Gran Canaria is perhaps best known for its sandy beaches, eternal sunshine, and volcanic past. But isolated far from the European mainland, the island relies heavily on imported fossil fuels to power its growing economy 76% of its electricity comes from burning oil. In an effort to decarbonise, the government has been investing heavily in renewable energies to harness the islands abundant wind and solar resources. In 2022, renewables made up 24% of the islands energy mix, up from just 12% in 2018. But as more renewables come online, the island faces another problem: storage. Last year, the government…

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Every tech baron worth their Patagonia vest is talking about AGI these days albeit with mixed feelings. Some await our robot overlords with rapturous excitement; others anticipate a digital apocalypse. The divergence stems from varied motivations: personal perspectives, vested interests, and the ambiguity of what exactly constitutes artificial general intelligence. DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis defines it as human-level cognition and his opinion carries weight. Hassabis has made the London-based DeepMind one of the worlds leading AI labs, with building AGI as its core mission. The progress has been pretty incredible. This week, the former chess prodigy and video…

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TSB is urging consumers to remain wary of financial fraud on Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, as scams through Metas platforms are increasing at a worrying pace. The UK bank analysed its internal customer fraud data between 2021 and 2022. It found that the Meta-owned sites and apps account for a whopping 80% of all scam cases within its three biggest fraud categories: purchase, impersonation, and investment fraud. Facebook Marketplace is responsible for 60% of TSBs purchase fraud cases, seeing a 97% year-on-year increase. Remember that vintage table you had to pre-buy because the seller was conveniently in the Bahamas, but…

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Swedish low-carbon battery startup Northvolt is on a bit of a roll lately. Recently, the company revealed a new collaboration with Scania to produce the longest lasting EV batteries on the market. Now, its wholly-owned subsidiary Cuberg has unveiled a program to develop high-performance batteries to achieve safe and sustainable electric flight. One of the biggest stumbling blocks to zero-emission electric aviation is, apart from access to renewable energy, battery technology. Todays batteries are, simply put, too inefficient and too heavy. However, Cuberg says it has already achieved significant milestones in its next-generation lithium metal cell battery technology. This involves…

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Carrara, the Italian city famous for some of the worlds finest marbles, has given birth to the masterpieces of Renaissance masters, such as Michelangelo and Antonio Canova. Now, right in the heart of the citys quarry district, a startup aims to carve a new era of sculpture in which robots pick up or rather become the chisel. Founded by Filippo Tincolini and Giacomo Massari, Robotors mission is to revolutionise the industry by simplifying the sculpting process with the use of robotics and artificial intelligence. The aim is to make sculpture faster, easier, and more sustainable, while enabling artists…

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