In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Ørsted says Block Island is offline for summer maintenance, and rumors are flying.
Tampa just committed to 100% clean energy by 2035, but there’s a hitch.
UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for…
San Diego-based Juiced Bikes is announcing today the launch of a new electric bicycle version, the Cross Current X Step-Through.
The original Cross Current X with a step-over frame has been Juiced’s premier electric commuter and urban riding e-bike for years.
Now the…
Tesla has apologized to Model S buyers who are experiencing significant delays without communication.
However, they are short on explanation, and there are some worrying things going on.
Last week, we reported on Tesla buyers asking the automaker for better communications…
Audi’s new Skysphere concept is two cars in one
August 11, 2021
Audi invited us out to LA for a first look at their new Skysphere concept, which they will be showing at Pebble Beach this week. The car, while only a concept so far, gives us a glimpse into the future of Audi design and engineering, and we’re seriously here for it.
When we first heard about the Skysphere, Audi sounded a little cagey. They told us it was a sports car, but they also told us it…
Picking the best Wii games, the next Xenoblade, and more | Last of the Nintendogs 006
August 11, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now.
On this episode of Last of the Nintendogs, voice actors give us some clues about the next Xenoblade and the Super Mario Bros. movie. We talk about our favorite Wii games (and try to bring up…
Audit finds gender and age bias in OpenAI’s CLIP model
August 11, 2021
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now.
In January, OpenAI released Contrastive Language-Image Pre-training (CLIP), an AI model trained to recognize a range of visual concepts in images and associate them with their names. CLIP performs…
All the sessions from Transform 2021 are available on-demand now. Watch now.
That motivational speech a coach or business executive gives you might one day soon be generated by an AI assistant alongside other bits of timely advice and insight.
SportsBettingDime, in collaboration with research lab OpenAI, has been experimenting with AI in the form of a GPT-3 text editor to emulate a coach that…
Sex Offender Sentenced for Stealing over $250,000 in Merchandise from Navy Exchange on Guam
August 11, 2021
The Navy Exchange on Guam is seen on July 8, 2020. (Kristine Sturkie/U.S. Navy)
A former Guam Navy Exchange employee convicted of stealing over $250,000 worth of electronics was given two years in federal prison by a district court judge last week.
Jesse Cruz Camacho, 57…
Beta regrets? Here’s how to downgrade from iOS 15 to iOS 14
August 11, 2021
Been testing out the new iPhone and iPad betas? If, for whatever reason, you’re ready to head back to the stable releases, read along for all the details on how to downgrade from iOS 15 beta to iOS 14.
Whether you took the risk to install the iOS 15 or iPadOS 15 beta on…
2022 iPhones and Macs could feature 3nm chips, report says
August 11, 2021
With all of the eyes looking forward to the iPhone 13 announcement next month, DigiTimes is already previewing one of the features of the 2022 iPhone, which could introduce a new 3nm chip.
Apple already uses the smallest chip in the market with a 5nm processor since the iPhone 12. While the iPhone 13 is set to have the same size with a more efficient form, a paywalled preview of a report by…
