Category: News
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Software to accelerate R&D
Many scientists and researchers still rely on Excel spreadsheets and lab notebooks to manage data from their experiments. That can work for single experiments, but companies tend to make decisions based on data from multiple experiments, some of which may take place at different labs, with slightly different parameters, and even in different countries. The…
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2022 Lexus electric SUV to focus on driver enjoyment
Think of an electric vehicle and you’d probably imagine an immensely quiet sensory deprivation tank that seeks to make driving as comfortable and effortless as possible. Of course, there are those that seek to raise driver engagement a few notches, such as the Tesla Model S Plaid and any number of electric hypercars announced over…
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PUBG MOBILE rolls out Version 1.5 with Tesla cars, new firearms, and Auto-Parachute among other upgrades
PUBG MOBILE’s latest update has arrived, letting players explore the Tesla Gigafactory and fight to be the last one standing using tons of new high-tech gear in your arsenal. The insanely popular battle royale is running Mission Ignition until September 6th, so players can take their sweet time and enjoy all the biggest improvements in…
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Circular economics and the $57B e-waste opportunity
Circular economics and the $57B e-waste opportunity Heather Clancy Mon, 07/12/2021 – 02:00 The plastic waste problem gets plenty of attention, and for good reason: If we continue mismanaging this material as usual, there could be 7.7 gigatons of the stuff cluttering landfills, waterways and oceans, or being incinerated by 2040. Just as stunning: Plastic…
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Circular economics and the $57B e-waste opportunity
Circular economics and the $57B e-waste opportunity Heather Clancy Mon, 07/12/2021 – 02:00 The plastic waste problem gets plenty of attention, and for good reason: If we continue mismanaging this material as usual, there could be 7.7 gigatons of the stuff cluttering landfills, waterways and oceans, or being incinerated by 2040. Just as stunning: Plastic…
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Battery installations in Australia up 20%, here’s why
Last year the number of residential battery systems installed in Australia increased by 20%. The 31,000 battery systems that were installed is a remarkable number, considering Australia entered a recession in September last year for the first time in almost 30 years. This article considers some of the key drivers behind the growing market adoption…
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Daily Crunch: Flipkart raises $3.6 billion, setting another record for Indian startups
To get a roundup of TechCrunch’s biggest and most important stories delivered to your inbox every day at 3 p.m. PDT, subscribe here. Hello and welcome to Daily Crunch for July 12, 2021. You likely spent yesterday watching a football game, watching a space plane or both. We have a little bit more on the…
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Richard Branson wears pride ribbon to space in memory of Pulse nightclub victims
Richard Branson and the rainbow ribbon he wore on his space flight (Photo: Twitter) Entrepreneur Richard Branson, 70, made history when he flew to the edge of space in his Virgin Galactic space plane yesterday. Speaking to the Daily Mail hours before his ride, which took off from New Mexico, the British businessman said he…
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Tesla Giga Berlin seems on track to start Model Y production later than Giga Texas
In a recent statement to German media, Brandenburg Economics Minister Jörg Steinbach stated that he expects the final approval for Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin facility to be released sometime in the fourth quarter of 2021. If this comes to pass, Model Y production in the facility would be starting several months or so later than expected,…
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Tesla Model S Plaid drag strip tests show ‘alien tech’ performance & consistency
During MotorTrend’s test of the Tesla Model S Plaid, the automotive publication remarked that the vehicle showed an uncanny tendency to be robotic in its consistency, posting performance figures that never varied by more than a fraction of a second. It was an interesting observation for Tesla’s new flagship sedan, seeing as the “Raven” Model S Performance,…