Peacock is adding an AI Andy Cohen to narrate an endless stream of Bravo clips
Peacock is adding an AI Andy Cohen to narrate an endless stream of Bravo clips

When you open your Peacock mobile app this summer, you might see a portal leading to the AI likeness of TV host Andy Cohen on your homepage. In an announcement on Friday, NBCUniversal said Cohen’s avatar will serve as a guide through Peacock’s “infinitely swipeable” feed of clips from Bravo shows, like Love Island, The […]

Peacock’s NBA streams are going vertical
Peacock’s NBA streams are going vertical

Peacock is rolling out a native vertical video format for live sports, allowing you to watch games without turning your phone sideways. The feature will roll out to NBA games first this spring and will use an algorithm to track players and zoom in on the action. The launch of this feature comes just months […]

Aptera (SEV) raises $6.3M through warrant exercise to fund solar electric vehicle validation
Aptera (SEV) raises $6.3M through warrant exercise to fund solar electric vehicle validation

Solar EV startup Aptera Motors just added some fresh funding to its development journey via warrant exercise. The funding is made possible by a public offering that began in January.

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BYD is open to building cars in Canada and acquiring a rival automaker
BYD is open to building cars in Canada and acquiring a rival automaker

BYD’s Executive Vice President Stella Li confirmed the world’s largest EV maker is studying the Canadian market for a wholly owned manufacturing plant, and signaled it could acquire a struggling legacy automaker to accelerate its global expansion.

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Wheel-E Podcast: New e-bikes from Ride1Up & HeyBike, more Juiced, Rad is back?!
Wheel-E Podcast: New e-bikes from Ride1Up & HeyBike, more Juiced, Rad is back?!

This week on Electrek’s Wheel-E podcast, we discuss the most popular news stories from the world of electric bikes and other nontraditional electric vehicles. This time, that includes new electric bicycles from brands like Ride1Up and Heybike, plus com…

Research warns AI agents can be a self-churning propaganda machine

A new study shows AI agents can coordinate, copy each other’s successful posts, and flood social media with disinformation, with none being the wiser.
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Maybe robots SHOULD steal some jobs: new firefighting ‘bot saves human lives
Maybe robots SHOULD steal some jobs: new firefighting ‘bot saves human lives

Hyundai announced the unimaginatively named Unmanned Firefighting Robot last week – but this life-saving robot isn’t just a futuristic concept. The first operational unit was donated and deployed at the National Fire Agency, where it hopes to prove tha…

Netflix is bringing back KPop Demon Hunters for a sequel

KPop Demon Hunters is officially getting a sequel on Netflix, with directors Maggie Kang and Chris Appelhans returning to continue the story of the demon fighting K pop group Huntrix.
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Google and Samsung built a tool to boost the gaming experience on your phone

Google and Samsung teamed up with LunarG to build Sokatoa, a GPU profiler that helps Android developers spot rendering issues faster with multi-frame analysis.
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AI photo editing without the privacy trade off is almost here

AI photo editing without the privacy trade off is almost here. On-device masking blocks biometric leaks while keeping your edits high quality.
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