Samsung is rumored to be assembling a special task force dubbed “Dream Platform One team” tasked with designing a custom in-house Samsung mobile Application Processor (AP) that can take on Apple Silicon. It’s probably fair to say that Samsung hasn’t had the best time with its Exynos offerings when compared Read more…
The idea that autonomous cars, even in small numbers, can increase fuel efficiency, travel times and safety for all cars on the road will be put to the test on routes around Nashville, Tennessee, later this year. Benedetto Piccoli at Rutgers University, New Jersey, and his colleagues previously used a Read more…
China christened a remarkable new 290-foot ship last week — the world’s first semi-autonomous drone carrier. It’ll carry, launch, recover and co-ordinate the actions of more than 50 other autonomous aerial, surface and underwater vehicles. The Huangpu Wenchong Shipyard began construction on the Zhu Hai Yun last July in Guangzhou. Read more…
The AI world is still figuring out how to deal with the amazing show of prowess that is DALL-E 2’s ability to draw/paint/imagine just about anything but OpenAI isn’t the only one working on something like that. Google Research has rushed to publicize a similar model it’s been working on Read more…
New York City removed its last public payphone on Monday. The boxy enclosures were once an iconic symbol across the city. But the rise of cellphones made the booths obsolete. The effort to replace public pay telephones across the city kicked off in 2014 when the de Blasio administration solicited Read more…
Drone delivery has been a long time coming, but its actual implementation has largely arrived in fits and starts. Some companies (Alphabet’s Wing) have made decent headway, while others (Amazon) have struggled. There are still plenty of issues to contend with ahead of any sort of mainstream adoption, from regulation Read more…
Vangelis passed away recently. He yielded beautiful electronic music which catered well to images and cinema. https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3zFoNUcbyY_VqRnX4nMGDiJZ0VX7kqg4&feature=share Evángelos Odysséas Papathanassíou (Greek: Ευάγγελος Οδυσσέας Παπαθανασίου [eˈvaɲɟelos oðiˈseas papaθanaˈsi.u]; 29 March 1943 – 17 May 2022), known professionally as Vangelis (/væŋˈɡɛlɪs/ vang-GHEL-iss; Greek: Βαγγέλης [vaɲˈɟelis]), was a Greek musician, composer, songwriter and producer of electronic, progressive, ambient, and classical orchestral music.[1] He was best known for Read more…