On Tuesday, the courier giant announced the order of twelve “Alice” aircraft from the Seattle-based company to be delivered by 2024. Alice is an all-electric nine-seat aircraft, designed to transport passengers and freight alike. It can be flown by a single pilot and carry up to 1,200kg of payload. It needs a mere 30-minute charge per flight hour, and has a maximum range of up to 815 kilometers. Eviation, which expects to make Alice’s maiden flight later this year, is one of a number of companies looking to electrify regional air travel and reduce energy consumption, operating costs, and CO2 emissions....

— Disney+ (@disneyplus) May 22, 2020 Each Zenimation short loops together art from some of Disney’s animated films with sound effects such as wind, rain, animal noises, and other soothing sounds. The animation is pulled from classics like Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, and Lion King with more recent fare like Moana, Zootopia, and Frozen 2. It’s a good mix if you want to pull in the older kids (like me) who want to sleepily ogle Disney’s 2D animation while simultaneously lulling the kiddies there for a glimpse of Elsa into a doze....

Part of the allure of the Billie Eilish story isn’t just that she’s a super-talented musical wunderkind. Obviously, that’s a big part…but there’s also the idea that a 14-year-old can record songs and launch a celebrity empire right from her bedroom. Of course, it never hurts to have the right tools on your way to music world domination. Where once it required an engineering studio stacked with engineers at the cost of millions to make real audio magic happen, some brilliant apps have handled audio production power to the masses in ways that would have been exceedingly difficult and expensive even for major stars only 10 years ago....

This time non-profit clean transport campaigners Transport and Environment suggest EVs are, on average, three times cleaner than comparable gasoline vehicles in Europe. Transport and Environment compiled data about CO2 emissions from across the EU, including emissions data on: vehicles, battery production, and energy generation to show the amount of CO2 vehicles produce over their lifecycle. The data also takes into consideration where the battery and EV was produced, where it’s charged, and where it’s driven....

Let’s talk about torque Established in 2006, Zero Motorcycles designs and produces a range of fully electric motorcycles near Santa Cruz (Northern California). My 2017 Zero SR 13 develops “only” 70 hp but a whooping 146 Nm of torque, weighing 188 kg whether its 13 kWh battery pack is charged or not! This translates into 3.3 seconds from 0 to 60 mph. Today, Zero’s most powerful model, the SR/S delivers 110 hp and 190 Nm (229 kg)....

Those are just a few of the many ethical controversies surrounding artificial intelligence algorithms in the past few years. There’s a six-decade history behind the AI research. But recent advances in machine learning and neural networks have pushed artificial intelligence into sensitive domains such as hiring, criminal justice and health care. In tandem with advances in artificial intelligence, there’s growing interest in establishing criteria and standards to weigh the robustness and trustworthiness of the AI algorithms that are helping or replacing humans in making important and critical decisions....

Although the Copyright Directive — which aims to provide copyright holders with a mechanism to report the theft of their property — does have a clause which instructs legal authorities to disclose the personal information of pirates to rightsholders in order to settle disputes, the terms strictly apply to physical locations. The ruling dates back to copyright claim by Constantin Film, an executive rightsholder for Scary Movie 5 and Parker in Germany....

It’s quite common these days for new cars to come with a host of “internet connected” features that can be controlled through an associated app. Things like remote unlocking, car start, and diagnostic checks can be performed using a vehicle’s app, but the tech doesn’t always come for free. [Read: Study: Tesla likely the US’ worst carmaker for reliability and build quality] Ford in Europe has recently switched up its approach to mirror its US arm, and is making some aspects of its connected features and FordPass app free, the company said in a statement....

This content is particularly prevalent in Europe. According to a 2020 report by the IWF, most web pages hosting CSAM are based in the continent. In response, the European Union plans to introduce stricter rules on tech firms that host the material. “I will propose legislation in the coming months that will require companies to detect, report, and remove child sexual abuse,” EU home affairs commissioner Ylva Johansson told Germany’s Welt am Sonntag on Sunday....

Meta has proposed that the metaverse will eventually allow us to engage across education, work and social contexts, while Microsoft looks to be focusing specifically on the realm of the virtual office for now. But what actually is the metaverse and to what extent should we believe that the vision being presented to us is really going to be central to our daily lives? The idea itself isn’t new. Science fiction author Neal Stephenson coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 cyberpunk novel Snow Crash, presenting a 3D virtual world in which people, represented as avatars, could interact with each other and artificially intelligent agents....

