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3 things the AI Bill of Rights does (and 3 things it doesn’t)

October 12, 2022
Did you miss a session from MetaBeat 2022? Head over to the on-demand library for all of our featured sessions here. Expectations were high when the White House released its Blueprint for an AI Bill of Rights on Tuesday. Developed by the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP), the blueprint is a non-binding document that outlines five principles that should guide the design…
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Pearl Harbor Joint Base just broke ground on a big solar-plus-storage system

October 12, 2022
The Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam West Loch Annex just broke ground for the Kūpono Solar Project, a solar-plus-storage system in O‘ahu, Hawai‘i. The Kūpono Solar Project will sit on around 131 acres of federal land and feature a 42-megawatt (MW) solar array and 42 MW/168 MWh of lithium-ion battery storage. The renewable energy will go to Hawaiian Electric’s (HECO) grid and will power…
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Quick Charge Podcast: October 11, 2022

October 12, 2022
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on…
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NASA Study Suggests Shallow Lakes in Europa’s Icy Crust Could Erupt

October 12, 2022
New research makes hypotheses that NASA’s Europa Clipper can test: Any plumes or volcanic activity at the Jovian moon’s surface are caused by shallow lakes in its icy crust. In the search for life beyond Earth, subsurface bodies of water in our outer solar system are some of the most important targets. That’s why NASA is sending the Europa Clipper spacecraft to Jupiter’s moon…
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NASA’s S-MODE Field Campaign Deploys to the Pacific Ocean

October 12, 2022
The mission’s fleet of ship, aircraft, and marine robotics will study ocean eddies and other elusive features near the surface that have a big influence on climate. When the research vessel Bold Horizon sailed from Newport, Oregon, in early October, it joined a small…
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Google testing Project Starline 3D video calling booths in more offices this year

October 12, 2022
In addition to a slew of Workspace updates at Cloud Next 2022, Google shared today that Project Starline is entering the “next phase of testing,” where more people outside the company can experience it. Google Cloud considers the 3D video conferencing booth the “next frontier of collaborating and connecting from afar.” It leverages 3D imaging, real-time compression, spatial audio, and a…
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