article thumbnail

This 6-Million-Dollar AI Changes Accents as You Speak

Cars That Think

So a friend-group that included a computer science major from China, an AI-focused management science and engineering (MSE) major from Russia, and a business-oriented MSE major from Venezuela isn't an anomaly. He's the member of the trio from Venezuela.) "And And then came the pandemic.

Venezuela 143
article thumbnail

How to Prevent Blackouts by Packetizing the Power Grid

Cars That Think

Similar mismatches in supply and demand contributed to massive cascading blackouts in August 2003 in the northeastern United States and Canada, in July 2012 in India , and in March 2019 in Venezuela. The brown line shows the uncoordinated load from 1,000 electric water heaters for reference. We think there’s a better way.

article thumbnail

Why the Internet needs the InterPlanetary File System

Cars That Think

But in countries without the same level of investment in network infrastructure, the picture was less rosy: Internet service providers (ISPs) in South Africa and Venezuela , for instance, reported significant strain. The user’s browser will then connect to the IP address and ask for the Web page located at that URL. We don’t think so.

Store 129
article thumbnail

Glencore to pay >$1.1B to resolve government’s investigation into bribery and commodity and price manipulation

Green Car Congress

Glencore also admitted to bribery of officials in Brazil and Venezuela. In Venezuela, Glencore admitted to conspiring to secure improper business advantages by paying over $1.2 Between approximately 2007 and 2018, Glencore and its subsidiaries caused approximately $79.6 As part of the conspiracy, Glencore Ltd. A former Glencore Ltd.

article thumbnail

EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

Throughout this article, we’ll refer to ICEVs and EVs; here’s a quick breakdown explaining the difference between the two. When measuring the efficiency of a vehicle, it has become common to measure the processes involved in the entire ‘life cycle’ of a vehicle – referred to as ‘cradle to grave’. Here’s what we discovered.

article thumbnail

EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

Drive Electric

Throughout this article, we’ll refer to ICEVs and EVs – here’s a quick breakdown explaining the difference between the two. of the country’s total electricity connections, but it’s growing fast. Here’s what we discovered. WHAT EV MYTHS HAVE WE COVERED? Petrol and diesel vehicles both use internal combustion engines (ICEs).