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Toyota patent describes virtual manual transmission for EVs

Forward-looking: Toyota is recreating the experience of driving a car with a manual transmission in its EVs complete with the sensation of stalling if there isn’t enough throttle. It is part of the carmaker’s array of futuristic technologies for its electric vehicles. A recently-published patent application from Toyota shows the details of the virtual manual […]

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Kickstarter campaign promises to bring Lotmaxx’s all-in-one 3D printer and laser to market

Bottom line: There are other products on the market that can double as both a 3D printer and a laser engraver that don’t have the riskiness inherent in a Kickstarter campaign. But Lotmaxx sets itself apart by developing a product that also has stellar specs as well as a camera system and RGB lighting. Lotmaxx

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Hollywood stars unwittingly entrapped in pro-Russian propaganda campaign

WTF?! Pro-Russian propaganda campaigns are nothing new, but this is the first one we’ve heard of that recruited Hollywood stars such as Elijah Wood without their knowledge. The actors did not know that their clips, created on platforms like Cameo, would be edited to falsely depict Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky as a drug addict. Microsoft

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Apple halts another attempt at iMessage on Android, while dodging EU scrutiny

Why it matters: Recent developments make it clear that iMessage won’t come to non-Apple devices for the foreseeable future. The Cupertino giant’s messaging service has dodged looming European regulations, and two third-party attempts to circumvent iMessage’s Apple exclusivity have failed. However, Android phones sending messages to iPhones will soon no longer be stuck with SMS.

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Intel Core Ultra 7 155H underwhelms in leaked benchmarks ahead of official launch

Bottom line: Leaked benchmarks for Intel’s upcoming Core Ultra 7 155H Meteor Lake processor have arrived, bringing with them plenty of interest. Unfortunately for Team Blue, they reveal some underwhelming results. While the chip does display potential with its integrated graphics capabilities, aspects such as CPU performance and battery life are causing concern, particularly when

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Researchers say future Intel, AMD and Arm chips at risk from SLAM attack

Why it matters: A side-channel attack called SLAM could exploit vulnerabilities in Intel, Arm and AMD chips that are under development, researchers have found. So far, the chip makers say their systems have enough protection against SLAM, but this is the first transient execution attack targeting future CPUs and it is unclear how well the

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From rationality to QAnon: Bill Gates discusses the internet’s unforeseen path as a place for “crazy people”

A hot potato: Those who were around when the internet really started to take off in the 1990s had different ideas of what it would become. For Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, the expectation was that it would make the world a more rational and factual place. What he never foresaw was it becoming a meeting

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