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Drivers will be able to see petrol prices on Google Maps for the first time from Thursday, in a move that will help motorists shop for the cheapest fuel. Millions of motorists will be able to find the cheapest petrol and diesel prices by searching for a local suburb on the Google app, in what could prove to be “a major development” to make fuel prices fairer, according to campaigners. The tech company will use data from the government’s Fuel Finder platform, which shows real-time prices in 99% of suburbs, to show Google Map users the cheapest in their area. The Guardian
If you thought Windows Recall was creepy, buckle up. Microsoft is about to pour even more AI into its desktop operating systemgives Copilot access to all files on your PC. But don’t worry, Redmond insists that it is completely safe and secure, because the agents that interfere with the functionality run entirely on your PC – some of the time. Microsoft describes the new functionality, announced alongside a new Nvidia N1X powered Surface Laptop, as “hybrid intelligence.” The register
Announced at Computex earlier this year, the Microsoft Surface Laptop Ultra is finally available for pre-order. The flagship laptop is powered by Nvidia’s RTX Spark SoC and is set to compete with Apple’s rumored MacBook Ultra. The Surface Laptop Ultra is currently available for pre-order through Microsoft’s official online store and select retailers worldwide. It starts at $2,599, with open sales starting October 16.
Customers can get up to $1,000 cash back when they trade in an eligible MacBook Pro while purchasing the Surface Laptop Ultra.
A £20 steak has traditionally cost £20 whether you order it at 1pm on a rainy Tuesday or 8pm on a busy Saturday – but AI is about to change that. Restaurants are encouraged to embrace a more sophisticated form of dynamic pricing, using AI to figure out how much customers are willing to pay for the meal. Piemetrics, a technology business whose clients include Wagamama Owner The Restaurant Group as well as London restaurants Soom and Barge East, have a strong message for restaurants: “Your menu is underpriced. Let’s fix that.” Telegraph
On August 23, Cooper Freeman had no idea that clouds above his head were being filled with a silver compound to cause rain. Neither did thousands of other residents in Homer, Alaska, who later discovered it was called a start-up Rainmaker used an experiment in that region Cloud-seed technology. The company, based in El Segundo California, claims it produced 19 million US gallons of water in the sky in three hours. This approach to weather modification, now more than 80 years old, involves using airplanes and drones to disperse compounds such as silver iodide into clouds to form ice crystals. BBC
The most modern car du jour, even if very few ever buy one, is a good index of what the world is coming to. It’s a dress-for-the-job-you-want principle, on wheels: Drive for the world you want to inhabit. Therefore, when Tesla launched the Model X with a bioweapon defense mode (2016!), we should have been much more worried than we were, and therefore the Jaguar Type 01 Grand Tourer EV has a lot to say. “A new era”, the heritage motorist calls it, and it is not wrong. The Guardian
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