The company is using still-functional EV batteries to make modular energy storage units. The company is using still-functional EV batteries to make modular energy storage units. Andrew J. Hawkins is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and… Continue reading Redwood Materials is giving old EV batteries a second life as microgrids
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Meta says it’s winning the talent war with OpenAI
A Meta exec calls Sam Altman “dishonest,” my conversation with the startup CEO who is suing OpenAI, and AI is coming for games. A Meta exec calls Sam Altman “dishonest,” my conversation with the startup CEO who is suing OpenAI, and AI is coming for games. During a company-wide all-hands meeting on Thursday, some of… Continue reading Meta says it’s winning the talent war with OpenAI
Travis Kalanick is trying to buy Pony AI — and Uber might help
Uber founder Travis Kalanick is looking for ways to buy the U.S. arm of Chinese autonomous vehicle company Pony AI, according to The New York Times. Kalanick is reportedly working with investors to finance an acquisition, and Uber may even help make the transaction happen, the Times reports. Pony AI went public last year and… Continue reading Travis Kalanick is trying to buy Pony AI — and Uber might help
Uber has Atlanta’s autonomous ride-hailing and delivery market on lock
Uber Eats customers in Atlanta can now opt in to have their food delivered via sidewalk delivery robots, following partner Serve Robotics’s launch on Thursday. The move comes just two days after Uber and Waymo launched a commercial robotaxi service in the city. Serve, which spun out of Uber in 2021 before braving the public… Continue reading Uber has Atlanta’s autonomous ride-hailing and delivery market on lock
“Nonsensical Benchmark Hacking”: Microsoft No Longer Believes OpenAI Is Capable of Achieving AGI
The love’s gone bad between Microsoft and OpenAI, whose lucrative partnership ushered in our age of AI hype. OpenAI is trying to convert into a for-profit company, but it’s so far failed to secure its benefactor’s approval and negotiate a new contract. The frustration is running so high that the ChatGPT maker is reportedly considering… Continue reading “Nonsensical Benchmark Hacking”: Microsoft No Longer Believes OpenAI Is Capable of Achieving AGI
Microsoft Is Having an Incredibly Embarrassing Problem With Its AI
Despite investing tens of billions of dollars into OpenAI, tech giant Microsoft has a problem: it’s in direct competition with its business partner, and OpenAI is winning. As Bloomberg reports, Microsoft salespeople are having trouble wooing both potential and existing customers with the company’s Copilot, its AI assistant built on OpenAI’s tech. Basically, it feels like a worse version… Continue reading Microsoft Is Having an Incredibly Embarrassing Problem With Its AI
Orlando Bloom Planning the Worst Possible Thing at Jeff Bezos’ Wedding
Orlando… don’t…. The Merchant of Venice Pop star and space tourist Katy Perry and actor Orlando Bloom have reportedly split after nearly a decade together — and he’s apparently planning to use the spectacle of the century to let his single flag fly. Many of the world’s elites have descended upon Venice, Italy this week… Continue reading Orlando Bloom Planning the Worst Possible Thing at Jeff Bezos’ Wedding
7 Best Outdoor Lights (2025), Including Solar Lights
Here are a few things to keep in mind when you go shopping for outdoor lights. Power: For most outdoor lighting, you need to run a cable to a power outlet, so you will want an outdoor socket. If you don’t have an outdoor socket, it’s usually a pretty cheap and quick job for an… Continue reading 7 Best Outdoor Lights (2025), Including Solar Lights
The Trump Phone Is Already a Lot Different From Last Week
Apparently, things change quickly in the world of the Trump phone. It’s been 10 days since the Trump Organization announced it would be launching the $499 T1 smartphone, and in that time there have already been a confusing series of changes to a product that was initially supposed to be arriving as soon as August.… Continue reading The Trump Phone Is Already a Lot Different From Last Week
Now Google’s Gemini AI is ready to fill in those empty cells in your spreadsheet
The new AI function in Sheets can generate text for groups of cells based on their contents. The new AI function in Sheets can generate text for groups of cells based on their contents. Emma Roth is a news writer who covers the streaming wars, consumer tech, crypto, social media, and much more. Previously, she… Continue reading Now Google’s Gemini AI is ready to fill in those empty cells in your spreadsheet