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Just last year, data suggested that plug-in hybrid cars were on the way out in Australia. But they're back. New data shows plug-in hybrids and conventional hybrids combined have overtaken battery electric vehicle sales in the first quarter of 2024. The trend continued during April and May.

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are disrupting many aspects of modern life, and the news industry is no exception. In a year with a record-breaking number of elections worldwide, there has been considerable soul-searching about the potential effect of so-called "deepfakes," and other synthetic content, on democracies. There have also been further disruptions to the business models and trust underpinning independent journalism.

Switching from gas-powered cars to electric vehicles is one way to reduce carbon emissions, but building the lithium-ion batteries that power those EVs can be an energy-intensive and polluting process itself. Now researchers at Dalhousie University have developed a manufacturing process that is cheaper and greener.

An Aston University researcher has suggested a more human-friendly way of reading websites' long-winded privacy notices.

For the first time, scientists have succeeded in creating a self-driving forest machine controlled by artificial intelligence. In a study at Umeå University, an AI system was developed that can operate a 16-ton machine without human intervention.

In recent years, neural methods have become widespread in camera-based reconstructions. In most cases, however, hundreds of camera perspectives are needed. Meanwhile, conventional photometric methods exist which can compute highly precise reconstructions even from objects with textureless surfaces. However, these typically work only under controlled lab conditions.

When scientists pushed the world's fastest supercomputer to its limits, they found those limits stretched beyond even their biggest expectations.

Medium and large-scale construction projects will have a better chance of success if they are able to adhere to a set of success criteria, new research from Edith Cowan University (ECU) found.

Ilya Sutskever, one of the founders of OpenAI who was involved in a failed effort to push out CEO Sam Altman, said he's starting a safety-focused artificial intelligence company.

Hydrogen fuel cells, devices that can convert the chemical energy stored in hydrogen into electrical energy via an electrochemical reaction, are promising solutions for electrifying large vehicles. Fuel cells based on low-temperature (under 100 °C) proton exchange membranes have been found to be particularly advantageous for transportation, as they produce limited noise, have high power densities and can power vehicles for long distances with a single charge of hydrogen.

The LG 27-Inch UltraGear OLED Gaming Monitor is down to its lowest-ever pice.

You can choose from several Xbox controller variants like pristine white, extremely green, and royal blue in this sale.

As travelers rush to book their summer getaways, Booking.com's internet safety boss says watch out for supercharged AI scams.

A team of computer scientists at Purdue University has found that the popular LLM, ChatGPT, is wildly inaccurate when responding to computer programming questions. In their paper published as part of the Proceedings of the CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems, the group describes how they pulled questions from the StackOverflow website and posed them to ChatGPT and then measured its degree of accuracy when responding.

Recent technological advances are enabling the development of computational tools that could significantly improve the quality of life of individuals with disabilities or sensory impairments. These include so-called electromyography-to-speech (ETS) conversion models, designed to convert electrical signals produced by skeletal muscles into speech.

An Engineering team at the University of Hong Kong (HKU) has developed a novel microfluidic technique capable of greatly enhancing applications in materials science and biomedical engineering.

Ionospheric scintillation, caused by irregularities in the Earth's ionosphere, can severely impact Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signal integrity, leading to navigation errors.

Researchers have developed a new technique to solve the problem of how to increase the capacity of sodium-ion batteries.

The startup’s goal is to build a safe and powerful AI system.