Overstory snags $14M Series A to use AI to help utilities cut their wildfire risk

[ad_1] First it was California, which experienced year after year of deadly wildfires. Then came Hawaii’s deadly firestorm this year. Camp, Dixie and Lahaina aren’t just three of the deadliest, most destructive wildfires in U.S. history, they were also all caused by downed power lines or faulty equipment owned by electric companies. Utilities have long known about the hazards posed…

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Why Solana, Polygon and Aptos expect the enterprise to drive mass adoption

[ad_1] Also: Is a multichain world the answer to some of web3's biggest problems? Jacquelyn Melinek 7 hours There are a number of blockchains out there competing for market share. Some chains are generalists with a focus on growing the greater ecosystem, while others focus on scaling or changing the financial landscape. Even as a handful of the big ones…

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Cinemin: A Fun Camera App with Animated Film Aesthetics (No AI)

[ad_1] Tinrocket, makers of popular apps such as Waterlogue and Olli, have released a new camera app called Cinemin to shoot animated photos and videos without the help of any AI filters. The app, available for free, uses inspiration from traditional animated art and films for its filters. You can apply the filters while capturing the images or videos to…

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Should the US implement a ‘robot tax?’

[ad_1] A version of this story original appeared in TechCrunch’s weekly robotics newsletter, Actuator. Subscribe here.  A big and often unremarked upon aspect of being a reporter is knowing your audience. It’s not always as straightforward as it sounds — particularly when writing about tech. You’re always walking that tightrope between over- and under-explaining. Assuming too much knowledge makes text…

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How to pitch me: 15 investors talk about what they’re looking for in August 2023

[ad_1] Summer 2023 has been the hottest one on record since 1880, but while early-stage founders were sweating over the order of the slides in their pitch decks, the investors they hoped to connect with were playing pickleball in Jackson Hole or relaxing poolside with cocktails in Palm Springs. August is one of the slowest months in venture capital, which…

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Amazon inks logistics deal with India’s post and railway services, announces SMB generative AI tool

[ad_1] Amazon‘s march on the Indian market is taking to the rails and the mail. The e-commerce giant today announced new deals with India Post and Indian Railways to boost delivery for small businesses. At its SMB event Amazon Sambhav in New Delhi on Thursday, Amazon also unveiled new efforts to target D2C brands, and a new generative AI “assistant”…

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Chinese luxury EV brand Zeekr continues global push into Kazakhstan

[ad_1] Zeekr, the luxury electric vehicle brand under China’s Geely Automobile Holdings, says it will launch its Zeekr 001 shooting-brake and Zeekr X SUV in Kazakhstan by the fourth quarter of 2023. Kazakhstan, a key market in Central Asia, marks Zeekr’s third geographic expansion announcement in recent months. The two-year-old Chinese automaker also said it plans to begin selling vehicles…

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Why millions of useable hard drives are being destroyed

[ad_1] Seagate is a leading provider of data storage solutions, and a founding member of the CDI. "If we can universally, among all of our customers, trust that that we have secure erase, then drives can be returned to use," says Amy Zuckerman, sustainability and transformation director at Seagate. "That is happening, but on a very small scale." [ad_2] Source…

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