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Car Dealerships Are Replacing Phone Staff With AI Voice Agents

The next time you call a car dealership, the voice on the other end may not belong to a human. As TechCrunch reports, the founders of Toma, an AI voice agent startup, pivoted from pitching to healthcare and finance companies to fielding calls from automotive salespeople desperate to offload some of their labor to AI agents.… Continue reading Car Dealerships Are Replacing Phone Staff With AI Voice Agents

Terrifying Footage Shows Self-Driving Tesla Get Confused by the Sun, Mow Down Innocent Grandmother

For years, tech entrepreneurs have been preaching that self-driving cars will soon deliver us from our hellscape of vehicular crashes and horrible, fiery deaths. Among the biggest advocates for the safety of autonomous vehicles has been Elon Musk, whose promises of a fully self-driving Tesla have been wearing on for a decade. Despite having provided… Continue reading Terrifying Footage Shows Self-Driving Tesla Get Confused by the Sun, Mow Down Innocent Grandmother

Microsoft and Asus announce two Xbox Ally handhelds with new Xbox full-screen experience

Project Kennan arrives alongside a new fullscreen Xbox experience that hides the complexities of Windows away. Project Kennan arrives alongside a new fullscreen Xbox experience that hides the complexities of Windows away. Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20… Continue reading Microsoft and Asus announce two Xbox Ally handhelds with new Xbox full-screen experience

This is how Microsoft is combining Windows and Xbox for handheld PCs

Two new Xbox Ally devices introduce Microsoft’s much-needed improvements to handheld gaming PCs. Two new Xbox Ally devices introduce Microsoft’s much-needed improvements to handheld gaming PCs. Tom Warren is a senior editor and author of Notepad, who has been covering all things Microsoft, PC, and tech for over 20 years. Microsoft and Asus have just… Continue reading This is how Microsoft is combining Windows and Xbox for handheld PCs

Scientists Say They’ve Created an Injection That Makes Aging Batteries Charge Like They’re Young Again

Researchers in China have developed a technique to give lithium-ion battery cells a second shot at life. Delivered as an injection, it significantly extends the cells’ lifespan and has them perform almost like they’re young again, the team report in a study published in the prestigious journal Nature. “If we can give an injection to… Continue reading Scientists Say They’ve Created an Injection That Makes Aging Batteries Charge Like They’re Young Again

Scientists Figured Out the Personality Traits of Influencers, and It Could Explain a Lot

Image by Cliff Welch / Icon Sportswire / John Nacion / Variety / Roy Rochlin / Getty Images for Netflix / Futurism More and more young people are gunning to become influencers — but certain personality types appear more likely to pursue it as a career than others, which could explain a lot about the… Continue reading Scientists Figured Out the Personality Traits of Influencers, and It Could Explain a Lot

The Head of Tesla’s Humanoid Robot Program Says That He DEFINITELY Wasn’t Fired and Is Only Leaving to Spend Time With His Family, Not Because Elon Musk Is on the Warpath

Fresh on the heels of Elon Musk’s dubious return to Tesla, the head of the company’s humanoid robot program is departing — but he swears the decision was his alone. According to an insider who spoke to Bloomberg, Milan Kovac, the head of engineering for the Optimus robot program, informed colleagues at the end of… Continue reading The Head of Tesla’s Humanoid Robot Program Says That He DEFINITELY Wasn’t Fired and Is Only Leaving to Spend Time With His Family, Not Because Elon Musk Is on the Warpath

I replaced my Linux system with this $200 Windows mini PC – and it left me impressed

ZDNET’s key takeaways The Minix Z97 mini PC is available on Amazon for $217. This tiny PC is a powerhouse that’s well-suited for daily use. Running demanding tasks like local AI workloads puts a strain on its resources. Imagine having a PC that fits in your hand and performs well enough to get you through… Continue reading I replaced my Linux system with this $200 Windows mini PC – and it left me impressed

Clean Technica: More Bad News For Tesla, EV Charging Edition (It’s Not All About New Jersey…)004056

The current occupant of the Oval Office kicked off the year by cancelling federal funds for public EV charging stations in the US, casting a pall of gloom over the environment for EV sales. The downward spiral of industry leader Tesla hasn’t helped matters much, including a fresh hit to the company’s Supercharger network in… Continue reading Clean Technica: More Bad News For Tesla, EV Charging Edition (It’s Not All About New Jersey…)004056