6 pre-orders are going live next week, but we are taking a short break for today’s best iOS game and app deals. Today’s highlights include Moncage, Sonority mobile, Legends of Heropolis DX, LUNA The Shadow Dust mobile, Otaku’s Adventure, Drawn Down, and everything else awaits below.
Read MoreGTA Online 50% off and GTA Trilogy up to 67% off ahead of Grand Theft Auto 6 pre-orders next week
Well, it’s sort of hard to think about anything else in gaming now that Rockstar has officially confirmed Grand Theft Auto 6 pre-orders will go live next week. The long-awaited follow up to GTA V is finally ready for prime time, but we still don’t know the official price and you’re still going to have to wait until mid-November to play it. That said, we are celebrating today’s announcement with some GTA deals and the FREE upgrade that goes live today to enjoy in the meantime:
- Grand Theft Auto Online PS5 $10 (Reg. $20)
- Grand Theft Auto: The Trilogy Switch $20 (Reg. $60)
- PS4, digital Xbox, PC GTA V upgrade to current gen FREE starting today
- More details here
It’s official! Grand Theft Auto 6 pre-orders go live next week
This is not a drill, Grand Theft Auto 6 pre-orders will officially begin on June 25 as per an official Rockstar announcement.
Read MoreRare deal on entry 1TB M5 MacBook Pro with 96W Apple charger upgrade live at $200 off
The Amazon Prime Day M5 and M5 Pro MacBook Pro deals are presumably still on the way, but you won’t be able to score this M5 MacBook Pro bundle with the upgraded 96W Apple charger at $200 off there anyway.
Read MoreEarly Prime Day Kindle Kids deals now live from $55: Colorsoft all-time low, more up to 50% off
The early Prime Day deals are flying now with new all-time low pricing live on the latest Ring smart doorbell releases at up to 50% off, loads of the latest Echo gear, and the all-new Amazon Ember Artline frame TV at $200 off. And now, the Kindle Kids edition models are hitting some of the best prices to date this morning.
Read MoreTime Capsule survives macOS 27, but Apple really should make a new one
While macOS 27 introduces lots of new features, it does have a few drawbacks. One of these appeared to be that it bricked Time Capsules.
A Microsoft engineer has found a way to maintain compatibility, but it really just leads me to renew my belief that Apple needs to revive the product …
Read MoreMost affordable Galaxy Tab S11 just plummeted to a new Amazon all-time low at over $300 off
Prices just went up on current-gen Galaxy Tabs at Samsung, but the most affordable Tab S11 you can buy just dropped to the Amazon all-time low anyway. You can now land a Galaxy S11 at $594 – that’s over $300 off the list price.
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