WASHINGTON — Anduril Industries unveiled a detonating variant of its Anvil drone it said is capable of intercepting and obliterating nimble overhead threats.
The company, which specializes in autonomy and unmanned aerial systems, said the new Anvil-M was built using input from “real-world combat operations and customer feedback” and can more reliably seek and destroy incoming drones in the…
Quick Charge Podcast: October 4, 2023
October 5, 2023
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…
Here's how renewables have grown so far in 2023
October 5, 2023
Wind and solar are mushrooming globally, but drought is throwing a wrench in the works – here’s what renewable growth is looking like in 2023.
Emissions from global electricity generation plateaued in the first half of 2023, with a slight increase of 0.2% compared to the…
Toyota has found a battery supplier to power its next wave of electric vehicles in the US. LG Energy Solution and Toyota signed a long-term battery supply agreement Wednesday for upcoming EV models assembled in the US.
Starting in 2025, LG Energy Solution will supply Toyota with 20 GWh of battery modules annually.
According to the new supply agreement, the battery modules will be high-nickel NCMA…
RaceTrac finally opened its first-ever EV charging station
October 5, 2023
The US Southeast’s 570-store service station chain RaceTrac finally got its first EV charging station.
Atlanta-based EV charging provider EnviroSpark has partnered with RaceTrac to install its first-ever EV charging station at 204 Grace Street in Oxford, Alabama. It’s…
NASA will provide coverage of the upcoming prelaunch and launch activities for its Psyche mission to a metal-rich asteroid. Launch is targeted for 10:16 a.m. EDT Thursday, Oct. 12, on a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket from Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in…
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Twitch was reportedly hit with a fresh round of layoffs just weeks before TwitchCon is set to kick off in Las Vegas. This would be the second round of layoffs at the games livestreaming platform this year.
In March…
Dell customizes GenAI and focuses on data lakehouse
October 5, 2023
Dell Technologies is growing its portfolio of generative AI products and services to help more of its customers harness the power of artificial intelligence.
Today Dell announced a series of initiatives that expand on the company’s generative AI efforts that it has been…
Google Assistant gets generative AI upgrade with Bard
October 5, 2023
Google has announced a new personal assistant that aims to make conversations with artificial inteligence more natural, intuitive, and useful. Assistant with Bard, which is powered by generative AI, combines the capabilities of Google’s existing voice assistant with Bard…
Meta’s AI stickers are here and already causing controversy
October 5, 2023
Well, that didn’t take long: Just a week after Meta announced a “universe of AI” for Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, the company’s new AI-generated stickers are already causing controversy.
Some users have already received an update allowing them to quickly create AI-generated stickers from text prompts in Facebook Messenger and Instagram Messenger. However, it seems that Meta’s…
