Another quarter, another booming earnings report from Microsoft. But what’s notable for Q2 2021is that it isn’t just the cloud driving the company forward this time. The company reported revenues of $43.1 billion, up 17 percent from last year. That’s $2.9 billion more than what analysts were expecting. Even more impressive, its profit jumped by 33 percent to reach $15.5 billion. During the…
Grimes and Endel bring their AI-powered sleep sounds to Android
January 27, 2021
Last October, Endel announced that it had partnered with Grimes for a special ‘soundscape’ inside its music app, which is meant to help you focus, relax or fall asleep. The collaboration was called AI Lullaby and, as you might have guessed from the name, combined…
Apple says iOS 14.4 patches 3 security flaws that ‘may have been actively exploited’
January 27, 2021
In addition to the new features detailed earlier today, iOS 14.4 also brings a trio of notable security improvements. In a new Support document published this afternoon, Apple said that iOS 14.4 fixes a kernel vulnerability and two WebKit vulnerabilities, all three of which…
We mere mortals haven’t truly been competitive against artificial intelligence in chess in a long time. It’s been 15 years since a human has conquered a computer in a chess tournament. However, a team of researchers have developed an AI chess engine that doesn’t set out to crush us puny humans — it tries to play like us.
The Maia engine doesn’t necessarily play the best…
Electric, hybrid, and Tesla vehicle dashboard symbols explained
January 27, 2021
“Check engine,” “oil level low,” “service engine soon.” These are all dashboard symbols us drivers are familiar with and have previously dreaded when they’re blinking in our faces after we’re already running late. The inrush of electric and hybrid vehicle…
Electric mountain bike maker FREY has long championed high-power and high-spec electric mountain bikes. But the company’s newest model, the FREY Beast, is in a league entirely of its own.
We were intrigued by the teasers for the FREY Beast earlier this month, but…
TeslaCam, Tesla’s integrated dashcam feature using Autopilot camera, caught a road-raging driver shoot live rounds at a Model 3 electric car on the highway for seemingly no reason.
TeslaCam
TeslaCam, along with Sentry Mode, is Tesla’s integrated dashcam system inside its vehicles using the Autopilot cameras around the car to record potential accidents, acts of vandalism, or other…
The Trump administration canceled federal permits for Vineyard Wind 1, and its developers have asked the Biden administration for a reboot.
Zinc-ion battery developer Salient Energy receives a $1.58 million grant from the California Energy Commission.
UnderstandSolar is a…
Tesla, BMW, FCA amongst top beneficiaries of $3.5 billion aid for electric car battery production
January 27, 2021
The European Union announced the beneficiaries of a new 2.9 billion euros ($3.5 billion) fund to support battery production projects for electric vehicles and Tesla, BMW, FCA are amongst the top beneficiaries.
European Battery Innovation
The program is called ‘European…
How to test drive a Tesla during the COVID-19 pandemic
January 27, 2021
Perhaps you’ve seen Tesla’s recent market cap soar over $850 billion. Maybe you’ve been reading about the long rumored refreshes coming to the Tesla Model S and Model X. It could even be that you’ve seen tons of Model 3 sedans on the road lately, and you want to see what all the hype is about. No matter the reason, there’s plenty of opportunities to test out a Tesla before you commit to…
