Tech This flying motorcycle can take you from traffic to sky in minutes Is this innovative eVTOL the future of travel? Published January 23, 2025 6:00am EST close This flying motorcycle can take you from traffic to sky in minutes The Skyrider X1 combines land and air travel in one sleek design. The unveiling of the Skyrider X1, which claims to be the "worlds first amphibious flying passenger motorcycle," has certainly stirred up excitement.This innovative vehicle promises to change how we think about personal mobility by combining land and air travel in one sleek design. Skyrider X1 (Rictor)A major advancement in transportationDeveloped by Rictor, a sub-brand of the Chinese company Kuickwheel, theSkyrider X1 marks a big progression from Rictor's previous product, the K1 e-bike. Transitioning from an electric bicycle to a flying motorcycle is no small feat, and it shows Rictor's ambition to push the boundaries of eco-friendly and energy-efficient transportation. Skyrider X1 (Rictor)Innovative featuresThe Skyrider X1 features amphibious functionality, allowing it to operate on both land and water, although some skeptics are curious about how well it will perform in real-world conditions. This vehicle can reach speeds of up to 62 mph (100 km/h) and offers flight times of around 25 minutes for the base model with a 10.5-kWh battery. The premium version, equipped with a 21-kWh battery, boasts up to 40 minutes of flight time.Made from lightweight carbon fiber composites and aviation-grade aluminum, the Skyrider X1 balances durability with flight capability. It also incorporates smart technology that includes automatic route planning to determine optimal flight paths based on your destination and real-time adaptability that adjusts altitude, speed and direction according to weather conditions. Skyrider X1 (Rictor)Safety as a prioritySafety is a top priority for Rictor in the design of the Skyrider X1. The vehicle includes triple-redundant flight control systems that ensure safe operation even if an engine fails. Additionally, it features an integrated emergency parachute for added peace of mind.GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE Skyrider X1 (Rictor)Pricing and accessibilityWith an expected price tag of around $60,000, the Skyrider X1 aims to make personal air travel more accessible compared to other eVTOL options. By blending performance with affordability, Rictor hopes to bring flying within reach for more people.WHAT IS ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (AI)? Skyrider X1 (Rictor)A look into the futureAs cities grow and traffic congestion worsens, innovative solutions like the Skyrider X1 could become essential. This vehicle not only aims to ease urban travel but also promotes sustainable options in personal transportation. With advancements in battery technology and autonomous systems, eVTOL vehicles may soon transform how we navigate our environments. Skyrider X1 (Rictor)Kurt's key takeawaysThe Skyrider X1 is a glimpse into a future where flying could actually be part of our everyday lives. Imagine zipping through the skies instead of sitting in traffic. It sounds pretty cool, right? However, there are still some big questions to tackle about how this will all work in practice. We need to think about safety and whether it can really handle the demands of real-world travel. So, while the idea of flying motorcycles is exciting, well have to wait and see how they fit into real-world scenarios.CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPSo, what do you think? Would you be ready to hop on a flying motorcycle like the Skyrider X1? Let us know what you think by writing us at Cyberguy.com/Contact.For more of my tech tips and security alerts, subscribe to my free CyberGuy Report Newsletter by heading to Cyberguy.com/Newsletter.Follow Kurt on his social channels:Answers to the most asked CyberGuy questions:New from Kurt:Copyright 2025 CyberGuy.com.All rights reserved. Kurt "CyberGuy" Knutsson is an award-winning tech journalist who has a deep love of technology, gear and gadgets that make life better with his contributions for Fox News & FOX Business beginning mornings on "FOX & Friends." Got a tech question? Get Kurts free CyberGuy Newsletter, share your voice, a story idea or comment at CyberGuy.com.

