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Chicago researchers create EV battery prototype with 1,000-mile range
Researchers at the Argonne National Laboratory and the Illinois Institute of Technology have created a prototype battery with the potential to expand the range of electric vehicles to 1,000 miles. This could also be huge for sustainable aircrafts. The average electric vehicle on the market will likely have a range of between 100 and 300 miles per charge, though automakers are striving for more with solid-state battery releases. Unlike their lithium...
Google employees reportedly call Bard ‘worse than useless’
In its efforts to prevent Microsoft and Open AI running away in the commercial AI chatbot race, Google rolled out Bard way ahead of schedule. A new report claims company employees begged executives not to launch it at the time. Chiefs at Microsoft probably can’t believe their luck. AI has long been tipped as the next massively lucrative venture within tech, and ChatGPT remains largely unchallenged as the benchmark product. In...
Physicists say a second Big Bang could have created dark matter
Two physicists at the University of Texas suggest dark matter is so elusive and mysterious because it has an entirely different origin to that of the Big Bang. They believe a second cosmic explosion may have occurred weeks after the initial formation of the universe. Hump day is the perfect time for a large dose of existentialism. So, how’s about we get stuck into the incomprehensible subject of dark matter. The general cosmological...
Stanford University students create ‘Rizz GPT’ for AR glasses
People are constantly finding new uses for ChatGPT, whether recreational or professional. The latest, has seen Stanford students develop a set of AR glasses which can provide automated conversation prompts on the fly. They call it ‘Rizz GPT.’ Typical advice for an important interview or date usually encapsulates something along the lines of, ‘just relax and let your personality shine through.’ Scratch that, it’s 2023. Get AI involved. Now in its...
Billy McFarland claims Fyre Festival II is ‘finally happening’
The serial fraudster is said to owe $26m for duping more than 100 investors in 2017. Five years on, he claims that a second attempt at Fyre Festival is ‘finally happening.’ Incarceration is supposed to be about rehabilitation, right? In the case of Billy McFarland - a man once compared to the kingpin of arguably America’s worst financial fraud ever, Bernie Madoff - it doesn’t appear that much repentance has taken...
Emergency alert phone notifications being tested in the UK
The first nationwide test of a public warning system that sends emergency notifications to UK mobile phones will take place later this month. Sundays in the UK are pretty decent; there’s Premier League football, often a lunchtime roast, and cherished time spent with family. What we wouldn’t typically associate our day of rest with, however, is a startling jolt of primal fear. Those in east Suffolk and Reading will soon have...
UAE reportedly plots massive oil expansion despite hosting COP28
Despite its position as host of COP28 next November, the United Arab Emirates has the third-largest plans for expansion into gas and oil globally. Controversially, the CEO of its national fossil fuel company Adnoc has just been appointed as the UN summit’s president. Seven months before the talks even get underway, COP28 has gotten off to a frankly terrible start. Back in 2021, the announcement that the United Arab Emirates had...
CD Projekt Red announces menstrual leave for employees
CD Projekt Red, the studio behind Cyberpunk 2077 and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, has announced menstrual leave for employees experiencing pain from their period or menopause. Is this an indication of a more progressive industry going forward? CD Projekt Red has had its fair share of turbulence in recent years, and rightfully so. In the run up to the release of its flagship title, Cyberpunk 2077, the studio entered a mandatory...
It’s time to begin reflecting sunlight back into space says UN
An open letter has been signed by more than 60 US scientists calling for funded research into ‘solar engineering’ as a global warming deterrent. In laymen’s terms, they want to explore methods of reflecting Earth-bound sunlight back into space. While most ecological NGOs and activists continue to obsess over bringing emission levels down, a cohort of scientists are exploring a potential Earth cooling cheat code. When talking mitigation, it’s no secret...
OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4 is helping the visually impaired
The ubiquitous generative AI chatbot is already answering daily queries for visually impaired people with more detail and efficiency than human volunteers. While the recreational uses of AI continue to make headlines every week, the technology’s ability to make day-to-day living more accessible is going under the radar. Largely regarded as the benchmark for quality within tech’s latest race, OpenAI’s ChatGPT-4 is now able to accurately break down visual prompts...
