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Google has announced its 4th generation tensor processing units (TPUs), which it claims can complete AI and machine learning workloads in record time (TPUv4 demonstrates an average improvement of 2.7 times over TPUv3 performance). https://venturebeat.com/2021/05/18/google-details-new-ai-accelerator-...

Odyssey expansion is out today.

By far the biggest update in the game's 7 year history.

Another company to keep an eye on. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210519005548/en/ "Zap Energy is building the most compact, low-cost and scalable fusion reactor that does not employ magnets. Zap Energy achieved thermonuclear fusion in 2018 and is targeting scientific energy breakeven...

Torrential hailstones in London yesterday, and again today. And it's nearly June.

This whole Spring period has been remarkably cold.

Wonder if it's climate/Arctic-related...?

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Global renewable energy industry grew at fastest rate since 1999 last year Tue 11 May 2021 07.00 BST The world’s renewable energy industry grew at its fastest pace since 1999 last year, despite the disruption caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, and may have established a standard for growth in the fut...

Self-driving technology company Argo AI makes lidar breakthrough May 5, 2021 Argo AI, the self-driving technology company backed by Ford and Volkswagen Group, claims to have overcome one of the main challenges holding back the deployment of driverless cars: accurately seeing and identifying objects...