The creators of an app called #Open recently started a petition demanding Facebook stop its censorship campaign against sex-positive dating apps. Facebook denied its app several times because it lets users identify as being in a couple, polyamorous, or in an open relationship. Credit: Open Per a report from Business Insider, #Open’s director of operations, Maile Manliguis said: Whether or not polyamory or open relationships are a valid alternative to monogamy is a matter of personal opinion, but the fact of the matter is that whether intentionally or not, Facebook’s using its ad policies to curb its competition in the wake of theFacebook Dating launch last year....

There was a time when the Chromecast ruled my household, but not any more. The flexibility of the Apple TV has won the day. But that might all change soon. Why? Because Google is supposedly going to release a Chromecast with a remote. On that note, the new Chromecast with a remote will most likely have a microphone and Google Assistant button for voice control on the handset. In fact, Janko Roettgers, a senior reporter at Protocol, spotted it going through the FCC:...

If you want to learn a new skill, you’d typically look to someone with trusted credentials to teach you. So if you wanted to know how to get down and dirty for some serious photo editing, it stands to reason you’d want to recruit a pro to act as your personal digital Sherpa. Well, TNW Deals decided to go bigger than that. So with the courses included in The Adobe Photoshop CC Training Bundle, you actually get four experts to guide you in becoming a skilled photo editor....

Back in 2019, Ford had already put some money down on the US solid-battery firm Solid Power, but now together with BMW they made an investment of $130 million. And that’s not all. The investment group also includes Volta Energy Technologies, a venture capital firm that partners with the US Energy Department’s Argonne Laboratory to explore energy storage and battery innovations. Why all the fuss? The battery is the most expensive part of an electric vehicle, and the the shift from conventional lithium-ion batteries to solid-state ones would make a huge difference....

Among the various notable examples, Ford undeniably gets the prize of the most what-the-fuck sales tactic ever. You could give it a guess, but I’m afraid you’d fail. Because it’s a FRAGRANCE. Yes, a perfume that imitates the scent of petrol, designed for all those who want to go electric with the Mustang Mach-E GT, but who simply CAN’T LIVE without the intoxicating smell of gasoline. It’s called “Mach-Eau,” and let’s take a moment to observe the genius of this elaborate wordplay....

In the not too distant future, robots may be restocking the shelves and cleaning the floors of your retail space. They may be handling security in public spaces. And they might be serving you your mocha frappuccino. And the cloud may play a huge role in making that happen. That’s just one of the ways the cloud is changing everything about information systems and everything that runs through them. Right now, the training in The Complete 2020 Cloud Foundation Certification Bundle ($49....

As first reported by the Verge, the company sent and email to customers stating that Maven vehicles for public use will no longer be available, effective immediately: [Read: This hydrogen storage ‘sponge’ could be the key to safer EV fuel cells] Launched in 2016, GM’s Maven app allowed users to rent and drive shared vehicles in the Ann Arbor, Michigan, area from $6 per hour for small vehicles. Since then, the company expanded to cover 17 US cities....

However, with electric drivetrains set to become the norm, designers are being given far more opportunity to play around with vehicle configurations than ever before. This is leading some parts of the industry to explore flexible platforms that can be adapted for specific uses. One of the latest concepts to make its way from blueprint to prototype was presented at the Interim Conference of the Strategic Dialogue for the Automotive Sector (sorry, we don’t make these up) in Stuttgart last week....

As any experienced veteran of the holiday shopping wars will tell you, Black Friday may be legendary…but don’t sleep on Cyber Monday, either. While the day after Thanksgiving gets all the press, it’s often the stealthy, more understated deals that drop online during the holiday weekend that really get the wallet warrior’s blood pumping. But why make you wait? Instead, enjoy 10 Cyber Monday deals that we thought were too cool to keep under wraps....

When businesses are choosing a form app, there seems to be a perception that Google Forms is too simple. This is unfortunate, because it’s a pretty robust tool—if you know how to find all the options. Here are a bunch of settings that make Google Forms much more powerful. Go ahead and make a new form, and then click the gear icon in the top-right corner. We’ll go over a few of the best features hidden inside that icon, then move on to a few other things you should know about....