First vacuums — then the world
…Then last month, according to reports from China, the company announced it is launching satellites into space, with plans to send up 2 million more. It’s also developing humanoid robots, solid…
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Mass Transit
…That’s the assessment from US Department of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, who just released a 300-page report (PDF) detailing key findings, including “missed deadlines, budget shortfalls, and overrepresentation of projected…
Console Reviews
…The Sony PS4, Microsoft Xbox One, and Nintendo Switch are the most capable consoles to be released yet, each with its own unique set of advantages, disadvantages, unique features, and exclusive games…
Microsoft’s new Xbox chief starts making her mark
…Today we operate across dozens of surfaces, pipelines, and release models without a shared code repository or common data foundation. As a result, quality and speed too often depends on heroics instead…
Larry Ellison’s betting everything on OpenAI. Will it pay off or pop the bubble?
…The key place to make money isn’t training foundation models. The real money is inference, or using AI models to output results on data that isn’t in the training set…
User-replaceable batteries are coming back in a big way
…Code snippets suggest that Amazon is planning to introduce Kindle e-readers with user-replaceable batteries, though we’re not sure exactly when. Leaked images of an upcoming Xbox Elite 3 controller…
Online Shopping
…The scoring models, which incorporate loan history from buy now, pay later services, like Klarna, Affirm, and Afterpay, will exist alongside FICO’s standard credit score. FICO trained the models on over…
What’s next for Microsoft’s Surface PCs?
…Both of the new Surface Laptop and Pro models are simply refinements of an existing formula and don’t push the categories forward in meaningful ways. The Surface Pro and Surface Laptop…
Ford CEO Jim Farley on China, tariffs, and the quest for a $30,000 EV
…It’s a plan that has come together. It’s important to have a plan, but you get out of the plan pretty quickly because of surprises. The supplier isn’t…
It’s the last day of Prime Day — here are over 130 great deals to choose from
…If you want the larger 46mm GPS model, that’s down to $309 at Amazon and Walmart, which is another new low. Given it’s the latest model, it will support watchOS…