Waymo’s New Agreement With Hyundai Raises Questions About China

Waymo’s New Agreement With Hyundai Raises Questions About China

Soon you could see Waymo self-driving tech in Hyundai cars. The autonomous driving tech developer Waymo said this week that it would partner with the Korean automaker Hyundai to equip a fleet of its electric vehicles with self-driving technology. The vehicles, modified Ioniq 5s, will hit the road as part of Waymo’s self-driving ride-hail service … Read more

Intel says its Raptor Lake crashing chip nightmare is over

Intel says its Raptor Lake crashing chip nightmare is over

Vmin Shift Instability Root Cause  Intel® has localized the Vmin Shift Instability issue to a clock tree circuit within the IA core which is particularly vulnerable to reliability aging under elevated voltage and temperature. Intel has observed these conditions can lead to a duty cycle shift of the clocks and observed system instability.   Intel® has … Read more

Ashton Kutcher, Effie Epstein, and Guy Oseary are coming to Disrupt 2024

Ashton Kutcher, Effie Epstein, and Guy Oseary are coming to Disrupt 2024

Last year, Sound Ventures, the 9-year-old, Beverly Hills, California-based venture firm led by general partners Ashton Kutcher, Guy Oseary, and Effie Epstein, announced a new $265 million AI fund that was betting big on large language model companies, including OpenAI, Anthropic, and Hugging Face. In fact, the plan was to invest in just six companies … Read more

Google spotted testing ‘verified’ check marks for websites in Search

Google spotted testing ‘verified’ check marks for websites in Search

What you need to know Google recently confirmed that it has started a small test in Search, involving verified checkmarks for websites. The test shows that hovering over the icon explains that the website in question is true and “verified.” Google rolled out BIMI indicators (blue markers) in Gmail 2023 to fight against phishing emails … Read more

Police are using Google Maps in a way that’s not freaking us out

Police are using Google Maps in a way that’s not freaking us out

C. Scott Brown / Android Authority TL;DR Drivers in Illinois will start seeing alerts from the State Police on their navigation apps. Notifications will warn drivers about crashes, traffic stops, and other conditions that could potentially be unsafe for them or the officers involved. Illinois will start seeding this data to Waze first, followed by … Read more

Google Is Testing Verified Checkmarks In Search

Google Is Testing Verified Checkmarks In Search

Google is testing a new verification feature in search, in a move aimed at helping users avoid fake or fraudulent websites. The Verge’s Jess Weatherbed reports: My colleague Jay Peters spotted checkmarks next to official site links for Microsoft, Meta, Epic Games, Apple, Amazon, and HP, but these were no longer displayed once he logged … Read more

NBA 2K25 Now Available on Apple Arcade

NBA 2K25 Now Available on Apple Arcade

NBA 2K25 Arcade Edition is now available in Apple Arcade on the iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, and Apple Vision Pro, and the latest version of the game offers many new features. Here’s what’s new in NBA 2K25 Arcade Edition, according to its App Store description: • Outdoor streetball courts and indoor courts, complete quests … Read more

3 underrated (HBO) Max movies you should watch this weekend (October 4-6)

3 underrated (HBO) Max movies you should watch this weekend (October 4-6)

Magnolia Are you ready to dance with the devil in the pale moonlight this weekend? The long-waited sequel Joker: Folie à Deux hits theaters, and it’s a good assumption that fans of the original won’t bee too pleased with this one, which emphasizes awkward musical interludes and banal courtroom drama rather than the shocking violence that … Read more