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How to Escape the Olympics in Paris This Summer

Baua Electric

Construction chaos, price hikes and now mandatory QR codes to walk some city streets : As the Olympics loom in Paris, many locals are already looking to escape the Games, and come July, will head to quieter parts of France. Whether you’re looking to escape for an hour or for a day, here are some suggestions.

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Tesla makes quick work of water-polluting leak at Giga Berlin, authorities give all-clear

Teslarati

Just a few weeks since it was formally opened, Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin was faced with its first potential crisis: a water-polluting liquid leak. While filling a container in the paint shop, the substance escaped on Monday evening because a valve was not completely closed, according to spokesman Thomas Frey.

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Savoring the Summer at 5 Waterside Hotels

Baua Electric

And at these five properties you can make the most of the season, whether you want to splash in the ocean off the Maine coast, paddle board across a reservoir in upstate New York, kayak in a Rhode Island bay, or laze by a river on a South Carolina island. At this luxury escape in White Lake, N.Y., The Catskills, N.Y. Beginning Aug.

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Rivian CEO teases R1T’s flood wading abilities in new video

Teslarati

Recently, Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe shared a video of the all-electric R1T pickup taking a dip into deep waters, seemingly testing the truck’s ability to travel through floods. According to Rivian, the R1T’s wading depth is 3ft+, though the video suggests that the test involved shallower waters. Our engineers going for a quick dip!

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The AI Apocalypse: A Scorecard

Cars That Think

One of the earliest doomsayers was Nick Bostrom ; long before GPT-4, he argued that once an AGI far exceeds our capabilities it will likely find ways to escape the digital world and methodically destroy human civilization. On the topic of the potential of GPT-4 and its successors to wreak civilizational havoc, there’s similar disunity.

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Tesla pushes Made-in-Germany Model Y test drives in Switzerland

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As per local reports, a water-polluting liquid had leaked in Giga Berlin’s paint shop earlier this week. The substance escaped on Monday evening because a valve had not been completely closed. Tesla also reported the incident to the water authority of the Oder-Spree district. .

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Tesla ironically faces pushback at Giga Berlin from environmental groups

Teslarati

Tesla is ironically facing pushback from environmental groups in Germany who claim that the automaker’s Giga Berlin production facility, which has not started manufacturing cars yet, will produce poisonous gases that will escape from the plant.

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