The voice AI sector is hot, and top players are trying to consolidate their position as more business models come to the fore through partnerships and acquisitions. Deepgram is the latest to make such moves: The company said on Thursday that it is acquiring Daily, the maker and maintainer of one of the most popular open source voice AI infrastructures, Pipecat.
The companies didn’t disclose…
Most photographers spend their lives protecting film from light. Lotus L. Kang does the opposite.
In her installation, shown above, long sheets of photographic film hang unfixed from steel beams. As light and humidity reach them, they slowly change color, and develop…
Ford has now produced more than 5,000 large aluminum “unicastings” for the Fathom, its upcoming $28,350 midsize electric pickup, as it fine-tunes the process ahead of a 2027 launch.
Each truck gets two of them, front and rear, replacing 146 individual parts. It’s the…
A Tesla Semi caught fire on Interstate 880 in Hayward, California, on Tuesday evening, and there was no crash. The electric truck’s lithium-ion battery burned long enough to keep the southbound freeway closed for about 10 hours.
The driver got out unhurt. But a Class 8 electric truck catching fire on its own, in traffic, is something Tesla and its growing list of Semi customers need to…
Bosch has unveiled the latest generation of its popular Active Line Plus electric bicycle motor, bringing more power, less weight, and a significantly smaller footprint to one of the company’s most widely used drive systems.
The new motor is designed primarily for…
In a future battlespace, boats, vehicles and weapons could deploy and travel with outer shells or coverings that change with the terrain — or even light and time of year — to add an extra layer of concealment.
That concept was one of the key testing lines of effort in…
Pentagon treating military base freezer malfunctions as suspected cyberattack, officials say
October 30, 2026
The Pentagon is treating the spate of mysterious freezer malfunctions that spoiled food at military bases across the United States in August as a suspected hack, according to four officials familiar with the matter.
One of the officials said the military investigators were in touch with their French counterparts about a similar cyberattack on commercial freezers that disrupted supermarkets…
While the U.S. Navy has been making significant investments in uncrewed boats in recent years, key questions have remained about how the service plans to employ and distribute the new capability.
But in testimony before a congressionally authorized panel earlier this…
You Need to Have Completed Crimson Desert's Main Storyline to Begin Kliff, Oongka, and Damiane's New DLC Stories
October 29, 2026
You need to have completed Crimson Desert’s main storyline to begin Kliff, Oongka, and Damiane’s new DLC stories, Pearl Abyss has confirmed.
Speaking on Dropped Frames, Pearl Abyss’ Will Powers confirmed two entry points for the Charting the Unknown DLC, which…
Pocketpair Would Love to Release Palworld on Nintendo Switch 2, Despite Pokémon Legal Battle
October 29, 2026
The legal battle between Nintendo and Pocketpair is ongoing, but the Palworld developer hasn’t ruled out a Switch 2 version of its creature collecting survival game.
Nintendo and The Pokémon Company are currently embroiled in ongoing litigation with Pocketpair in Japan, with patents that revolve around how Pokémon games work at the heart of the lawsuit. IP experts have indicated that Nintendo…
