This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. These exclusive satellite images show Saudi Arabia’s sci-fi megacity is well underway In early 2021, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia announced The Line: a “civilizational […]
Month: May 2023
Hertz survey shows that electric car rentals could help increase EV purchases
Hertz Australia conducted an electric car survey during September 2022 of 1,004 Australian Driver’s Licence holders aged 18+ and it revealed that the car rental industry could be a useful “try before you buy” road test option to ease Australian Electric Vehicle (EV) anxiety prior to purchase. Electric car adoption […]
The viral AI avatar app Lensa undressed me—without my consent
Stability.AI, the company that developed Stable Diffusion, launched a new version of the AI model in late November. A spokesperson says that the original model was released with a safety filter, which Lensa does not appear to have used, as it would remove these outputs. One way Stable Diffusion 2.0 […]
Software-Defined Vehicle and Fleet Management – Grape Up
With the development of artificial intelligence, the Internet of Things, and cloud solutions, the amount of data we can retrieve from a vehicle is expanding every year. Manufacturers improve efficiency in converting this data into new services and enhance their own offerings based on the information received from connected car […]
Best Free Apps to Have on Your iPhone
Introduction With the right apps on your phone, you may be able to do almost everything from finding recipes to wellness unpacking and photo and video editing. If you have an iPad or iPhone, you can access one of the world’s most excellent selections of apps on their store. Finding […]
How to Increase Your Customer Experience Through Digital platforms?
Introduction It’s no longer news that the digital landscape is rapidly changing. You have seen various dramatic shifts in communication, as well as how you buy products and services. Brands must embrace digital transformation, which includes using digital platforms to keep up with the ever-changing digital world. Already, 90% of […]
Full-stack engineering is one-third as good
It’s a lovely fantasy. One developer to do it all—the magical fullstackicorn. Hiring for your startup or tech-forward company? One full-stack engineer will give you 2x or more of what any regular developer could. Starting or advancing your career as a software engineer? Full-stack engineering puts you on the fast […]
NASA’s Orion spacecraft completes Artemis I mission after orbiting the Moon
Editor’s note, December 11: On Sunday afternoon, NASA’s Orion spacecraft safely splashed down in the Pacific Ocean. The vehicle returned to Earth after a nearly month-long trip to the moon and back, completing a critical test for the space agency. After several delays and some minor hurricane damage, NASA successfully […]
Twitter Blue is returning with a higher price for Apple users
The subscription option will let users edit tweets after they’ve been published, upload higher quality videos and get a blue ‘verified’ check mark. Twitter is planning to launch a revamped version of its subscription service with new measures to try prevent misuse. The roll-out of new Twitter Blue subscriptions, which […]
Google releases vulnerability scanner for open-source software, backed by community-editable database
Check out all the on-demand sessions from the Intelligent Security Summit here. Open-source security has been one of the hottest topics in enterprise security for the past two years. Ever since the SolarWinds supply chain attack, President Biden’s Executive Order on Improving the Nation’s Cybersecurity, and the Log4j debacle, securing […]