Subaru has unveiled its second-ever EV, the 2026 Trailseeker, at the New York International Auto Show. It’s a slightly larger version of the company’s first electric vehicle, the Solterra, and is likely based on the same platform — also used by Toyota with its BZ4X electric SUV. 

The Trailseeker is taller than the Solterra and has more cargo area, but otherwise resembles that model, with similar body creases along the doors and rear fender. It also has the same type of plastic panels around the fenders, which was something of a polarizing feature on the Solterra. 

Range isn’t the Trailseeker’s strong point as it’s equipped with a smallish 74.7-kWh lithium-ion battery and tops out at just 260 miles. Charging won’t be blazingly fast either as it’s limited to 150kW. However, the electric SUV will be able to handle fast charging in cold or warm conditions thanks to a battery preconditioning system, and you’ll be able to pull up to any Supercharger thanks to the NACS port and Subaru’s arrangement with Tesla. 

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The Trailseeker does seem to have the goods when it comes to performance and offroading, though. It uses a symmetrical all-wheel drive system with dual motors putting out a combined 375 HP that propel it from 0-60 mph in 4.3 seconds. It also comes standard with 8.3 inches of ground clearance and the company’s X-Mode system with settings for snow/dirt, deep snow/mud, grip control and downhill assist control.  

It’s also loaded with driver assist tech powered by the company’s EyeSight system. That includes pre-collision braking, front cross traffic alert, blind spot monitors, lane departure alert, a panoramic view monitor, emergency stop assist, traffic jam assist, lane change assist and adaptive cruise control.

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The interior looks fairly plain but it does feature a 14-inch touchscreen, the largest on any Subaru to date. In a nod to its techie market, the EV also offers a wide center console that “provides a centralized hub for devices and personal items for easy storage,” the company said. That includes two 15W chargers, two fast USB-C chargers for rear passengers, plus Apple CarPlay and Android Auto support. 

Pricing will be announced in “early 2026,” according to Subaru. However, it’s likely to be more expensive than the company’s Solterra, which currently starts at $38,495 before any tax credits, and ahead of any future tariffs levied on Japanese imports. 

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Wireless headphones and earbuds are extremely convenient, until they’re not — I’m looking at you in-flight movies with only headphone jack compatibility. One of our favorite solutions for this is Twelve South’s AirFly bluetooth transmitters, which allow you to wirelessly connect with everything from treadmills to TVs.

Well, now, the AirFly Pro is on sale for $42, down from $55, in the white model. The 24 percent discount brings its price to the lowest we’ve seen all year. This specific AirFly transmitter lets you pair up to two headphones and access pretty much anything with a headphone jack — yes, you can finally say no to the flight attendant handing out cheap wired headphones and use the ones you forked out good money for. 

The AirFly Pro works with all types of headphones, including Sony, Bose and Beats. The transmitter is small enough to fit in your pocket, but lasts for up to 25 hours — meaning you don’t have to bother with charging it mid-travel. Plus, it includes a USB-C cable for whenever it does need a juice up. 

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NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX 5060 Ti aims at a very niche group of gamers. Starting at $379 with 8GB of VRAM, or $429 with 16GB, the 5060 Ti is for people who want something a bit more powerful than the base $299 RTX 5060, but aren’t willing to shell out for the midrange $549 RTX 5070. (And it’s worth noting that card is already selling for well beyond that price). 

In terms of raw rendering power, it’s a minor upgrade over the previous RTX 4060 Ti. But thanks to the power of DLSS 4 AI upscaling, as well as 4X frame generation (the ability to create three interpolated frames for every one that’s rendered), the RTX 5060 Ti can reach surprisingly high fps scores in 1080p and even 1440p.

