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0:17 / 01:49 Facebook already tailors its feed of news, sports scores and viral videos to show you what you want. Now Google is going to do it too. In a classic case of Silicon Valley "Anything you can do I can do better," the search giant on Wednesday updated its free Google app for iPhones and Android phones with a feed that uses artificial intelligence to show you things like news stories or movie trailers. Google is expanding the features in its search app's news feed. The feed itself isn't new -- Google introduced a basic version of it in December that shows you content you might be interested in, based on your Google searches. But on Wednesday, G…

The Boring Company has received verbal government approval to build an underground tunneling project between New York City, Washington, D.C., Philadelphia and Baltimore. CEO Elon Musk tweeted the news Thursday morning, adding that it would turn a roughly four hour journey from New York City to Washington, D.C. into a mere 29 minutes. Just received verbal govt approval for The Boring Company to build an underground NY-Phil-Balt-DC Hyperloop. NY-DC in 29 mins. — Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 20, 2017 Likewise, The Boring Company has begun construction of its first transport tunnel in Los Angeles, with Musk tweeting progress on an elevator skeleton a…

Two Tesla Model 3s have been spotted and Tesla fans are roaring about two things: a spacious back seat and the 7th production vehicle off the line. Photos surfaced early Thursday morning on Reddit of the midnight silver Model 3 and one in blue, the same color as the one we first spotted in April. A photo of the vehicle’s temporary registration ID affixed to the lower right corner of the windshield reveals the VIN. Using the Model 3 VIN decoder, we see that 5YJ3E1EABHF000007 is Tesla’s 7th production car built in its Fremont factory. Rumors earlier this week were also sparked after a fan found a vehicle that could have been Elon Musk’s SN1 personal Model …

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‘Locust plague’: Insects invade southern Russian region (VIDEO) Published time: 20 Jul, 2017 11:43Edited time: 20 Jul, 2017 11:44 Get short URL © ROLEX TV / YouTube Spine-tingling footage shows a swarm of locusts traveling across a road in the southern Russian republic of Dagestan, where swaths of land have been infested by the plague. The amateur video, filmed through the windscreen of a moving car, shows what at first seems to be a sandstorm looming on the horizon. However, as the car approaches, the dense cloud turns out to be a chaotic mass of giant bugs making their way across the road. The i…

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San Francisco startup Meta is trying to liberate the workplace of computer monitors, trading them in for its augmented reality headsets. Bloomberg Technology's Selina Wang delves into the possibilities of an office without screens.

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In response to journalist Jeff Foust of SpaceNews, Elon Musk replied on Twitter that SpaceX chose to cut development of propulsive landing for Dragon 2, and thus Red Dragon, in order to jump directly into propulsively landing “a vastly bigger ship” on Mars. SpaceX had previously delayed Red Dragon to 2020, which happens to be the same year a tentative schedule from the Guadalajara presentation pegged SpaceX’s first attempt at sending ITS to Mars. With approximately 30 months between now and 2020, there is almost no chance SpaceX could mature Raptor and develop an entirely new, massive launch vehicle and spacecraft in time for the 2020 launch window. Musk…

Rumors swirled early Tuesday morning after a series of Model 3 photos rumored to be Elon Musk’s personal first production “SN1” vehicle were captured at Tesla’s Palo Alto headquarters. US Air Force veteran Jeff Meinke, and Teslarati app user who goes by “Crush”, submitted detailed pictures of the Model 3 interior, including a close-up look at the never-before-seen mounting point for the center display. In speaking with Jeff and asking him why he didn’t take a photo of the Model 3 VIN, which would have surely confirmed whether the vehicle was Musk’s personal car with a 0001 trailing serial number, he tells us that it was just a matter of nerves and he wasn’t thinking a…

ISS R&D 2017 – Washington D.C. Answering questions from audience members, serial tech entrepreneur Elon Musk validated a large number of SpaceX rumors by confirming that the company’s Mars update at the International Astronautical Congress in late September would demonstrate a leaner architecture. Musk noted that the team has aimed partially at improving the economic viability of the vehicle, making it more applicable and useful for Earth orbit activities. This would involve downsizing the booster and spaceship, although Musk quickly added that it would be “a little bit smaller, but still big”. Video of Dragon 2 hover test from SpaceX Musk also confirmed rumors t…

Speaking at the ISS R&D 2017 conference in Washington D.C. Wednesday, SpaceX Founder and CEO Elon Musk revealed that the company plans to be able to recover and reuse a Falcon 9 first stage in as little as 24 hours by 2018. The company also hopes to finish its development of fairing recovery by the end of this year. With a dozen launches scheduled for the rest of 2017, SpaceX will have quite an array of attempts to hone its rocket recovery and reuse skills. Falcon Heavy rendering [Source: SpaceX] Musk also explored his feelings about Falcon Heavy, once again expressing the realization that developing the heavy lift vehicle was far more difficult than simply atta…

