Category: AI News

Remember that creepy, abandoned train station in Detroit? Well, thanks to Ford, Michigan Central Station is no longer a ghost town – it’s a drone hub! Ford’s subsidiary, operating the station, is teaming up with the Department of Transportation to test drone deliveries in Detroit’s very own Advanced Aerial Innovation Region. Say goodbye to trains and hello to sky-high deliveries. Michigan Central Station is officially on the cutting edge, proving that it’s not just a train conductor, but a drone commander too!

Cloud-like data centers have long been the tech industry’s attempt to bring the power of the cloud to the comforts of home. Countless coding sessions fueled by Cheetos have been dedicated to creating a mild-mannered Clark Kent of data centers that can transform into a supercloud when needed. It’s the “rent-versus-own” dilemma of the digital world – why pay monthly bills to cloud giants when you can have your own milky cloud goodness at home? But let’s be honest, trying to make a private data center act like a cloud is about as effective as trying to teach a dog to meow. Will the dog start meowing, or will we keep feeding our budget to cloud landlords? Stay tuned to find out!

Welcome to the world of tech’s diversity, equity, and inclusion leaders – exhausted soldiers on the thankless grind to promote heterogeneity. But, they may have found their knight in shining armor – a French startup named 50inTech. It’s ironic that these tech warriors lack the basic tool to measure their diversity efforts. It’s like battling in a superhero world without a kryptonite-laced batarang! Here’s hoping 50inTech swoops in like a croissant-shaped superhero to provide the boost they need. And to all the hardworking hamsters on the rusty wheel, your efforts don’t go unnoticed, unless you’re in a data-driven tech company where everything needs evidence. Bonne chance!

Meta’s Threads, the chat-based social network, is making surprising progress, with 100 million monthly users in just three months. It’s like every person in South Korea constantly sending text messages. Mark Zuckerberg sees the potential and hints at the tortoise winning the race. But is Threads just a small pop singer amidst rockstar platforms? Maybe it’s the quiet ones we should watch out for. Slow and steady might just lead Threads to the finish line.

In a desperate plea to India’s IT Ministry, tech giants Apple, Google, Meta, and Microsoft are practically on their knees, begging for an extension to comply with data protection regulations. It’s like asking for extra time on a school project, except this project involves billions of users’ data and their reputations are at stake. No pressure, right? It turns out even Silicon Valley’s top dogs need a time-out sometimes. Who knew managing data could be more complicated than inventing mind-controlling monkeys?

In a bold move, Chinese automaker XPeng has decided to go “no maps” mode, following in the footsteps of Tesla’s Full Self-Driving system. This daring decision has us wondering if XPeng might find itself lost at sea, muttering, “Maybe that map wasn’t such a bad idea after all.”

Breaking news hot from planet Musk! Elon Musk’s X app is taking multitasking to a whole new level with the introduction of video and audio calling. Now you can tweet about cat GIFs and call your grandma all in one place. Is there anything X can’t do? Watch out world, X is evolving into your digital Swiss Army Knife. How long until it starts walking our dogs and predicting winning lottery numbers? Buckle up, because this evolution is X-hilarating!

Astrobotic, Pittsburgh’s pride and joy, is set to give Santa a run for his money this Christmas with their lunar lander launch. Who needs a sleigh when you have a Vulcan Centaur rocket? Maybe Santa’s been outsourcing to tech companies all along. Watch out for a rocket-boot-wearing, space-helmet-rocking Santa this year!

After a month of strikes and chaos in the automotive industry, it looks like the United Auto Workers (UAW) and Ford have finally made peace. These Romeo and Juliet antics couldn’t have come at a better time, as both sides tango towards producing more electric vehicles. The cost of this lovers’ quarrel? Oh, just a few hundred million dollars a week, pocket change for these giants. While Ford basks in the settlement glow, GM and Stellantis are left in the shadows, feeling the pressure to make peace as well. Let’s hope these automakers can put their tantrums aside and start cranking out electric cars like yesterday, because a happy worker is a productive worker.

Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket is itching to take flight again, but first it needs to deal with some pesky paperwork. It’s like having the keys to your new car but forgetting your driver’s license. Maybe Rocket Lab should try signing documents in zero gravity next time. Who knew space had its own set of red tape?