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Porsche announced today that it has produced its 100,000th Taycan electric car, and it is highlighting some of them out there that are getting significant mileage. At first, Porsche was reticent about making all-electric vehicles over concerns about how the performance that made its name would translate to an all-electric car. The brand’s first entry into the all-electric world removed all doubts. The Taycan has emerged as a top option in the higher-end market for performance sedans, and it quickly became one of…

A massive gamma-ray burst may have finally given scientists a glimpse of proof that dark matter actually exists. Proving the existence of dark matter has been a goal of the scientific community for decades. While we’re pretty sure the compound exists, we have yet to find a definitive explanation for what it is, or how it reacts with our universe. Now, though, that could be changing. A massive cosmic burst that is being heralded as the BOAT (brightest of all time) was detected in early October. The burst,…

via Dimension Films Between the two of them, longtime A-listers and childhood buddies Ben Affleck and Matt Damon boast three Academy Awards and five Golden Globes from a combined total of 20 nominations during respective careers that have delivered a huge number of box office smash hits, critical darlings, and all-time classics. And yet, even the duo’s staunchest fans may be completely unaware they were listed as executive producers on 2005’s creature feature Feast. Believe it or not, they weren’t the only…

The dinosaur-killing asteroid that slammed into Earth 66 million years ago also triggered a jumbo-size tsunami with mile-high waves in the Gulf of Mexico whose waters traveled halfway around the world, a new study finds.Researchers discovered evidence of this monumental tsunami after analyzing cores from more than 100 sites worldwide and creating digital models of the monstrous waves after the asteroid's impact in Mexico's Yucatán Peninsula."This tsunami was strong enough to disturb and erode sediments in ocean basins…

Rivian (RIVN) announced that it produced 7,363 electric pickups and SUVs during the third quarter of 2022. It’s a significant ramp for the automaker, but at what cost? The third quarter of 2022 closed out Rivian’s first year of producing vehicles, and the automaker managed a significant ramp-up over the last 12 months. Today, Rivian confirmed: Rivian Automotive, Inc. (NASDAQ: RIVN) today announced production totals for the quarter ending September 30, 2022. The company produced 7,363 vehicles at its manufacturing…

There was no indie band more influential, inimitable and prolific than 1987-91 Pixies. They perfectly mixed the mundane and the profane, the farcical with the galactic, served up depraved powerpop in viscera-dripping, three-minute gobbets. Which is why it was so disappointing when 2010s Pixies abandoned that velvet menace for professional competence on Indie Cindy, Head Carrier and Beneath the Eyrie.Trailed by their best single in years, Doggerel finds happier concord between conventional rock arrangements and Pixies’…

A map of lightning flash density per kilometer squared per year using one of the datasets, which shows where the greatest density of lightning events is in the UK. Credit: University of Portsmouth A comprehensive map of lightning strikes on the UK and Ireland over the last 12 years has been produced by experts at the University of Portsmouth to help weather forecasters, local councils and members of the public to better…

The artist formerly known as Kanye West previewed new music on Monday night, fresh off the debut of his soon-to-be-copied take on flip-flops.Indeed, while in attendance at the Burberry Spring/Summer 2023 aftershow party at the Twenty Two club in London, Ye previewed a selection of new songs, including one that was briefly (and incorrectly) assumed by fans to include a James Blake sample.Blake himself later confirmed via Twitter that one of the teased tracks does not include a sample of his 2016 song “Always.” Instead,…

Investigating the quality of deepfake images produced by different GAN architecturesPhoto by Markus Spiske on UnsplashIf you enjoy today’s reading, PLEASE give me a follow and let me know if there is another topic you would like me to explore! If you do not have a Medium account, sign up through my link here! Additionally, add me on LinkedIn, or feel free to reach out! Thanks for reading!I recently concluded a computer vision study and discovered a really interesting outcome of my deepfake images: The architecture of the…

A few months after dropping his first song of 2022 with “Hollandaise,” Ab-Soul returns with his latest single “Moonshooter.”Co-written by fellow TDE artist Zacari, “Moonshooter” sees Ab-Soul deliver countless head-spinning bars.“Hopped off the porch like, ‘One of these days I’ma hop out the Porsche’/Caught up in a daze, had a pack of Newports/Couple dollars to my name, some knowledge in my brain, and my best foot forth/I never been afraid I’m protected by a force/I can’t really explain and I’m guided by the source,” he…