I found a short wheelbase with 200 mile range detail in a buried lede under the big Tern RC8 (Class 8) Battery Electric Truck announcement. A 100% battery-electric platform with an industry-leading short wheelbase of 165 inches A gross vehicle weight rating (GVWR) of 68,000 lbs. targeting applications of approximately 200 miles in regional city … Continue reading Tern RC8 EV Heavy Truck “addresses 95% of use cases”
The MIT Technology Review has a very naive feel-good story about “AI to let a single voice through” that doesn’t mention anything about the famous and decorated 1960s or 1970s spy-thrillers let alone prior hyper-focused directional microphones. MIT instead should have written more about how our identity can be seen as a collection of things, … Continue reading Spies Love “Noise Cancelling” AI Microphones That Pinpoint a Single Voice From a Crowd
Last year Microsoft was blamed for a weakness that enabled Russia to attack Germany, including systems for a centrist political party. In that case, the government blamed a Russian military intelligence unit for orchestrating the hack and summoned a high-ranking Russian diplomat to the Foreign Ministry in Berlin. That hack also targeted German companies in … Continue reading Germany Investigates Hack of Political Party, Likely Russia
Emergency responders in Maryland say a Tesla has abruptly crossed or “veered” into the path of an oncoming motorcycle, killing the rider. Police said officers responded to the intersection of University Boulevard and Kerwin Road just after midnight for reports of a collision between a white 2023 Tesla Model 3 and a black and green … Continue reading MD Tesla Kills One: Left Turn In Front of Motorcycle