General Motors generated nearly $2 billion in 2025 from subscription services such as OnStar and Super Cruise, illustrating a shift toward software-defined vehicle revenue. By embedding software-based features, GM aims to continually enhance customer experience after purchase, keeping vehicles relevant longer and offering optional upgrades as technology evolves.

CNET highlights smart home security features that help homeowners protect their properties while traveling, including setting up vacation modes on devices, optimizing video doorbell motion detection and managing remote entry with a smart lock. Homeowners should also consider using leak detectors and informing monitoring centers of their absence.

Cellular vehicle-to-everything technology promises to replace E-ZPass with in-car, device-to-device tolling using built-in antennas and PC5 sidelink communication, offering greater reliability, privacy and convenience. The C-V2X system also supports rotating pseudonym certificates to protect driver identities and could eventually expand to parking payments and other automated services.

Paramount+ plans to integrate short-form video and user-generated content on mobile devices in the first quarter, in a bid to compete with social media platforms, according to internal documents. The project, part of a broader internal effort known as Project Eagle, is focused on quickly bringing a million short-form clips to the platform, an executive said.