Otter has added a new Work mode to its AI Chat assistant, expanding the range of tasks it can carry out before and after meetings. It’s part of a wider drive by Otter — which received $320 million in funding last week — to move beyond meeting transcription and intoContinue Reading
Put on your finest propeller-packin’ thinking caps, my fellow Android-appreciating animals — ’cause I’ve got a brain-bending bit of big-picture thinking about the future of Android and everything around it. This pondering comes out of my ongoing time living with one of Google’s new Googlebook laptops — the beautifully builtContinue Reading
Researchers at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) have developed Motor Decide, a platform designed to help manufacturers evaluate electric motor technologies when critical material supplies and prices are uncertain. Motor Decide evaluates motor technologies on performance, critical material availability, supply chain stability, technology maturity and long-termContinue Reading
Plug & Charge is a technology based on the ISO 15118 standard that enables EVs and chargers to communicate automatically and securely, eliminating the need for charging apps, RFID cards or other extraneous authentication methods. As the name implies, drivers simply plug in, and charging starts automatically (the same wayContinue Reading
Nvidia just released a free speech-to-text model that can transcribe up to 40 languages, but it only works on recordings, not live audio, so it’s a big step for meeting and medical transcription tools while still leaving real-time use to rivals like ElevenLabs…Continue Reading
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea on Wednesday fined Alphabet’s Google and Apple a combined 63.7 billion won ($47.6 million), saying they abused their dominance in app store markets by forcing local developers onto their own payment systems and by unfairly delaying app reviews. The Korea Media and CommunicationsContinue Reading
Ohio has 21 local ballot measures related to data centers, the most of any state., Ohio has 21 local ballot measures related to data centers, the most of any state., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Decades ago, the United States established programs that allow businesses to hire highly skilled foreign workers — the H-1B visa program and a related green card program. They’re designed to make sure we lead the world in technology. Not uncommonly, H-1B workers and green card holders eventually become American citizens.Continue Reading
Opera has begun rolling out AI models that run locally in its browser, potentially allowing enterprises to perform certain AI tasks on existing PCs without sending the relevant data to cloud AI providers. The company said it has introduced support for WebAI, a proposed web standard, through an opt-in earlyContinue Reading
Ghostty is a terminal emulator from HashiCorp co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto that implements GPU acceleration while maintaining a native look on each supported platform. On Linux, the app uses GTK, whereas on macOS, the app uses Swift. The project claims it has millions of daily users, and many other terminal emulatorsContinue Reading
RTX 5090 isn’t officially dead — but one board partner says it can’t order new GPUs Nvidia is reportedly no longer accepting orders from at least one board partner for the GPU and memory kits used to build the GeForce RTX 5090. Even backorders are reportedly unavailable, raising fresh questions about future supply despite Nvidia’sContinue Reading
TotalEnergies Lubrifiants has developed the Coolant Keep Plate (CKP), a passive component designed to improve the safety of immersion-cooled lithium-ion batteries. TotalEnergies says direct immersion cooling is a promising approach for lithium-ion batteries under high loads, particularly during fast charging. By eliminating several thermal interfaces between the cells and theContinue Reading
Swiss retailer Otto’s is in the process of replacing its entire truck fleet with 22 Mercedes-Benz eActros battery-electric 600 trucks. The electric trucks will operate from the company’s headquarters in Sursee, making deliveries to the company’s 140 stores throughout Switzerland. The e-trucks have a range of around 500 kilometers, makingContinue Reading