Panasonic is reportedly going to build a new battery cell factory in Kansas to supply Tesla with its new 4680 cell.
Update: the governor has now made the project official
Earlier this year, we reported on Panasonic looking for a site in the United States for a new large-scale battery factory to produce the new 4680 battery cell for Tesla. At the time, it was reported that Panasonic was zeroing in…
Tesla loses its head of AI and vision Andrej Karpathy – a big loss for the Autopilot team
July 14, 2022
Andrej Karpathy, senior director in charge of AI and computer vision at Tesla, announced that he is leaving the automaker. It is a big loss for Tesla’s Autopilot team and self-driving effort.
Karpathy joined Tesla more than five years ago as a neural net and computer…
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Aventon’s award-winning set a standard for upright cruiser ebikes with new…
Micro mobility giant Lime will launch scooters with the first in-house-built computer vision platform that will leverage cameras to detect when users are riding on the sidewalk next month.
It’s often easier for cities to blame transportation companies and scooter riders for sidewalk riding, rather than invest the resources in building protected bike lanes. So to combat this problem, Lime will be…
NASA’s New Mineral Dust Detector Readies for Launch
July 14, 2022
Designed to analyze airborne dust to see how it might affect climate, the EMIT mission launches to the International Space Station on Thursday, July 14.
Each year, strong winds carry more than a billion metric tons – or the weight of 10,000 aircraft carriers – of…
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Roll20 and OneBookShelf announced today they’re merging in a single TTRPG-focused entity.
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2022 is the year of Kirby. Nintendo revealed the trailer for Kirby’s Dream Buffet, a four-player party title starring everyone’s favorite pink ball of joy. The new game shows Kirby — along with three…
After three uncharacteristic patches in recent weeks, Google is rolling out Android 13 Beta 4 as the “final update for your testing and development.” The company said today that we’re “just a few weeks away from the official release of Android 13.”
A huge thank you…
How to install the Android 13 Beta on Google Pixel
July 14, 2022
Android 13 is following a different schedule compared to last year’s major update, and that resulted in the first Android 13 beta being released two weeks before its usual Google I/O debut. If you’re a Google Pixel owner, here’s how to install the Android 13…
Samsung Galaxy S22 leaks in stunning ‘Bora Purple’
July 14, 2022
The Galaxy S22 series has been on the market for almost six months at this point, but it remains one of the best Android phones around. Now, it seems the Galaxy S22 is set to launch in a new “Bora Purple” color variant.
WinFuture shared a batch of images showing the Galaxy S22 in a new purple color that, apparently, is called “Bora Purple.”
The special color option will apparently also be…
