Shield AI debuted its latest creation Wednesday in front of a crowd of military leaders, lawmakers, and industry watchers in Washington, D.C. The company already received a $200 million contract from the US Coast Guard last year for their smaller V-BAT scout drone, but the X-BAT puts them in heavier ground, literally: it’s a Group 5, the biggest class of unmanned aircraft, weighing more than 1,320 pounds.
A hand rolled cigarette dangles from fingers as the RV lurches backward, gravel crunching under tires that won’t listen. Four players bark directions through crackling voice chat, one searching for a spare tire while another wrestles a pulley that’s more knot than lifeline. This is RV There Yet?, the new Steam release from Nuggets Entertainment that packs a vacation’s worth of mishaps into one crazy drive home.
Rahmanshaber remembers the pocket computers of the early 2000s, but then smartphones took over, smoothing out the edges with glass screens and swipes. Now, with parts like the Raspberry Pi widely available, anyone can bring that era back in the form of the MutantC v5.1—a handheld PC you assemble yourself, piece by piece, until it feels like an extension of your grip.
Holidays bring those inevitable platters piled high with tasty treats, but the truth is you don’t have to run for the hills or cram into a sweaty gym session in the dead of winter. The SPERAX Walking Pad, priced at $149.99 (was $209.99), a compact treadmill designed to squeeze under your desk or out of sight in a corner, can whip those idle hours into a steady walking routine right in your own living room.
NVIDIA’s Bonsai Diorama demo pulls the curtain off a bunch of the cool new rendering tricks lying inside – all wrapped up in a peaceful little scene with tiny trees and stone lanterns. Released today as a free download with Unreal Engine 5.6.1, this tech demo lets anyone with the right machine load it up and get straight into the action.
GM has unveiled a plan to transform automobiles into something far more than just rolling pieces of metal. They revealed the specifics about two major advancements at a recent event in New York: a system that allows you to look away from the road and a conversational AI that feels almost like you’re talking to a friend. Both are expected to be available in the coming years, with the Cadillac Escalade IQ receiving these technologies first.
Google’s latest foray into quantum tech feels like one of those rare times when science fiction becomes science fact. Their Willow chip just did a calculation so complex and fast that the world’s biggest supercomputers are gasping for air. We’re talking 13,000 times faster than the Frontier machine, one of the world’s most powerful. And here’s the kicker: anyone with a comparable quantum setup can repeat the calculation and get the same result.
A cluster of servers can now be seen chugging away beneath the waves off the coast of Shanghai, where the East China Sea blends into the distance. This is officially the world’s first underwater data center (UDC) capable of running almost entirely on wind power. China managed to pull off this engineering achievement by spending just $226 million, demonstrating their commitment to combining renewable energy with large amounts of computational power.
