Will AI power video chats of the future? That’s what Nvidia implied this week with the unveiling of Maxine, a platform that provides developers with a suite of GPU-accelerated AI conferencing software. Maxine brings AI effects including gaze correction, super-resolution, noise cancellation, face relighting, and more to end users, while in the process reducing how much bandwidth videoconferencing…
Tesla batteries to power a passenger boat
October 9, 2020
Two Swedish companies announced that they are using Tesla batteries to convert a passenger boat to electric propulsion for some eco-friendly sight-seeing.
Eco Sightseeing, a company offering electric boat tours in Sweden, and El & Marinteknik, a specialist in electric…
NIU stock price jumps 12% after selling quarter-million electric scooters last quarter
October 9, 2020
The leading electric scooter company NIU has been on a tear lately, which has been reflected in its soaring stock price.
Today, the Beijing-based company released a positive Q3 sales numbers update.
The company’s stock, which is listed on the NASDAQ, jumped to an…
ANKARA, Turkey — The Turkish military transported Oct. 5-6 its first batch of the Russian-made S-400 to the Black Sea port of Sinop, where the country plans to test the long-range air defense system’s capabilities, a Turkish military source confirmed to Defense News.
The S-400 will be tested at the Sinop test field, and the city’s civil aviation authorities have banned all flights between…
Tesla and Fastned open Germany’s largest fast-charging hub
October 9, 2020
Tesla and Fastned worked together to open Germany’s largest fast-charging hub and it even has a little coffee shop.
Fastned is a Netherland-based company that expanded across other European markets over the last few years.
While Tesla owners often stick to Tesla’s own…
WASHINGTON — The U.S. State Department on Oct. 9 approved the sale of the F/A-18EF Super Hornet and F-35 Joint Strike Fighter to Finland, paving the way for the nation to purchase American jets should either Boeing or Lockheed Martin win its ongoing fighter competition.
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Sony finally reveals which PS4 games won't work on PS5
October 9, 2020
With just over a month to go before the PlayStation 5 arrives, Sony has at last revealed which PS4 games won’t work on the next-generation console. Thankfully, the list is very short.
The 10 titles that won’t make the cut, via @Nibellion, are DWVR, Afro Samurai 2 Revenge of Kuma Volume One, TT Isle of Man – Ride on the Edge 2, Just Deal With It!, Shadow Complex Remastered, Robinson: The…
EGEB: Anheuser-Busch will make low-carbon beer cans
October 9, 2020
Beer giant Anheuser-Busch will make Michelob Ultra cans using hydroelectricity.
HSBC, Europe’s largest bank, says it will become net zero across its customer base by 2050.
Greater Boston’s MBTA will source 100% of its forecasted electricity from green energy.
Arcadia…
Canon has partnered with a Japanese craftswoman to produce drinking glasses that are designed to look or feel like using the company’s lenses. There are three sets being produced: one modeled after the look of lenses, one after how light interacts with them, the other…
Filmmaker and YouTuber Potato Jet recently teamed up with first person view (FPV) racing drone pilot Paul Nurkkala to try something kind of crazy: they strapped Potato Jet’s RED cinema camera to a custom-built, high-speed octa-copter and took it for a spin… and a flip… and a few more maneuvers besides.
It’s worth pointing out that Nurkkala isn’t just any FPV drone pilot, he’s actually…
