Archer Aviation partnered with Anduril to develop a hybrid VTOL military aircraft, and received $430 million in additional equity capital today. Participants in this funding round include Stellantis, United Airlines, and several new institutional investors, including 2PointZero, a subsidiary of UAE’S largest listed entity, IHC.
Nintendo has just released a new trailer for Donkey Kong Country Returns HD, which is set to hit the Nintendo Switch on January 16. If this game sounds familiar, that is because it was first released on the Wii back in 2010, followed by the 3DS a few years later.
Voicemod Key is a small device that lets console gamers change their voice while playing in real-time. How so? They’ll have access to hundreds of AI voices and a soundboard featuring over 300,000 sounds as well as audio memes.
Photo credit: NASA/Steve Freeman
NASA’s atmospheric probe looks like a mini hypersonic aircraft, but instead of launching from a plane, it gets dropped by a drone. This concept will be used to develop a full-sized probe that could one day give future scientists a better and more economical way to collect data on other planets.
Universal Studio Japan’s new Donkey Kong Country expansion at Super Nintendo World has opened to the public, and aside from all of the new merchandise as well as food, the main attraction is most certainly Mine Cart Madness.
Priced from just over $44,000 USD in China, the 2024 MG Cyberster roadster is powered by two electric motors generating a combined 537 hp and 535 lb-ft of torque, enabling it to accelerate from 0-60 mph in under 3 seconds. Doug DeMuro of Cars & Bids recently got behind the wheel of one of these sporty EVs and provides us with his thoughts.
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory captured an image of a black hole jet running into an unidentified object, called C4. Astronomers made this discovery in a galaxy called Centaurus A (Cen A), located approximately 12 million light-years from Earth.
The Ultimate Ears Wonderboom 4 portable Bluetooth speaker offers big sound at a budget price, and you can get one for $59.99 shipped today, originally $99.99. It has an impressive 131 feet (40 meters) of range, so you won’t be tethered to a single room, and the speaker is dirt-resistant as well as drop-proof. Product page.
Google’s Project Astra, built on the company’s Gemini 2.0 models, shows how a universal AI assistant could work in the real world. Currently, it’s available on Android phones and prototype glasses, while memory lets users keep talking even if they swap devices.
