Rivian’s AI assistant will be coming to its electric vehicles in early 2026

Rivian’s AI assistant will be coming to its electric vehicles in early 2026

๐Ÿ’ฅ Explore this insightful post from TechCrunch ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: TC,Transportation,AI,AI assistant,EVs,Rivian,RJ Scaringe ๐Ÿ“Œ Main takeaway: Rivian's two-year effort to build its own AI Assistant will launch in early 2026. When it does, the AI โ€‹โ€‹Assistant will be rolled out to every electric vehicle in its lineup, not just the next-generation versions of its R1T truck and R1S SUV. Drivers and passengers will be able to use the AI โ€‹โ€‹assistant to operate climate controls and handle other tasks found in the car's infotainment system. It will also connect vehicle systems to third-party applications using an agent framework designed by Rivian…
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CRISPR Fungus: Protein-Packed, Sustainable, and Tastes Like Meat- Crop Biotech Update (November 26, 2025) | Crop Biotech Update

CRISPR Fungus: Protein-Packed, Sustainable, and Tastes Like Meat- Crop Biotech Update (November 26, 2025) | Crop Biotech Update

๐Ÿš€ Check out this must-read post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: โœ… Key idea: November 26, 2025 Researchers used CRISPR to enhance a naturally meat-like fungus. A picture of Fusarium venenatum. Photo Source: Xiao Liu Researchers have successfully used CRISPR gene editing technology to create a fungi strain that is highly efficient, more nutritious, and significantly more sustainable than its natural counterpart. The fungus Fusarium venenatum already stands out for its meat-like flavor and texture, leading to its approval for food use in several countries. This breakthrough, published in the journal Trends in Biotechnology, addresses the need for better,…
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Watch: White House says Trump administration plans to ‘seize’ oil from tanker that took off off the coast of Venezuela

Watch: White House says Trump administration plans to ‘seize’ oil from tanker that took off off the coast of Venezuela

๐Ÿš€ Read this insightful post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Donald Trump news,karoline leavitt ๐Ÿ’ก Main takeaway: White House press secretary Carolyn Leavitt said Thursday that the US government โ€œintends to seize oilโ€ from the tanker that US forces seized on Wednesday off the coast of Venezuela. Watch Carolyn Leavitt's briefing in the video player above. Speaking at the White House press conference on Thursday, Leavitt said the Justice Department had been ordered to seize the tanker because it is a sanctioned vessel used to transport โ€œblack marketโ€ oil. She said that the United States has an…
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Watch No Evil review – This nuanced documentary about Anglican child abuse is absolutely horrific | TV and radio

Watch No Evil review – This nuanced documentary about Anglican child abuse is absolutely horrific | TV and radio

๐Ÿš€ Discover this trending post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Television & radio,Culture,Television,Christianity,Anglicanism,Justin Welby ๐Ÿ’ก Key idea: COn Smith was a sadistic predator who used to groom the boys in his care and then beat them so brutally that he had to provide them with adult diapers to wear afterwards lest they leave blood on the chairs in his house when he brought them back from his shed. He upgraded the shed at one point to make it soundproof. One man who suffered at Smith's hands as a boy remembers bleeding for weeks afterward. Another says: โ€œHonestly,…
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Google has debuted ‘Disco’, a Gemini-powered tool for creating web applications from browser tabs

Google has debuted ‘Disco’, a Gemini-powered tool for creating web applications from browser tabs

๐Ÿ’ฅ Explore this insightful post from TechCrunch ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: AI,Apps,ai apps,Chrome,Google,web apps ๐Ÿ’ก Hereโ€™s what youโ€™ll learn: Google on Thursday introduced a new AI experience for the web browser: its Gemini-powered Disco product, which helps turn open tabs into personalized apps. With Disco, you can create what Google calls โ€œGenTabs,โ€ a tool that proactively suggests interactive web apps that can help you complete tasks related to what you're browsing and allows you to build your own apps via written prompts. For example, if you are studying a particular topic, GenTabs may suggest creating an information visualization web application, which…
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‘It’s amazing’ โ€“ the wonder material very few can make

‘It’s amazing’ โ€“ the wonder material very few can make

โœจ Discover this awesome post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: โœ… Key idea: Chris BaraniukTechnology ReporterKromekVery few organisations can supply cadmium zinc tellurideLying on your back in a big hospital scanner, as still as you can, with your arms above your head โ€“ for 45 minutes. It doesn't sound much fun.That's what patients at Royal Brompton Hospital in London had to do during certain lung scans, until the hospital installed a new device last year that cut these examinations down to just 15 minutes.It is partly thanks to image processing technology in the scanner but also a special material…
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An Associated Press source says the Justice Department has twice failed to recharge New York Attorney General James

An Associated Press source says the Justice Department has twice failed to recharge New York Attorney General James

๐Ÿ”ฅ Explore this must-read post from PBS NewsHour - Politics ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Department of Justice,grand jury,Letitia James โœ… Hereโ€™s what youโ€™ll learn: ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) โ€” A grand jury for the second time in a week declined to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James on Thursday in another major blow to the Justice Department's efforts to prosecute the president's political opponents. The repeated failures were a stunning rebuke of prosecutors' attempt to revive a criminal case that President Donald Trump had pressed them to bring, and signaled growing public wariness of the administration's retaliation campaign. He watches: Judge…
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‘Like a Rock Star’: The Global Reverence of Martin Parr’s Conscious Photography | Martin Barr

‘Like a Rock Star’: The Global Reverence of Martin Parr’s Conscious Photography | Martin Barr

๐Ÿš€ Check out this awesome post from Culture | The Guardian ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Martin Parr,Photography,Art and design,Culture,UK news,France,Japan,Exhibitions,World news,US news,Class issues ๐Ÿ’ก Hereโ€™s what youโ€™ll learn: News of the death of Martin Parr, the photographer whose work chronicled the rituals and customs of British life, made the front pages in France, and his life and work were celebrated in countries as far away as the United States and Japan.If his native England had to shed concerns about the role of class in Parr's satirical outlook before it could fully embrace him, countries like France have long revered the Epsom-born…
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The star Stanford reporter discusses Silicon Valley’s “money-soaked” startup culture

The star Stanford reporter discusses Silicon Valley’s “money-soaked” startup culture

โœจ Check out this awesome post from TechCrunch ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: Venture โœ… Hereโ€™s what youโ€™ll learn: Theo Baker is truly a strange person. While journalism as a major has seen enrollment shrink for many years, even going out of business at some colleges entirely, Baker, a senior at Stanford, has doubled down on traditional investigative reporting, and it has paid off spectacularly. Baker first made headlines as an undergraduate when his reporting for the Stanford Daily led to the resignation of Stanford University President Marc Tessier-Lavigne. After allegations of research misconduct were exposed over two decades, Becker โ€” just…
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Notes on Gamma

Notes on Gamma

โœจ Check out this trending post from Hacker News ๐Ÿ“– ๐Ÿ“‚ Category: ๐Ÿ“Œ Hereโ€™s what youโ€™ll learn: Gamma is a blight, a curse, and utterly annoying. Ever since somebody told me that RGB colours need to be Gamma corrected, RGB colours were spoilt for me. Gamma does to digital colour what kerning does to typography. This post is an attempt to get even with Gamma. Lost Innocenceย  Because, you see, only once I became fully aware of Gamma, things really started to fall apart. In my pre-gamma-aware innocence, I must have done some things right. Let me show what I…
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