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Update Google Chrome now as two new vulnerabilities confirmed.Getty ImagesTheres a danger that with so many security alerts hitting the headlines, warning apathy can kick in. Yet that would be a mistake, a big one. Whether its dealing with the fallout of a billion stolen passwords, hidden malware threats for Gmail and Outlook users or attacks against PayPal accounts, you need to take them all seriously. Which is why you really shouldnt ignore this latest security alert for billions of Google Chrome web browser users across all platforms except iOSheres what you need to know and do.Google Chrome Browser Security AlertIts only been a week since the last security update warning for Chrome browser users dropped, and now we are back in the same place again. Google has confirmed that two high-severity security vulnerabilities impacting all users of the application across the Android, Linux, macOS and Windows operating systems have been discovered by external security researchers. As such, Google has taken action to start updating all applications to take Chrome to versions 132.0.6834.110/111 for Windows and Mac, 132.0.6834.110 for Linux, and 132.0.6834.122 for Android. These updates will, Google said, roll out over the coming days/weeks. I wouldnt recommend you wait that long, however, given the nature of the vulnerabilities in question.The vulnerabilities are:CVE-2025-0611 which is a heap-based overflow vulnerability that takes the form of an object corruption in the V8 Javascript rendering engine of Chrome. The vulnerability earned a researcher known only as 303f06e3, who disclosed it to Google, a $11,000 bounty.MORE FOR YOUCVE-2025-0612 which earned Alan Goodman a bounty of $8,000, is an out of bounds memory access vulnerability in the same V8 engine.The latter, SecurityVulnerability.io experts said, can be potentially exploited by attackers through a specially crafted HTML page, leading to heap corruption. Such vulnerabilities may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code, posing significant security risks to users who visit malicious or compromised web pages, while the first is so serious that it is crucial for users to update their browsers to maintain security and prevent exploitation.Act NowUpdate Your Google Chrome Browser Immediately To Stay SecureAlthough, as already mentioned, the security updates for Google Chrome will start rolling out soon, its not soon enough for me and shouldnt be for you, either, given the severity of the vulnerabilities concerned. I would, therefore, recommend you kickstart that update process right now. Heres what you need to do:Go to the Help|About option in your Google Chrome menu and this will automatically start a check for any updates as well as initiate the download process. However, the most critical part of that process comes after the download and thats the update activation. To ensure this you must restart your browser, save any tabs you have open, and do that to be protected. The following screenshots show how to update your Google Chrome browser and activate the new security fixes.Start the download process.Google/Davey WinderHit the relaunch button.Google/Davey WinderYour Chrome browser is now secureGoogle/Davey Winder

A hot potato: Meta has responded to complaints from Facebook, Instagram, and Threads users who say they suddenly found themselves following Donald Trump, Vice President JD Vance, and First Lady Melania Trump without their knowledge. There are also reports of Democratic content being hidden. Some have pointed to Meta and CEO Mark Zuckerberg's recent shifting political stance as the cause, but the company claims otherwise. Meta's communication director, Andy Stone, responded to the reports on Threads and X. He wrote that people were not made to automatically follow any of the official accounts for the President, Vice President or First Lady.Stone went on to say that the accounts are managed by the White House, so the content on the pages changes with a new administration but the followers remain unchanged. The same procedure was carried out during the last presidential transition.However, there are plenty of replies that cast doubt on Stone's explanation. Many people say they never followed Biden, Trump, or any political accounts, yet they are suddenly following the POTUS, VPOTUS, and FLOTUS accounts.There are also complaints that those who suddenly found they are following Trump cannot unfollow him. Stone said that it may take some time for follow and unfollow requests to go through as the White House accounts change hands. // Related StoriesIt's been noted that when a candidate leaves office, Meta creates archived POTUS accounts that followers are automatically signed up to. Some claim that as this happened, they automatically started following Trump, Vance and Melania Trump accounts.Something else that has led to people accusing Meta of political bias is happening on Instagram. Users say that when doing hashtag searches for #Democrat or #Democrats, they are seeing messages that state, "We've hidden these results," and "Results for the term you searched for may contain sensitive content." Meta said the issue is caused by a technical problem affecting multiple hashtags, including some related to the Republican Party.Seperate reports that people are seeing more political content in their feeds are a result of the changes that Zuckerberg announced at the start of January. The CEO also suspended the fact-checking program and reduced the amount of censorship on Meta's platforms. He later appeared on the Joe Rogan podcast, where he said that companies need more "masculine energy." It led to a lawyer dropping Meta as a client in a copyright case due to Zuckerberg's "toxic masculinity and neo-Nazi madness."

