It’s been a really busy month for Google as it apparently endeavors to outshine OpenAI with a blitz of AI releases. On Thursday, Google dropped its latest party trick: Gemini 2.0 Flash Thinking Experimental, which is a new AI model that uses runtime “reasoning” techniques similar to OpenAI’s o1 to achieve “deeper thinking” on problems […]
OpenAI last month announced a major update to the macOS ChatGPT app, which gained the ability to read on-screen content in certain apps. The company is now rolling out an update that expands support for Apple Notes and even more third-party apps. What’s new in ChatGPT for macOS According to OpenAI, the latest update of ChatGPT […]
US automobile manufacturers have been partnering with Chinese firms to build cars. The incoming administration might restrict this. Donald Trump’s imminent return as US president — this time hand in hand with electric-car tycoon Elon Musk — looks likely to reshape the global industries for electric vehicles and batteries. The United States is expected to […]
A groundbreaking advancement in technology is paving the way for mobile phones and other electronic devices to recharge simply by being kept in a pocket. This innovative system enables wireless charging throughout three-dimensional (3D) spaces, encompassing walls, floors, and air. On December 12, Professor Franklin Bien and his research team in the Department of Electrical […]
Another advance has been made by experts in nano-scale chemistry to propel further development of sustainable and efficient generation of hydrogen from water using solar power. In a new international collaborative study—led by Flinders University with collaborators in South Australia, the US and Germany—experts have identified a novel solar cell process to potentially use in […]
A team has developed the world’s first technology to prevent damage caused by “positive lightning,” which frequently occurs in offshore wind farms during winter. Just as voltage has positive and negative poles, lightning also has positive and negative polarities. When clouds carry a positive charge and the ground carries a negative charge, positive polarity lightning […]
With the iPhone 16 line, Apple made some big changes with the base models, while the iPhone 16 Pro versions looked identical to those from the past several years. But Apple appears to be making some very significant changes to the design of the iPhone 17 Pro Max — especially if these mock-up renders from […]
OpenAI is giving users a new way to talk to its viral chatbot: 1-800-CHATGPT. By dialing the U.S. number (1-800-242-8478) or messaging it via WhatsApp, users can access an “easy, convenient, and low-cost way to try it out through familiar channels,” OpenAI said Wednesday. At first, the company said callers will get 15 minutes free […]
Stocks stalled while the dollar drifted higher on Wednesday as investors made last-minute adjustments to portfolios in the countdown to the year’s final salvo of central bank meetings, while news of a potential Nissan-Honda tie-up lifted car stocks. S&P 500 futures (.SPX), opens new tab were flat in the Asia session after the index fell […]
The new look of the iPhone 17 Pro Max has surfaced in several renders that show off the rumored horizontal rear camera bar that will remind you of the last few Pixel lines. The renders were taken from a video posted on the Russian YouTube channel Wylsacom. This will be the first major redesign to […]
How do you fit 32 terabytes of storage into a hard drive? With a HAMR. Seagate has been experimenting with heat-assisted magnetic recording, or HAMR, since at least 2002. The firm has occasionally popped up to offer a demonstration or make yet another “around the corner” pronouncement. The press has enjoyed myriad chances to celebrate […]
If one obstacle to electric-car adoption is the cost of the batteries, a new survey finds those costs are going down. The price of lithium-ion battery packs has dropped 14% to a record low of $139 per kWh, according to analysis by research provider BloombergNEF. (BNEF is “a research organization that helps energy professionals generate […]
