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California sets 2045 net-zero goal, keeps nuke plant open, and more

September 2, 2022
California has passed a series of climate bills setting a 2045 net-zero carbon goal, establishing carbon capture guidelines, banning new oil wells from residential areas, extending the timeline to keep Diablo Canyon Nuclear plant open for another five years, and more. The flurry of activity came at the end of the two-year legislative session, with legislators finalizing a number of bills that…
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AI software: The bridge from data to insights

September 2, 2022
Were you unable to attend Transform 2022? Check out all of the summit sessions in our on-demand library now! Watch here. Artificial Intelligence (AI) everywhere has the potential to transform every business and improve the life of every person on the planet. In fact…
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Olive Diagnostics launches AI-powered urinalysis device so you don’t have to pee in a cup

September 2, 2022
Were you unable to attend Transform 2022? Check out all of the summit sessions in our on-demand library now! Watch here. Nobody likes peeing in a cup. But when it comes to urine analysis, that’s the way it’s done. But Israeli medical device startup Olive Diagnostics has come up with a way to use artificial intelligence to analyze what’s in your toilet bowl — so you don’t have to pee…
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Record numbers of solar panels shipped in the US in 2021 – here’s why those numbers will rise

September 2, 2022
US shipments of solar panels – including imports, exports, and domestically produced and shipped panels – rose to a record electricity-generating capacity of 28.8 million peak kilowatts (kW) in 2021, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). That was up from 21.8 million peak kW in 2020. In 2021, about 80% of US solar panel module shipments were imports, and they primarily…
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Quick Charge Podcast: September 1, 2022

September 2, 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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Android 14 will support satellite connectivity and partners

September 2, 2022
Last week, SpaceX and T-Mobile announced that it would bring direct satellite connectivity to smartphones, and Google said today the next version of Android (14) will “support our partners in enabling all of this.” This development comes from Hiroshi Lockheimer, Google’s Senior Vice President of Platforms & Ecosystems, this morning, who recounted how it “was a stretch to get 3G +…
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