In a word, China! And that exclamation is not accidental thanks to US government protectionism. Many consumers are completely unaware of contract automotive manufacturing. They think that Mercedes builds all of its own vehicles and that startups will have to raise the enormous amounts of capital and then implement new Read more…
Cryptocurrency theft in 2022 was a major concern for investors and governments alike. The increasing popularity and usage of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, Ethereum, and others have made them a prime target for cybercriminals. According to reports, the total amount lost to cryptocurrency theft in 2022 was estimated to be Read more…
In this video, we’ll explain what GoAutoVIN.com and VINsKing.com are, and debunk the common belief that these websites are legitimate vehicle sale sites. VIN is the acronym for Vehicle Information Number and it is just a code you can easily decode. These websites are known for being a source of Read more…
This video explains the surprising way the Electric Vehicles reduce most consumers electricity bills. It turns out that government regulation caps electricity company profits and that means that non-EV owners and EV owners save billions of dollars every year thanks to the extra electricity consumption of Telsa, Ford, Mercedes, Rivian Read more…
As a IT Professional I deal with acronyms and truncated names all day long so it is understandable that some people think DWeb relates to the Dark-Web where child predators and hacked user credentials live. Fortunately, DWeb is very unrelated to the darkweb. What Is The DWeb? DWeb is short Read more…
In this wide ranging interview with Google AI Engineer Blake Lemoine the question of has Google created a Sentient Artificial Intelligence in its LaMDA chatbot? Intro 0:00What is Sentient 0:20Google AI BIAS Experiements 0:45Google LaMDA AI has a Sense of Humor 1:13Margaret Mitchell Says AI is Not Sentient 2:25What Does Read more…
So many people are worried about the advent of Artificial Intelligences becoming more powerful than humans. At one end of the spectrum are those that watch Hollywood science fiction blockbusters depicting super intelligent machines deciding to destroy the human virus. At the other end are those that closely follow complex Read more…
In the early days of artificial intelligence, full AI was thought be developed quite quickly. Researchers boasted that it was just a matter of a few years and a few breakthroughs to make Artificial Intelligence an everyday reality. ….“from three to eight years we will have a machine with the Read more…
In this video we explain what the difference is between Carbon Removal and Carbon Capture. This made slightly more confusing the be fact that Carbon Removal is sometimes called Direct Carbon Capture or Direct CO2 Capture. We show a snippet of an interview with Howard Herzog from MIT’s Energy Initiative Read more…
In a world in which big data analytics constantly surprises us with what at first appears to be counter intuitive findings, there are still times that the data validates our gut feelings. UPS safety trainers have know since the 1980’s that: “…Left turns mean idling, which increases the time a Read more…
Apple and Microsoft are interchangeably the largest company in the world. Microsoft focuses on corporate tech products while Apple concentrates on the consumer. But that is not the only major difference between the two. Microsoft went through a nasty monopoly investigation in the late 1990’s that nearly tore the company Read more…
In this video we explain the how the global computer chip shortage will cost the auto industry $61 billion in lost sales just in 2021 and how the shortage will likely extend well into 2022. So how did Tesla avoid the chip shortage. It is affecting everyone from Mercedes, to Read more…
To be sure, Bitcoin and blockchain technologies are here to stay… at least for a while. There is much good with Bitcoin but there are also some serious issues. If you are thinking about Bitcoin or Ethereum or other blockchain technologies as a currency or store of value, you need Read more…
Microsoft has just released a study showing that 61% of managers are thriving in the work from home world while only 38% of staff are doing well. That means that about 60% of employees are having problems. Lifeworks (formerly Morneau Shapell) also just released a survey indicating that staff are Read more…