The future of robots
I have given up using ChatGPT to write my blogs, so this one will take longer but be far better. ChatGPT reminds me of a few of my past bosses,…
Juno makes its first ultra-close flyby of the volcano-covered moon Io
Enlarge / Juno flyby of Io on Dec. 30, 2023. (credit: NASA) On Saturday NASA’s Juno spacecraft, which has been orbiting Jupiter for the better part of a decade, made…
2024 may be a year of reckoning for Apple’s $85 billion services business
Enlarge (credit: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) Apple faces a legal reckoning in 2024, with a series of regulatory decisions by US and EU authorities over the coming months set to determine…
It’s a new year, and these are now the only EVs that get a tax credit
Enlarge (credit: Getty Images) It’s a new year, and while few of us still have the headache of needing to remember to write the new year on checks, 2024 brings…
I’ve Researched Time for 15 Years—Here’s How My Perception of It Has Changed
Time is one of those things that most of us take for granted. We spend our lives portioning it into work-time, family-time, and me-time. Rarely do we sit and think…
Tesla Beat Deliveries With 484,000 in Q4
Tesla beat q4 deliveries with 484k. 1% over analysts who were at 480k. The other cars category is S, X, Semi and cybertruck. This has almost 5k more sold than…
Microsoft now says the CMA was ‘tough and fair’ over Activision Blizzard deal
Image: Getty Images Microsoft president Brad Smith wasn’t happy with the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) last year, after the regulator blocked Microsoft’s giant Activision Blizzard deal. Now that…
Here’s how the EPA calculates how far an EV can go on a full charge
Enlarge (credit: Aurich Lawson | Getty Images) How does the US Environmental Protection Agency decide how far an electric vehicle can go on a single charge? The simple explanation is…
Rotating Detonating Engines Can Enable Practical Hypersonic Planes
The main problem holding back reusable hypersonic planes is that traditional ramjet engines become very inefficient over mach 2 while hypersonic engines do not work well below mach 4. There…
Alamo Drafthouse blames ‘nationwide’ theater outage on Sony projector fail
A sign reportedly placed at Alamo Drafthouse’s Minnesota location informing patrons that no films will be shown that day. | Photo: 3NU (Reddit) “Sorry everyone! Sony is having issues with…