Planting forests while growing protein-rich food seems like a win-win, so are there any potential drawbacks? Lynne Boddy, professor of fungal ecology at Cardiff University, believes that mycoforestry “absolutely” has the potential to produce significant food crops while sequestering carbon. However, she advocates for “huge care” in doing so. “To my mind, whenever we inoculate… Continue reading How Christmas Trees Could Become a Source of Low-Carbon Protein
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Tesla brings back free Supercharging for life to move some Model S cars
Tesla has announced that it is bringing back free Supercharging for life, an incentive abandoned long ago, to move some Model S cars at the end of the quarter. Model S and Model X sales have declined for years, but they are hard to track as Tesla is one of the rare automakers that doesn’t… Continue reading Tesla brings back free Supercharging for life to move some Model S cars
The Simple Math Behind Public Key Cryptography
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. For thousands of years, if you wanted to send a secret message, there was basically one way to do it. You’d scramble the message using a special rule, known only to you and your intended audience. This rule acted like the key to a lock.… Continue reading The Simple Math Behind Public Key Cryptography
Wayve’s AI Self-Driving System Is Here to Drive Like a Human and Take On Waymo and Tesla
As I arrive, he’s laying out an impressive lunch spread of salads and carved ham and huge blocks of good cheese. There are already 385 mouths to feed in London alone, and almost 450 staff in total now, including at the new US headquarters and testing base Wayve has just opened in Sunnyvale, California: Its… Continue reading Wayve’s AI Self-Driving System Is Here to Drive Like a Human and Take On Waymo and Tesla
Mobility-as-a-Service Market to Rise by USD 639.92 Billion (2023-2028), Report on AI-Powered Market Evolution – Technavio
NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Report on how AI is driving market transformation – The global mobility-as-a-service market size is estimated to grow by USD 639.92 billion from 2024 to 2028, according to Technavio. The market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of almost 35.15% during the forecast period. The report provides a comprehensive… Continue reading Mobility-as-a-Service Market to Rise by USD 639.92 Billion (2023-2028), Report on AI-Powered Market Evolution – Technavio
Harvard Is Releasing a Massive Free AI Training Dataset Funded by OpenAI and Microsoft
In addition to the trove of books, the Institutional Data Initiative is also working with the Boston Public Library to scan millions of articles from different newspapers now in the public domain, and it says it’s open to forming similar collaborations down the line. The exact way the books dataset will be released is not… Continue reading Harvard Is Releasing a Massive Free AI Training Dataset Funded by OpenAI and Microsoft
Uber launches women-only bike taxi service in Bengaluru
Uber, a leading mobility platform in India, has launched Uber Moto Women, a dedicated bike taxi service catering exclusively to women in Bengaluru. The service connects female riders with female drivers, offering a transportation option designed to address women’s safety and mobility concerns while also creating flexible earning opportunities for female drivers. Developed based on… Continue reading Uber launches women-only bike taxi service in Bengaluru
Why It’s Time to Get Optimistic About Self-Driving Cars
Editor’s note: A version of this article originally appeared in the author’s newsletter, Exponential View. When people ask me to describe my work, I say I take a critical look at exponential technologies—which I define as technologies that follow an exponential growth curve. I’m the founder of the research group Exponential View, and my mission… Continue reading Why It’s Time to Get Optimistic About Self-Driving Cars
Humans.tech Receives Investment from Translated
Humans.tech, a Rome, Italy-based company specializing in AI-powered intelligent interfaces, received an investment from Translated, a Rome, Italy-based global leader in AI-first localization solutions. The amount of the deal was not disclosed. The companies also announced a strategic collaboration to accelerate the development of Translated’s AI models and expand their applications beyond localization to meet… Continue reading Humans.tech Receives Investment from Translated
General Motors Cuts Funding to Cruise, Nixing Its Robotaxi Plan
Since General Motors acquired the San Francisco self-driving-tech developer Cruise in 2016, the Detroit automaker has poured more than $8 billion into creating a robotaxi service. Now GM is turning off the spigot. On a call with investors today, General Motors CEO Mary Barra said the company would no longer invest in Cruise and its… Continue reading General Motors Cuts Funding to Cruise, Nixing Its Robotaxi Plan