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Forget JPEG, How Would a Person Compress a Picture?

Cars That Think

We live in an age in which it's cheap to take photos but will eventually be costly to store them en masse, as backup services set limits and begin charging for overages. Our goal was to measure how much people liked the images produced by our reconstruction scheme, without constraining "likeability" by definitions.

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I drove the new Tesla Model 3, here’s what got better

Teslarati

It definitely was not what I expected, and I was pleasantly surprised by some features but underwhelmed by others. To me, it’s too much of a process to perform these simple tasks, and the lack of things to look at is something I personally do not enjoy. I flashed my lights at him to get over, which he did.

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Revolutionizing rider safety: The protective jacket every e-biker should consider

Baua Electric

Over the years I’ve been fortunate enough to learn how each type of vehicle comes with its own unique personality and enjoyment, but also its own risk profile. But could the perceived risk of different types of rides, such as e-motorcycles versus e-bikes, cloud our judgment on personal protection? I think it might, at least for me.

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First Look: 2024 Ford Ranger and Ranger Raptor

The Truth About Cars

If you like either of those, you’ll be pretty happy with the bodywork and C-shaped lights. But some of the materials used on the test models I previewed felt a little cheap. Definitely not. Zone Lighting has you covered. Pushing the wheels out also means that they’re less intrusive in the bed. Do you need all of that?

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What Robotics Experts Think of Tesla’s Optimus Robot

Cars That Think

After a year of speculation based on little more than a person in a robot suit combined with some optimistic assertions made by Tesla CEO Elon Musk , many roboticists tuned in to the event livestream (or attended in person) to see what Tesla’s approach to humanoid robotics would turn out to be. Battery details: Tesla claims [2.3

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New Tesla Model 3 review: Too fast, too sparse and altogether too Musk

EV Central

So perhaps let’s start with what I noticed before I hooked up my phone, which is that this new Model 3, thanks to a few tweaks to its lights that make them look a bit more BMW/Mazda/Euro-cool, looks better than any before it, and slightly less “egg in a prom dress” than previously. But they’re still less practical than a simple stalk.

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LIVE BLOG: 2023 Tesla Investor Day

Teslarati

He also sheds light on the need to shift the shipping industry to sustainability. Definitely highlighting this “extreme scale” theme Elon Musk referenced. I’m personally biased for the third-genp platform, but only because I’m a cheap guy by default. He also discusses high temp heat delivery and hydrogen.

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