Polestar 2 gets a 68HP power boost through a paid update, no subscription required

Polestar is delivering a not-so-subtle snub to Mercedes’ subscription performance upgrade. The automaker has released an update that gives the Polestar 2’s long range dual motor variant a 68HP power boost (plus 15lb. ft. of torque) in the US and Canada for a one-time $1,195 fee. That’s far from a trivial expense, but it’s a…

Annapurna’s memory adventure Hindsight out on Xbox and PlayStation

Hindsight, the acclaimed narrative adventure from developer Joel MacDonald and publisher Annapurna Interactive – in which players experience a woman’s entire life, from birth to the present day – is now available on Xbox One and PlayStation. Hindsight is the follow-up McDonald’s acclaimed iOS botanical puzzler Prune (McDonald is also a former Call of Duty…

Amazon offering a whopping $2/month to let it stalk your phone

Enlarge (credit: Getty) Amazon has gotten flak for how it handles user and partner data, but that hasn’t stopped it from launching a program that openly pays to stalk opt-in participants’ smartphone traffic. The ad-verification scheme is similar to demised programs from other tech giants, like Google, and gives Amazon access to members’ phone data…

Musk’s Twitter abandons COVID misinfo policy, shirking “huge responsibility”

Enlarge / Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk presents a vaccine production device during a meeting September 2, 2020, in Berlin, Germany. Musk met with vaccine-maker CureVac, with which Tesla has a cooperation to build devices for producing RNA vaccines. (credit: Getty | Filip Singer) Under the leadership of billionaire Elon Musk, social media platform…