Cleantech & EV'sNews

Huawei’s head of autonomous driving lost his job after claiming Tesla vehicles are killing people

July 28, 2021
Su Qing, the head of autonomous driving at Huawei, has been removed from his position after making some controversial comments about Tesla — going as far as claiming that Tesla vehicles are killing people. At the World Artificial Intelligence Conference earlier this month, the executive claimed that Tesla has a “very high accident rate,” and he referenced accidents involving Tesla…
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Hyundai Ioniq 6 plus Pony sneak peek [video]

July 28, 2021
In DK Kim’s first report from Korea, he gets a sneak peek at Hyundai’s incredible Ioniq 6, the production version of the Hyundai Prophecy Concept that was revealed in 2020. [This is part of an ongoing collaboration between Fully Charged and Electrek.] Hyundai Ioniq…
GamingNews

Favorite Nintendo 64 games and reassessing Metroid: Other M | Last of the Nintendogs 004

July 28, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. On this episode of Last of the Nintendogs, the crew talks about their favorite Nintendo 64 games. And the hype for Metroid: Dread has GamesBeat editor Jeff Grubb going back to try Metroid: Other M once again. Reviews editor Mike Minotti, meanwhile, can finally talk about Ace Attorney and Neo The World Ends With You.
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AI & RoboticsNews

InVia Robotics raises $30M for warehouse robotics push

July 28, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. InVia Robotics, an industrial robotics company based in Los Angeles, California, today announced it has raised $30 million in a series C round co-led by Microsoft’s M12 Ventures and Qualcomm, with participation from Hitachi. InVia says the new equity funding will be used to support its growth, specifically through…
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Can you teach AI common sense?

July 28, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Even before they speak their first words, human babies develop mental models about objects and people. This is one of the key capabilities that allows us humans to learn to live socially and…
MobileNews

Discord launches long-awaited Threads feature on iOS and Mac

July 28, 2021
After introducing the Replies function last fall, Discord is now launching a new Threads feature to keep the conversation more organized in big channels. Threads are available on multiple platforms, like iMessage, Slack, and Twitter, but if by any chance you don’t use…
MobileNews

Apple releases iOS 15 beta 4 and iPadOS 15 beta 4 to developers

July 28, 2021
The iOS 15 beta fun continues today. Apple is releasing the iOS 15 beta 4 and iPadOS 15 beta 4 to developers. This comes two weeks after the release of beta 3, which brought notable changes to the controversial Safari redesign and more. iOS 15 beta 4 and iPadOS 15 beta 4 are available to developers via an over-the-air update in the Settings app. As usual, if the update does not immediately…
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