[ad_1] Still in its conceptual stages, the first pre-production V9 is expected in 2020 and will be sold exclusively in China. Faraday signed a $600 million dollar deal with The9 back in March to build an EV exclusively for sale in China. The two companies aim to release 300,000 of the V9s per year. The […]
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Democrats move closer to passing the 'Save the Internet' Act
[ad_1] Democrats have just made significant progress in restoring net neutrality rules in the US. The "Save the Internet Act" unveiled last month has now been approved by the House Energy and Commerce Committee, which means it can now be considered by the f… [ad_2] Source link
Boeing delays its first Starliner test flight until August
[ad_1] While NASA and Boeing once said they’d launch the uncrewed Starliner in August 2018, skeptics always had doubts that the two would meet that goal. Initial delays were no surprise. Now, NASA says the new August 2019 date is due to limited launch opportunities this spring and early summer. In a press release, NASA […]
Renewable energy is on the rise, but so is demand for fossil fuels
[ad_1] According to IRENA, 171GW of renewable energy was added to the global mix in 2018, marking an annual increase of 7.9 percent, and accounting for two-thirds of new power generation capacity altogether. Hydropower takes the largest share with 1,172GW worldwide, followed by wind at 564GW and solar with 480GW, although solar saw the largest […]
Twitter lets you appeal suspensions in the app for a faster response
[ad_1] Twitter claims that its new in-app reporting feature will cut down response times by 60 percent. If Twitter decides you broke its rules, you receive a notification with the tweet in question, along with the rule in violation and a link to its guidelines. You then have the choice of either removing or appealing […]
Boston Dynamics’ acquisition will help its robots see in 3D
[ad_1] Kinema is a Menlo Park-based company that uses deep learning to give robotic arms the 3D vision they need to locate and move boxes. It can recognize different products and handle boxes of different sizes, even if they’re not perfectly level. With this purchase, Boston Dynamics now has the software it needs to make […]
Walmart to offer online grocery shopping with Google Assistant
[ad_1] Walmart shoppers will soon be able to add items to their shopping carts by saying “Hey Google, talk to Walmart.” The feature will be cross-platform, meaning customers can shop from any device that has the Google Assistant feature, ranging from smart speakers and displays to their Android watch or iPhone. Google Home will keep […]
NASA is testing Jupiter moon probe’s data-beaming antenna
[ad_1] The Clipper team is assessing its performance in the electromagnetic test facility’s controlled environment, much like how the Mars helicopter team used JPL’s Space Simulator to prove their unmanned flying vehicle works. In particular, they’re making sure it’s highly accurate when it comes to pointing to its targets, since that’s the key to sending […]
Cloudflare’s privacy-focused DNS app adds a free VPN
[ad_1] Warp takes the next step by encrypting your connection to CloudFlare’s servers and aims to reduce data use by caching and compressing content where possible. Using it as a VPN also masks all internet traffic on your phone, including the rest of your apps. With Warp, Cloudflare promises to keep all the privacy protections […]
Researchers designed a shape-shifting airplane wing
[ad_1] In a paper in the journal Smart Materials and Structures, the research team explains how it has radically redesigned the airplane wing. Their new structure is a lightweight lattice framework, made of thousands of repeating, tiny triangles of matchstick-like struts, covered in a thin polymer layer. Because this “metamaterial” is mostly comprised of empty […]