A company managed to wrap a Tesla Cybertruck with solar cells that power an on-board battery pack. It costs about $10,000. Is it worth it?
In 2017, Tesla CEO Elon Musk said that he pushed his engineers to look into integrating solar cells on Model 3, but they concluded that it wasn’t worth it at the time.
Solar cell efficiency has since improved, and Tesla developed its own expertise in…
A new study found that typical Kenyan crypto users to be under 40. Kenyans not only trade cryptocurrencies but use them for investment and as a hedge against inflation.
Kenya Seeks IMF Assistance
According to a study by a Kenyan Technical Working Group, Kenyan residents…
Ripple Confident in Victory as SEC's Crypto War Nears Its End
January 16, 2025
Ripple is confident in its legal position as SEC leadership faces criticism for enforcement-heavy policies, with a pro-crypto regulatory shift on the horizon.
Ripple: Confident and Thriving as a New Era of Crypto Regulation Dawns
Ripple executives have taken aim at U.S.
Study: 52% of Americans Ditch Traditional Assets for Crypto, Sparking New Wave of Adoption
January 16, 2025
A new survey reveals that cryptocurrency has surged in popularity among Americans, with 68% now owning cryptocurrencies. The survey, conducted by Chainplay and Storible, suggests that digital assets have become increasingly important in Americans’ investment portfolios. This growing interest in cryptocurrency coincides with the anticipated shift in U.S. policy under President Elect Donald…
Story uses Web3 to enable creators to capture the value they contribute to the AI ecosystem
January 13, 2025
Story, an intellectual property blockchain, believes that creators, developers and artists should be able to be rewarded for what they contribute to AI. But it’s not easy to trace their contributions, and Story, which has raised $140 million to date (formerly Story…
Diffbot’s AI model doesn’t guess — it knows, thanks to a trillion-fact knowledge graph
January 13, 2025
Diffbot, a small Silicon Valley company best known for maintaining one of the world’s largest indexes of web knowledge, announced today the release of a new AI model that promises to address one of the biggest challenges in the field: factual accuracy. The new model, a…
Nvidia has announced it has key design wins for autonomous vehicles with car makers such as Toyota, Aurora and Continental.
These partners are part of a growing list for Nvidia, and they’re rolling out next-generation highly automated an autonomous vehicle fleets. Jensen Huang, CEO of Nvidia, made the announcements at his opening keynote speech at CES 2025.
Nvidia announced today that those…
Drone sightings lead to airspace shutdown at Ohio military base
January 13, 2025
BOSTON — More suspected drone sightings in the eastern U.S. led to a temporary airspace shutdown at an Air Force base in Ohio and arrests near Boston’s Logan International Airport, as elected officials increased their push for action to identify and stop the mysterious…
The Army is scouring industry for unmanned aircraft systems to launch from medium- or high-altitude platforms that would perform tasks like intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, according to a request for information posted to the federal business opportunities…
Tesla has officially issued a recall on over 200,000 vehicles in the US over the self-driving computer inside the vehicle short-circuiting and failing to work.
This is an issue that Electrek has been reporting on for a month.
In December, Electrek released an exclusive report about Tesla having a major issue with a new version of its onboard “Full Self-Driving computer,” AI4.1, failing due…
