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Tesla FSD About to Go Unsupervised

Tesla’s Full Self-Driving technology is on the verge of a significant breakthrough, with potential approvals and expansions in multiple states and countries, paving the way for widespread adoption in robo-taxis and personal vehicles.

Questions to inspire discussion.

FSD and Robotaxi Progress.
🚗 Q: What is the most important catalyst for Tesla investors? A: Tesla’s Robo Taxi and FSD progress, with a 10x expansion in Austin area in 2 weeks, exponential increase in service area, and unsupervised FSD available for personal use in Texas and California by year-end.

Tesla’s Biggest FSD Problem Isn’t Technical

Questions to inspire discussion.

Marketing and Promotion.

📣 Q: What marketing strategies should Tesla employ to promote FSD? A: Tesla should invest in advertising, highlighting the cost-effectiveness of their vehicles, and invite influencers and press for a special day to meet the AI team and spread the word about FSD.

Technical Advancements.

🧠 Q: What future improvements are planned for Tesla’s FSD? A: Tesla plans to expand FSD capabilities with 10x parameters in future iterations, making it an even more valuable feature and key brand differentiator.

Safety Benefits.

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Design strategies for reshaping stability and sustainability of perovskite solar cells

A research team from the School of Engineering (SENG) at the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) has introduced comprehensive bio-inspired multiscale design strategies to address key challenges in the commercialization of perovskite solar cells: long-term operational stability. Drawing inspiration from natural systems, these strategies aim to enhance the efficiency, resilience, and adaptability of solar technologies.

Their paper, titled “Bio-Inspired Multiscale Design for Perovskite Solar Cells,” has been published in Nature Reviews Clean Technology.

The approaches focus on leveraging insights from to create that can better withstand environmental stressors and prolonged use.

Is Earth inside a huge void? ‘Sound of Big Bang’ hints so

Earth and our entire Milky Way galaxy may sit inside a mysterious giant hole which makes the cosmos expand faster here than in neighbouring regions of the universe, astronomers say.

Their theory is a potential solution to the ‘Hubble tension’ and could help confirm the true age of our universe, which is estimated to be around 13.8 billion years old.

The latest research – shared at the Royal Astronomical Society’s National Astronomy Meeting (NAM) in Durham – shows that sound waves from the early universe, “essentially the sound of the Big Bang”, support this idea.

NVIDIA’s new AI tool enables precise editing of 3D scenes and photorealistic images

Over the past years, computer scientists have introduced increasingly sophisticated generative AI models that can produce personalized content following specific inputs or instructions. While image generation models are now widely used, many of them are unpredictable and precisely controlling the images they create remains a challenge.

In a recent paper presented at this year’s Conference on Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR 2025), held in Nashville, June 11–15, researchers at NVIDIA introduced DiffusionRenderer, a new machine learning approach that could advance the generation and editing of images, allowing users to precisely adjust specific image attributes.

“Generative AI has made huge strides in visual creation, but it introduces an entirely new creative workflow that differs from classic graphics and still struggles with controllability,” Sanja Fidler, VP of AI Research at NVIDIA and head of the Spatial Intelligence lab, told Tech Xplore.

Want to boost your brain as you age? Music might be the answer

Long-term musical training may mitigate the age-related decline in speech perception by enhancing cognitive reserve, according to a study published in PLOS Biology by Claude Alain from the Baycrest Academy for Research and Education, Canada, and Yi Du from the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Normal aging is typically associated with declines in sensory and cognitive functions. These age-related changes in perception and cognition are often accompanied by increased neural activity and functional connectivity—the statistical dependence of activity between different brain regions—in widely distributed neural networks.

The recruitment of neural activity and strengthening of functional connectivity are thought to reflect a compensatory strategy employed by older adults to maintain optimal cognitive performance.

Why Did The Universe Begin?

Most cosmologists agree that our universe had a beginning. But the finer details about the Big Bang remain a mystery. A history of everything would explain all, or so theoretical physicists hoped. In his final years, Stephen Hawking working with Thomas Hertog proposed a striking idea: The laws of physics were not precisely determined before the Big Bang; they evolved as the universe evolved.

In this episode of The Joy of Why, Hertog speaks with co-host Janna Levin about his work and partnership with Hawking. Hertog, now at KU Leuven in Belgium, explains why they rejected the popular multiverse theory and instead explored the idea that the universe’s properties are a result of cosmological natural selection. According to Hertog and Hawking, these properties must be viewed through the lens of human observers, who are also the consequence of natural selection.

So, how could the universe have created the conditions needed for life to emerge? Listen to the episode below to find out.

Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt warns of AI superintelligence outpacing Earth’s energy limits: ‘Chips will outrun power needs’

AIs future may be limited not by chips, but by the power to run them. Eric Schmidt highlights how data centers fueling AI models are consuming record amounts of water and electricity, risking an environmental crisis. As big tech races toward superintelligence, the looming question is whether our energy grid can handle the load.

Outbreak of Chikungunya Virus Poses Global Risk, Warns WHO

The World Health Organization warned on Tuesday a major chikungunya virus epidemic risks sweeping around the globe, calling for urgent action to prevent it.

The WHO said it was picking up exactly the same early warning signs as in a major outbreak two decades ago and wanted to prevent a repeat.

Chikungunya is a mosquito-borne viral disease that causes fever and severe joint pain, which is often debilitating. In some cases it can be deadly.

Macquarie University’s new study shows DNA ‘glue’ could help prevent and treat age related disorders

Macquarie University new study could hold the key to developing therapies for devastating age-related diseases such as motor neuron disease (MND), Alzheimer’s disease, and Parkinson’s disease.

The research at Macquarie University conducted by neurobiologist, Dr. Sina Shadfar and colleagues in the Motor Neuron Disease Research Centre, reveals a protein called protein disulphide isomerase (PDI) helps repair serious deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) damage. This breakthrough opens new possibilities for therapies aimed at boosting the body’s ability to fix its own DNA, a process that becomes less efficient as we age.

Dr. Shadfar, Associate, Macquarie Medical School stated “Brain cells are very vulnerable. Unlike skin or blood cells, they don’t divide or renew so any damage that builds up in them stays and if the damage isn’t repaired, it can eventually lead to the death of these critical cells.”