Big tech companies agree to not ruin your electric bill with AI data centers
Anna Washenko / engadget - Today the White House announced that several major players in tech and AI have agreed to steps that will keep electricity costs from rising due to data centers. Under this Ratepayer Protection Pledge, companies are agreeing to practices that are intended …
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Bill Gates-backed TerraPower begins nuclear reactor construction
Anna Washenko / engadget - The Nuclear Regulatory Commission has granted approval to TerraPower to begin construction of a reactor in Wyoming. The project is the first new US commercial nuclear reactor in about a decade, according to The New York Times. TerraPower was founded by Bi…
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The sea is higher than we thought and millions more are at risk, study finds
abcnews - A new study in the journal Nature says most sea level rise research may have underestimated coastal water heights by an average of 1 foot or about 30 centimeters
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Shellworks raises $15M to scale sustainable plastic alternative Vivomer
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - London-basedbiomaterials company Shellworks has raised $15 million in a Series A fundinground led by Paris-based impact investment fund alter equity. The round alsoincluded participation from Nat Frie...
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Photoncycle raises €15M to scale seasonal energy storage in Europe
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Norwegianenergy storage scale-up Photoncycle has raised €15 million in Series A fundingto address a key renewable energy challenge in Europe: enabling households tostore surplus summer solar power for...
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Bindbridge raises $3.8M for next-generation crop protection
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Cambridge-basedBindbridge has secured $3.8 million in early-stage funding from Speedinvest andNucleus Capital to advance next-generation crop protection aimed at improvingcrop resilience and agricultu...
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French synbio baCta snaps €7M: Can AI yeast crack the €1B astaxanthin market?
Abhinaya Prabhu / techfundingnews - Industrial biotech startup baCta has raised €7 million in seed funding to accelerate its vision of replacing petrochemical…
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Mycoverse raises €2.4M pre-seed to tackle potato late blight in Europe
Tamara Djurickovic / tech - Mycoverse, an agritechspin-out from the Technical University of Denmark (DTU) developing fungal-basedbiological crop protection, has raised €2.4 million in pre-seed equity funding.The round was co-led...
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Lamborghini Has Been Planning an EV for Years. It’s Just Been Cancelled
Zac Estrada / gizmodo - EVs in their current form do not deliver the "specific emotional connection" Lamborghini says its cars need.
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Amazon to Sink $12 Billion Into Data Centers as Wall Street (and Everyone Else) Turns Against AI Spending
AJ Dellinger / gizmodo - Surely they can just spend their way out.
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Sam Altman is tired of ‘unfair’ critiques about AI’s energy use. Climate experts say his defensive stance is misguided
Kristin Toussaint / fastcompany - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has defended the resource-intensive use of AI by comparing it to all the energy—and food—that humans require, sparking a wave of backlash across social media. That comparison, experts in climate and tech spaces say, is misguided, dow…
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Sam Altman Would Like To Remind You That Humans Use a Lot of Energy, Too
msmash / slashdot - OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is pushing back on growing concerns about AI's environmental footprint, dismissing claims about ChatGPT's water consumption as "totally fake" and arguing that the fairer way to measure AI's energy use is to compare it against humans.…
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Einklang raises €2.2M to slash German factory power bills 40% with battery tariffs
Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Germany’s mid-sized businesses are struggling with soaring electricity costs during the energy transition. They face price swings, high…
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London’s Mondra And Vienna’s Inoqo Announce Strategic Merger
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - London-based AI supply chain intelligence platform Mondra and Vienna-based sustainability intelligence platform inoqo have announced a strategic merger. The combined entity aims to accelerate decarbonisation and enhance resilience across the global food s…
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2027 Toyota Highlander EV First Look: 3 Rows, 2 Batteries, 1 Big Question
slashgear - Toyota's new Highlander gets a bold design and an all-electric drivetrain. Is it enough to win the growing three-row SUV segment?
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Sweden-Based Vesiro Raises €1.6M Funding
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Gothenburg-based Vesiro, a spinout from Chalmers University, has secured €1.6 million in seed funding. The round was supported by Chalmers Ventures, Industrifonden, Länsförsäkringar Göteborg & Bohuslän, Yuncture, First Gate Invest, E14 Invest, Mach One, a…
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WtEnergy raises €10M to decarbonise Europe’s cement and chemicals
Sofia Chesnokova / techfundingnews - Heavy industries in Europe, such as cement, paper, and chemicals, are under increasing pressure to reduce emissions and…
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UK- and Spain-based sustainability data platform Dcycle acquires Germany’s ESG-X to accelerate DACH expansion
Rahul Raj / eu-startups - Dcycle, a UK and Madrid-based sustainability data management platform, today announced the acquisition of ESG-X, a Munich-based software company specialising in AI-powered sustainability reporting solutions, to expand its presence in the DACH region. The …
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New York lawmakers introduce bill that aims to halt data center development for three years
Cheyenne MacDonald / engadget - On Friday, New York State Senators Liz Krueger and Kristen Gonzales introduced a bill that would stop the issuance of permits for new data centers for at least three years and ninety days to give time for impact assessments and to update regulations. The …
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Twogee Biotech Raises €2.2M Seed Round To Advance Circular Biomass Technology
Kailee Rainse / startuprise - Munich-based Twogee Biotech, a biotech startup creating custom enzyme solutions for the industrial conversion of biomass into sustainable raw materials, has closed a €2.16 million seed funding round. Investors include High-Tech Gründerfonds, Bayern Kapita…
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