During my testing of PNY’s RTX 5060 Ti 16GB card, I found it to be a solid performer overall, especially for games that can tap into 4X frame generation. But of course, it’s unclear if you’ll actually be able to buy it for $429, given the already volatile nature of the GPU industry and the additional headache of the Trump administration’s unwieldy tariff plans. Would it be worth spending over $500 or even $600 on the RTX 5060 Ti? That’s much harder to tell.

Hardware

Now if you’re wondering why NVIDIA chose to offer 16GB of RAM in the RTX 5060 Ti, while it saddled the RTX 5070 with just 12GB, I don’t really have any answers for you. It’s a confusing move, and it’s another sign that the RTX 5070 was simply a bit too mid. Even more curious, the 5060 Ti also has higher clock speeds than the 5070, reaching between 2.4GHz and 2.57GHz. The 5070 is rated between 2.16GHz and 2.51Ghz.

Otherwise, the 5060 Ti sits right below the 5070: It has 4,608 Blackwell CUDA cores that can reach 24 TFLOPs, 759 AI TOPS and 72 TFLOPS of 4th-gen ray tracing cores. The 5070, meanwhile, has 6,144 CUDA cores for 31 TFLOPS of Blackwell shader power, 988 AI TOPS and 94 ray tracing TLFOPs.

The PNY 5060 Ti I tested seemed like a typical budget GPU. It’s relatively small, features just two fans and has one PSU connection. You won’t be mistaking it for a slick NVIDIA Founder’s Edition card, that’s for sure.

What’s good about the RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)?

For the most part, the RTX 5060 Ti delivered everything I’d want in a sub-$500 video card. And in some cases, it even exceeded my expectations.

• It offers excellent 1080p performance, especially with the help of DLSS 4. It hit 186 fps in Cyberpunk 2077 in ray tracing overdrive mode with 4X frame generation. But it also performed decently without DLSS, hitting 122 fps with Ultra graphics settings and no ray tracing. Just don’t try to add ray tracing without upscaling, as the 5060 Ti reached a mere 30 fps in RT Overdrive mode and 56 fps in RT Ultra.

• In Halo Infinite, which doesn’t offer DLSS upscaling at all, it reached 156 fps in 1080p with maxed out graphics settings and ray tracing.

• 1440p speeds were solid as well: It reached 136 fps in Cyberpunk’s ray tracing overdrive mode with 4X frame generation, and an even higher 189 fps in the slightly less impressive RT ultra mode.

• In 4K, the 5060 Ti hit 90 fps in Cyberpunk with 4X frame generation. It’s not a card you’d be buying for consistent 4K gameplay, but it’s still interesting to see it hit beyond 60 fps at such a high resolution.

• Having 16GB of VRAM future-proofs the card a bit, since it will be able to tackle higher resolution textures for newer games. That hefty amount of memory is likely why the 5060 Ti can handle 4K in a pinch.

• The 5060 Ti was 25 percent faster than the 4060 Ti in the 3DMark Speedway benchmark, as well as the Port Royal ray tracing test.

• Since it’s running just two fans, the 5060 Ti doesn’t make much noise under load. And it doesn’t really generate much heat either, reaching just 70C under load (and around 32C while idling).

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What’s bad about the RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)?

At the end of the day, the 5060 Ti is still a slightly souped-up budget card, so there are bound to be compromises. 

• I wish I could really trust its $429 price. While some lucky shoppers may be able to find launch models at that figure, it won’t be long before retailers start jacking up the price. And that’s not even counting where things may end up in a post-Trump tariff world.

• Strangely enough, the 5060 Ti scored a few hundred points lower than the 4060 Ti in the Blender benchmark. That could be due to immature drivers, but it was still surprising to see. Given that other benchmark results showed a decent amount of improvement, I wouldn’t count the 5060 Ti out for all 3D rendering software. But if you were in that field, you’d probably be investing in something much more powerful anyway.

Should you buy the RTX 5060 Ti (16GB)?

