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Industrial Heat Pumps Are Coming For Your Fossil Fuels

Industrial Heat Pumps Are Coming For Your Fossil Fuels
Beyond Carbon: Scientists Design A New Catalyst to Generate Green Fuel from Water
Chrysler Halcyon Concept First Look: Six Doors and Sci-Fi Tech
It Was Already Difficult to Refill a Hydrogen Car, and Shell Just Made It Harder

The path to profitability for AI in 2024

What's the secret behind the explosive growth of AI models like ChatGPT, and how are recent advancements shaping the future of AI in terms of efficiency, sustainability, and profitability?
Why You Hate Networking and How to Change That
How to Speed Up Product Development with Design

The EV Revolution Isn’t Dead Yet

EV sales and market share in the United States are expected to continue growing
A New Push for Clean Cooking Solutions
The Most Powerful Fiat Ever
2024 Lexus GX550 Is Ready for Adventure

The most promising AI smart glasses are from a brand you’ve never heard of

Brilliant Labs has unveiled Frame, touted as the world’s first glasses with an integrated multimodal AI assistant named "Noa."
Google warns users of its Gemini chatbot apps, available for web, Android, and iOS, to avoid entering incriminating or sensitive information.
Odyssey, a Fort Lauderdale, Florida-based startup, is revolutionizing the energy beverage sector with its mushroom-based drinks

Wind Power Returns To Cargo Ships, Now With Recycled Plastic

The cargo shipping industry is turning to wind power for fuel savings, with the Finnish firm Norsepower claiming up to 28% reduction.
Porsche is set to release the second generation of its electric car, the Taycan, this spring.
Companies Build “Capabilities” Before They Build “Moats”

AI Breakthroughs Alert! Google’s Gemini Ultra, Microsoft’s Copilot, Abacus AI’s chart-topping Smaug-72B, and Apple’s MGIE model redefine tech and prod...

Google's Big Leap: Transitioning from Bard to Gemini, Google introduces Gemini Ultra as its latest innovation in large language models.
Microsoft's New Aces: Meet Copilot for Sales and Service, AI tools designed to boost productivity for sales and customer service professionals.
Open-Source Triumph: Smaug-72B by Abacus AI now leads the Hugging Face leaderboard, outshining giants like GPT-3.5.

The hydrogen bubble has started to leak, leading to growing anger and hostility among proponents.

The hydrogen energy hype bubble has started to leak, leading to growing anger and hostility among proponents. This reflects cognitive dissonance, as contradictory evidence challenges their beliefs. The reality of hydrogen's economic uncompetitiveness is causing denial and lashing out, similar to climate change denial. This has implications for the future of hydrogen energy.

AI-powered effort to unlock ancient texts from Herculaneum papyri.

Tech CEO Nat Friedman leads an AI-powered effort to unlock ancient texts from Herculaneum papyri. The contest aims to transcribe and decipher these scrolls buried in the Italian countryside since 79 A.D., potentially rewriting ancient history. Early progress suggests AI may unlock the largest collection of ancient texts ever discovered. Microsoft partners with Semafor and news organizations to responsibly utilize generative AI in content production. Semafor launches "Signals" for breaking news analysis with tools from OpenAI and Microsoft.

The US Space Force Is Also Catching Space Solar Fever.

The US Space Force is becoming involved in the development of space solar power, which has the potential to provide 24/7 solar power at a multi-gigawatt scale. Research teams from the US, China, and the UK are working on the technology, with implications for military and civilian use. Companies like Orbital Composites and Virtus Solis are advancing the technology with the aim of deploying a space solar pilot project by 2027. The US Air Force is also exploring space solar power through its SSPIDR program.

Amazon debuts Rufus, an AI shopping assistant and the Arc is getting better search results.

Amazon launched an AI shopping assistant called Rufus, trained on their product catalog and web data. It will offer product advice, comparisons, and recommendations to select U.S. customers in beta. The Browser Company introduces AI-powered changes to its desktop browser, Arc, including Instant Links and Live Folders. Arc Explore, a tool for automating browsing journeys, signals a shift to AI-focused browsing.