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Extreme E starts season 2 of electric off-road racing at the Desert X Prix this weekend

February 18, 2022
Extreme E returns to the desert for the start of its second season with the Desert X Prix in Neom, Saudi Arabia this Sunday. The electric off-road racing series started last year with a dual focus on racing with sustainable technologies while bringing attention to environmental issues across the globe. Every Extreme E race location is picked to bring awareness to one aspect of how humans are…
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Podcast: Elon Musk donates $5.7B in TSLA shares, courts controversy, Tesla Gigafactory Texas production, more

February 18, 2022
This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including Elon Musk donating billion in TSLA shares, the CEO also goes even more controversial, and Tesla Gigafactory Texas production in sight, and more. Remember to also subscribe to Electrek Quick Charge Podcast hosted by Mikey G and Electrek’s new Wheel-E 2-wheel…
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Boris FX Optics Brings Cinema Effects to Photoshop and Lightroom

February 18, 2022
Academy award-winning software developer Boris FX has launched a new version of the Optics plugin for Adobe Photoshop and Lightroom Classic that the company says will add “the same high-end cinematic look and effects to photos that the film and television industry has relied on for over twenty years.” The Optics plugin, which also operates as a standalone application, comes loaded with over…
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AI Weekly: Eric Schmidt’s new AI fund points to the challenge of financing basic AI research

February 18, 2022
Join today’s leading executives online at the Data Summit on March 9th. Register here. This week in AI, Eric Schmidt, former CEO of Google, announced plans to invest $125 million into AI research through his philanthropic venture, Schmidt Futures. Part of an initiative dubbed “AI2050,” the funding will aim to support academics working on “hard problems” in AI, including how to…
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