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[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/e5c3fa3286aef609a3f53b8212230e292b2734b6/hub/2026/05/28/84a9bbdb-85b6-4121-9e93-d37fabd74702/header-v2.png?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200″] Imagine you’re playing a racing game and you’re AI-generating the car you’ll use. Or a sandbox battle where you’re making all your machines and weapons on the fly. Centipede tank with four turrets? Flying bat drone? Roblox is folding its new CubePart AI model into its platform and game developer tools, and…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/861ac5602d0ffb7613ad3e4080e8dad3f64a4dce/hub/2026/05/26/18d736f8-2531-4db7-bfb9-e6a01632c2ea/image-20260521-154631-212.png?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200″] Table of Contents E-Bike Fires Are Down, but Riders Still Make One Dangerous Mistake Charging location is everything UL Certification, and why it matters E-Bike fire statistics in New York Beyond the testing stage E-bikes, electric scooters and other micromobility devices have changed how many people move through cities. They’re fast, convenient…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/014d545eec146af3ee530c96b7a847cfc3e6dac0/hub/2026/05/26/95e1342a-f16e-4f87-b375-91c7d7e0a5fd/waymo-ojai.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200″] Waymo’s self-driving vehicles have been roaming the streets in more than a dozen cities. Now, the company is opening the doors of its newest fleet to select passengers. Called the Ojai (pronounced like “Oh, hi”), the modified Zeekr vehicles are boxier and more spacious than the Jaguar I-Pace that Waymo has been using…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/882d9b6add7d2e4b9e6286eae35a8c967d8409f0/hub/2024/05/15/42d48dc2-8bd1-4f06-8caa-c5d9b6b311fe/google-gmail-email-2134.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200″] For more than two decades, the Gmail address you created – whether at 14 with an anime reference or at 22 with a username that made sense at the time – was essentially permanent. You could add aliases, link other addresses and work around it in a dozen ways, but the actual…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/09200b2625da0bd91bfc3677ab0aeb3273861cfa/hub/2026/03/17/08fec013-adcf-460c-96ac-8a68fe5feac3/fitbit-personal-health-coach.png?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200″] After spending all night working on a story about my hands-on time with Google’s upcoming smart glasses, I woke up weary from five hours of sleep. Google Health was sure to make me aware of that: “You’re getting high-quality sleep but not enough of it,” the app said when I opened it.…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/fe381667cc6bd64b19e06ef5509c50fdc144db0f/hub/2026/05/27/c8722716-ed5b-4dc1-bcc7-f02c3ee48754/hoverair-aqua-hero1.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200″] You never forget the first time you pilot a drone over water. No matter how well it flies or how good its safety features are, there’s still that what-if worry of your expensive quadcopter dunking it into a lake or surf. So even though the new HoverAir Aqua drone is specifically designed…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/4db1382be696a6ec78439e3882633318210b8b75/hub/2026/05/28/4b280db5-1f17-4ee8-b0d4-ffdfe19dd308/acer-aspire-go-15-qualcomm-ag15-q31p-01.jpg?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200″] “C” stands for “compute” in Qualcomm’s new Snapdragon C processor, which is aimed at low-cost laptops. (Qualcomm mentioned a target price of around $300.) It appears to be a refreshed, possibly rebranded successor to the Snapdragon 8cx Compute Platform. We’ll hopefully learn more once an announcement is made. The 8cx Compute Platform was…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/eaf6c2759d330017dac3080d10ad38daa624c303/hub/2026/05/27/c7e25da3-3991-4f79-b4b8-a66fe094f274/oura-ring-5-product-2-gold.png?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200″] The Oura Ring 5 is here, as announced on Thursday by the ring’s maker, Oura. But while the new smart ring is 40% smaller than its predecessor, making it what Oura calls the world’s smallest smart ring, it comes packed with a slew of new software features that aim to give members…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/684572273ffb75134eecc00b6bab6709453bfa93/hub/2026/05/27/9c3917b3-cc46-401e-ab4e-70168c7bd2b9/screenshot-2026-05-27-at-3-05-31pm.png?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200″] Meal kits cost a little more per pound than groceries — that’s the trade-off for convenience. But there’s a hidden perk: no wilting half-bunches of herbs or forgotten produce. You get exactly what you need, nothing more. Best Meal Kits and Meal Delivery Services for 2026 See at CNET Across the meal…

[analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https://www.cnet.com/a/img/resize/01d7fb35cc4e3a18a13658f1a626efc279fbfeab/hub/2026/05/28/00a4dbfa-14de-4ce7-9e92-758833f0a22a/oura-ring-5-lifestyle-1-hands-1.png?auto=webp&fit=crop&height=675&width=1200″] Oura announced the new Oura Ring 5 on Thursday. The much-anticipated smart ring is smarter and smaller than ever. Among the various new health features, one that stands out is Health Radar. It builds on Oura’s symptom radar, which is known for detecting illness and has identified multiple cases of Lymphoma. Health…