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TAE Technologies exceeds fusion reactor performance goals by 250% as company closes $250M round; $1.2B to date

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is designed to demonstrate the viability of achieving net energy generation with TAE’s advanced beam-driven field-reversed configuration (FRC)—the penultimate step on TAE’s path to commercialize clean fusion power. Google continues to be an exceptional computational AI and machine learning partner for TAE.

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Ford and Volkswagen expand global collaboration to include EVs, invest in Argo AI

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Ford Motor Company and Volkswagen AG are expanding their global alliance to include electric vehicles—and will collaborate with Argo AI to introduce autonomous vehicle technology in the US and Europe. Looking ahead, even more customers and the environment will benefit from Volkswagen’s industry-leading EV architecture.

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Google Unveils Faster, Cheaper Mechanism To Track Worldwide Deforestation Online; Support for Land Use Change Measurement, Verification and Reporting

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Landsat images via Google Earth. Through its philanthropic arm, Google.org, Google introduced an online suite of beta software that leverages cloud computing to track worldwide land-use changes such as deforestation. These programs, which are used throughout Latin America, are designed to be used on a stand-alone computer.

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Polestar unveils Polestar 2 electric fastback; targeting Tesla Model 3

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Everything about it has been designed and engineered with passion and dedication. Production of Polestar 2 begins in early 2020 in China for global markets in both left- and right-hand drive. In the future, Polestar 3 will join the portfolio as a fully electric performance SUV. Pre-ordering is open.

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NASA to fly payload with SpinLaunch’s mass accelerator to test low-cost, high-cadence kinetic launch system

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After full review, NASA and SpinLaunch will publish all non-proprietary launch environment information from the test flight. There is high demand for Low Earth Orbit (LEO) constellations of inexpensive small satellites for disaster monitoring, weather, national security, and global communications.

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We Need to Decarbonize Software

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The information and communications technology sector as a whole is responsible for an estimated 2 to 4 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Because of AI’s societal impact in particular, she adds, developers have a responsibility to ensure that what they’re creating isn’t damaging the environment. grams of carbon per page view.

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Chip Fabs Go Green

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Called the Semiconductor Climate Consortium , it formed last week in collaboration with SEMI , the industry association for the electronics manufacturing and design supply chain. The founding members have all affirmed support for the Paris Agreement , which is aimed at limiting global warming to 1.5

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