If you’re still using an RTX 3060 or an older GPU, you’ll see some huge speed boosts from the RTX 5060 Ti. But think twice before spending well over $500. If the GPU market stabilizes in the future, you may be able to snag an AMD Radeon RX 9070 or an NVIDIA RTX 5070 for $549. The Radeon is likely the better alternative, since it scored higher than the 5070 in most of our tests.

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Wrap-up

On paper, NVIDIA has done a lot right with the 16GB GeForce RTX 5060 Ti. It’ll be more than enough for demanding games in 1080p and 1440p, even if you let loose a bit with ray tracing. But it’s also relying on DLSS 4 upscaling for much of that performance, which may make some wary about the 5060 Ti’s actual power.

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Patreon has plenty of tools to help creators connect with audiences and grow those subscription numbers. However, it has never offered the ability to stream live video content. That’s changing soon. The platform is testing livestreaming with a general rollout planned for summer.

It’s called Live Video and will be available to a “limited group of creators” starting next week as part of a testing phase. Patreon says this feature should help “boost real-time fan engagement and provide new experiences to encourage free-to-paid member conversion.”

The platform looks to have put some thought into this functionality. There are no ads during streams, which is great, and it added some built-in tools to help with real-time engagement. There are real-time chats, which is typical for livestreams, but creators are given “enhanced chat moderation tools” to keep things from blowing up into a toxic hellscape.

Patreon says there will be no third-party tools required by creators or fans and that everything will run in the official app. This will also work on multiple platforms, including mobile and PC. Creators will be able to choose to offer streams to everyone or just to paid members.

The company has some plans to improve the experience down the line. It’s prepping an integration with OBS and Streamlabs to allow for adding co-hosts or to support “sophisticated streaming setups.” It will also allow creators to offer VOD downloads of streams as a one-time purchase or as a gift to fans. 

The platform has been busy this past year or two. It recently added a feature to allow fans to purchase access to collections of content without having to pony up for a monthly subscription. It also provided a suite of tools to let creators customize their pages, including the layout, colors and how posts display.

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It can be alarming to find an unknown folder or file on your computer, not least because malware can install temporary files without your knowledge that allow an infection to hide or spread. If you’re a Windows 11 users, the empty “inetpub” that recently appeared on your computer isn’t malicious—and it’s actually critical to patching a security flaw in your system.

The folder, spotted last week by Windows Latest, was created on users’ devices during the most recent Window 11 Patch Tuesday update. It is part of a security fix for an elevation of privilege vulnerability (labeled CVE-2025-21204) in the Windows Update Stack that allows attackers access to modify system files or folders, though Windows Latest reports that Microsoft hasn’t clarified exactly how the folder is related to the patch other than offering “increased protection.”

If you find the inetpub folder on your device, do not delete it. If you already have, do not despair—you can recover it to ensure the vulnerability is patched.

How to recover a deleted “inetpub” folder on Windows 11

If you accidentally deleted the empty inetpub folder on your computer running Windows 11, you need to restore it for the security patch to be effective. While you can normally recover deleted files and folders from the Recycle Bin, File History, or a backup (or using recovery software), there is a specific process to restore the inetpub folder as described by Windows Latest:

1. Go to Control Panel > Programs > Programs and Features.

2. Click Turn Windows features on or off to pull up a dialog box.

3. Check the box next to Internet Information Services and click OK.

This will recreate the deleted folder with the same security protections as the original.

Figma has confidentially filed for an IPO with the SEC, marking a major move more than a year after scrapping its $20 billion acquisition deal with Adobe due to regulatory pushback. CNBC reports: Figma’s software is popular among designers inside companies who need to collaborate on prototypes for websites and apps. The company was valued at $12.5 billion in a 2024 tender offer. “There are two paths that venture-funded startups go down,” Dylan Field, Figma’s co-founder and CEO, said in an interview with The Verge last year. “You either get acquired or you go public. And we explored thoroughly the acquisition route.”

