Tag: Cybertruck
Godfather of AI wins Nobel Prize, Tesla cybertruck ‘too big and sharp’ for European roads
The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to two scientists, Geoffrey Hinton (pictured above) and John Hopfield, for their work on machine learning. British-Canadian Professor Hinton is sometimes referred to as the "Godfather of AI" and said he was flabbergasted. He resigned from Google in 2023, and has warned about the dangers of machines…
IKEA launches home sensors, Amazon opens ‘second chance’ shop
IKEA wants to make your smart home even smarter with the addition of a trio of new sensors. Called the Parasoll, Vallhorn and Badring (which Ring is surely smarting about), the sensors are designed to detect motion and pick up on issues like water leaks... Parasoll (€9.99, around $11 / £9 / AU$17) is a…
Virgin space flight set to take off, UK government defends access to private messages
The VSS Unity craft flies during a supersonic test flight. Image: Virgin Galactic Virgin Galactic’s first space tourism flight is set to take off this afternoon. Among the three passengers about the VSS Unity is 80-year-old British former Olympian Jon Goodwin. The flight is scheduled to take off at around 4pm…
Shiny Shiny snippets: Elon Musk’s brain chip firm Neuralink given go ahead for human trials
Elon Musk's brain chip firm Neuralink has said it has been given the go-ahead to start carrying out studies on humans. Neuralink said in a tweet on Thursday it had won the approval of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) "to launch our first-in-human clinical study!" It represents "an important first step that will…
