A team at University of Science and Technology of China has developed a new material that could potentially help lower the production costs of solid state lithium batteries and accelerate their commercialization into EVs. The new material, lithium zirconium chloride, offers a reduced material cost and necessary performance, all while remaining stable.
Solid state batteries have become a…
Favorite Nintendo 64 games and reassessing Metroid: Other M | Last of the Nintendogs 004
July 28, 2021
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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…
Tesla Energy, the automaker’s energy division, had a record quarter, but the market doesn’t seem to care much due to how small it is in relation to its automotive business.
CEO Elon Musk said that Tesla Energy is becoming a distributed global utility, and it could…
Bobby Kotick apologizes for ‘tone deaf’ response to sex discrimination charges at Activision Blizzard
July 28, 2021
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Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick apologized for the “tone deaf” company response to allegations of sex discrimination at the big video game publisher.
In a statement to all employees, Kotick said that he appreciated the courage of all of the employees who have come forward with their own complaints in the wake…
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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…
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…
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 these platforms, here’s how Discord describes it:
“A Thread is a quick way to branch a conversation off of a channel’s…
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…
Google developing ‘Switch to Android’ app for iOS to copy data and apps from your iPhone
July 28, 2021
Google is developing a new iOS app called “Switch to Android,” which should be able to copy the most important data from your iPhone and bring over your apps.
About APK Insight: In this “APK Insight” post, we’ve decompiled the latest version of an application…
Apple today sent out an email to developers letting them know that a handful of Siri intents are no longer supported. If customers invoke these commands via Siri for a supporting app in iOS 15 or later, Siri will simply reply that the request cannot be handled.
Affected Siri domains include ride booking, configuration of vehicles via Siri over CarPlay, and third-party Photo Search. Many of these…
