Lucid Motors goes public, collects $4.5 billion

Electric vehicle startup Lucid Motors is now a publicly traded company, following the completion of a merger where it fetched an eye-watering $4.5 billion in fresh capital. Shares of the Saudi-owned, California-based startup began trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange Monday morning. Lucid Motors will now turn its full attention back to an even taller …

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The pandemic is over in Pokémon Go for players from New Zealand and the US

Niantic reverted some of the pandemic-era changes made to Pokémon Go in the US and New Zealand on Sunday, including reducing the distance you need to be from the physical real-world locations of Pokéstops and Gyms to interact with them. The company announced the changes in June and has decided to move forward with its …

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OnePlus updates its midrange Nord with new processor and a headphone jack

OnePlus has announced a new addition to its lineup of midrange phones, the Nord CE. According to the company, the “CE” stands for “Core Edition,” an indication that the company is focusing on the fundamentals, rather than inflating the device’s spec sheet with unnecessary extras. The phone is launching in Europe and India, and there …

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Google AI: promoting case level recognition (ILR) research

Posted by Cam Askew and André Araujo, Software Engineers, Google Research Instance-level recognition (ILR) is the computer vision task of recognizing a specific instance of an object, rather than simply the category to which it belongs. For example, instead of labeling an image as “post-impressionist painting”, we’re interested in instance-level labels like “Starry Night Over …

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Patent exposure of Porsche flying car: vertical take off and landing two seat layout

As a world-famous high-end sports car manufacturer, Porsche is no longer satisfied with “just making cars”. A few days ago, it was reported that Porsche has submitted a patent on electric aircraft to the patent office. Not long ago, Boeing, the aircraft manufacturer, said it was working with the car manufacturer, Porsche, to develop a …

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Tesla Cybertruck production delayed to 2022

Production on Tesla’s Cybertruck, the automaker’s first electric pickup truck, has been delayed until 2022 according to its order page on the company’s website. First reported by Electrek, under the “due today” section of the Cybertruck’s order page it now reads “you will be able to complete your configuration as production nears in 2022.” This …

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Ford chip shortage means your Mustang Mach-E delivery may be at least six weeks late

Ford’s F-150 was hit by the global semiconductor shortage, and now its flagship Mustang Mach-E electric vehicle is seeing a serious delay too — by a minimum of six weeks for prospective owners who were scheduled to get their vehicle between July 5th and October 1st. That’s according to emails Ford sent to buyers today …

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Facebook will start putting ads in Oculus Quest apps

Facebook will soon begin testing ads inside its Oculus Quest virtual reality system. In the coming weeks, ads will start appearing inside the Resolution Games title Blaston as well as two other unnamed apps. Facebook will later expand the system based on user feedback, saying it aims to create a “self-sustaining platform” for VR development. …

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