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Climate protestors clash with police outside Tesla’s German gigafactory
Climate protestors in Germany reportedly broke through police barricades on Friday, amid clashes between activists and law enforcement. The protestors either made it onto (according to protestors) or near (according to local police) the grounds of a Tesla gigafactory in Grünheide, Germany, near Berlin.
Climate protestors clash with police outside Tesla’s German gigafactory
Climate protestors in Germany reportedly broke through police barricades on Friday, amid clashes between activists and law enforcement. The protestors either made it onto (according to protestors) or near (according to local police) the grounds of a Tesla gigafactory in Grünheide, Germany, near Berlin.
The world’s largest direct carbon capture plant just went online
Climeworks has just opened the world’s largest direct carbon capture plant. It can suck around 36,000 tons of CO2 from the air each year, burying it underground.
Google DeepMind’s latest medical breakthrough borrows a trick from AI image generators
Much of the recent AI hype train has centered around mesmerizing digital content and the potentially dangerous ways it could disrupt society. But on the brighter side, an update to Google’s AlphaFold software could lead to new disease research and treatment breakthroughs.
Research indicates that carbon dioxide removal plans will not be enough to meet Paris treaty goals
New research indicates a large “emissions gap” between what actions nations have committed to help remove carbon from the atmosphere and what’s required to meet Paris treaty goals.
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Climate protestors clash with police outside Tesla’s German gigafactory
Climate protestors in Germany reportedly broke through police barricades on Friday, amid clashes between activists and law enforcement. The protestors either made it onto (according to protestors) or near (according to local police) the grounds of a Tesla gigafactory in Grünheide, Germany, near Berlin.
The world’s largest direct carbon capture plant just went online
Climeworks has just opened the world’s largest direct carbon capture plant. It can suck around 36,000 tons of CO2 from the air each year, burying it underground.
Google DeepMind’s latest medical breakthrough borrows a trick from AI image generators
Much of the recent AI hype train has centered around mesmerizing digital content and the potentially dangerous ways it could disrupt society. But on the brighter side, an update to Google’s AlphaFold software could lead to new disease research and treatment breakthroughs.
Research indicates that carbon dioxide removal plans will not be enough to meet Paris treaty goals
New research indicates a large “emissions gap” between what actions nations have committed to help remove carbon from the atmosphere and what’s required to meet Paris treaty goals.
Boeing’s Starliner spacecraft may finally take its first crewed flight next week
Boeing's Starliner crew capsule is scheduled to launch from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station’s Launch Complex-41 in Florida on Monday, May 6. The launch window opens at 10:34PM ET. Astronauts Butch Wilmore and Suni Williams will be on board.
Boom's XB-1 supersonic jet has been authorized to break the speed of sound
Boom's supersonic XB-1 test jet has received Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approval to fly past Mach 1.
The world’s biggest 3D printer can a make a house in under 80 hours
The University of Maine has beat its own world record by creating the largest polymer 3D printer. This new model can print up to 500 pounds each hour.
The White House wants a zero-emission freight industry by 2040
The Biden administration is tackling the monumental task of making America’s industrial freight system more environmentally friendly. The White House said on Wednesday that it aims to have 30 percent of industrial truck sales produce zero emissions by 2030 and 100 percent by 2040.
Mercedes-Benz quad-motor G-Class could be the ultimate EV off-roader
The Mercedes-Benz G-Class has been in regular production since 1979. It's changed a lot since then, but it's never seen a change quite like this. Meet the Mercedes-Benz G 580 with EQ Technology.
Amazon halts drone deliveries in California, but kicks off operations in Phoenix
The e-commerce company has closed its delivery site in Lockeford, which has been operational since 2022.
Microsoft's AI tool can turn photos into realistic videos of people talking and singing
Microsoft Research Asia has unveiled a new experimental AI tool called VASA-1 that can take a still image of a person — or the drawing of one — and an existing audio file to create a lifelike talking face out of them in real time.
Boston Dynamics unveils an all-electric version of its Atlas robot
Boston Dynamics has revealed an all-electric version of its Atlas robot that looks even more dexterous and agile than previous models.
This hopping robot with flailing legs could explore asteroids in the future
SpaceHopper, as the robot is called, could provide us the information to know more about the history of the universe.
Menteebot is a human-sized AI robot that you command with natural language
Menteebot is a human-sized robot that’s stuffed with AI bells and whistles. Users can command the bot to do their bidding via natural language prompts and it can learn new tasks.
ESA's Gaia mission discovers the biggest stellar black hole in our galaxy yet
Gaia BH3 is 33 times the size of our sun and is relatively close to our planet.
Boston Dynamics sends Atlas to the robot retirement home
Boston Dynamics is retiring its dancing, search-and-rescue robot Atlas.
The latest version of xAI's Grok can process images
xAI, the OpenAI competitor founded by Elon Musk, has introduced the first version of Grok that can process visual information.
Engadget Podcast: Does Humane’s AI Pin live up to the hype?
Humane’s hyped up AI Pin is finally here and, unfortunately, it stinks.
Physicist Peter Higgs, who predicted 'the God particle', has died at 94
Peter Higgs, the famous physicist who predicted the Higgs boson particle, has passed away at the age of 94. He won the Nobel Prize in 2013 for his research.
Formula E kills its latest junior series just days before the first scheduled race
Formula E has killed off its latest junior series just days before the first scheduled race. Reports suggest the cancellation was due to issues with an investor.
