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139. THE SUN WILL RISE FROM THE WEST: Predictions for 2022

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They are launching new EV models by record numbers; models that end users are willing to buy from manufacturers other than Tesla. Against the backdrop of government policies, economic growth and easy access to capital, the tech sector continues to witness an influx of new ideas, willing entrepreneurs and talent escaping dying industries.

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Q&A: Why the Metaverse Needs to Be Open

Cars That Think

This so-called metaverse has captured the tech zeitgeist and is attracting billions in investments. The name comes from author Neal Stephenson's dystopian sci-fi classic Snow Crash , which envisaged a gigantic 3D playground where millions of people escaped the drudgery of the real world. The foundation is real-time 3D media.

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Q&A: Why the Metaverse Needs to Be Open

Cars That Think

This so-called metaverse has captured the tech zeitgeist and is attracting billions in investments. The name comes from author Neal Stephenson's dystopian sci-fi classic Snow Crash , which envisaged a gigantic 3D playground where millions of people escaped the drudgery of the real world. The foundation is real-time 3D media.

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

It includes some high-tech touches, including GMs wireless OnStar communications technology that lets a passenger locate other drivers in a city. Photos: GM, Segway purr about PUMA Martin LaMonica is a senior writer for CNETs Green Tech blog. Reddit Recent posts from Green Tech EPA calls greenhouse gases a public threat U.S.

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GPT-4, AGI, and the Hunt for Superintelligence

Cars That Think

However, as spectacular tech advances often do, they seem also to have unleashed a torrent of misinformation, wild assertions, and misguided dread. You take a baby, you expose this baby to its family, its environment, the child goes to school, it reads, etc. The Iranian drones that the Russians are buying and launching into Ukraine.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Instead they could buy back electricity at peak hours from vehicle drivers. Utilities could avoid building more dirty peaking power plants.

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