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One of the questionable limitations of the iPhone 18 Pro’s new main camera with a variable aperture is that you’re limited to just four settings in the native iOS’ camera app in manual mode: f/1.48, f/1.8, f/2.8, and f/4. Those same limitations are also in place when the app is adjusting the iris itself in Auto aperture mode, but it turns out that’s not a strict limitation of the iPhone’s camera hardware. Apple’s SDK allows third-party camera apps to implement more granular control of the aperture.Yesterday, Moment followed suit with an announcement on X that its $12.99 Moment Pro Camera…

The company is still paying for the Cambridge Analytica scandal. davide bonaldo/Shutterstock A New Mexico jury has found Meta violated the state’s Unfair Practices Act and misled residents about their privacy and how the company handles misinformation, Reuters reports. The trial was the result of a 2021 lawsuit filed by the state in response to Meta’s Cambridge Analytica scandal, in which data harvested from Facebook was used to target political advertising during the 2016 election. The state’s original lawsuit claimed that Meta misrepresented what it let third-party apps do with its data, maintained privacy settings that…

The Hyundai Elantra N is one of the best performance values on the market today. It’s one of the last affordable performance cars to offer both a quick-shifting dual-clutch automatic and an old-school 6-speed manual. It’s also one of the highest-horsepower cars under $40,000 and it’s the best handling sedan under that price as well. Its interior is no penalty box either, with big screens, heated seats, and even a Bose stereo. When all this goodness can be had for $10,000 less than a Honda Civic Type R, is there any justification left to spend all that extra money? Let’s…

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. When I left Indianapolis a couple of weeks ago for the Goodwood Revival in the U.K., I wished my 2026 Honda Prelude long-term test car had one convenient feature: ventilated seats. It’s been abnormally hot here since late spring, and things can get swampy quickly in the car—especially when I’m already hopping in hot and sweaty after the gym or a hike. I may as well have been gone for a whole month, because…

Genesis continues to impress as a force that’s starting to turn the heads of other luxury automakers. In what appears to be a relentless quest to level up deep into several luxury segments, Genesis isn’t letting off the proverbial throttle as vehicles like the new G90 that I have this week are a welcoming creation that properly fits the modern-day luxury mold. The Genesis G90, now in its second generation from a full redesign in 2023, comes as somewhat of an underdog that not many people know about, and they are truly impressed by its presence once such…

The Genesis GV90 has a pretty cool trick up its sleeve. Its pop-up 24.6″ OLED display can transform the cabin into a private luxury movie theater, complete with a 25-speaker Bang & Olufsen 3D Sound System. The Genesis GV90 raises the luxury bar It’s been three weeks since Genesis unveiled the GV90 at the Palace of Fine Arts in San Francisco on August 19. We were invited out for a first look at the new flagship electric SUV. If you’ve seen the pictures, the GV90 is even more stunning in person. While the B-pillarless Neolun Arch Gate coach doors and…

Tesla is just days away from another Roadster event, only 12 years after the car was first announced. We still don’t know the fate of the promised rocket thrusters, but we do now know what will help push the performance EV into the pavement. A rear wing that makes more downforce than a Corvette ZR1X’s is going to make handling very, very interesting. Huge Wing Could Make Appearance Next Week Tesla Wing PatentTesla/USPTO Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s claims for the new Roadster have been incredible. But thanks to a new patent, we know that at least one of them is…

Mark Zuckerberg has a new defense of the Ray-Ban Meta glasses: They’re actually doing more to signal they’re taking a photo than phones do. He’s brought this up in at least two recent interviews, noting that the glasses have a light that comes on to signal when a photo is being taken, while phones do not. In one of the interviews, Joanna Stern notes that, while phones do not always emit a light, someone does have to hold a phone up in the air, which is itself pretty noticeable.On today’s Vergecast, we’re talking about Meta Connect, the Muse AI assistant,…

Hyundai’s having a great 2026 so far this year. Last month, it had its best August sales in the U.S. in the brand’s history, building on top of the brand’s best first half sales. Things are looking so good, that the industry analysts at Cox Automotive are expecting the Hyundai group as a whole to have a truly fantastic third quarter, which wraps up at the end of this month. Cox predicts that Hyundai will have actually outsold Ford in America for the third quarter, and that’s just the start of the interesting sales data. 2026 Hyundai TucsonHyundai Hyundai May…

A Li i6 electric SUV on display at the Beijing Auto Show in April 2026. Credit: CnEVPost. Li Auto said the adjustment aims to shorten customers’ waits after ordering. Reservations were previously scheduled to open in late September. The updated Li i6 electric SUV will feature an in-house-developed 5C battery and Mach assisted driving chip. Li Auto (NASDAQ: LI) has moved the launch of the 2026 Li i6 to late October while keeping deliveries scheduled for early November, aiming to shorten customers’ waits after placing orders. Li Xinyang, head of product lines at the Chinese electric vehicle (EV) maker, announced…