In context: Electric vehicles are much better overall now than they were a decade ago, but they still have a few key shortcomings; mostly relating to their batteries. Range anxiety is less of a problem these days, but eventually, after several years have passed, an EV battery simply won't be able to hold its charge as well as it once did.

This is, for the most part, an unavoidable problem with modern battery technology. However, some corporations are attempting to mitigate the issue by developing new

Highly anticipated: Are you ready for some PlayStation 5 news, gameplay, and new game reveals? Sony has rescheduled its The Future of Gaming live stream for Thursday. As long as we don't have any more 2020 craziness break out in the next couple of days, we should be good to go for the one-hour event.

On Monday, Sony announced it has rescheduled its PlayStation 5 gameplay reveal for June 11. The company initially slated "The Future of Gaming" live stream for

The big picture: According to AMD, SmartShift can boost gaming performance up to 14 percent by allocating more power to the GPU. A new section within AMD’s Radeon Software Adrenalin 2020 Edition makes it easy to visualize how power is being distributed between the CPU and GPU.

Dell will be the only vendor to offer AMD’s SmartShift technology in 2020 according to a recent tweet from Frank Azor, chief architect of gaming solutions at AMD.

Azor, who co-founded Alienware (

In a nutshell: Engineers with the US Air Force are developing an autonomous drone with a sophisticated AI that will hopefully be able to best fighter pilots in combat. The researchers plan to run a human-vs-AI test in July 2021.

The USAF started an AI-drone project in 2018. The goal was to implement machine learning in a less sophisticated craft like the F-16 within 18 months. If successful, newer fighters such as the F-32 or

What just happened? Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have developed a new process for creating large pieces of ultra-thin graphene that could lead to new classes of devices that emit and harvest light.

Scientists for years have been searching for a better way to make large sheets of thin, transparent electrodes for use in electronics like computer and smartphone screens and solar cells. The standard for doing so today involves a material called indium tin oxide (ITO) due to its electrical conductivity and optical transparency but it

Editor's take: Crucible, the free-to-play multiplayer shooter developed by Amazon Game Studios, isn’t quite off to the start that the e-commerce giant likely hoped for. As such, some changes are in order. With so many key features missing at launch, one has to wonder why Amazon didn't push the title back a bit longer to add them in.

In a recent developer update , Amazon said the game will remain in pre-season until it has had the opportunity

Forward-looking: Do you have ambitions to become a Doc Ock-style supervillain sporting robotic limbs? We might have taken the first tiny steps toward that worrying fantasy with a robot third arm that’s strong enough to punch through walls.

As reported by IEEE Spectrum , the arm is the work of researchers from the Université de Sherbrooke in Canada (in partnership with Exonetik) and was shown off at the recent International Conference on Robotics and Automation.

The hydraulic device has three degrees of freedom, can move at

The big picture: Covid-19 may even be giving services like Airbnb a leg up on traditional hotels. With vacation home rentals, travelers can control their contact with others, cook in a private kitchen and avoid crowded areas like hotel lobbies.

Covid-19 containment measures are starting to take their toll. Having been stuck at home for well over two months now, many are starting to go stir-crazy and are opting for impulse road trips and weeks-long respites for a change of scenery.

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