Light at the end of the tunnel? After 14 years of development and over $1 billion in crowdfunding, Star Citizen is still in alpha phase, with no final release date in sight. However, its single-player offshoot Squadron 42 seems closer than ever. A new Steam page lists particularly modest minimum system requirements, and streamers recently … Read more
A new report has found that energy importing countries are expanding clean energy production three times faster than exporters. According to the tenth edition of DNV’s Energy Transition Outlook, the disruption of energy supplies through the Strait of Hormuz strengthens governments’ resolve to reduce dependence on imported oil and gas. At the same time, exporting … Read more
In short: Developer Skylar Taylor-Barrick has managed to get Googlebook OS running on Apple Silicon Macs using a virtual machine that supports GPU acceleration and a working Chrome browser. The project, called gbos-vm, allows Mac users to try out Google’s Android-based laptop operating system without having to buy a Googlebook. However, it remains an experiment … Read more
Chinese automaker BYD has unveiled the design of its first homegrown humanoid robot, marking a broader push into embodied AI and robotics that could eventually lead to the company using autonomous machines in its factories and dealerships. The design appeared in a patent published by China’s National Intellectual Property Administration and describes a robot designed … Read more
Through the mirror: The world’s population is expected to reach about 8.3 billion people by the middle of next month, far less than the mathematically infinite population predicted in a 1960 forecast. The failed prediction has relevance for debates about artificial intelligence. It shows how a model can track an accelerating trend for years without … Read more
Quantum particles can move between two locations through a process called tunneling. However, what if a particle suddenly stopped moving due to a magnetic field that it never directly interacted with? Physicists at the University of Oxford have recreated this counterintuitive behavior with a hybrid quantum computer and demonstrated the Aharonov-Bohm effect in a simulated … Read more
There are plans to integrate the Long-Range Anti-Ship Missile (LRASM) into the payload of the US Navy’s B-52 “Stratofortresses” fleet. The Navy will reportedly contract Lockheed Martin to make this happen. The plan appears to be to effectively convert B-52s into long-range flying anti-ship missile silos. This would provide the Navy with some interesting tactical … Read more
What just happened? Vice President JD Vance announced that Microsoft has been suspended from a federal program to encourage foreign workers to receive green cards. The government claims the Redmond giant abused the system by cutting American jobs. However, Microsoft defends that most visa applications were for people who already worked there. The suspension affects … Read more
Parallel Systems has raised $100 million in a new round of funding to expand production of its autonomous, battery-electric freight rail vehicles. The company is betting that smaller, self-propelled railcars can make rail shipping more competitive than trucks on shorter routes. The Los Angeles-based company announced the close of its Series C round on Oct. … Read more
What just happened? Jensen Huang received the National Medal of Science for transforming the GPU from a graphics chip into a computing platform for AI and scientific research. President Donald Trump presented the award to Nvidia’s founder and CEO at a technology summit at the US Institute of Peace in Washington, DC AMD CEO Lisa … Read more