The announcement lands at a precarious moment for the tech IPO market, which has been largely dormant since late 2021. The Trump presidency was expected to revive new offerings due to promises of less burdensome regulations.

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xAI has launched a new interface for its Grok chatbot that could be compared to ChatGPT’s Canvas. The Elon Musk-helmed AI company has introduced the first version of Studio, which can generate documents, code and even browser games on a separate window. If you ask Grok to write an essay for you, for instance, you’ll find text formatting buttons (Bold, Italics and Underline) at the top of the interface. You’ll also find a a drop-down menu with header options and buttons to create bullet and numbered lists. 

If you ask Grok to write code for you, you’ll immediately see how it runs on a preview tab that you can switch to on the upper part of the interface. In addition to being able to preview HTML, the chatbot can also run and preview Python, C++, Javascript, Typescript and bash scripts. In addition, the company has added Google Drive support for Grok, which now works with documents, spreadsheets and slides. You can upload a spreadsheet and ask it to use information from the file to prepare a report for you, complete with charts and illustrations, open an essay you want to edit, or slides you’d like to jazz up. Grok Studio is available for all premium and free users. You don’t have to type in a prompt or click anything to activate it, but you’ll have to sign up for an account and sign in before you can access its features. 

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At $1,399 (down from $1,899), this deal on the 14-inch Apple MacBook Pro (2023, M3 Pro chip) brings some high-end specs into a more accessible price range, especially considering it’s still $1,699 on Amazon.

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This base M3 MacBook Pro configuration gives you an 11-core CPU, a 14-core GPU, 18GB of unified memory, and a 512GB SSD, which is plenty for handling creative workloads like editing 4K video, code compiling, or juggling multiple apps and browser tabs without hitting thermal limits or draining battery in a couple of hours. It runs on macOS Sonoma, has a backlit keyboard, and supports Wi-Fi 6E and Bluetooth, though those were already around in the 2021 model.

The display is a 14.2-inch Liquid Retina XDR screen with a 3024 x 1964 resolution and up to 1000 nits of sustained brightness (which makes a difference if you work outdoors or with HDR content). Colors look vibrant, and Apple’s ProMotion tech keeps things smooth with a 120Hz refresh rate that adjusts dynamically. This helps during video playback or fast-paced visuals, though it won’t make much of a difference for static office work. And while it’s not a touchscreen (something Windows users might miss), the display clarity more than makes up for it in sharpness and depth. Battery life is solid too, with up to 30 hours unplugged, according to this PCMag review.

You’re also getting a more generous port selection than what you’d get on a MacBook Air (speaking of, read why Apple’s newest MacBook Air is the one to buy) or most laptops in this class. There are three Thunderbolt 4 ports, an HDMI output, an SDXC card reader, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and MagSafe charging—so dongle life doesn’t have to be your default. If you don’t need a powerhouse for 3D rendering or machine-learning tasks, this M3 Pro version is more than capable. It’s a good fit for creative professionals, developers, gamers trying to get more mileage from the Mac ecosystem, and anyone who doesn’t want to compromise on screen quality or build, but also doesn’t need the fully loaded top-tier models.

In the AI world, a vulnerability called “prompt injection” has haunted developers since chatbots went mainstream in 2022. Despite numerous attempts to solve this fundamental vulnerability—the digital equivalent of whispering secret instructions to override a system’s intended behavior—no one has found a reliable solution. Until now, perhaps.

Google DeepMind has unveiled CaMeL (CApabilities for MachinE Learning), a new approach to stopping prompt-injection attacks that abandons the failed strategy of having AI models police themselves. Instead, CaMeL treats language models as fundamentally untrusted components within a secure software framework, creating clear boundaries between user commands and potentially malicious content.

The new paper grounds CaMeL’s design in established software security principles like Control Flow Integrity (CFI), Access Control, and Information Flow Control (IFC), adapting decades of security engineering wisdom to the challenges of LLMs.

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