How To Break Free Of Digital & Internet Monopolies
The digital universe is dominated by a few extremely large companies which leverage your online activity to generate profits for themselves.
The Energy Storage Game Is Afoot: Form Energy Faces Off Against Tesla Megapack 3
The US energy storage startup Form Energy is challenging Tesla’s new Megapack 3 rollout with a new 100-hour iron-air battery, with deployments in Minnesota and six other states in the planning stages.
Hacking AI — In Simple Ways — To Spread Misinformation
I’ve lived through many internet ages. In each stage of where the internet evolves and where humans spend their time, businesses and political actors step in and try to “game the system” for their benefit. It’s not all about eyeballs and money, but, eventually, that’s almost always what anything popular … [continued]
Waymo Showers Us With More Information On Driving Simulation
It’s been a busy week for Waymo. The California company, born out of Google many seasons ago, is at a critical point in its life and development. The company is on the verge of something, but that something is completely different depending on who you ask. This week, Waymo has … [continued]
Google AI Giving Wrong Information On US EV Tax Credit
If you’ve used AI from Google, ChatGPT, or elsewhere to try to get answers to a variety of queries, you’ve probably noticed some odd and incorrect information some of the time. Part of the problem with this, to me, is that the answers are provided in an authoritative way that … [continued]
Alphabet Buys Intersect For $4.75 Billion — Is That A Good Thing?
I’m sure everyone here knows the company Intersect. Just kidding, I assume most people don’t know the company, since I had never run across it before. Apparently, though, it’s a data center and energy infrastructure solutions provider. It builds big power projects for data centers and booming electricity needs. Alphabet, … [continued]
Full Page Open Letter Calls on Amazon, Google, Meta, & Microsoft to Stop Fueling Climate…
INDIANAPOLIS – A full page open letter in the Sunday papers of the Indianapolis Star calls on the country’s largest technology company CEOs — Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, Google’s Sundar Pichai, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg, and Microsoft’s Satya Nadella — to power their data centers with clean energy, or risk failing to meet their own … [continued]
CleanTechnica Needs You — No Paywalls, No AI BS, No Billionaire Owners
CleanTechnica has worked hard for more than 17 years to bring accurate, useful information on clean technology matters to the world. That started primarily with solar energy and wind energy, but then grew into thorough coverage of electric vehicles, batteries, and much more. We have built out an enormous collection … [continued]
Boom — Waymo Takes The Freeway (+ Important Note On Waymo’s Approach)
Waymo took a big step forward today. Well, it has been a very long process of stepping, but I think we can say the foot hit the ground today. Here are a few key notes: Waymo now operates in several cities, but it has historically avoided getting on freeways. In … [continued]
Electrify America Real-Time Charger Info Now On Google Maps
One key to convenient on-the-road charging for electric vehicles is being able to find charging stations on your route and knowing whether there are stalls available to charge. The good news is that Electrify America and Google have teamed up to improve the available data. Electrify America is now porting … [continued]
