Tesla has officially launched a fully driverless robotaxi service for passengers in Austin, with no human safety driver inside the vehicle. (Tesla test car) CEO Elon Musk announced on his social platform X on Thursday: “Tesla’s fully driverless robotaxi service is now live in Austin, with no safety monitor in the car. Congratulations to the
In the realm of sophisticated materials, some technologies hide in ordinary sight– unnoticed yet indispensable. Boron Carbide Powder is one such marvel: a dark, fine compound no bigger than grains of sand, yet with the ability of quiting bullets, taming nuclear responses, and improving markets. Its story is not about flashy advertising yet about silent
Intro: The Ubiquitous “Interface Magicians” Surfactants are the undetectable heroes of contemporary industry and daily life, found almost everywhere from cleansing items to pharmaceuticals, from petroleum extraction to food handling. These one-of-a-kind chemicals serve as bridges between oil and water by changing the surface tension of liquids, coming to be vital functional active ingredients in
At approximately 2:30 p.m. local time (Eastern Time), Microsoft announced via platform X that a large-scale access disruption to multiple cloud services had occurred due to “a portion of service infrastructure in North America experiencing abnormalities and being unable to process traffic normally.” Enterprise users have been affected in accessing email, files, and meeting functions.
General Motors is adjusting its global production layout, shifting the manufacturing of some models from China and Mexico to a factory in Kansas, USA. This move also signifies the impending discontinuation of the Chevrolet Bolt EV, currently produced at that plant. (GM) The new Bolt EV, launched this month with a price of $29,990, is
Wall Street investors are significantly increasing their holdings of Intel stocks, driving its stock price up about 11% on Wednesday, reaching a new high since January 2022. The optimistic market sentiment is mainly due to strong sales of its server chips, with AI infrastructure spending growth becoming a key driving force. KeyBanc analysts have recently
1. The Undetectable Architects of Concrete Toughness Picture a concrete slab as a giant biscuit– challenging when pressed, yet shattering at the initial bend. For years, engineers propped it up with steel bars, however a quieter transformation has taken root: concrete fiber. These tiny strands, finer than a human hair, are transforming concrete from a
Blue Origin, founded by Jeff Bezos, announced on Wednesday that it plans to launch 5408 satellites to build a communication network called TeraWave, directly benchmarking SpaceX Starlink and Amazon’s Kuiper program. This network is mainly aimed at enterprise, data center, and government users, claiming to provide data transmission rates of up to 6 terabits per
According to a report released by The Information on Wednesday, Apple may be developing its own artificial intelligence wearable device. The report states that the device will be a smart badge that can be worn on clothing, equipped with two cameras and three microphones. (Apple logo Getty) If the rumors come true, this will be
The US government recently officially approved Nvidia and AMD to export high-performance AI chips to some Chinese customers, including the Nvidia H200 series. This policy shift occurred after the authorities re evaluated the ban on Chinese chips, which has attracted high attention from the industry. (Benjamin Girette) At the World Economic Forum in Davos, Dario