AI & RoboticsNews

The man betting everything on AI and Bill Belichick

Lee Roberts meets me at the University Club of San Francisco on a Friday morning, hours before his football team will lose to Cal in heartbreaking fashion – a fumble at the goal line, because little about the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill’s expensive experiment with Bill Belichick has gone according to script. But Roberts, the Chancellor of UNC, doesn’t know this…
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NewsPhotography

"I went on a 2-week photography road trip across America and this $20 pocket tripod was a complete lifesaver"

For our recent epic two-week road trip around America, I was keen to capture some great travel photos of all the iconic locations my family and I would be visiting from Vegas to LA and San Francisco. But as I was arriving in the US by airplane, I wanted to travel light. I mean very light. So this meant I only took one Canon camera, one Canon lens, and I certainly didn’t want to bring a big and…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

It's time to start recommending some Tesla Powerwall alternatives [update]

For years, Tesla Powerwall has been the go-to recommendation for “normals” looking for a painless, low-effort experience from their first home solar and battery backup solutions. Its CEO’s recent involvement in controversial politics, however, means that people are now distancing themselves from the once-trailblazing company. It begs the question: what other home solar battery solutions are…
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DefenseNews

French Army chief Schill sees Europe facing empires, vassals, war

PARIS — Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and America’s use of economic force to achieve goals signal the end of a world order based on respect of sovereignty and crisis resolution through negotiation, and indicate the resurgence of empires, French Army Chief of Staff Gen. Pierre Schill said. The world is experiencing a turning point that may be at least equivalent to the end of the Cold War, and…
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