China’s Xpeng is bringing its Tesla FSD equivalent to overseas owners
Xpeng, Tesla’s challenger from China, has its eye on the international market and plans to use its smart driving software as a selling point. The Guangzhou-based electric vehicle upstart said at an event this week that it will start developing its highway-specific Navigation Guided Pilot (NGP) for global users in
Read moreTesla settles California hazardous waste lawsuit with a $1.5 million fine
Well, that was fast. A settlement has been reached just two days after District Attorneys from 25 California counties filed a lawsuit against Tesla over allegations the automaker repeatedly mishandled hazardous waste at its facilities throughout the state. Tesla has agreed to pay $1.3 million in civil penalties and $200,000
Read moreGoogle gets its mojo working and threatens Open AI’s dominance: Hashtag Trending for Friday February 2nd, 2024
Gemini Pro looks poised to give OpenAI some real competition for a change, TikTok loses access to a huge amount of popular music, there is finally a fix for the Pixel phone storage bug (but you’re probably not going to like it), and the US Senate hearings on social media
Read moreUK government urged to adopt more positive outlook for LLMs to avoid missing ‘AI goldrush’
The U.K. government is taking too “narrow” a view of AI safety and risks falling behind in the AI gold rush, according to a report released today. The report, published by the parliamentary House of Lords’ Communications and Digital Committee, follows a months-long evidence-gathering effort involving input from a wide
Read moreApple Vision Pro: Day Two
Last night, I fell asleep under the stars, the chirp of crickets intermingling with the old radiator’s whistle off in the distance. I just finished an episode of Justified: City Primeval on the big screen. It was a constant 68 degrees, but I tucked myself into the duvet, nonetheless. For
Read moreMark Zuckerberg calls Apple’s DMA rules ‘so onerous’ he doubts any developer will opt in
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has added his voice to those criticizing Apple’s compliance with the EU’s new Digital Markets Act (DMA) regulation, which forces Apple to open up its App Store and allows developers to use their own payment systems, among other things. During Meta’s Q4 earnings call this afternoon,
Read moreOrbital Composites and Virtus Solis team up for space-based solar power mission
Advanced manufacturing startup Orbital Composites is teaming up with Virtus Solis Technologies to conduct a space-based solar power demonstration as soon as 2027. The two companies say the mission will be a precursor to an in-space “megawatt-class” solar power installation by 2030, which could mark “a new chapter in renewable energy.”
Read moreThreads now reaches more than 130 million monthly users, says Meta, up 30M from Q3
Instagram Threads now has more than 130 million monthly active users, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced during the company’s fourth-quarter earnings today. The text-based social networking app is one of the many new projects that have sprung up in the wake of Elon Musk’s 2022 acquisition of Twitter, now called
Read moreAmazon debuts ‘Rufus,’ an AI shopping assistant in its mobile app
Amazon announced today the launch of an AI-powered shopping assistant it’s calling Rufus that’s been trained on the e-commerce giant’s product catalog as well as information from around the web. The company says the new tool will launch to a subset of U.S. customers in beta, starting today, before expanding
Read moreDriving Business Growth: Zoho honours Infolytics with the Key Business Contributor Award
In the world of cloud business solutions, Zoho stands as a beacon of innovation, offering a suite of tools that redefine the way organizations operate. The Zoho Partner Key Business Contributor Award is a prestigious recognition that pays homage to trailblazers who have not only embraced the power of Zoho
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