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DALL-E's AI art generator is now (sort of) available to everyone

September 29, 2022
You no longer need to join a queue to try OpenAI’s well-known image generator. The company has dropped the waiting list for the DALL-E beta, making the technology available to everyone. If you want to create art, you just have to sign up (if you can get past the authentication glitch that exists as we write this) and start describing the pieces you’d like to produce. The wider release…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Quick Charge Podcast: September 28, 2022

September 29, 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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Tesla Megapacks arrive in Hawaii with the state’s last coal shipment

September 29, 2022
Tesla Megapacks arrive in Hawaii with the state’s last coal shipment as it shifts its grid to renewables supported by energy storage enabled by batteries like the Megapacks. In the transition to a sustainable energy economy, we take every small victory we can get and this one is significant. Hawaii aims to reach 100% green energy by 2045 and already has the highest amount of solar…
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NASA-Built Weather Sensors Capture Vital Data on Hurricane Ian

September 29, 2022
A pair of microwave radiometers collected data on the storm as they passed over the Caribbean Sea aboard the International Space Station. Two recently launched instruments that were designed and built at NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Southern California to…
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Google lays out Manifest V3’s 2023 transition timeline for Chrome extensions

September 29, 2022
Manifest V3 is how you’re meant to build Chrome extensions, and Google today laid out a more detailed transition timeline away from Manifest V2. Manifest V3 has been criticized for impacting ad blockers, but Google has said it’s prioritizing privacy with this extension design. Last year, the company said Manifest V2 extensions would be phased out in 2023. Ahead of that, Google is detailing the…
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Google Search adding ‘Discussions and forums’ section and translated news coverage

September 29, 2022
At Search On 2022, Google announced that “Discussions and forums” will be getting their own sections in results, while translated news coverage is also coming next year. Google frames “Discussions and forums” as originating from people’s desire for more “first-hand advice.” It will appear “when you search for something that might benefit from the diverse personal experiences found…
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