AI & RoboticsNews

We tried Google’s AI glasses and they’re almost there

At the Google I/O developer conference this week, we had the opportunity for a brief hands-on with Google’s upcoming AI-powered glasses – not the audio-only glasses that the company said will begin shipping this fall but rather the glasses that offer a combined audio and visual experience. First announced at last year’s event, these Android XR glasses offer an in-lens display that puts…
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NewsPhotography

150 photos depict 185 years of the US mining industry in world-first historical exhibition

We very rarely see the faces of the men and women working in the industries that quite literally power our economies, and perhaps even rarer is photojournalism documenting these laborers at work, especially those carrying out their jobs in remote, often dangerous places such as oil fields or deep underground. While challenging to create, this sort of photojournalism does exist and, for the first…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Tesla Cybercab: hate it or love it, it is the most efficient EV ever

Tesla’s Cybercab has been certified at 165 Wh/mi, making it the most efficient electric vehicle ever produced — by a wide margin. The next most efficient EV on the market, the Lucid Air Pure, consumes 28% more energy per mile. Tesla VP of Vehicle Engineering Lars Moravy confirmed the figure, which represents a certified rating — not a marketing claim or internal target. It’s an impressive…
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DefenseNews

Rubio ratchets up pressure on NATO at key summit

Secretary of State Marco Rubio is casting new doubt on the North Atlantic Treaty Organization’s relevance to the United States after key allies recoiled from backing Washington’s “Operation Epic Fury.” Rubio, speaking to reporters following a meeting with foreign…
DefenseNews

SOCOM begins fielding new battlefield biometrics system

The small Montana-based tech company Reveal Technology announced that its biometric tool Identifi has been formally adopted as a program of record by U.S. Special Operations Command, or USSOCOM. And, according to last week’s announcement, it’s a major milestone, not just for the company but for the technology as well. Garrett Smith, Reveal’s chief executive officer, explained that the…
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