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‘Breakthrough’ Geothermal Tech Produces 3.5 Megawatts of Carbon-Free Power
Fervo Energy says it has achieved a breakthrough in geothermal technology. It carried out a 30-day well test at its site in northern Nevada and says it was able to achieve a “flowrate of 63 liters per second at high temperature that enables 3.5 megawatts of electric production.” The company Read more…
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Electric Air Taxi Completes Maiden Flight At 70kph
UK startup Vertical Aerospace has achieved a significant milestone as its electric flying taxi, the VX4, successfully completed its first fully detached flight at Cotswold Airport in southwest England. The prototype flew at a speed of approximately 70 km/h and was remotely controlled using electric batteries. The flight marks another Read more…
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Apple Tests ‘Apple GPT,’ Develops Generative AI Tools To Catch OpenAI
Apple is quietly working on artificial intelligence tools that could challenge those of OpenAI, Alphabet’s Google and others, but the company has yet to devise a clear strategy for releasing the technology to consumers. From a report: The iPhone maker has built its own framework to create large language models Read more…
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Microsoft Launches Vector Search in Preview, Voice Cloning in General Availability
At its annual Inspire conference, Microsoft announced a number of new AI features headed to Azure, perhaps the most notable of which is Vector Search. Available in preview through Azure Cognitive search, Vector Search uses machine learning to capture the meaning and context of unstructured data, including images and text, Read more…
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VanMoof, the Most Funded E-bike Company in the World, Declared Bankrupt
VanMoof — the independent e-bike maker that once bragged about being the “most funded e-bike company in the world” — has been declared bankrupt in the Netherlands. The company had entered into a so-called “suspension of payment” proceeding with court-assigned administrators just last week. From a report: According to a Read more…