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Car Tech Electronics

All vehicles will be required to have enhanced automated emergency braking by 2029

Requirements call for braking at 62 mph, and being able to detect pedestrians at night
The big picture: The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's new automatic emergency braking rule requires automakers to develop and equip vehicles with technology that is currently unavailable. Consumer advocates question whether automakers have enough time, given the five-year window, to develop this technology and ensure it meets rigorous testing standards.
Full story By Erika Morphy, 32 comments Hotness 926k
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Software Tech Culture

Computer science coding classes deemphasize syntax as professors teach higher-level skills in AI era

AI is not just changing programming, it's also altering how students learn to code
Forward-looking: For computer science students, generative AI isn't just the future – it's the present. These smart language models are already reshaping how the next generation of programmers learns to code, with teachers giving their approach a whole new spin.
Full story By Zo Ahmed, 26 comments Hotness 82k
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Hardware Apple

Apple M4 arrives less than a year after M3 as the AI PC battle looms

Something to look forward to: With its newly announced iPads, Apple is fast-tracking the introduction of its M4 processors to compete in the upcoming AI PC race. Although the Cupertino giant claims it has the most powerful NPU on the market, Qualcomm might disagree. Meanwhile, Intel is preparing significant AI performance upgrades over the next year, and Nvidia claims that its GPUs reign supreme in generative AI.
Full story By Daniel Sims, 8 comments Hotness 34k
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Hardware Tech Culture

CPU overclockers hit a ceiling, and it happened about 17 years ago

The golden age of overclocking has long passed
The big picture: Intel recently invited two leading overclockers to its headquarters to discuss achieving the world's first 9 GHz CPU overclock. The duo of Pieter-Jan Plaisier (SkatterBencher) and Jon Sandström (ElmorLabs) also looked back at CPU frequency overclocking milestones along the way, highlighting an obvious wall that was hit roughly 17 years ago.
Full story By Shawn Knight, 26 comments Hotness 22k
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Gaming Software

Valve's Proton 9.0 update makes more Windows games playable on Linux, including The Finals

Command & Conquer: Red Alert 2 and Tiberian Sun also now playable
The big picture: Proton is essential to the Steam Deck's ability to run thousands of PC games exclusively developed for Windows, and Valve hasn't stopped working to expand the range of its Linux compatibility layer. A major new update enables support for some important titles with the improvements permeating across all Linux systems.
Full story By Daniel Sims, 15 comments Hotness 17k
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Science Space

Here is what it would look like if you traveled into the event horizon of a black hole

Everything goes wonky when gravity is bending light around you
Editor's take: Black holes fascinate me. Nobody knows what goes on inside the cosmic maw. Math and physics break down as we get closer to the singularity, so we can only use our imagination to wonder what it's like on the inside, but that's okay. Theoretical cosmologist and physicist Professor Janna Levin once said, "Black holes are the ideal fantasy scape on which to play out thought experiments that target the core truths about the cosmos."
Full story By Cal Jeffrey, Hotness 16k