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Chinese automakers and suppliers have level-two-plus driver-assistance systems with LIDAR and other sensors. There are at least 10 chinese automakers and suppliers that have unveiled driver-assistance systems over the past two years that can navigate city streets and make turns at intersections. EV makers Xpeng, Li Auto, Xiaomi , Huawei are among the carmaker with ... Read more

I was on a youtube panel discussion with Herbert Ong, Jeff Lutz and Xander Sky. We were talking yesterday about the major Tesla deal with Baidu for FSD mapping and for the various China approvals that put Tesla on the brink of being fully authorized to sell FSD in China. Current Tesla stock analysts blend ... Read more

Meta has put Meta AI front and center in the search bars for Facebook and Instagram that have served as key tools to find content from particular friends or creators. This is what the All-in-Podcast guys called scorched Earth for AI. This means almost no one will pay the $20 per month or other subscriptions ... Read more

Last year, China approved 12 nuclear reactors for construction. China already had very large energy plans in order as the average wealth increases and to replace the 70% of energy from coal. However, there are two major new energy demands are emerging. There is the new need for energy for AI data centers. AI data ... Read more

Unit 2 of the Shin Hanul nuclear power plant in South Korea has entered commercial operation, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power (KHNP) announced. The unit is the second of two APR-1400 reactors at the site, with a further two planned. Georgia Power has announced the start of commercial operations at the second of the two ... Read more

Every Tesla FSD sale even with the price cuts is $8000 per car or $99 per month. The $99 per month is $1200 per year or $7200 for six years. Tesla has the highest profit per car of all car makers at $7000 per car. This is why Tesla FSD before robotaxi is a big ... Read more

Elon Musk’s visit to China has resulted in approval in principle for FSD in China and a FSD mapping partnership with Baidu. Here’s what you need to know: • Tesla Inc. received in-principle approval to deploy driver-assistance system in China • Tesla did manage to clear two of the most important hurdles: reaching a mapping ... Read more

The first ever Jetsuit races were held in Dubai about a month ago. Nextbigfuture has covered the Gravity Industry Jet suits for a few years. The jets and powerpack are attached to wearer with metal frames. They use five micro-gas turbines, two on each arm and one on the back. Their power is 1,050 bhp ... Read more

TSMC has to screw up to lose its lead in Semiconductors. Intel was in the lead for decades and then they screwed up badly and lost about 6+ years. Intel was about 2-4 years and now are trying to catch up from 4 years behind. TSMC Morris Chang is keeping it going. 30 minutes into ... Read more

TSMC introduced its System-on-Wafer (TSMC-SoW™) technology, an innovative solution to bring revolutionary performance to the wafer level in addressing the future AI requirements for hyperscaler datacenters. At the TSMC 2024 North America Technology Symposium, they debuted the TSMC A16™ technology, featuring leading nanosheet transistors with innovative backside power rail solution for production in 2026, bringing ... Read more

Chuck Cook tests Tesla FSD 12.3.6 which has improved automatic parking assist. You can pick parking spots in front or behind you and the system will park the car. It can parallel park and parking perpendicular or at angles.The parking in FSD 12.3.6 is like a separate app that does not seem to be integrated ... Read more

LightSolver, creator of a new laser-based computing paradigm, announced a breakthrough in quantum-inspired high-performance computing. Its LPU100 system unleashes the power of 100 lasers to solve the toughest optimization problems, challenging the processing times of quantum and supercomputers. The LPU100’s laser array represents 100 continuous variables, and can tackle problems with up to 120^100 combinations, ... Read more

Brian Wang and Randy Kirk recorded this discussion four days before the Q1 earnings call on Tuesday April 23. We predicted several aspects of the earnings call but also post earnings developments. This was recorded at the same time as the reaction video to the insightful BG2 Pod that Brad Gerstner and Bill Gurley made. ... Read more

Tesla has launched Enhanced Autopilot subscriptions in China. It is unclear if this is actually what is called FSD (full self driving) in the USA. • 699 yuan/month ($99 USD) • 1,399 yuan for 3 months ($66 USD/month) NEWS: Tesla has launched Enhanced Autopilot subscriptions in China. • 699 yuan/month ($99 USD)• 1,399 yuan for ... Read more

1. SanctuaryaI unveiled the seventh generation of its general purpose robot Phoenix. The latest generation robot and its AI control system, Carbon™, draw even closer to that of a person, with wide ranging improvements to both the hardware and AI software. The announcement comes less than 12 months after Sanctuary AI’s sixth generation robot. The ... Read more

Nextbigfuture at substack has an in depth article on China’s Molten Salt Nuclear energy projects. China is starting the operation of its 2 megawatt molten salt prototype reactor in 2024. They are progressively scaling up to 10 MW reactors, 100 MW and then a 168 MWe modular reactor around 2030. The full substack article is ... Read more

According to Kshatriya, SpaceX will perform a Starship-to-Starship cryogenic propellant transfer test in 2025. According to Kshatriya, SpaceX will perform a Starship-to-Starship cryogenic propellant transfer test in 2025. pic.twitter.com/S6f17Rr6zy — Eric Berger (@SciGuySpace) April 26, 2024 We have known that fuel transfer capability is critical for the $3.5 NASA-SpaceX Lunar Starship program. SpaceX will test ... Read more

San Juan, Puerto Rico, April 25th, 2024, CyberNewsWire The telecom company AeroNet Wireless announced the launch of its new 10Gbps speed Internet plan, marking an important landmark for the telecommunications sector in Puerto Rico. “We have invested millions to expand and strengthen our network, demonstrating our commitment to launching Puerto Rico to the next level ... Read more

Billionaire investor and fund manager Ron Baron describes his ride in what seems to be the unreleased version of Tesla FSD. Waymo are $250,000 each. Ron was in California on Monday last week and was taken on a ride with the latest version of Tesla FSD. He says it this moment in [supervised] autonomous. It ... Read more

SCTL has retracted the claimed full levitation video and the claim of full levitation. They say it was from the Lorentz force. A lone researcher on the team fooled himself and uploaded the video without checking with other members of the team. SCT lab : “I apologize for causing confusion. The last video of sample ... Read more

Fisker warned investors in SEC filing it could seek bankruptcy protection within 30 days, as cash reserves continue to shrink. Fisker missed an $8.4 million interest payment on March 15 and has not been able to make it in the 30-day grace period since that date. The EV maker had already idled production in Austria ... Read more

New video from SCTL Korea room temperature superconductor experimenters shows a very strong full levitation effect. Full levitation is evidence of the Meissner effect found only in superconductors. I have shown how the levitation evidence was originally partial levitation. Critics says partial levitation can be from diamagnetics or even some iron contamination. SCTL achieved full ... Read more

Venture Capital legends Brad Gerstner and Bill Gurley gave great insights about Tesla robotaxi and Uber ridesharing on the BG2 pod. Brad Gerstner founded the $10 billion Altimeter Capital fund. Bill is a general partner at Benchmark, a Silicon Valley venture capital firm in San Francisco, California. Gurley has led investments in and holds board ... Read more

Tesla revealed a lot about all of their existing and planned artificial intelligence related products and services in the Q1 2024 earnings call. Elon talked about offering FSD/robotaxi as a hybrid Airbnb and Uber model. Tesla will operating the fleet and the network. The enduser will be able to control their participation in the robotaxi ... Read more