Tesla has lost a top solar executive. Peter Rive, a SolarCity co-founder, will be leaving Tesla in search of other opportunities following the company’s purchase of the solar company. The departure comes just eight months after Tesla purchased SolarCity for $2.6 billion in a move that Elon Musk pegged as integrating solar operations to drive the Palo Alto-based vehicle company toward its goals for a sustainable future. His decision to leave was also motivated in part “to spend more time exploring the outdoors, more time with my family, and helping non-profit solar projects in the developing world.” With Rive gone, more questions surround Tesla’s solar roof develo…

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Robert Lightfoot, the current Acting Director of NASA, began the third day of ISS R&D with a rousing keynote on the roles of NASA and the ISS in the future of public and private space exploration. ISS R&D’s keynote venue. (Teslarati/Eric Ralph) Lightfoot began the timely statement that those creating new platforms often completely fail to fully predict how those platforms will eventually be used. The ISS is a prime example, with an array of commercial endeavors having come into existence for reasons that were undoubtedly less than prominent in discussions of the use of the ISS around the time it was be theorized and later constructed. Lightfoot actively ask…

After working on Tesla’s Autopilot team for 2.5 years, Andrew Kouri and Erik Reed decided to start their own self-driving, AI-based company rightfully named lvl5. Together with iRobot engineer George Tal, lvl5 aims to develop advanced vision software and HD maps for self-driving cars. Instead of turning to expensive LiDAR technology, lvl5’s computer vision analyzes its environment for stoplights, signs, potholes, and other objects. The system can be accurate to 10cm, a notable measure considering it’s derived from simple cameras and smartphones. In comparison, LiDAR systems can cost over $80,000 but are accurate to 3cm. So how will lvl5 map roadways in the worl…

Elon Musk is scheduled to present a central keynote at the ISS R&D Conference in Washington D.C. this Wednesday. While there are no specific details yet available, Musk is scheduled as a feature speaker and expected to deliver a talk that will be focused on SpaceX’s past and present successes in commercial spaceflight. The SpaceX Founder, CEO and CTO will likely also touch on progress being made towards SpaceX’s human spaceflight program. Artificial intelligence, which Musk spoke of to considerable fanfare recently, will also likely feature in his keynote. Several other prominent commercial and governmental figures will give their own presentations. Robert Lightfoo…

Date: July 17, 2017 Source: Wiley Summary: A new review indicates that subjective well-being -- factors such as life satisfaction and enjoyment of life -- can influence physical health. A new review indicates that subjective well-being -- factors such as life satisfaction and enjoyment of life -- can influence physical health. The review's investigators also examine why this is so and conditions where it is most likely to occur. Read more: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2017/07/170717100550.htm

Meals from the sunny Mediterranean have been linked to stronger bones, a healthier heart and longer life, along with a reduced risk for diabetes and high blood pressure. Now you can add lowering your risk for dementia to the ever growing list of reasons to follow the Mediterranean diet or one of its dietary cousins. Read more: http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/17/health/mediterranean-style-diet-prevents-dementia/index.html

Drive-tests.org, an organization focused on driver education, has launched a $50,000 incentive program for Model 3 owners with children learning to drive. The program would gift $500 to 100 Model 3 owners to offset driver’s ed costs for students learning in a Tesla Model 3. “Our younger generation deserves a better, greener future,” says the company’s website. “Driving-Tests.org is doing its part in accelerating the advent of sustainable transport by launching a new program.” The program was prompted after the website launched a survey in which 158,000 of its site users under the age of 35 said that while they believed Tesla would sell more electric cars than other …

Tesla has added two new directors to its board in an effort to shake up the governing body that once consisted mainly of CEO Elon Musk’s close professional contacts. The Palo Alto-based auto giant announced that Linda Johnson Rice, Chairman and CEO of Johnson Publishing Company, and James Murdoch, CEO of 21st Century Fox, would be added to the board of directors. Regardless of the company’s current valuation, Model 3 production will be considered a major test for Musk and his EV vision by investors. The post Tesla adds 2 board members, and one of them is a Murdoch appeared first on TESLARATI.com. Via

Premium electric car startup Lucid Motors is reportedly engaging in discussions with Ford over a possible sale to the Detroit-based automotive giant. Lucid, founded in 2007, has been seeking a large investment round to secure financing for its for production for its forthcoming vehicle, the 1,000 horsepower “private jet on wheels” – Air. Lucid has previously raised $131M in venture funding from investors, but it’s unclear how large of an investment the company is seeking in their current Series D round. Chief Technology Officer, Peter Rawlinson, told Bloomberg in a comment that Lucid is, “thrilled with the response from investors.” The report also noted that Morgan …