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The 2024 Honda Prologue: Honda’s new electric SUV is attractive and spacious. When can you get one?

It has exceptional passenger roominess and looks dirt-road ready. The 2024 Honda Prologue is an all-electric, 2-row midsize SUV and the automaker’s first electric SUV of any sort. It will compete with the growing group of electric SUVs priced between $40,000 and $50,000, and likely offer a max range of beyond 300 miles when it…

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4 Technologies That Aren’t That Big Today but Will Likely Be Massive in 20 Years

The concept of smartphones and electric cars seemed like a pipe dream 20 years ago, but today, nearly 6.92 billion people, or 86.4% of the global population, have personal smartphones. Governments worldwide are moving toward a green future by encouraging the use of electric cars instead of vehicles with combustible engines. Investing in burgeoning technologies…

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Apple’s long-rumored folding iPhone could become a reality

There may still be life for Apple’s long-rumored foldable iPhone. On Monday The U.S. Patent Office published that it awarded the tech giant a patent for a display with touch sensors. Apple (AAPL) specifically refers to a foldable electronic device in the patent’s abstract. UBS analyst David Vogt says that while there’s no indication that…

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Gigapresses – the giant die casts reshaping car manufacturing

By replacing around 60 welded components with a single module, gigantic aluminium die casting machines made by the likes of Tesla supplier IDRA Group are helping carmakers to simplify manufacturing and cut costs by up to 40% in some areas. Tesla has pioneered the use of massive casting machines, also known as gigapresses, to make…

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Microsoft’s new Bing and Edge hands-on: Surprisingly well-integrated AI

The age of generative AI is upon us, and this week alone Google and Microsoft made major announcements around their respective products for the masses. While Google unveiled an “experimental conversational AI service” called Bard, Microsoft had a fuller slate of news to share at its event in Redmond, WA yesterday. Through a partnership with…

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Institutional Traders Shifting Attention from Blockchain to AI: JP Morgan

More than half of the institutional traders surveyed by global financial services giant JP Morgan said that artificial intelligence and machine learning will be the most influential technology in shaping the future of trading over the next three years—cited four times more often than blockchain and distributed ledger technology. JP Morgan’s e-Trading Edit report is…

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Memory-Chip Makers Face a Prolonged Price Slump

Memory-chip prices, which dropped steeply over the past year, are expected to keep falling in the first half of 2023, putting more pressure on an industry that has already cut investments and jobs. Average prices for the two main types of memory chips used in everyday electronics—from smartphones to personal computers and TV sets—are projected…

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Apple unveils host of Macs including new MacBook Pro with faster M2 chips

Apple has unveiled a host of new Macs, with what it says are dramatically faster new chips. All of the new computers are powered by the new M2 Pro and M2 Max, high-end versions of the M2 chip that were first revealed in laptops last summer. The new chips come in a variety of new…

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Micron Faces Long Downturn as Samsung Keeps Investing

The market leader isn’t slowing down as the memory chip market worsens. The memory chip markets are in severe oversupply, the worst imbalance since the financial crisis. The entire supply chain is drowning in inventory, and some manufacturers are aggressively cutting production and slowing down capital spending plans in efforts bring the situation back under…

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CES 2023: Amazon to boost Alexa’s capabilities despite cuts to the business

At this year’s CES, Amazon (AMZN) is announcing efforts to build out Alexa’s capabilities, a move that comes just a few months after slashing the division’s workforce. To start, Alexa will launch a number of EV charging features. For instance, consumers will now be able to use Alexa to find the nearest EV charging stations…