טכנולוגיה חדשות: 5 ספטמבר 2025 - 9 ספטמבר 2025

December 9, 2025, 2:48 PM EST. iFixit has launched its own iFixit app for iOS and Android, adding a battery health monitor and a new AI FixBot trained on its repair guides to guide you through fixes. The core remains the extensive repair guides library, optimized for mobile, with device save-and-access and in-app parts shopping. FixBot asks follow-up questions, eliminates unlikely causes, and thinks out loud like a master technician until the diagnosis clicks into place. It pulls answers from guides, PDFs, and forums, and will use manufacturer docs for newer devices. The service is free now, but a future $4.99/month tier will limit voice controls and uploads and unlock extra features.

December 9, 2025, 2:44 PM EST. Time magazine's 2025 Person of the Year frontrunner isn't a person-it's AI. Time will announce POY later this year, with early betting markets like Polymarket placing AI at roughly 40% odds, ahead of Nvidia founder Jensen Huang (20%) and Sam Altman (15%). The piece notes this would mark the magazine's third nonhuman POY pick after 1982's Machine of the Year and 1988's Planet of the Year; 2006's You as a nod to social media. Polls show mixed sentiment: a Yahoo/YouGov survey finds 53% fear AI could destroy humanity, and 63% worry it could become uncontrollable. Usage gaps persist across generations: over 82% of Gen Z have used an AI chatbot, while just 33% of boomers have, with Gen X and millennials in between.

December 9, 2025, 2:42 PM EST. Tesla is expanding its Roadster program by posting three new roles focused on Battery Manufacturing, General Manufacturing, and Vision Engineering in Fremont, CA, and Palo Alto. The Technical Program Manager will align design, manufacturing, quality and facilities to accelerate battery manufacturing and processes. A Manufacturing Engineer will shepherd large-scale battery equipment from concept through launch and handoff. A Manufacturing Vision Engineer in Palo Alto will develop 2D/3D vision and inspection systems for high-volume battery lines. The company also confirms an April 1 unveiling date for the Roadster, following Musk's recent comments on the project and its potential to redefine the future of high-performance EVs.

December 9, 2025, 2:40 PM EST. Walmart moved its primary listing to Nasdaq, signaling a shift from a traditional discount retailer to a tech-enabled, AI-powered e-commerce company. Investors say the move aligns with Walmart's push into automation, demand forecasting, and data-driven advertising to boost productivity across more than 10,000 stores. Executives stress the transition is intentional, reflecting a vision of future growth through AI, centralized pricing, and omnichannel expansion. With efforts like smart shopping carts and digital pricing updates, Walmart aims to grow its high-margin advertising business and improve margins while keeping the WMT ticker on Nasdaq.

December 9, 2025, 2:38 PM EST. Analyst firm Piper Sandler suggests Tesla's FSD is very close to an unsupervised, hands-free capability. The firm cites data from FSD Community Tracker showing the core metric miles to disengagement surged from 441 to 9,200+ after FSD v14.1.x (a >20x improvement). Additional milestones include Austin Robotaxi data indicating roughly 40,000 miles between crashes and about three years without a crash at 13,000 miles/year. Despite a recent downtick in FSD 14.2.x, Potter expects more data in the next 3+ weeks and sees potential removal of safety operators in Austin robo-taxis. Note regulatory hurdles: Level 4 autonomy requires NHTSA approval; Morgan Stanley analysts foresee 2026 as an inflection point.