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The next phase of security AI will bring a greater focus on preventing attacker movement — making cyber attacks much more difficult and far less likely to succeed — through modeling probable attack paths using real data from a company’s environment, according to executives at self-learning AI firm…
AI Weekly: AI beats race car drivers in a video game and a U.S. bill promises to regulate social media
February 11, 2022
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This week in AI, Sony — the Japanese electronics giant that’s still selling luxury MP3 players — announced Gran Turismo (GT) Sophy, an AI system that can outrace human…
Android 13 prepares new user profile switcher on the lockscreen
February 11, 2022
User-facing changes in Android 13’s first developer preview were relatively minor, but there’s much more to come. We’ve been able to enable a few new features Google is still working on in Android 13, including a new lockscreen user profile switcher.
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Here’s what Android 13’s ‘Tap to Transfer’ feature looks like; new media card design too [Gallery]
February 11, 2022
A few weeks back, concept renders revealed that Google was working on a new “Tap to Transfer” feature in Android 13 for speakers and other devices. Now, in the first developer preview, we’ve been able to turn on the feature so you can see what it looks like.
Android 13 ‘Tap to Transfer’ feature
We’ve been able to activate the “Tap to Transfer” feature in Android 13, which allows…
Xiaomi targeting Apple in ‘life and death’ growth plan with 20,000 new retail stores and more
February 11, 2022
An ambitious new growth plan will see Xiaomi targeting Apple, aiming to overtake the Cupertino company to become China’s biggest premium smartphone brand.
It follows news that record iPhone 13 sales in China saw Apple take the top slot in China during Q4, achieving its…
Over 50% of Harley-Davidson’s electric revenue came from selling kids’ e-bikes, not motorcycles
February 11, 2022
Harley-Davidson’s recent financial reports shed an interesting new light on its electric motorcycle operations. We’re now seeing more detail than ever before on where Harley’s electric-based revenue is coming from.
As a refresher, Harley-Davidson first launched its…
Tesla delays more Model X deliveries as Elon Musk admits to problems in the production ramp
February 11, 2022
Tesla is delaying more Model X orders as Elon Musk admits that Tesla made a mistake in shutting down production of the previous version as the production ramp of the new version is having problems.
The automaker didn’t produce the Model X for about eight months as it refreshed both the Model S and Model X programs and focused on Model S production first. During those eight months, the…
Quick Charge Podcast: February 10, 2022
February 11, 2022
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players.
New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
Snow Lake Lithium is developing the world’s first all-electric lithium mine to support EV industry in North America
February 11, 2022
Snow Lake Resources Ltd. has outlined plans to develop over 55,000 acres in Manitoba, Canada into the world’s first all-electric lithium mine. By utilizing Manitoba’s hydroelectricity, the entire mining operation can run on 98% renewable energy, helping the company…
Photographer Captures ‘Space Photos’ in Parking Lot Gasoline Puddles
February 11, 2022
Finnish photographer Juha Tanhua has been shooting an unusual series of “space photos.” While the work may look like astrophotography images of stars, galaxies, and nebulae, they were actually captured with a camera pointed down, not up. Tanhua created the images by capturing gasoline puddles found on the asphalt of parking lots.
“I didn’t look up but down when I took these…