2025 Porsche Panamera Turbo S: A different approach to a luxury sedan

Sometimes, a car makes more sense when you experience it in context.

REIDEN, Germany—There is a lot to be said for testing a car on the roads it was developed on. A Kei car, for example, makes more sense in downtown Tokyo than on one of Nashville's arterial highways, surrounded by construction trucks. Likewise the German supersedans. For decades, an arms race has been conducted between rival engineers in Munich, Ingolstadt, Stuttgart, and Zuffenhausen, each trying to best the others and build the ultimate four-door, four-wheel Autobahn crusher, fit for the fattest fat-cat captains of industry. The Panamera Turbo S E-Hybrid is Porsche's entry into this heavyweight bout.

In most of the world, the horsepower war has little relevance. Huge engine outputs, short acceleration times, and ridiculous top speeds that result from a casual indifference to fitting a speed limiter are at best of interest to the bench racers and are otherwise academic. Not so in Germany. After inventing the motorway in 1932, the country declined to impose speed limits on some sections, a practice it maintains as long as there's daylight and the weather is good. And drivers there make use of that privilege—in the fast lane, at least.

Seen in this context, the $239,000 Panamera Turbo S starts making more sense. It's the most powerful Panamera to date, combining a (fruity-sounding) 591 hp (441 kW) 4.0 L V8 that has been reworked compared to the version you might find under the hood of the last version. New monoscroll turbochargers and a higher peak combustion chamber pressure help warm up the catalytic converters quicker, and instead of cylinder deactivation at low load, the engine can change how much and how long it opens its intake valves, shortening the travel and duration under those conditions.

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Telekom-Chef: Niedrige FTTH-Ziele der Konkurrenz Grund zur Sorge

Die Konkurrenz hat die Ausbauziele für FTTH gesenkt. Für den Telekom-Chef ist das kein Grund zur Freude, für die Wettbewerber ist die Telekom jedoch mitverantwortlich. (Glasfaser, Telekom)

Die Konkurrenz hat die Ausbauziele für FTTH gesenkt. Für den Telekom-Chef ist das kein Grund zur Freude, für die Wettbewerber ist die Telekom jedoch mitverantwortlich. (Glasfaser, Telekom)

Anzeige: Microsoft 365 Copilot sicher einführen und administrieren

Die Einführung von Microsoft 365 Copilot erfordert mehr als technische Integration. Dieser Workshop vermittelt, wie Lizenzierung, Netzwerkkonfiguration und Datenschutz professionell umgesetzt werden. (Golem Karrierewelt, KI)

Die Einführung von Microsoft 365 Copilot erfordert mehr als technische Integration. Dieser Workshop vermittelt, wie Lizenzierung, Netzwerkkonfiguration und Datenschutz professionell umgesetzt werden. (Golem Karrierewelt, KI)

Sonos says it’s forced to raise prices while trying to win back customers

Sonos expects to spend $5 million on tariffs this quarter.

During what's supposed to be a year of redemption, Sonos has announced that its gadgets will become more expensive this year, complicating the company's comeback plans.

Tariffs that US President Donald Trump announced last week take effect today, including a 19 percent tariff on goods imported from Malaysia (the levy is said not to apply to semiconductors and was cut down from a 25 percent tariff that Trump threatened in July.) Among other countries affected is Vietnam, which now sees a 20 percent tariff (down from the 46 percent rate announced in April).

Sonos makes all its audio products in the US, “short of a few accessories and our passive speaker partnership with Sonance," which entails in-wall and in-ceiling speakers, in Malaysia and Vietnam, Sonos CEO Tom Conrad said yesterday, per a transcript of Sonos’ Q3 2025 earnings call. The new CEO explained:

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Samsung Galaxy Tab S10 Lite leaks point to a cheaper 10 inch tablet

Samsung’s Android tablets are largely divided into the Galaxy Tab S line of premium devices and Galaxy Tab A line of budget devices. But every few years the company puts out a cheaper Galaxy S series device that offers some premium features like …

Samsung’s Android tablets are largely divided into the Galaxy Tab S line of premium devices and Galaxy Tab A line of budget devices. But every few years the company puts out a cheaper Galaxy S series device that offers some premium features like an S Pen while cutting some corners to keep the prices low. […]

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Trump wanted a US-made iPhone. Apple gave him a gold statue.

Trump’s chip tariffs won’t hit Apple despite no plans for a US-made iPhone.

It's now clear that Apple plans to survive Donald Trump's trade war by playing to the president's ego.

On Wednesday, Trump announced that Apple would be exempt from a threatened 100 percent tariff on semiconductors that could have driven up the cost of iPhones globally, Reuters reported. Seemingly to secure this exemption, Apple promised to increase its total investment commitment in the US by $100 billion, while also gifting Trump a one-of-a-kind statue that Apple CEO Tim Cook had engraved with Trump's name.

It seemingly serves as a bizarre love letter to Trump's push to bring tech manufacturing into the US, despite Apple resisting that push for its most popular product.

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Review: Framework Desktop is a mash-up of a regular desktop PC and the Mac Studio

Size matters most for Framework’s first stab at a desktop workstation/gaming PC.

Framework’s main claim to fame is its commitment to modular, upgradeable, repairable laptops. The jury’s still out on early 2024’s Framework Laptop 16 and mid-2025’s Framework Laptop 12, neither of which has seen a hardware refresh, but so far, the company has released half a dozen iterations of its flagship Framework Laptop 13 in less than five years. If you bought one of the originals right when it first launched, you could go to Framework’s site, buy an all-new motherboard and RAM, and get a substantial upgrade in performance and other capabilities without having to change anything else about your laptop.

Framework’s laptops haven’t been adopted as industry-wide standards, but in many ways, they seem built to reflect the flexibility and modularity that has drawn me to desktop PCs for more than two decades.

That's what makes the Framework Desktop so weird. Not only is Framework navigating into a product category where its main innovation and claim to fame is totally unnecessary. But it’s actually doing that with a desktop that’s less upgradeable and modular than any given self-built desktop PC.

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