dechant over at bsky and 🐘. Senior climate writer @techcrunch. Teach at @MIT_Sciwrite. Formerly @arstechnica, @KSJatMIT, @NOVApbs.
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An Amazon customer in Texas was not enthused when her first drone-delivered order was dropped into her swimming pool. After hearing the loud buzzing of the drone arriving, she ran outside to record the delivery, and to her surprise, it landed in her pool.
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After disappearing for a few years, the Chevy Bolt is back.
It's like the McRib of cars: gone for a while, now back for a limited run...but with a new battery, faster charging, and a familiar price tag.
@tdechant has the review here: spr.ly/6015B6GtAx
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Nvidia announces its Earth-2 Medium Range weather model, built on its Atlas architecture, claiming it outperforms Google DeepMind's GenCast in 70+ variables (@tdechant / TechCrunch)
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The best satire is indistinguishable from the quarterly earnings call transcript.
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Exowatt, which aims to use concentrated solar power to generate 1¢ per kWh electricity for data centers, raised a $120M Series A from a16z, Sam Altman, and more (@tdechant / TechCrunch)
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Fusion reactor startup Helion, which has a deal to supply Microsoft with electricity by 2028, raised a $425M Series F, valuing the company at $5.245B (@tdechant / TechCrunch)
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this story from @tdechant rules techcrunch.com/2024/10/14/ae…
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Scope3, which makes tools to monitor the carbon footprint of digital ads, raised $25M led by GV to expand into making tools to track the climate impact of AI (@tdechant / TechCrunch)
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Filing: KoBold Metals, which uses ML to help it sift through datasets to identify large deposits of various metals, has raised $491M of a targeted $527M round (@tdechant / TechCrunch)
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Humongous round for a startup that uses AI to find precious metals needed in the energy transition - it's already had big success in Zambia. Scoop from @tdechant techcrunch.com/2024/10/07/ai… - tip @Techmeme
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Everett, Wash.-based fusion startup Zap Energy just landed another $130M, and @tdechant has a list of investors here, including Soros, VC arms of Chevron and Shell, and VC firms overseen by Gates and Laurene Powell Jobs. techcrunch.com/2024/09/26/za… tip @Techmeme
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Lucid Motors' North American revenue actually *dropped* in the first half of 2024 versus 2023.
It relied on a 14-fold increase in revenue from majority-owner Saudi Arabia to grow sales overall so far this year.
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@TechCrunch transportation and climate teams on the Crowdstrike story. Overview from @RebeccaBellan on transpo effects and an interesting read on how a little software bug can effect the climate by @tdechant
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In case you missed today's #GoogleIO keynote presentation, we summed it up for you
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This week we're joined by extra spacial guest host @tdechant to talk to @joselyn_lai, the co-founder and CEO of Bedrock Energy about geothermal heating and cooling. Check it out ⬇️ link.chtbl.com/3NuMyQ9J
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NEW: Tesla recalls all 3,878 Cybertrucks shipped to date because of a faulty accelerator pedal.
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Kode Labs, which develops tools that integrate data from building management systems and IoT devices, raised a $30M Series B led by Maverix Private Equity (@tdechant / TechCrunch)
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