European EV charging provider Allego has launched what is says is Europe’s first rollout of the “world’s safest and most secure” Plug & Charge technology.
The new tech is based on the open industry standard OCPP 2.0.1 and promises to make EV charging as easy as, well, plugging in your car. Forget apps, cards, and complicated sign-ins. If your EV is compatible, all you have to do is…
The Kia PV5 is a real-life Transformer: Here's our first look at it as an electric truck
June 18, 2025
Kia is looking to shake things up with its new custom-tailored Platform Beyond Vehicles (PBVs). The PV5, Kia’s first electric van based on the platform, is already showing how versatile it is. After the PV5 was spotted for the first time with an open bed, Kia looks about…
Last month, along with a comprehensive suite of new AI tools and innovations, Google DeepMind unveiled Gemini Diffusion. This experimental research model uses a diffusion-based approach to generate text. Traditionally, large language models (LLMs) like GPT and Gemini itself…
Do reasoning AI models really ‘think’ or not? Apple research sparks lively debate, response
June 17, 2025
Apple’s machine-learning group set off a rhetorical firestorm earlier this month with its release of “The Illusion of Thinking,” a 53-page research paper arguing that so-called large reasoning models (LRMs) or reasoning large language models (reasoning LLMs) such as OpenAI’s “o” series and Google’s Gemini-2.5 Pro and Flash Thinking don’t actually engage in independent…
When DeepSeek released its R1 model this January, it wasn’t just another AI announcement. It was a watershed moment that sent shockwaves through the tech industry, forcing industry leaders to reconsider their fundamental approaches to AI development.
What makes…
Chevy closes in on Tesla with the Equinox and Blazer EVs 'right in the heart of the market'
June 17, 2025
Chevy is narrowing the gap with Tesla in the US, thanks to its new Equinox and Blazer EVs. After outselling Ford, Chevy is now the fastest-growing EV brand in the US.
Chevy EV registrations triple in April as Tesla slips
GM is outpacing rivals in the US with a full lineup of…
Closing out this week’s Green Deals, we’re popping back in on some favorite Father’s Day Sales while mixing in some fresh savings, too. Leading the group is the Father’s Day Sale bundles we’re seeing on the Lectric XPedition 2.0 Cargo e-bike, with its three variants getting up to $723 in free gear starting from $1,399. Next, running through the weekend in Anker’s SOLIX Father’s Day…
The republican bill which cuts domestic manufacturing credits and adds trillions of dollars to the national debt in order to channel money to US elites will put 2 million jobs at risk, according to a new report by BlueGreen Alliance.
Over the last few years, the US has…
1Password, the Canadian password management company, announced Monday a strategic collaboration agreement with Amazon Web Services that puts the firm in position to capitalize on surging enterprise demand for security tools designed for artificial intelligence and…
The advent of natural language search has encouraged people to change how they search for information, and LinkedIn, which has been working with numerous AI models over the past year, hopes this shift extends to job search. LinkedIn’s AI-powered jobs search, now available to all LinkedIn users, uses distilled, fine-tuned models trained on the professional social media platform’s knowledge base…
