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Photo by Andrew J. Hawkins / The Verge General Motors teased some new details about the next-generation Chevy Bolt, which is expected to make its official debut later this year as a model year 2026 vehicle. At an investor event today, GM president Mark Reuss teased the new Bolt during a portion of the event in which the livestream was cut for “confidential” reasons so that the company could show images of the still-unannounced vehicle. But Reuss’ presentation could still be heard. Last year, GM said it was discontinuing Bolt production but later confirmed that it would resurrect the EV as an Ultium vehicle for 2025. (GM’s EV powertrain branding is also not long for this world.) The company is now on the cusp of revealing the next-gen Bolt, and Reuss had some new details to... Continue reading…

Photo by Bryan R. Smith / AFP via Getty Images The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) is fighting misinformation on top of a major storm cleanup in Florida as Hurricane Milton rapidly intensifies just after Hurricane Helene rocked the state. FEMA Administrator Deanne Criswell told reporters on a call Tuesday that misinformation around the storms is “absolutely the worst I have ever seen,” according to Politico. FEMA posted a rumor response page about the hurricane, and though it’s not the first time it’s taken that kind of approach, Criswell said, “I anticipated some of this, but not to the extent that we’re seeing.” FEMA’s rumor response page includes fact-checks to claims made by former President Donald Trump, like that the agency will only provide $750 to disaster... Continue reading…

Mastodon is getting some much-needed tweaks. | Image: Mastodon Mastodon just released version 4.3 of its web app, and CEO Eugen Rochko says its new updates, like grouped notifications, should make the open social network easier to use. For example, a “Who to follow” carousel that shows up in the home tab now recommends a mix of “generalized results” such as profiles that are popular in your language and personalized recommendations based on who you follow, making it easier to find new people you might like to follow, too. And as a little treat, there are explanations for why you’re seeing those profiles when you click “view all.” Rochko says Mastodon is improving these personalized recommendations because it found its earlier version wasn’t really helping users with discovery: “We found that people... Continue reading…

Illustration: Alex Castro / The Verge GM will discontinue the Ultium battery brand name as it looks to expand the types of cells and chemistries it uses in its electric vehicles. During an investor event today, Kurt Kelty, GM’s VP of batteries and a former Tesla executive, announced plans to adopt lithium iron phosphate (LFP) battery technology in order to decrease the cost of its EVs by “up to $6,000.” GM’s Ultium batteries use the more common nickel cobalt manganese (NCM) batteries. Some automakers are using LFP-based cells already, including Tesla and Ford. There’s less complexity in LFP, it costs less to produce, and they aren’t dependent on the excessive cobalt used in NCM batteries. Cobalt has a bad rep as the “blood diamond of batteries,” and many automakers are... Continue reading…

I've written about AI podcasts before, but until now, I didn't really appreciate the degree to which there's a rather inverse relationship between the time and effort required to create them (almost none at all) and the quality they're able to achieve (these things are getting really, really good). Case in point: I spent all of 30 seconds using Google's buzzy new NotebookLM tool to create an extremely realistic-sounding podcast episode derived from several recent articles I've written. The two AI-generated hosts you'll hear in the episode riff, quite convincingly, on each topic in my articles with the realistic banter you'd expect from actual human hosts -- so much so that the result is, honestly, the most impressive AI-created thing I think I've encountered to date. I'll give you the podcast episode first and then show you how I made it. Click the play button below: Pretty incredible, right? And again, I have to stress that it took almost no time at all to create what you just heard. It was super-easy to feed my articles into NotebookLM (try it yourself here), which allows you to upload anything from your own text notes to URLs as well as YouTube videos. In my case, I simply inserted the URLs to four recent articles of mine from the past several days. They included: Article #1: My preview of a new documentary about the music of film composer John Williams, coming to Disney+ on Nov. 1 Article #2: Everything to know about Territory, a new Netflix series coming later this month that's set in the Australian Outback and sounds like it'll basically be Netflix's version of Yellowstone Article #3: Confirmation from Apple that its detective series Sugar, starring Colin Farrell, has been renewed for a second season Article #4: And, finally, my recap of what an awful year it's been at the box office, with a long and growing string of expensive flops up to and including the new Joker sequel Having tried it out, I can't believe NotebookLM is generating more buzz than it is right now. This thing is scary good, and even generated a -- I know I sound like a broken record here -- very convincing-sounding podcast episode based on a user simply uploading the words "poop" and "fart" over and over again. Listen to the result, and marvel at the AI hosts musing out loud about whether we can find meaning in repetition, even by repeating words as stupid as these: https://twitter.com/kkuldar/status/1840680947873718396 The product was reportedly created with the help of author Steven Johnson (via Wired). Google says that the app can easily help you summarize your notes, allow you to search specific things in notes you’ve uploaded, and even create outlines for you using your notes. Among other things you can do with NotebookLM: It will answer detailed questions or surface key insights about documents you've uploaded, convert complex material into easy-to-understand formats like FAQs or briefing docs, and add resources to a notebook that are shareable with your org to create a group knowledge base. Pretty impressive all around. Don't Miss: ‘So lame of you guys’: Legendary 80s band infuriates fans over new album cover’s AI art The post Listen to this jaw-droppingly good AI podcast that’s based on some of my articles appeared first on BGR. Today's Top Deals Amazon gift card deals, offers & coupons 2024: Get $425+ free Best Apple iPad deals of Prime Big Deal Days 2024, with prices from $199 Today’s deals: $2.75 smart plugs, $79 Ninja air fryer, $6.49 Anker USB-C chargers, $219 Dreo ChefMaker, more Best Fire TV Stick deals for October Prime Day 2024

Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., is calling on the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) to ensure funds are used solely for disaster recovery and not for illegal immigrants, the Daily Caller reported Tuesday.