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Musk says Tesla’s robotaxis still cannot reliably see pets at night

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Elon Musk said Tesla’s robotaxis are still working on spotting animals that blend into the road at night, describing the problem as grey kittens on grey tarmac, as Austin’s hours moved to 11pm from

A fourth RuneScape game is under development using Unreal Engine

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Jagex says it will reveal more details about the game, tentatively named RS4, next year.

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Screen tearing is a distracting and ugly problem, but you have several ways to combat it to keep your games running smoothly.

Chronicles: Medieval promised me Tom Hardy, but gave me something much more: a nerdy historical epic with Crusader Kings diplomacy and Mount & Blade combat where you can do 'whatever you want in the world'

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China wants solid-state batteries in use by 2030, and CATL rates them four out of nine

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SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son says superintelligence in the wrong hands could be “super dangerous”

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It is still switched on in plenty of routers.

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