Lilium, an electric aviation company based in Germany, said it wants to be the first to sell electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft in the US. But it won’t be cheap. Lilium struck a partnership with a full-service air brokerage and management company, Texas-based EMC Jet, to connect it to the private jet market
Read MoreArriana McLymore / Reuters: Amazon now has 10,000 Rivian electric delivery vehicles in the US and Europe, up from 5,000 in July 2023; Amazon aims to have 100K+ Rivian vans by 2030 — Amazon.com (AMZN.O) has 10,000 Rivian electric delivery vehicles making routes across the U.S. and Europe, the company said during a business presentation
Read MoreThough MacBook sales continue to decline, the M3 chip next year may bring sales back up to a healthy figure.
Read MoreCredit: Rita El Khoury / Android Authority One of the first things you’ll notice about a smartphone is its color. And we’ve seen a few neat color schemes in 2023. However, a reader on our Instagram page recently suggested that a phone’s color isn’t a feature. That got us wondering whether or not you agree
Read MoreFinancial Times: UK and Chinese officials say China plans to attend the AI summit at Bletchley Park in December, despite controversy over alleged spying by Beijing in the UK — Rishi Sunak is keen to bring together world leaders and tech executives to define governance of new technology
Read MoreMatt Mullenweg: While X charging users $1/year to combat bots and spam is an appealing idea, the value in manipulating X is so high that bad actors will still find a way — Twitter/X is testing charging users $1/year with the idea that will keep out bots and spam. It’s an appealing idea …
Read MoreThe fish may be a harbinger of dramatic warming in the north—and rapidly transforming ecosystems.
Read MoreFrom online voting to frictionless taxes, Estonia’s government services can sound like sci-fi to outsiders. Its chief information officer talks about how it works—and what other countries might learn.
Read MoreIllustration by Alex Castro / The Verge YouTube is giving creators better tools to show certain product ads exactly when they want to in their videos. According to an announcement on Wednesday, YouTube creators will be able to add timestamps to products they tag in their videos so that a shopping button appears at an
Read MoreA new report says Apple’s foldable iPad could be announced next year and feature a much simpler folding mechanism, as well as a crease “not as noticeable to consumers.”
Read MoreAmelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Windows 11 is reportedly in use by more than 400 million monthly active devices. Windows Central reports that it has seen “Microsoft internal data” that shows Windows 11 is expected to hit 500 million monthly active devices by early 2024. All signs have pointed towards a slower adoption of
Read MoreZeba Siddiqui / Reuters: In a rare joint statement, Five Eyes chiefs from the US, the UK, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand warn on China’s IP “theft” and using AI to hack and spy — The Five Eyes countries’ intelligence chiefs came together on Tuesday to accuse China of intellectual property theft …
Read MoreFinancial Times: Sources: SK Hynix refused to approve the merger of Kioxia and Western Digital, a blow to Bain Capital’s ambitions of creating a US-Japan chip company — Kioxia and Western Digital merger opposed by South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix — Bain Capital’s ambitions to create a US-Japan chip champion through …
Read MoreReuters: The US’ new 400-page chip export rules show officials are open to chip sector input on ways to keep sending AI chips to China for small and medium-sized uses — While stripping China’s access to key U.S. artificial intelligence chips, the Biden administration’s sweeping new rules also quietly threw Nvidia …
Read MoreSebastian Herrera / Wall Street Journal: Amazon details Sequoia, its new AI and robotics tools for its warehouses to help reduce delivery times by up to 25% and identify inventory up to 75% faster — Company to use new AI systems at its fulfillment facilities that will work alongside employees — Amazon .com is introducing
Read MoreSuzanne Smalley / The Record: Privacy experts say that US state laws requiring data brokers to register are not adequately enforced, letting large numbers of brokers operate under the radar — Laws requiring data brokers to register are catching on at the state government level, but so far they have not been adequately enforced …
Read MoreWIRED spoke with DeepMind’s climate lead about techno-utopianism, ways AI can help fight climate change, and what’s currently standing in the way.
Read MoreGerman startup Vay is pushing teledriving—in which cars are remotely operated by humans—as easier to achieve than fully autonomous driving.
Read MoreCompanies are designing AI to appear increasingly human. That can mislead users—or worse.
Read MoreBloomberg: Researchers: soundscapes and an AI model trained on 100+ wildlife songs can be an effective and low-cost tool to track biodiversity recovery in tropical forests — By “listening” to forest soundscapes and identifying animal species, AI can be used to evaluate biodiversity efforts, according to a new study.
Read MoreCredit: Oliver Cragg / Android Authority Nothing has rolled out Nothing Os 2.0.4 for Phone 1. The update brings new widgets and the Hidden Apps feature to the Nothing Phone 1. It also carries some useful improvements and bug fixes. The Nothing Phone 1 is getting a new update deemed Nothing OS 2.0.4. It’s still
Read MoreCredit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority A US court ruling has opened the door for teens to sue over social media addiction. A judge ruled that the so-called Section 230 doesn’t protect social media companies. The judge also paved the way for Meta to face legal action. Social media addiction is nothing new, as platforms
Read MoreCredit: Mishaal Rahman on X Google is working on adding a “repair mode” functionality to stock Android. In repair mode, your personal data will not be visible, but the phone’s core functionality will remain accessible to the repair technicians. Entering and exiting repair mode would need your lockscreen credentials. No matter how expensive your flagship
Read MoreThere’s no shortage of cheap digital oscilloscopes available today from the usual online retailers, but that doesn’t mean the appeal of building your own has gone away — especially when we have access to powerful microcontrollers that make it easier than ever to spin up custom gear. [mircemk] is using one of those microcontrollers to
Read MoreCNBC: How IRS officials tracked down James Zhong, a hacker who stole 50K+ bitcoin from Silk Road in 2012 and was involved in the development of bitcoin itself in 2009 — – In 2012, someone stole 50,000 bitcoin from the Silk Road, an illegal dark web marketplace.
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