The definition of success for startups and Big Tech companies alike has long been summed up by three words: hockey stick growth. Speedy gains in terms of both users and revenue is the dream for any company looking to scale. But according to a paper recently published by Google senior research scientist Alex Hanna and independent researcher Tina Park, a growing number of AI researchers say…
AI Weekly: Constructive ways to take power back from Big Tech
November 26, 2020
Facebook launched an independent oversight board and recommitted to privacy reforms this week, but after years of promises made and broken, nobody seems convinced that real change is afoot. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is expected to decide shortly whether to sue…
Researchers suggest AI can learn common sense from animals
November 26, 2020
AI researchers developing reinforcement learning agents could learn a lot from animals. That’s according to recent analysis by Google’s DeepMind, Imperial College London, and University of Cambridge researchers assessing AI and non-human animals.
In a decades-long…
Quick Charge Podcast: November 25, 2020
November 26, 2020
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 Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
Tesla increases prices on next EU batch of Model S and Model X —sparking refresh rumors
November 26, 2020
Tesla has increased prices significantly for the next European batch of Model S and Model X vehicles.
It is sparking rumors of a refresh.
Tesla owners across Europe are reporting that the automaker updated its online configurator with an important price increase across the…
The beloved British Morris van returns as the reimagined electric JE
November 26, 2020
The Morris JE, a reimagining of the mid-20th-century British Morris J-type van, will debut next year. The electric van is pricey, but with incentives, nostalgic features, and hopefully quality, it will definitely turn heads.
Morris goes electric
The Morris JE is expected…
Elon Musk confirmed that Tesla plans to launch ‘special colors’ for the new Roadster electric supercar.
What color options do you want to see?
When Tesla first unveiled the next-generation Tesla Roadster in 2017, Musk said that it will come to market in 2020.
Now that we are at the end of 2020, it’s clear that the electric supercar is not coming this year, but we are getting closer to the…
Fujifilm has announced a firmware update for its GFX 100 camera that adds Pixel Shift and Multi-Shot functions to its flagship camera, which work alongside Fujifilm’s new Pixel Shift Combiner software to stitch together up to 16 Raw photographs into a single 400MP Raw…
Tesla recalls over 9,000 Model X SUVs over small pieces that can detach while driving
November 26, 2020
Tesla has issued a new recall with NHTSA for 9,000 Model X SUVs built in 2015 and 2016 over pieces of the body that can detach while driving due to a lack of primer.
The company is not aware of any accidents caused by the defect.
The problem is with two cosmetic pieces on…
Nissan is looking to build electric Titan with the help of a little-known electric pickup startup
November 26, 2020
Nissan is reportedly in talks with a little-known US electric pickup startup called Hercules to build an electric version of its Titan pickup truck.
It would be joining Tesla, Ford, Rivian, and others into electrifying the important segment in the US.
Bloomberg reports that Nissan is in talks with Hercules Electric Vehicles:
“The Japanese automaker is considering buying a battery-electric…
