New York–primarily based startup Amogy thinks the important thing to fixing this downside lies in harnessing ammonia—one of many world’s most generally shipped chemical substances—to energy electrical tractors, vehicles, and even ships.
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The must-reads
I’ve combed the web to seek out you at this time’s most enjoyable/vital/scary/fascinating tales about know-how.
1 Our telephones are failing to seize the fact of wildfires
Their subtle shade correction algorithms imply it’s tougher to take correct pictures. (Vice)
+ It’s been a terrifying week for New Yorkers. (New Yorker $)
+ But the state of affairs is slowly bettering. (NYT $)
+ These apps allow you to examine the air high quality the place you reside. (WSJ $)
2 DeSantis’s marketing campaign shared deepfake pictures of Trump and Fauci
The line between actuality and fiction is getting tougher to discern. (NPR)
3 The dam collapse in Ukraine is an ecological catastrophe
Worst of all, a number of the injury it’s brought on could also be everlasting. (Wired $)
+ Satellite pictures lay naked the size of the destruction. (NBC)
4 We want extra knowledge on AI’s carbon footprint
We might pay a excessive environmental worth for the know-how’s fast development. (The Guardian)
+ Why we have to do a greater job of measuring AI’s carbon footprint. (MIT Technology Review)
+ Labor unions have a brand new enemy: AI. (WP $)
+ A detector can spot AI-written educational textual content. (The Register)