[ad_1] Ultium batteries will normally support up to 200kW fast charging (slower than Tesla’s 250kW Supercharger V3, if still quick), but there will be 800-volt packs for trucks that will handle 350kW charging. They’ll be low-cobalt designs that are both cheaper than before (under $100 per kWh) and should raise fewer concerns about the labor […]
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Easy-to-use mods brought me back to ‘Freespace 2’
[ad_1] So how can you join in on the fun? First, you’ll need a retail copy of Freespace 2 ($10 on GOG and Steam). And for newcomers, the original campaigns are available with updated graphics and they’re still amazing. I’d start with those to learn the ropes. Like most sim games, the control scheme for […]
Tesla is using older hardware in Chinese Model 3 cars because of supply issues
[ad_1] Understandably, a lot of the country’s Model 3 owners weren’t happy to find out their brand new car had left the Gigafactor 3 floor with older hardware. According to the BBC, the new chip is up to 21 times faster at processing images than its predecessor. A lot of that has to do with […]
‘Castlevania: Symphony of the Night’ unexpectedly arrives on mobile
[ad_1] As The Verge notes, Symphony of the Night was the first Castlevania game from writer and director Koji “Iga” Igarashi. Its launch saw the series shift away from pure action to more exploration and adventure — a popular move that led to the production of countless homages from indie developers, and subsequently the ultra-successful […]
‘Call of Duty: Modern Warfare’ has a Tamagotchi that’s hungry for kills
[ad_1] Your Tomogunchi is strapped to your wrist, and comes with four moods: hungry, dirty, unruly and sleepy. But instead of keeping it happy with tasty treats and hugs — à la the 90s — your little guy can only be satiated with kills, objective scoring, killstreaks and wins. If your combat rampages are successful, […]
The Morning After: Amazon’s accelerated one-day shipping
[ad_1] Goodbye doesn’t mean forever.The gadgets that refuse to die As Sonos most recently proved, your gadgets weren’t meant to live forever. Any Engadget editor will point out his or her drawer or cupboard (or wardrobe) filled with tech from yesteryear. Not every device is an iPhone or an Amazon Echo, and for things that […]
SETI@Home ends its crowdsourced search for alien life after 21 years
[ad_1] SETI@Home was born at UC Berkeley and released to the world on May 17th, 1999, using the university’s distributed computing platform, BOINC. Whenever people left their machine on, but weren’t using it, the program would take over and crunch data sent from UC Berkeley. In that way, the system created a giant, internet-connected supercomputer […]
Russian court says facial recognition tech does not violate privacy
[ad_1] Activists had hoped the courts would ban the use of the technology, which was rolled out in the city throughout 2019 — the system cost at least 3.3 billion roubles ($50 million) and comprises more than 105,000 cameras. The system — which remained operational throughout the legal proceedings — is now being used to […]
Amazon Prime Video will stream 21 Yankees games in four states
[ad_1] The move seemed inevitable after Amazon bought a minority stake in the Yankee Entertainment Sports (YES) Network last year. The games on Prime Video will also be simulcast by other YES-affiliated terrestrial networks including PIX11. Prime Video users will gain access to Amazon’s X-Ray technology, which shows live in-game stats, real-time play-by-play and other […]
The first ‘Luigi’s Mansion 3’ multiplayer DLC pack is now available
[ad_1] If you purchase the first pack, you’ll get three new mini-games for the multiplayer ScreamPark mode: DodgeBrawl lets you play dodgeball with poltergeists, River Bank will have you dodging logs coming down a waterfall as you collect coins, and Tricky Ghost Hunt will have you battling ghosts while navigating a floor that can damage […]