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Podcast: New Tesla solar panel, 300 kW Supercharger, Rivian delay, and more

This week on the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy, including a new Tesla 420-watt solar panel, upgrading Supercharging network to 300 kW, Rivian delaying deliveries, and more. The show is back live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel. As a reminder, we’ll have an accompanying post, like this one, on the…
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AI & RoboticsNews

OpenAI disbands its robotics research team

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. OpenAI has disbanded its robotics team after years of research into machines that can learn to perform tasks like solving a Rubik’s Cube. Company cofounder Wojciech Zaremba quietly revealed on a…
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Announcing the AI Innovation Awards winners at Transform 2021

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. After hearing from AI executives, scientists, and leaders during the Transform 2021 virtual conference, it is clear innovation in the field abounds. The AI Innovation Awards caps off a week of celebrating companies and individuals pushing the AI boundaries to discover new capabilities. The third annual AI Innovation…
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AI & RoboticsNews

What to do when AI brings more questions than answers

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. The concept of uncertainty in the context of AI can be difficult to grasp at first. At a high level, uncertainty means working with imperfect or incomplete information, but there are countless…
AI & RoboticsNews

AI Weekly: Can AI predict labor market trends?

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Perhaps more than any other part of the economy, the labor market is unpredictable. In June, U.S. weekly jobless claims increased unexpectedly even while layoffs eased, to offer one recent example. The challenges lie in accounting for anomalies like the pandemic, which caused the White House last year to cancel its…
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AI and financial processes: Balancing risk and reward

All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now. Of all the enterprise functions influenced by AI these days, perhaps none is more consequential than AI and financial processes. People don’t like when other people fiddle with their money, let…
GamingNews

Valve Steam Deck is a handheld gaming PC that runs SteamOS

Valve has announced its own handheld gaming console. The Steam Deck is a compact gaming PC running a custom version of SteamOS and can play all of your Steam games while also functioning as a computer. The Steam Deck has a formfactor similar to other portable gaming consoles like Nintendo Switch or the PlayStation Vita. On either side of the display are analog sticks with the d-pad on the left and…
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