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Apple appears to be revving up EV-focused Project Titan again after a report suggested the company is looking to launch an electric vehicle with autonomous capabilities in 2024 — though pandemic-related delays could push it to 2025.
The vehicle could also feature "breakthrough battery technology," Reuters reported on Monday after speaking to people with knowledge of the matter.
Project Titan has been in and out of the news for the last six years or so; we last reported on the project about two years ago — and also pointed to a 2023 to 2025 timetable, citing a slew of reports suggesting Apple has been researching the possibility of building such an automobile. True to form, the tech company itself has mostly kept quiet on the subject, though it has acknowledged in the past that it's researching "autonomous systems." |
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His granddad lost the ability to read, so he built a DIY text-to-speech rig |
Every birthday, Ben Affleck (no, not that one) buys his grandfather the best bottle of Chilean red wine he can find. But when his grandad, also named Ben, was due to turn 100 this year, his 40-year-old British software engineer grandson decided the occasion warranted a special present.
"He's a very inspirational man," Affleck, who runs a U.K. software consultancy called Ionium Design, said of Ben Sr. "Still cheerful despite outliving two wives and both his children."
For his grandfather's centenary, a bottle of wine — or even a couple of them — simply wasn't going to cut it. So Affleck built an A.I.-powered, digital text-to-speech reading machine for helping his grandad, who has macular degeneration, to be able to read again. |
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Until recently, I had almost no interest in watching YouTube for anything longer than a four-minute music video. But just a few weeks into March this year, as the coronavirus pandemic shut the U.K. down, YouTube became a lifeline that I've held on to ever since.
The hours of entertainment YouTube has provided has definitely helped keep me sane this year, but looking back on that period of discovery made me realize that it was a good thing I was staying inside a lot, because of the considerable work it took to build a decent list of subscriptions.
Here's how it all started. |
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