You’ve been thinking about taking advantage of the superior technology of an electric vehicle for a long time, but you’ve needed a kick in the pants to get you over the hump. Your primary vehicle is only a few years old, so you are not about to trade it in. However, your secondary vehicle is… Continue reading Clean Technica: Last Chance to Get a Really Good Deal on a Very Capable Electric Vehicle004096
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xAI explains the Grok Nazi meltdown as Tesla puts Elon’s bot in its cars
xAI blamed an upstream code update that ‘triggered an unintended action.’ xAI blamed an upstream code update that ‘triggered an unintended action.’ Richard Lawler is a senior editor following news across tech, culture, policy, and entertainment. He joined The Verge in 2021 after several years covering news at Engadget. Several days after temporarily shutting down… Continue reading xAI explains the Grok Nazi meltdown as Tesla puts Elon’s bot in its cars
Tesla launches new software update with Grok, but it doesnt even interface with the car
Tesla has launched a new software update for its vehicles that includes the anticipated integration of Grok, but it doesnt even interface with the car yet. Earlier this week, CEO Elon Musk said that Tesla would integrate Grok, the large language model developed by his private company, xAI, into its vehicles. Today, Tesla started pushing… Continue reading Tesla launches new software update with Grok, but it doesnt even interface with the car
Jack Dorsey’s New App Just Hit a Very Embarrassing Snag
Serial entrepreneur Jack Dorsey, who cofounded Twitter, Block, and Bluesky, has started yet another new app — and this one’s got an embarrassing secret. As TechCrunch reports, Dorsey’s new open source messaging app, Bitchat, is supposed to be decentralized, private, and secure. There’s only one problem: the Bluetooth-based app, by the venture’s admission, is probably lacking in… Continue reading Jack Dorsey’s New App Just Hit a Very Embarrassing Snag
Scientists Say Earth May Be Trapped Inside a Huge, Strange Void
Astronomers who examined the sound waves from the Big Bang say that the Earth — and the entire Milky Way galaxy we call home — could be trapped in a huge void billions of light years across. Their study, which was just presented at the Royal Astronomical Society’s National Astronomy Meeting in the UK, could… Continue reading Scientists Say Earth May Be Trapped Inside a Huge, Strange Void
Mysterious Signals From Deep Space Hint at Something Brutal, Scientists Say
Astronomers believe they’ve uncovered the source behind mysterious cosmic signals known as fast X-ray transients (FXTs) — and it adds a grim twist to our understanding of the death of stars. Right as a massive star explodes in a supernova, it unleashes a tremendously energetic stream of particles called a jet, producing a gamma ray burst… Continue reading Mysterious Signals From Deep Space Hint at Something Brutal, Scientists Say
A Dinosaur Appears to Have Died on the Exact Spot They Later Built a Dinosaur Museum, Burying Its Fossil Underneath It
In Denver, scientists uncovered a 67.5-million-year-old dinosaur fossil deep underground — and by chance, it just so happened to be buried underneath the parking lot of a museum that houses similar specimens. As the Denver Museum of Nature and Science explained in Catalyst, its online magazine, the ancient bone fragment was buried some 763 feet below… Continue reading A Dinosaur Appears to Have Died on the Exact Spot They Later Built a Dinosaur Museum, Burying Its Fossil Underneath It
Timekettle T1 Handheld Translator Review: Global Offline Translation
This service is skinned another way in the Chat app, which presents a two-way conversation system, with your language on one side and your partner’s language on the other, upside-down. There’s no button-pressing in this setup: Each speaker simply talks into a microphone on either side of the handheld, and a translation is both played… Continue reading Timekettle T1 Handheld Translator Review: Global Offline Translation
Chinese Scientists Create Cyborg Bees That Can Be Controlled Like Drones for Undercover Military Missions
A tiny backpack relays commands straight to their brain. Seal Team Bee Researchers at the Beijing Institute of Technology have turned innocent bees into cyborgs that can be controlled via a 74-milligram insect brain controller. As the South China Morning Post reports, the controller pierces the bee’s tiny brain with three needles and uses signals… Continue reading Chinese Scientists Create Cyborg Bees That Can Be Controlled Like Drones for Undercover Military Missions
Hertz Deploys AI Scanner That’s Charging Hundreds of Dollars for Tiny Scratches on Rental Cars
Car rental giant Hertz is facing some blowback as customers report that its “AI-powered” vehicle scanner charges them hundreds of dollars for tiny cosmetic dings. Earlier this summer, a Hertz customer in Atlanta was charged a jaw-dropping $440 for an inch-long bit of curb rash — a cosmetic scuff — on the wheel of his… Continue reading Hertz Deploys AI Scanner That’s Charging Hundreds of Dollars for Tiny Scratches on Rental Cars