Utility-scale solar and wind kept the Texas grid online during 2023’s record-breaking summer heat, according to IEEFA – here’s how it breaks down.
Texas is a solar powerhouse
Researchers from the Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) crunched data from ERCOT, which operates the Texas grid. The researchers found that from June 15 through September 15 – Texas’s…
Cloudflare ignites AI platform efforts with serverless inference, vectorize database and AI gateway
September 28, 2023
How can you rapidly deploy an AI model around the word for fast inference? That’s a challenge Cloudflare is looking to solve with a series of AI platform updates announced today.
Cloudflare is a globally distributed platform founded in 2009 that has been steadily building…
Revefi secures $10.5M in seed funding, launches AI-powered enterprise data platform
September 28, 2023
Revefi, a Seattle-based AI startup aiming to be a “copilot” for enterprise data teams, has secured $10.5 million in seed funding in a round led by Mayfield managing partner Navin Chaddha. Other participants included GTMfund, Neythri Futures Fund, and more than 10 other…
Canada wants to be the first country to implement AI regulations: Minister of Innovation
September 28, 2023
Canada aims to be the first country in the world with official regulations covering the emerging artificial intelligence sector, said François-Philippe Champagne, Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Industry in a speech on Wednesday.
“The world is looking at us to lead in how we’re going to define the guardrails that are going to be put in place here in Canada and inspire the rest…
Europe’s largest seeded startup Mistral AI releases first model, outperforming Llama 2 13B
September 28, 2023
Mistral AI, the six-month-old Paris-based startup that made headlines with its unique Word Art logo and a record-setting $118 million seed round — reportedly the largest seed in the history of Europe — today released its first large language AI model, Mistral 7B.
The 7.3…
Meta announces ‘universe of AI’ for Instagram, Facebook, WhatsApp
September 28, 2023
At a keynote speech at the annual Meta Connect conference today, Mark Zuckerberg announced that Meta is launching massive AI updates across the company’s applications and devices, including Instagram, Facebook and WhatsApp, building “state-of-the-art AI into the apps…
Bored Ape Yacht Club Announces Collaboration With Iconic Japanese Streetwear Brand Bape – Bitcoin News
September 28, 2023
According to Yuga Labs, creators of the Bored Ape Yacht Club (BAYC), the team has partnered with the popular Japanese fashion brand A Bathing Ape, commonly known as Bape. They plan to unveil a new “irreverent collection” together at Apefest in Hong Kong this November.
BAYC Partners With Fashion Brand Bape
The Bored Ape Yacht Club is teaming up with streetwear company Bape for a new collection…
US Crypto Exchange Kraken Wins ‘Milestone’ Regulatory Approvals in Europe – Exchanges Bitcoin News
September 28, 2023
Cryptocurrency exchange Kraken announced new achievements in implementing its strategy to pursue expansion on the European market. The U.S. trading platform for digital assets said it has received regulatory nods from the monetary authorities of Ireland and Spain, two of the…
Quick Charge Podcast: September 27, 2023
September 28, 2023
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…
NASA-Led Study Pinpoints Areas of New York City Sinking, Rising
September 28, 2023
Parts of the New York City metropolitan area are sinking and rising at different rates due to factors ranging from land-use practices to long-lost glaciers, scientists have found. While the elevation changes seem small – fractions of inches per year – they can enhance or diminish local flood risk linked to sea level rise.
The new study was published Wednesday in Science Advances by a team of…