Cutting corners: Apple Intelligence is now an "opt-out" feature across the entire Apple ecosystem, despite still being marketed as a beta product. Most users aren't keen to have incomplete features forced upon them, but shoving AI down everybody's throat is a popular trend among corporations dabbling in the technology. After much anticipation, Apple introduced its generative AI suite last October with the release of iOS 18.1, iPadOS 18.1, and macOS Sequoia 15.1. Initially, "Apple Intelligence" features were disabled by default users had to manually enable them through system settings. But now Cupertino has decided to reverse course likely due to slow adoption forcing users to "enjoy" generative AI features on mobile devices and Macs, whether they want them or not.Apple Intelligence has become an opt-out feature with the release of iOS 18.3, iPadOS 18.3, and macOS Sequoia 15.3. According to the company, these GenAI features will be automatically enabled after installing the updates and during the device setup process.Users can still disable it through the Apple Intelligence & Siri Settings panel. However, proper hardware support is required, so the generative AI tools will only work on iPhone 15 Pro series, iPhone 16 series, and iPhone 16 Pro series. Similarly, iPad and Mac devices with M1 or newer Arm processors will have the features enabled by default after updating their operating systems.Apple's willingness to push beta and somewhat unreliable software features onto users is not unprecedented. The company took a similar approach with Siri in 2011. When users reported issues with the digital assistant, Apple brushed them off as "side effects" of the software's beta phase. Siri was finally rolled out as a full feature in 2013, shedding its "beta" label and becoming a standard part of iOS.Apple Intelligence appears to be following a similar path, as users are discovering some troublesome side effects with this brand-new technology. For example, the AI summaries feature has been generating fake headlines, prompting reporters to urge Apple to address the issue. As a stopgap measure, the latest OS updates will temporarily disable notifications for the entire "news and entertainment" app category until the problem is resolved. // Related StoriesIn today's rapidly evolving Wild West GenAI world, Apple seems to be mimicking its competitors by prioritizing corporate goals over user preference. Microsoft and Google have already made similar moves, enabling AI features by default on their platforms so users can experience the "wonders" of generative AI even if they have no need for it.

The swipes and taps we use to control our smartphones may reveal interesting information about how we make decisions, according to research from a team at the University of Albertas Actions in Complex Environments Laboratory. In the future, the movements could be tracked to inform doctors about injury recovery, help recruiters make decisions on who to hire, or even how apps are laid out.The paper states, As decisions require actions to have an effect on the world, measures derived from movements such as using a mouse to control a cursor on a screen provide powerful and dynamic indices of decision-making. It goes on to say that touchscreens provide more informative results for understanding indecision compared to computers.Recommended VideosWe can actually understand a lot of whats going on inside someones head by carefully measuring whats going on outside their head, Craig Chapman, an associate professor who worked on the research, told Phys.org. Participants used an Android smartphone or Android tablet and completed timed trials which involved making decisions and tapping and swiping to complete tasks centered around what the research calls reach-decisions, where a choice of options were presented in different areas of the screen.Samsung Galaxy Tab S9 Ultra Joe Maring / Digital TrendsWe think touch devices are perhaps even better for revealing movement signatures of decision-making because you have to move and interact in a more realistic way, Chapman said. The research notes, high difficulty decisions displayed greater reaction times, movement times and trajectory curvature compared to low difficulty decisions.Please enable Javascript to view this contentChapman believes the research could become transformative when used to assess certain individuals in specific circumstances. For example, clinicians and trainers could use movement data to track recovery and rehabilitation, and also understand where people would benefit from further training or assistance. Another instance mentioned was during hiring assessments, where understanding how someone deals with indecision and choice may affect whether theyre more suitable for a job than another candidate.In the researchs conclusion, it also talks about how the data could optimize the collection of decision information, as there are certain combinations that are, most sensitive for a particular task. App developers, for example, may be able to use it to better understand where to put buttons related to purchases or other crucial call to action interfaces, in order to possibly minimize indecision, and maximize return.The universitys complete research paper can be found here, where it goes into detail about how it differs from previous research that only took computer-and-mouse movements into account.Editors Recommendations

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