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(Reuters) — Electric car maker Tesla plans to introduce a new low-cost, long-life battery in its Model 3 sedan in China later this year or early next that it expects will bring the cost of electric vehicles in line with gasoline models, and allow EV batteries to have second and …

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Today, a week after its cars resumed testing on public roads and days after it raised $ 750 million in capital, Waymo took the wraps off of an AI model it claims “significantly” improved its driverless systems’ ability to predict pedestrians’, cyclists’, and drivers’ behaviors. It’s called VectorNet, and it …

(Reuters) — President Donald Trump on Wednesday extended for another year an executive order signed in May 2019 declaring a national emergency and barring U.S. companies from using telecommunications equipment made by firms posing a national security risk. The order invoked the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which gives the …

Online video continues to bring in more and more eyeballs as people are stuck at home. But that has also led to a huge launch for Riot’s competitive shooter Valorant, which is then also feeding back into growth for Twitch. Valorant and Twitch have formed a symbiotic relationship that is …

Remakes are the rage these days, and 2K’s Hangar 13 studio is teasing one today with the announcement of the Mafia: Trilogy project. The embedded trailer doesn’t show much, but more information will be available on May 19. Take-Two Interactive’s 2K Games label owns the Mafia series. The first game …

Esports organization Cloud9 has teamed up with managed healthcare company Kaiser Permanente to improve mental health in the U.S. gaming community. It’s another sign of the mainstreaming of esports, video games, and mental wellness efforts. Los Angeles-based Cloud9, which runs a number of esports teams for games such as League …

Google is rolling out a new subscription pricing structure for its suite of Nest security products, more than six months after first revealing its plans. While the move is partly designed to simplify the pricing, it also goes some way toward enticing customers to purchase more Nest devices by removing …

Tilting Point is launching one of its biggest mobile games to date: SpongeBob: Krusty Cook-Off. And it is using the occasion to rebrand the company. Tilting Point has always provided user acquisition services for mobile games, but now it will offer full publishing services for free-to-play games, said Samir El-Agili, …