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Chinese world’s first boggest solar thermal power
China has flicked the switch on the world’s first dual-tower solar thermal power station, a milestone in renewable energy engineering and showcasing Beijing’s growing technological prowess in clean power generation. The newly commissioned plant in Guazhou County in northwestern Gansu province is unlike any solar project built before. It uses two solar towers feeding a
Tesla lauches cheaper versions of the Model 3 and Model Y
Tesla has spent more than a year teasing that “more affordable models” of its vehicles were on the way, and on Tuesday, the company finally revealed them. The company is now selling a more bare-bones version of the Model 3 sedan and the Model Y SUV, which start at $36,990 and $39,990, respectively.The release of
Launch of Opal in 15 different countries
Opal works by getting users to enter a description of the app they want to make, after which the tool uses different Google models to do so. Once the app is ready, users can open the editor panel to view and customize the visual workflow of inputs, outputs, and generation steps. They can click any
Square launches AI voice ordering
Square, Block’s merchant payments platform, has launched new features for merchants, including AI-powered voice ordering for restaurants, enhancements to its AI assistants — such as providing local insights — and an integrated Bitcoin solution to accept and hold the digital currency.Square is also adding Grubhub integration to streamline third-party delivery orders, a redesigned kiosk interface
Google’s Search Live in India
Google is bringing its AI-powered conversational search feature, Search Live, to India launching in English and Hindi and expanding AI Mode to seven new Indian languages, as the company strengthens its presence in one of its fastest-growing markets.With this launch, India becomes the second market after the U.S. to get Search Live a logical move
Google command-line coding tool extension
Google officially launched a new feature for its command-line AI system, Gemini CLI, allowing outside companies to integrate directly into the AI product. Called Gemini CLI Extensions, the feature is launching with extensions from Figma, Stripe, and other companies. The first available extension was to Google’s own Nanobanana image generator, which was posted to GitHub
European Union’s research priorities face an unprecedented degree of political interference.
In July, the European Commission announced a proposal to nearly double the European Union’s Horizon Europe research-funding budget to €175 billion (US$205 billion) for its next seven-year period, which begins in 2028. But any celebrations did not last long. The commission also confirmed its intention, first mooted earlier this year, to abolish a long-standing rule
Groundbreaking quantum-tunnelling experiments
The foundations of quantum mechanics were laid down 100 years ago. But many of its strange implications have taken decades to unravel. One is the phenomenon of quantum tunnelling the ability of particles to pass straight through a barrier that shouldn’t be possible according to classical physics, given its energy.Both tunnelling and superposition were known
ChatGPT Interoperability
ChatGPT will now be able to ask other apps to do things on your behalf, such as booking a suitable hotel room or creating a playlist for that upcoming weekend party. You’ll be able to direct yourself to specific apps by mentioning them in the chat, but ChatGPT will also be able to suggest suitable
Instagram Launches Its Own Awards Program
Instagram is launching an awards program, called Instagram Rings, to honor some of the top creators on the platform. Unlike traditional award programs, Rings doesn’t have specific criteria or categories. It aims to honor a creator’s spirit and creativity. “This award is for the creators who don’t just participate in culture – but shift it,