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Aptera Takes First 300-Mile Highway Trip in Solar-Powered EV
"I've been dreaming of this moment for 20 years," says Aptera co-CEO Steve Fambro. Aptera's solar-powered electric car just drove 300 miles on a single charge.
"We're one step closer to a future where every journey is powered by the sun," Aptera says in their announcement.
"This go around, Apte...
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'Why Did the Government Declare War on My Adorable Tiny Truck?'
Automotive historian Dan Albert loves the "adorable tiny truck" he's driving. It's one of the small Japan-made "kei" pickups and minivans that "make up about a third of car sales in Japan." Americans can legally import older models for less than $10,000, and getting 40 miles per gallon they're "Chea...
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'An Open Letter To Meta: Support True Messaging Interoperability With XMPP'
In 1999 Slashdot reader Jeremie announced "a new project I recently started to create a complete open-source platform for Instant Messaging with transparent communication to other IM systems (ICQ, AIM, etc)." It was the first release of the eXtensible Messaging and Presence Protocol, and by 2008 Sla...
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First Trial of Generative AI Therapy Shows It Might Help With Depression
An anonymous reader quotes a report from MIT Technology Review: The first clinical trial of a therapy bot that uses generative AI suggests it was as effective as human therapy for participants with depression, anxiety, or risk for developing eating disorders. Even so, it doesn't give a go-ahead to t...
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Martian Dust May Pose Health Risk To Humans Exploring Red Planet, Study Finds
A new study warns that toxic Martian dust contains fine particles and harmful substances like silica and metals that pose serious health risks to astronauts, making missions to Mars more dangerous than previously thought. The Guardian reports: During Apollo missions to the moon, astronauts suffered ...
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