GM has started testing its Ultium battery system, which is going to power its next generation of electric vehicles, for the Cruise Origin autonomous electric vehicle.
Earlier this year, GM Cruise, General Motors’ autonomous driving subsidiary, unveiled its self-driving electric car designed for ridesharing.
The vehicle was technically the first vehicle to get GM’s new Ultium battery…
iOS 14 review: Finally rid of the grid
September 29, 2020
Apple’s new version of iOS arrives without any new iPhones, which is unusual. It means there’s nothing to distract you from iOS 14 — this is all about the software. As Engadget’s Chris Velazco mentioned when he took an early look, the last two years of iOS…
The LG Wing gets a $999 price and October 15th release date on Verizon
September 29, 2020
LG’s wild-looking Wing smartphone has gotten a US price and release date — it’ll cost $999 and be available October 15th, at least at Verizon, with preorders set to begin October 1st. The news confirms what many had already expected about the dual-screen device: it’s…
OnePlus CEO confirms we won’t see a OnePlus 8T Pro this year
September 29, 2020
Don’t expect to see a OnePlus 8T Pro announced alongside the standard OnePlus 8T next month, Android Authority reports. OnePlus CEO Pete Lau (or Liu Zuohu as he’s known in China) confirmed the news via a post on Weibo, in which he said anyone looking for a Pro device can continue to buy the OnePlus 8 Pro released earlier this year. However, Lau added that the company still has some surprises…
Motorola Razr 5G will be available on October 2 w/ $200 discount on unlocked models
September 29, 2020
The original Motorola Razr foldable was an ambitious device for the company that really didn’t work out that well, but less than a year later, the company debuted a new version that looks a lot better. If it’s a device you want to pick up, Motorola Razr 5G will debut…
New Jersey has banned plastic bags and utensils, polystyrene foam containers… and even paper bags. And truth be told, it could afford to be even stricter.
New Jersey’s big ban
Were you impressed by Maryland’s announcement that it was to become the first state to ban…
LinkedIn recently open-sourced GDMix, a framework that makes training AI personalization models ostensibly more efficient and less time-consuming. The Microsoft-owned company says it’s an improvement over LinkedIn’s previous release in the space — Photon ML — because it supports deep learning models.
GDMix trains fixed effect and random effect models, two kinds of models used in search…
Atomos Just Unveiled a 4K HDMI Capture Card that Costs Only $80
September 29, 2020
Atomos—the purveyor of HDMI monitor/recorders like the popular Ninja V—has just released a 4K HDMI-to-USB capture card that lets you turn your professional camera into an ultra-high quality webcam for streaming or video conferencing. The best part? It costs just…
Google’s Smart Cleanup taps AI to streamline data entry
September 29, 2020
In June, Google unveiled Smart Cleanup, a Google Sheets feature that taps AI to learn patterns and autocomplete data while surfacing formatting suggestions. Now, following a months-long beta, Smart Cleanup is today launching into general availability for all G Suite…
This SLR Camera Was Made for Wildlife Photography a Century Ago
September 29, 2020
A rare SLR camera from a century ago has been put up for sale. The Goerz Reflex-Jagd-Ango was a camera specifically designed for wildlife and expedition photography over a century ago, and one can now be yours for $3,500.
Camera-wiki.org states that the German camera company C. P. Goerz, which later folded into Carl Zeiss, began making the Reflex-Jagd-Ango (“Reflex Hunting Ango”) in or around…
