Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD says its new cars can be charged in almost the same time it takes to refill a gas engine vehicle at the pump, giving the world’s top EV seller a major advantage in a highly competitive market. BYD’s new 1 megawatt flash chargers can power vehicles in five to eight […]
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Google owner Alphabet will buy cybersecurity firm Wiz for $32 billion — in a deal set to boost the tech giant’s in-house cloud computing amid burgeoning artificial intelligence growth. If closed, the cash transaction, announced Tuesday, would become Google’s most expensive acquisition in the company’s 25-year history. Wiz rejected a reported $23 billion buyout proposal
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How Microsoft’s quantum breakthrough could solve the world’s biggest problems – CBS News Watch CBS News Microsoft has unveiled a new quantum computing chip, claiming it created an entirely new state of matter to make it possible. Experts say the technology could revolutionize problem-solving, from drug discovery to climate solutions, processing calculations in minutes that
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NASA set to bring astronauts home after 8-day mission turns into nine months – CBS News Watch CBS News On Wednesday, a SpaceX rocket is scheduled to blast off from Florida, possibly clearing the way for the long-awaited homecoming of astronauts Butch Wilmore and Sunny Williams. Their eight day stay at the International Space Station
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It might have seemed like one of the weirder headlines of 2024: Microsoft is paying $1.6 billion to restart Three Mile Island. That’s the nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania whose reactor #2 had a partial meltdown in 1979. There were no injuries, and nobody died, but it set the nuclear industry back years. Only two
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Iconic Volkswagen microbus gets an electric revival – CBS News Watch CBS News Today marks 75 years since Volkswagen first began manufacturing its beetle-based “bus.” For those of a certain generation, the microbus is one of the most recognizable and beloved vehicles to ever roll down the road. Carter Evans reports that some are charged
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Robots build full-scale 3D-printed homes in 24 hours – CBS News Watch CBS News California company “Azure Printed Homes” wants its 3D printing technology to help speed up the wildfire recovery efforts in the Los Angeles area. Its robots can print full-scale homes in 24 hours. Danya Bacchus reports. Be the first to know Get
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Breaking down the latest space launch mishaps – CBS News Watch CBS News You may have noticed all the troubling launch and landing mishaps affecting private space missions lately, from two explosions of a SpaceX Starship to lunar landers that can’t stay upright. Bill Harwood gives his perspective. Be the first to know Get browser
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A little over a month after a civilian jet broke the sound barrier, Boom Supersonic and NASA have released a photo of one of the aircraft’s historic test flights over the Mojave Desert. The image released Monday shows the XB-1 aircraft, which Boom Supersonic said is the “first civil supersonic jet made in America,” during its second
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What to know about a Texas company’s successful commercial landing on the moon – CBS News Watch CBS News Over the weekend, a Texas aerospace company made history with the first successful landing on the moon by a private firm. It’s the second private mission to the moon but the first lander toppled over after
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