ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Navy is experimenting with launching and recovering medium unmanned underwater vehicles from submarines, even as a formal acquisition effort is ongoing.
The Program Executive Office Unmanned and Small Combatants is pursuing the project, which is meant to create a common drone that can conduct expeditionary mine countermeasures or operate from submarines.
Capt. Kevin…
Quick Charge Podcast: November 8, 2023
November 9, 2023
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.
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Swedish EV maker Polestar (PSNY) said it expects to hit the lower end of its 2023 delivery target on Wednesday. Despite the lower expectations, Polestar says new EV launches will drive up demand. Its first electric SUV coupe, the Polestar 4, begins production next week.
As the EV price war heats up, Lexus is increasing the discounts. Lexus is offering up to $15,000 off 2023 RZ 450e leases, its biggest discount so far.
Toyota’s luxury division, Lexus, unveiled its first all-electric SUV last April, the 2023 RZ 450e. Lexus claims the electric RZ marks its “transition to a BEV-centered brand.”
The electric RZ began rolling out in the first quarter of 2023…
Oppo held its annual photography forum keynote today where we got some interesting news regarding the company’s upcoming imaging plans. The next-gen Hasselblad HyperTone camera system will debut on the Oppo Find X7 series and Oppo went into detail about its new…
Xiaomi phones with unlocked bootloader won't get HyperOS updates
November 9, 2023
With the announcement of the new Xiaomi 14 series, the company also introduced a new Android skin overlay replacing the old MIUI with HyperOS. However, the company now issued a statement regarding bootloader-unlocked devices.
Xiaomi said it won’t be updating any…
AI is the buzzword of the year for sure () and Samsung has decided it doesn’t want to be left out of the game. So today it’s announced that “a new era of Galaxy AI is coming”.
Wondering what that means? Only one example is given, and that is AI Live Translate Call, which is exactly what the name implies, at least in theory. “Soon”, users “with the latest…
An analysis by NASA’s sea level change science team finds that if a strong El Niño develops this winter, cities along the western coasts of the Americas could see an increase in the frequency of high-tide flooding that can swamp roads and spill into low-lying…
Roblox reports 38% revenue spike in Q3, 70M daily active users
November 9, 2023
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Roblox today released its financial earnings report for Q3 2023, and the company reports revenue of $713.2 million, a 38% increase…
OpenAI takes ‘baby step’ toward AI agents with Assistants API
November 9, 2023
Since the earliest days of artificial intelligence research in the 1950s, scientists have pursued the tantalizing goal of machines that can function autonomously as intelligent agents in the real world.
This week, the dream moved one small step closer to reality as OpenAI, the creator of ChatGPT, unveiled new technology that paves the way toward such autonomous agents. At its inaugural developer…
