On stage at the Auto Shanghai expo this week, Toyota affirmed plans for the future of its electric vehicles, and itâs going in hard! Motoring press is this morning reporting that Toyota has confirmed it will make 70 electrified vehicles by 2025, including 15 BEVs. Seven of these BEVs will be on the companyâs new bZ platform. Most notably, Toyota confirmed that it is going to bring hybrid and battery... Read more âș
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Chinaâs state-run anti-monopoly bureau has tightened its regulations on big tech players, as shown by its recent move against the countryâs largest e-commerce company, Alibaba Group. Alibaba was hit with a record antitrust fine of 18.2 billion yuan (more than A$3.6 billion) over the weekend for supposedly abusing its market dominance. The company, which operates the digital payment platform Alipay and offers bank loans to entrepreneurs, issued a public apology:... Read more âș
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The first draft of the human genome was published 20 years ago in 2001, took nearly three years and cost between US$500 million and $1 billion. The Human Genome Project has allowed scientists to read, almost end to end, the 3 billion pairs of DNA bases â or âlettersâ â that biologically define a human being. That project has allowed a new generation of researchers like me, currently a postdoctoral... Read more âș
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Boston Dynamics has made a name for itself through fascinating videos of biped and quadruped robots doing backflips, opening doors, and dancing to Uptown Funk. Now, it has revealed its latest gadget: A robot that looks like a huge overhead projector on wheels. Itâs called Stretch, it doesnât do backflips, it doesnât dance, and itâs made to do one task: moving boxes. It sounds pretty boring. But this could, in... Read more âș
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TLDR: A one-year subscription to Studio Sweat onDemand lets users create their own online fitness program through video-led and livestream workout sessions, now at 60 percent off. If COVID concerns still make you uncomfortable about going to the gym, youâre not alone. Even as the world slowly begins to reopen its doors and return to normal after the past year, many say the lessons learned in 2020 might have permanently... Read more âș
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Imagine you are in a job interview. As you answer the recruiterâs questions, an artificial intelligence (AI) system scans your face, scoring you for nervousness, empathy and dependability. It may sound like science fiction, but these systems are increasingly used, often without peopleâs knowledge or consent. Emotion recognition technology (ERT) is in fact a burgeoning multi-billion-dollar industry that aims to use AI to detect emotions from facial expressions. Yet the... Read more âș
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(AI) and computer science that enables automated systems to see, i.e. to process images and video in a human-like manner to detect and identify objects or regions of importance, predict an outcome or even alter the image to a desired format [1]. Most popular use cases in the CV domain include automated perception for autonomous drive, augmented and virtual realities (AR, VR) for simulations, games, glasses, reality, and fashion or... Read more âș
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Concerned about growing momentum behind efforts to regulate the commercial use of personal data, Big Tech has begun seeding watered-down âprivacyâ legislation in states with the goal of preempting greater protections, experts say. The swift passage in March of a consumer data privacy law in Virginia, which Protocol reported was originally authored by Amazon with input from Microsoft, is emblematic of an industry-driven, lobbying-fueled approach taking hold across the country.... Read more âș
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TLDR: The MowRo is a robot lawn mower that cuts your grass all by itself, including programmable scheduling, a rechargeable battery, silent running, and no wasted time for you. There are regular household chores that you donât particularly enjoy, but they have to get done. SoâŠyou do âem. But when you sit back and actually think about how much time you spend handling these menial tasks over the course of... Read more âș
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âDonât be afraid to die!â Eve Online player âGrey Gal.â Eve Online is an immense game with nearly two decades of player-driven history and lore behind it. To the uninitiated, beginning your life in New Eden is daunting to say the least. For those unfamiliar, Eve Online is a free-to-play, massively-multiplayer, online game where thousands of players vie for resources, power, and combat victories in a shared universe set in... Read more âș
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The best money I ever spent on coffee was buying myself the original Flair Espresso Maker. The Flair has a cult following among espresso aficionados for making it easy to make espresso at coffee-shop quality in a compact, affordable design that requires no electricity. The roughly 6-9 bars of pressure necessary for a proper espresso are created with your own arm strength, rather than any fancy machinery. But while the... Read more âș
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Letâs get this out of the way: an ebike can never fully replace a car. At least, not in the sense of carrying four passengers and a trunk full of groceries while being shielded from the rain. There will be times where having a car is more convenient. But sometimes bikes are the more convenient vehicle too. As a city-dweller who used to occasionally drive, not having to park and... Read more âș
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A team of physicists at Emory University recently published research indicating theyâd successfully managed to reduce a mouseâs brain activity to a simple predictive model. This could be a breakthrough for artificial neural networks. You know: robot brains. Let there be mice: Scientists can do miraculous things with mice such as grow a human ear on oneâs back or control one via computer mouse. But this is the first time... Read more âș
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Amazon is often accused of treating employees like expendable robots. And like machines, sometimes they break down. A 2019 survey of 145 warehouse workers found that 65% of them experienced physical pain while doing their jobs. Almost half (42%) said the pain persists even when theyâre not working. Thatâs a real shame â for Amazon. Those pesky injuries can slow down the companyâs relentless pace of work. But the e-commerce... Read more âș
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Right, itâs Friday, itâs about four oâclock in the afternoon where I am right now, and Iâm about to clock off, but I just had to share this HILARIOUS story from Vancouver with you. According to the Vancouver Island Free Daily, Campbell River police pulled over a vehicle last week. Boring! But it gets better. After some erratic maneuvers and failing to stay in its lane, officers believed that the... Read more âș
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Mmm, I love a bit of news that seems tailor made just for me. So here it is: the Kindle lock screen can now display book covers. If youâre lucky. Some of you will read that and shrug and wonder why you even bothered clicking on this dumb article. Others? Well, let me put it this way: Iâm currently shirtless, covered in sesame oil, and being told to get out... Read more âș
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TLDR: The AnyMP4 Screen and Audio Recorder for Mac lets users capture the exact online video and audio they want, then save it for playback later, all with the touch of a button. There are any number of reasons why you might want a full recording of a virtual meeting or a lifestream. There could be vital, pertinent details worth going back to afterward to make sure you understand everything.... Read more âș
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If youâre anything like me, you spend a lot of time thinking about what cars you would convert to electric power. Iâve wondered about electrifying all manner of cars, but one car I have NEVER wondered about electrifying is an old VW T3 Transporter flatbed truck. It seems not everyone thinks like me. Last year, a bunch of Germans put a Tesla drivetrain in one very green VW T3. You... Read more âș
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Lawmakers in Washington state passed a bill last night that has effectively given a death sentence to gasoline-powered vehicles. In short The bill requires all passenger and light-duty vehicles sold or registered in 2030 or later to be powered by electricity. Thatâs five years earlier than California, which has been seen as a progressive trendsetter in the US. But not anymore! It seems Washington is set to take that crown.... Read more âș
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Not even luxury sportscar brands will be able to avoid the pivot to electric power. Ferrariâs boss, John Elkann has said that the prancing horse will launch its first fully-electric model in 2025, Autocar reports. Speaking during the companyâs annual general meeting, Elkann said, âYou can be sure this will be everything you dream the engineers and designers at Maranello can imagine for such a landmark in our history.â Ferrari... Read more âș
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