OpenAI on Thursday launched a search feature within ChatGPT, its viral chatbot, that positions the high-powered artificial intelligence startup to better compete with search engines like Google, Microsoft’s Bing and Perplexity. ChatGPT search offers up-to-the-minute sports scores, stock quotes, news, weather and more, powered by real-time web search and partnerships with news and data providers, according to the company. […]
Cornell engineers have come up with a solution to a tricky problem: where to install charging stations for electric vehicles so they’re convenient for drivers and profitable for investors. The findings are published in the journal Applied Energy. Without abundant and well-placed charging stations, consumers will purchase fewer electric vehicles. Without enough electric vehicle owners, […]
Meet the EV equivalent of a full jerry can – a 141 kilowatt-hour battery charger on wheels, that can autonomously drive itself to wherever it’s needed, flexibly extending charging networks and getting much-needed juice to stranded drivers. Chinese automotive giant Wuling showed off two mobile EV charging stations in Guangzhou last week, – one roughly […]
Over the summer, some users of the social media app TikTok said they had discovered a “glitch” in the workings of Chase Bank. They found that they could deposit sizable checks into Chase ATMs, then withdraw the money in cash before the bank realized the checking accounts could not cover the amounts. They tended to […]
Tap-to-pay transactions have become an integral part of the payments landscape, but they represent only half of the mobile payments equation. The same contactless payment chip that smartphones use to transmit payment data can also receive payments through tap-to-phone technology. That functionality turns any mobile device into a payment terminal, and there are a multitude […]
Electric vehicles are advancing at an incredible pace, but we’re very much still in the early days. The Tesla Model S and X still use battery cell formats never imagined for use in cars. A lot is about to happen in the world of automotive batteries, though. We’re entering a new chapter of electrification, with new, ground-breaking […]
Retrofitting a portion of the US shipping fleet from internal combustion engines to battery-electric systems could significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions and be largely cost effective by 2035, according to a new study from Berkeley Lab researchers recently published in Nature Energy. Shipping represents 3% of total US greenhouse gas emissions from transportation, making it […]
The drive system of a rail vehicle is the largest energy consumer in operation, followed by the systems for temperature management of the passenger compartment and the drive system—regardless of the type of train propulsion. Batteries or fuel cells must be maintained at an optimal operating temperature in electrically powered trains without energy supply via […]
Though fall began on September 22, it still feels like summer for many in Texas and across the United States. Each year, summer temperatures occur earlier and last longer—a problem experienced across the globe. According to the U.N., the Earth is already about 1.1°C warmer than in the late 1800s and greenhouse gas emissions continue […]
Google won’t ship tech from Project Astra, its wide-ranging effort to build AI apps and “agents” for real-time, multimodal understanding, until next year at the earliest. Google CEO Sundar Pichai revealed the timeline in remarks during Google’s Q3 earnings call Tuesday. “[Google is] building out experiences where AI can see and reason about the world […]
Sony has officially killed off Concord and is shuttering the studio behind the game. Concord’s servers were taken down just two weeks after the launch of the competitive team shooter from Firewalk Studios after poor sales. Firewalk’s game director Ryan Ellis chose to move himself into a more supportive role following Concord’s struggles, and Sony […]
A fully electric vehicle fleet is globally hailed as a transformative solution to slow climate change. But how green are EV batteries? Will they help save us from a warming planet or add to an ever-increasing problem? Within the U.S. alone, the transportation sector was responsible for 29% of all greenhouse gas emissions in 2022, more than […]
