Month: March 2025
Mark Rober’s Tesla video was more than a little weird
Over the weekend, former NASA engineer and YouTuber Mark Rober published a video that sought to demonstrate the difference between Tesla’s camera-only Autopilot system and a vehicle equipped with lidar. He wanted to see whether the vehicles would stop automatically before hitting a Wile E. Coyote-style wall that was painted…
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Perplexity dunks on Google’s ‘glue on pizza’ AI fail in new ad
The AI search engine Perplexity just debuted a new ad featuring Squid Game star Lee Jung-jae, who’s trapped in a room and must answer a series of questions to escape. One question targets Google’s AI gaffe last year, as Lee taps Perplexity to answer, “How do I make cheese stick…
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A sodium-ion portable power bank comes to market
Accessory maker Elecom has announced what it’s claiming to be the first consumer-ready power bank that uses a sodium-ion battery instead of lithium-ion one, as spotted by Notebookcheck. In addition to being more environmentally friendly to manufacture, the 9,000mAh Na Plus can be used in extreme temperatures with less risk…
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AMD powers the world’s fastest all-in-one PC, and yes, I’ve probably overstretched the definition of AIO PC just a tiny bit
Aoostar G-FLIP mini PC sports a 5.5-inch 1920×1080 touchscreen display OCulink’s 64 Gbps bandwidth enables seamless external GPU connectivity Expandable memory up to 96GB RAM and 8TB SSD storage Aoostar has introduced the G-FLIP, a mini PC featuring a 5.5-inch Full HD touchscreen with a 1920×1080 resolution, a 60Hz refresh…
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Boeing Starliner astronauts finally head home, nine months later
Eight days. That’s how long Boeing Starliner’s mission — its first flight test with crew aboard — was supposed to last. But this mission has been singular in almost every way, and astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams have instead spent the past nine and a half months aboard the…
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Western Digital introduces 26TB WD Red Pro HDDs for RAID and NAS systems at a surprisingly low price
Western Digital unveils 26TB Red Pro NAS drive, priced at $569.99 Built for RAID-optimized systems it promises 6Gb/s and 287MB/s transfer speeds Supports 550TB/year workloads and has a 5-year warranty Although some companies believe the end is nigh for hard disk drives, makers like Seagate and Western Digital disagree. In…
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