Editor Blogs
July 2024
Bill Would Penalize Non-Consensual Deepfake Content
ÂThe U.S. Senate has passed what I assume will be the first of many attempts to curb AI’s destructive tendencies. Notably missing – any mention of killer robots.
The Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits (Defiance) Act would hold accountable responsible for “the proliferation of nonconsensual,
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Date:
07/29/2024
adobe
Anode-Free, Solid-State Sodium Battery
Our need for smaller, safer, more energy dense, faster charging batteries has led to some of the most interesting innovation in the world today While some researchers are working on innovations that will iron out the last remaining hold-ups sodium batteries, others are working on developing solid-state
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Date:
07/29/2024
Ferrari's "Electric Supercar" to Start at $500,000
ÂWe all figured the first Ferrari EV would be beyond the reach of us common peasants — the gas guzzling model isn’t exactly the second coming of the Honda Accord. But even for the luxury market, half a million dollars is a bit steep.
We’d previously mentioned Ferrari’s plans to challenge Tesla with an â
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Date:
07/22/2024
Infineon
Infineon Adds Emissions Figures to Products
Infineon has launched a new initiative to provide its customers with comprehensive Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) data. The company has initially provided the PCF data for about half of the products that it offers, and will expand the data until it covers the company’s full product portfolio. PCF data quantifi
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Date:
07/18/2024
Nyobolt Demonstrates 10-80% EV Charging in Less Than 5 Minutes
ÂIn any discussion of electric vehicles, two topics are usually front and center – the prevalence of charging stations/infrastructure and fast charging. Because if people can’t charge their vehicles away from home and relatively quickly, it greatly limits the target audience. And UK startup Nyobolt may have
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Date:
07/15/2024
Integrals Power
Integrals Power produces its materials in the UK and sources its raw materials from Europe and the US
As the world moves towards renewable energy and electric vehicles, batteries are a vital part of that transition. However, China is responsible for the manufacture of the majority of batteries and battery parts around the globe. There are growing tensions between China and western nations, which has led
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Date:
07/13/2024
Waymo Removes Robotaxi Waitlist, Opens it to Everyone
ÂGoogle subsidiary Waymo has taken the first step towards making robotaxis available to the wider public – just two weeks after the California-based company pulled all 672 of its Jaguar I-Pace robotaxis from the road after an accident involving a telephone pole, they’ve eliminated the waiting list.
This
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Date:
07/08/2024
AI's Most Dangerous Application (Other than Killer Robots)
ÂGoogle’s DeepMind division has identified the most heinous use of AI, and it’s frightening.
We’ve covered before how AI can enable an epidemic of scam calls, how it’s been writing fake news stories, and some of the more benign uses, like generative, advertorial images.
We’ve seen AI pictures, AI poetry, and
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Date:
07/01/2024
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