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Month: October 2025

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Tesla’s FSD no longer lets drivers set their own speed

October 30, 2025

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News Federal regulators are looking into Tesla’s new “Mad Max” Full Self Driving (FSD) mode, which ignores speed limits and reportedly may drive as fast […]

Article

Google refines its Pixel Watch

October 17, 2025

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News For the past three weeks, I’ve been walking around with a Pixel 4 Watch on one wrist and an Apple Watch on the other. […]

Article

For AI and Zoom, Pixel 10 Pro leaves iPhone behind

October 9, 2025

by Larry Magid This post first appeared in the Mercury News In last week’s column I praised the iPhone 17 Pro for its crisp 8x ‘optical quality’ zoom and other useful features. I still think […]

Article

My first two weeks with the iPhone 17 Pro

October 7, 2025

Every year, usually in September, Apple announces a new iPhone. This year was no exception. I’ve been using the new iPhone 17 Pro for the past couple of weeks. So far, I find it to […]

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