After spending a decade developing an autonomous car, Apple this week decided it was time to pull an AirPower and shut down the project. The Apple Car is no more, and Apple is no longer planning to release an Apple-branded electric vehicle. The hundreds of engineers and car experts who were working on the vehicle […]
Read MoreTo achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2030, we have to increase the amount of capital invested in climate tech by 590 percent, says Daria Saharova, managing partner at VC World Fund, a European venture capital firm specializing in climate tech. While European funds, including the UK’s, have €19.6 trillion ($21.1 trillion) under management—and invested €19.6 […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Google just released image generation for its AI tool, Bard. Bard competes with Microsoft Copilot, which already had an image creation tool. AI image generation has been in the headlines recently because AI was used to make fake sexually explicit images of Taylor Swift that were then shared by many […]
Read MoreDuring CES this year, Windows Central’s Editor-in-Chief, Daniel Rubino, and I had the opportunity to meet with Razer to discuss the company’s new Iskur V2 gaming chair — a fantastic seat with adjustable, internal lumbar support that pivots from side to side in order to provide customizable back support even when users shift around in […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know The Microsoft Excel World Championship took place in Las Vegas and was live streamed and televised. Andrew Ngai was able to pull a 3-peat and is on his way to becoming the Michael Jordan of Excel. For Andrew’s accomplishment he was awarded 3000 USD and a championship belt. The Microsoft […]
Read MoreFeline researchers have long believed that purring is produced by voluntary muscle contractions, but a new report indicates that this vibration in the larynx of cats may be explained by the myoelastic aerodynamic theory of phonation. Studies on the complex action that produces a unique vibration in the larynx of cats—known as purring to most […]
Read MoreAn influential group of researchers is making the case for new ways to search the skies for signs of alien societies. They argue that current methods could be biased by human-centered thinking, and that it’s time to take advantage of data-driven, machine learning techniques. The team of 22 scientists released a new report on August […]
Read MoreNext, Parker wondered how general this effect is. Most antipsychotics developed over the past 70 years stick to dopamine receptors, but a new generation binds to other sites, like acetylcholine receptors. Might these new drugs still be doing something to D1 neurons indirectly? Parker’s team picked three promising new drugs—all in the final clinical trials […]
Read MoreThe Xbox Series S serves as a cheaper alternative to the Xbox Series X for gamers with lower budgets while maintaining many of the Xbox Series X’s technical capabilities at a reduced size and price. However, there are folks out there who once felt the Xbox Series S had an untapped potential to become a […]
Read MoreToday, the ASUS ROG Ally began shipping to everyone and anyone who preordered it, opening up a new world of handheld PC gaming goodness. We gave the ASUS ROG Ally a pretty glowing review, while noting some of its chief downsides, mainly revolving around software and battery life. Indeed, if you push this baby too […]
Read MoreSmartwatches can be fantastic fitness tools and health-tracking wearables, but as far as their design is concerned, many people argue that they have some growing up to do before they can rival classic watches. Some customers and avid Twitter users say smartwatches won’t level up their looks until they have thinner display bezels. But although […]
Read MoreFriction is resistance. In this case, it tells you how hard it is for something to get across the membrane. If you engineer a membrane that has less resistance to water, and more resistance to salt or whatever else you want to remove, you get a cleaner product with potentially less work. But that model […]
Read MoreWe’re back with another exciting episode of the Windows Central Podcast, and on week’s episode, Dan and Zac discuss the new Windows Canary Ring and what it means for the next version of Windows, Bing Chat AI helping Microsoft Bing hit 100m daily active users, the Surface Laptop Studio 2 leak, the return of classic […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Amazon has recently made drastic cuts to its Alexa team, signaling that voice assistants are not what they were supposed to be. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella weighed in calling all voice assistants “dumb as a rock.” The question of generative AI invigorating voice assistants is raised. Voice assistants were all […]
Read MoreIn the late 2000s, Carlos Monteiro noticed something strange about the food that Brazilian people were eating. The nutritionist had been poring over three decades’ worth of data from surveys that asked grocery shoppers to note down every item they bought. In more recent surveys, Monteiro noticed, Brazilians were buying way less oil, sugar, and […]
Read MoreIf you’re getting ready to set your yearly goals for 2023, stop. Chances are, you’re going about building and breaking habits all wrong, according to the experts—especially if you’re extremely motivated in January, but find yourself getting distracted or overwhelmed come February. Before we get into the specifics of how to start or break a […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know A preview update for Windows 11 includes a bug that can cause the Task Manager to appear the wrong color, which makes text unreadable. The issue shows up after installing the KB5020044 update that rolled out in preview on November 29, 2022. Microsoft shared steps to mitigate the problem and […]
Read MoreAfter months of rumors and leaks, Apple this week finally released the new M2 iPad Pro through a press release on its website. As expected, the new iPad Pro is powered by the M2 chip, as rumors predicted. Other rumors, however, did not turn out to be true, and we’ve rounded up a few of […]
Read MoreAfter months of rumors and leaks, Apple this week finally released the new M2 iPad Pro through a press release on its website. As expected, the new iPad Pro is powered by the M2 chip, as rumors predicted. Other rumors, however, did not turn out to be true, and we’ve rounded up a few of […]
Read MoreEarly 20th-century France faced an existential threat: Its citizens weren’t having enough babies. In 1900, the average French woman gave birth to three children throughout her lifetime while over the border in Germany women were averaging five. For decades, France’s population had hovered stubbornly at around 40 million while that of its European rivals grew […]
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