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"Engineers have showcased a prototype electric vehicle that can drive for up to 40 miles (64 kilometers) per day using just solar power," reports LiveScience. The production-ready "Aptera Launch Edition" made its first appearance this month at CES 2025, and "also offers up to 400 miles (640 km) of range from a single charge via an electrical output, company representatives said in a statement."
LiveScience describes the vehicle as "lighter and more energy-efficient than conventional EVs, while offering a
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An East Bay apartment complex has been bought at a price that's well below its prior value. Read more ›
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A PG&E Corp. unit has bought a San Jose building in a move to bolster the utility's South Bay operations. Read more ›
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Europe has emerged as one of the world's leading centres for open-weight AI, with companies including Mistral, Black Forest Labs and Helsing contributing to a growing ecosystem focused on open models ... Read more ›
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This story originally appeared in The Guardian and is republished here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. Temperatures on the ocean surface have hit a record high, raising fears of another burst of extreme heat this summer. On June 21, temperatures outside the polar regions exceeded the extraordinary highs observed at the same time in 2023 and 2024, […] Read more ›
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A long-defunct developer returned from the dead promising to revive the 3DO, but quickly pulled its pledge when it became apparent it didn't have the right to. Read more ›
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Manchester-based BidScript, an AI-native, tender management platform aiming to help businesses find, qualify, manage, write and submit bids for public and private sector contracts, has announced it has raised €701k ($800k) – bringing the total pre-Seed funding received to over €876k ($1 million). The latest funding round includes follow-on investment from NPIF II – PXN ... Read more ›
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Boost your Apple Mac mini's storage and connectivity — Ugreen's Dock & Stand with SSD enclosure is currently 39% off at Amazon. Read more ›
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Corporate accelerators have become commonplace, but relatively few consistently turn startup pilots into long-term commercial partnerships. Aviation presents an even tougher test, where safety, regul... Read more ›
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Nano Banana 2 Lite makes AI images dramatically faster and changes the creative process. Read more ›
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Designed for mobile phones and laptops, this secure, portable SSD features an ingenious NFC lock that can be activated via a dedicated app. This app ensures that access to the drive's contents can be authorised only by those with the right key; otherwise, unlike software encryption, the drive just won’t mount. Read more ›
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Save over $500 on this powerful CyberPowerPC gaming machine with an RTX 5070 and brand-new Intel Core Ultra 5 250KF CPU, alongside a 1TB SSD and 16GB of DDR5 RAM, all for only $1,349. Read more ›
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Get $1,300 off this HP Omen Max Gaming laptop with Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX, RTX 5080, and 32GB of RAM. Read more ›
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The Bublue BuVortex V5 ditches conventional skimming for a vortex-powered design that’s fascinating to watch, even if it’s severely impractical. Read more ›
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TV Time, the popular show and movie tracking app, is shutting down on July 15, with all personal user data set to be deleted after that date. In a support page update announcing the news, the company admitted that it was "no longer sustainable to continue operating the service as a free app," and said that there was "not enough demand for a paid app." Come the shutdown date, the... Read more ›
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Хочу рассказать про недавний кейс из своей практики и своих трудовых будней. Заказчик пришёл с задачей: «Хочу QR-код на сертификатах, чтобы можно было проверить подлинность». У него в голове это выглядело так: он дает мне гугл таблицу с перечнем фамилий, датой, и номером сертификата, скрипт генерирует QR единый для всех сертификатов и как бы этот вопрос закрывается по его мнению. Но при этом должна закрываться самая главная боль - защита... Read more ›
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Four individuals suspected of smuggling Nvidia AI GPUs into China by using Singapore as a transshipment point are facing multiple charges. Singaporean authorities say they are not obliged to enforce foreign export controls but expects businesses in its borders to abide by them. Read more ›
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Irish CEOs remain confident about growth over the next 12 months despite global volatility, with geopolitical risk now at the top of their list of concerns. That’s according to EY Ireland’s latest CEO Outlook Survey, which surveyed 1,200 executives globally, including 40 leading CEOs in Ireland. Among the Irish CEOs surveyed, 92% are optimistic about […] Read more ›
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His new film is called 'Water Park Shark,' and, yes, it's about sharks in a water park. Read more ›
