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1h ago
In a move sure to rile up Beijing, the European Commission has announced that it will impose provisional anti-subsidy duties ranging from 17 percent to 38 percent on Chinese electric cars starting next month. The new tariffs will be added on top of the existing 10 percent duty. This means...
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1h ago
A recent Windows 10 and Windows 11 Patch Tuesday update includes fixes for a potentially dangerous Wi-Fi vulnerability. Discovered within the Windows Wi-Fi Driver, CVE-2024-30078 allows malicious actors a vector for remote code execution (RCE).
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2h ago
According to a recent tweet by Martin Chorzempa, senior fellow at the Peterson Institute, the US government's investment in electronics manufacturing construction in 2024 alone will surpass the total expenditure from 1996 to 2020 (a span of 24 years).
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4h ago
Apple announced at WWDC that its Apple Intelligence features would be arriving in iOS 18, iPadOS 18, and macOS Sequoia this fall. OpenAI's GPT-4o LLM will power some of the AI tasks, including the option to use ChatGPT to help Siri answer user queries – much to the annoyance of Elon Musk.
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4h ago
Electric car sales are experiencing a slump in most regions except China. A significant factor contributing to this decline is the high cost of lithium-ion batteries, which are essential for every model. The expense of these batteries is largely due to the complicated and resource-intensive process of extracting lithium.
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4h ago
Japanese investment giant SoftBank is developing an AI that aims to alter a caller's voice if they begin shouting at customer service or call center employees. The company plans to release the tool sometime next year.
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5h ago
The leaked list includes games from heavy hitters like Bethesda, Sega, Sony, Square Enix, and more. It requires some detective work since all titles are listed under codenames. Some appear to match long-standing rumors, like one codenamed "Utah" that reliable insiders have claimed is the PC port of The Last...
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6h ago
A father and son pair in England have successfully used hundreds of old vape batteries to charge a smartphone and build an e-bike battery. The process was complex and labor-intensive, but a guide to simplify the process may be available soon.
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6h ago
Produced by the UK-based creator subscription platform Fanvue alongside the World AI Creator Awards (WAICA), the Miss AI competition is offering prizes totalling over $20,000. The winner receives a $5,000 cash prize, along with AI mentorship programs and PR services worth $7,000.
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7h ago
Norwegian mining company Rare Earths Norway (REN) announced that after three years of exploration, it has discovered Europe's largest proven deposit of rare earth elements.
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