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Toyota to power new EVs in the US with big LG battery supply agreement

Toyota has found a battery supplier to power its next wave of electric vehicles in the US. LG Energy Solution and Toyota signed a long-term battery supply agreement Wednesday for upcoming EV models assembled in the US. Starting in 2025, LG Energy Solution will supply Toyota with 20 GWh of battery modules annually. According to the new supply agreement, the battery modules will be high-nickel NCMA…
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NASA Sets Coverage for Psyche Spacecraft Launch to Metal World

NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for its Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid. Launch is targeted for 10:16 a.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 12, on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in…
GamingNews

More layoffs reported at Twitch just ahead of TwitchCon Vegas

GamesBeat Next unites gaming industry leaders for exceptional content, networking, and deal-making opportunities. Join us on Oct 23-24 in San Francisco.  Register Now Twitch was reportedly hit with a fresh round of layoffs just weeks before TwitchCon is set to kick off in Las Vegas. This would be the second round of layoffs at the games livestreaming platform this year. In March…
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AI & RoboticsNews

Dell customizes GenAI and focuses on data lakehouse

Dell Technologies is growing its portfolio of generative AI products and services to help more of its customers harness the power of artificial intelligence. Today Dell announced a series of initiatives that expand on the company’s generative AI efforts that it has been…
AI & RoboticsNews

Google Assistant gets generative AI upgrade with Bard

Google has announced a new personal assistant that aims to make conversations with artificial inteligence more natural, intuitive, and useful. Assistant with Bard, which is powered by generative AI, combines the capabilities of Google’s existing voice assistant with Bard…
AI & RoboticsNews

Meta’s AI stickers are here and already causing controversy

Well, that didn’t take long: Just a week after Meta announced a “universe of AI” for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, the company’s new AI-generated stickers are already causing controversy. Some users have already received an update allowing them to quickly create AI-generated stickers from text prompts in Facebook Messenger and Instagram Messenger. However, it seems that Meta’s…
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DefenseNews

Can the US Navy save money by accepting the LCS as a sunk cost?

WASHINGTON — It’s been called an “entirely new breed of U.S. Navy warship” and a “lemon.” A “mothership” for unmanned systems and “the wrong ship at the wrong time.” A cornerstone of the Navy’s “transformation” and the “little crappy ship.” This is the littoral combat ship, which in its 22-year history has never been easy to label. That is until recently; the LCS has…
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