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Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman says Apple is developing two game controllers for the iPhone and will likely sell them under the Beats brand. Rumors that Apple might enter the game controller business have circulated for some time. But last week, MacRumors reported finding two references in macOS 26.7’s code to two game controllers identified as first-party devices.Despite the code being found in macOS, not iOS, Gurman says the controllers are designed for iPhones. Additionally, he says that it is Beats executives leading the charge on this product. Apple sometimes uses its subsidiary brand to experiment with new product categories and compete…

Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman said there are two gaming controllers in the works. Getty Images/Getty Images Apple is reportedly on the verge of entering a new product category within the gaming world. As reported by Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman, Apple has been working on gaming controllers for iPhone for more than a year, but they could launch under its Beats brand instead. Earlier this month, one of MacRumors’ readers identified code in a macOS release candidate that referenced two hardware devices with gaming controller components, like dual thumbsticks, shoulder buttons and D-pads. While Apple already sells third-party gaming controllers in…

UPDATE: 2026/09/13 11:58 EST BY ROGER BIERMANN Unibody Construction May Count Against Wolf Series II’s Chances This article has been updated with new information about the Defender Wolf Series II’s differences compared to traditional military vehicles. Land Rover’s history with the British Army goes way back – a whopping 77 years, to be exact. And since 1997, the Defender Wolf has been in service with the armed forces in various roles, a jack of all trades that could carry personnel or cargo back and forth, be outfitted with tactical communication equipment or weapon mounts, and even serve as a battlefield…

Pop-up headlights have been extinct for more than two decades now, and yet we still mourn their passing from time to time. And although they’re very unlikely to make any sort of comeback for the foreseeable future, Mercedes-Benz might soon give us something in the same vein. It may not be as charming as those traditional pop-up arrangements, but that’s not to say it isn’t cool as heck. Recently, CarBuzz came across a patent submitted by Mercedes to the US Patent & Trademark Office, and we think it warrants a closer look. It is essentially a fresh take on the…

Elon Musk is once again promoting the misuse of Tesla’s “Full Self-Driving” (FSD), this time by amplifying a video of a 98-year-old man who openly admits he has stopped watching the road. The clip is charming. It’s also a textbook example of the exact driver behavior Tesla’s lawyers are fighting in a growing pile of crash lawsuits. A 98-year-old who ‘doesn’t want to look’ The Fast Lane (TFL) published a video featuring Larry, a 98-year-old from Farmington, New Mexico, who bought a new Model Y and now uses FSD (Supervised) to drive him around town. Sawyer Merritt, a Tesla stock…

The Drive 🤝 your inbox. Every weekday The Daily Brief wraps up the biggest stories and our exclusive reporting on the auto industry and car culture. Gas prices remain painfully high across the country thanks to the ongoing war with Iran, and diesel prices hit record highs of over $6 a gallon this week. While there are a variety of alternative fuels available for the dedicated, the most practical option for most people remains switching to an EV. And according to a new study from Here Technologies and SBD Automotive, more Americans are thinking about doing exactly that. The two…

Two people were arrested in San Fransico while riding around in a Waymo robotaxi after the cab pulled over and called the cops on them. The riders were juveniles in possession of a loaded AR-style ghost gun and were taken to a juvenile hall. While the police report did not specify who was operating the autonomous car, Waymo later confirmed it was one of its vehicles to the Los Angeles Times.A spokesperson told the LA Times that a “violation of our terms of service involving a firearm” was detected. At which point the car pulled over and alerted the authorities.Earlier…

HDMI-CEC makes all the devices connected to your Samsung TV work together more efficiently, with a few quirks to know. Novikov Aleksey/Shutterstock Disable just one setting on your Samsung TV, and it can suddenly feel a lot less smart. Turning on your game console will no longer wake the display, your soundbar won’t respond to the TV remote, and changing inputs becomes a game of finding the last remote you left between the couch cushions. Much of this behavior is tied to Anynet+, which is Samsung’s name for a feature call HDMI-CEC. HDMI-CEC (Consumer Electronics Control) lets…

Toyota revealed its GR GT sports car and its racing counterpart GR GT3 close to a year ago now. Toyota shared quite a bit about the cars back then, but not quite everything, including some key specifications such as power. We would be a bit more frustrated, but to make up for the delay in those final details, Toyota has been taking its two running examples on tour, and every time we see it driven hard, we get more excited. The latest stop on the tour was at Laguna Seca, and the cars still impress us. Toyota Brought Its Rumbling…

UPDATE: 2026/09/13 08:30 EST BY ROGER BIERMANN Continued Investment In Hybrid Technologies This article has been updated with new infortmation and additional context surrounding Stellantis’s current and future hybrid vehicle prospects. Who’s ready for a little algorithmic science? The CarBuzz investigative team sure is, especially after finding this interesting patent from FCA-US LLC – better known as the North American division of Stellantis – describing a better hybrid powertrain. The conglomerate isn’t quite as hybrid-savvy as other companies, but from what we just read, it sounds like they’re getting serious about building the smoothest-running hybrid ever. That’s a tall order…