Saudi Arabia, Iraq and several Gulf states (OPEC Plus) said on Sunday they were cutting oil production by more than one million barrels of oil a day. OPEC Plus includes the main OPEC countries and Russia and a few other countries. The reduction in output is being made by members of the Opec+ oil producers. …
Tesla produced over 440,000 vehicles and delivered over 422,000 vehicles. This beat the official analyst estimates but missed whisper numbers. This was a record for quarterly production and a record for quarterly deliveries. Inventories increased from 13 days to about 15-16 days of inventory. This is still very good for car companies. Brian WangBrian Wang …
The CEO of Runway.com, Siqi Chen, has tweeted that OpenAI should release GPT5 and it should be at artificial general intelligence level. Runway.com has Series C funding and has total funding of about $96 million. Siqi has had an impressive technology executive and machine learning startup career. Runway is an applied AI research company that …
It is not common but there are pictures and video of Russian and Ukrainian military mixing in WW1 and WW2 era guns and helmets. Some of the Russian (or Russian allied) soldiers are being issued WW2 era helmets and AK-74 assault rifles and even some bolt action guns like the M1891. The Mosin–Nagant is a …
Elon Musk recently tweeted out on December 2nd and mentioned that the current efficiency of the Tesla semi is 1.7 kWh per mile. He also mentioned that there is a clear path to 1.6 and possibly 1.5 kWh per mile. One gallon of gas is equal to around 33.7 kilowatt hours of electricity. This means …
Github Copilot X is the future of AI-powered software development. It integrates into every part of your workflow. Context-aware conversations with your coding copilot. If you’re stuck solving a problem, ask GitHub Copilot to explain a piece of code. Bump into an error? Have GitHub Copilot fix it. It’ll even generate unit tests so you …
Ingineerix tears down Tesla’s newest Hairpin Motor and Inverter technology. It is the fourth generation engine. It has more power than the old winding motors and is easier to build with automation. It is the rear drive unit for the Model Y and Model 3. They have a new hairpin design stator. Everything about the …
There is more videos showing that Tesla FSD 11.3.3 is giving more zero-intervention rides in challenging urban driving conditions. The drivers who are monitoring the rides feel the car is being driven in a way where they feel comfortable and confident with the FSD system. There is still the need to improve traffic flow awareness. …
Last Energy is a startup working to make low-cost small pressure water reactors (20 MW) with simple off the shelf parts. They are designing to keep things simple, use as much off the shelf parts as possible and to use workers with existing training and skills. The demonstration model project showcases Last Energy’s standard, modular …
The US Federal Reserve has increased its balance sheet by about $300 billion in the last week during the banking crisis. The US Federal Reserve had been quantitative tightening from $9 trillion to $8.3 trillion, but has added $300 billion to its balance sheet. Brian WangBrian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular …
French leadership is trying to raise the pension age from 62 to 64. This passed the upper house on Thursday. The percentage of the French population over 64 has increased by about 30% over the past 20 years. This is projected to increase by about 50% over the next 25 years. In 2022 in France, …