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Twenty-five years ago today, a young, little-known programmer by the name of Bram Cohen fired off a short message to a mailing list for peer-to-peer enthusiasts. "My new app, BitTorrent, is now in working order, check it out here," Cohen wrote, followed by a link to his personal website. "What's BitTorrent, Bram?" the founder of […] Read more ›
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Slate is the latest automaker to transition to lower-cost batteries perfected in China, driven in part by the repeal of EV tax credits that required materials to be sourced domestically. Read more ›
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joshuark shares a report from Car and Driver: A new study conducted by the New York Times shows that the increase in vehicle hood height seen over the last two and a half decades, mainly due to the rise in popularity of large SUVs and trucks, has resulted in several thousand deaths that otherwise may not have happened. The study shows that while automakers and regulators have focused on occupant... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Google spent the last few years locked in a legal grudge match with Epic Games, which claimed that Google's stewardship of the Play Store was anticompetitive. Now, the companies are thick as thieves, and Google is beginning to implement app store changes as agreed in its settlement with Epic. The lower developer fees and new payment options that Google promised are... Read more ›
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Micron has signed 16 "strategic customer agreements" (SCAs) that include a floor price the company says comes with "a very robust gross margin for Micron, well above our peak quarterly margins in any past cycle." Most of the deals run through 2030 and cover about 40% of Micron's revenue. The Register reports: Micron CEO, president and chairman Sanjay Mehrotra explained the SCAs in prepared remarks delivered during the company's Q3... Read more ›
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After Ford's automated quality-control systems and AI tools fell short, the automaker hired 350 veteran engineers over the past three years to mentor younger staff and reprogram the underperforming technology. "Artificial intelligence is a fantastic tool, but it's only as good as the information you use to train it," Charles Poon, Ford's vice president of vehicle hardware engineering, told reporters on a call Wednesday. "Over prior years, we didn't pay... Read more ›
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An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Anthropic has accused the Chinese firm Alibaba of launching the largest attack yet attempting to clone Claude, as China races to match the capabilities of Anthropic's leading model following Mythos' release and subsequent restriction from foreign markets. Ars obtained a June 10 letter sent to Senators Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) one day ahead of a Senate committee hearing... Read more ›
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LastPass says hackers stole customers' personal information, support case records, and sales data by breaching market research partner Klue. The password manager told TechCrunch that its own systems and password vaults were unaffected. However, the hackers used their access to obtain "reams of data about LastPass customers," the report says. From the report: In a blog post that shared information about the incident, LastPass said the hackers took customers' names,... Read more ›
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Apple has sharply raised prices across its Mac, iPad, HomePod, and Apple TV lineups as surging AI-driven demand creates a global memory and storage shortage. Increases range from $30 for the HomePod mini to $1,300 for the M3 Ultra Mac Studio, with Apple CEO Tim Cook saying efforts to shield customers from higher costs had become "unsustainable." The Verge reports: On Thursday, the company adjusted the price of its new... Read more ›
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BrianFagioli writes: The Linux Foundation has announced Akrites, a new initiative to coordinate vulnerability disclosure and remediation for critical open source software as AI dramatically speeds up vulnerability discovery. Founding members include AWS, Google, Microsoft, OpenAI, Red Hat, NVIDIA, IBM, Cisco, JPMorganChase, and others. Akrites will provide a shared Security Incident Response Team (SIRT), a standardized coordinated vulnerability disclosure process, and act as a "maintainer of last resort" fo Read more ›
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The Trump administration has reportedly asked OpenAI to stagger the release of GPT-5.6 over security concerns. The model will initially be offered to a small group of partners, with the government "approving access customer by customer during this preview period," reports The Information. The request came from conversations with the Office of the National Cyber Director and the Office of Science and Technology Policy, the report said. Read more of... Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from autoevolution: The U.S. Department of Commerce's Bureau of Industry and Security denied Polestar an authorization under the Connected Vehicle Rule. Polestar will continue to sell its existing inventory of Polestar 3 and 4 crossovers in the United States and will continue to offer support to customers and access to its service network. But no new 2027 models will set wheels on American... Read more ›
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