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Google and Chevron invest in nuclear fusion startup that’s raised $1.2 billion

July 19, 2022

CNBC Google and Chevron are part of a $250 million funding raise announced Tuesday for TAE Technologies, a nuclear fusion startup with an unconventional strategy that has now raised a total of $1.2 billion. Nuclear fusion is often referred to as the holy grail of clean energy because of its promise of generating nearly unlimited emission-free energy without the equivalent harmful, long-lasting radioactive waste

Google plans to stop making A.I. tools for oil and gas firms

May 20, 2020

CNBC Google has pledged to stop building customized artificial intelligence (AI) tools that help oil and gas firms to extract fossil fuels worldwide. The pledge came after a Greenpeace report on Tuesday highlighted how Google, Microsoft, and Amazon use AI and warehouse servers to help the likes of Shell, BP, and ExxonMobil to locate and retrieve oil and gas deposits from the earth. A Google spokesperson confirmed to CNBC

Waymo ‘Early Rider’ Feedback: Autonomous Cars Need a Method to Gently Wake Napping Passengers at their Destinations

June 22, 2018

400 users of Google’s Waymo self-driving cars, ages 9-69, are using the service to go to work, school, shopping, entertainment – and rating it From KTAR News PHOENIX — A select group of Arizonans has been shuttling around the Phoenix area in self-driving cars for the past year, providing insight into the future of the technology. Waymo, Google’s self-driving car company,

Google and Chevron invest in nuclear fusion startup that’s raised $1.2 billion

Google plans to stop making A.I. tools for oil and gas firms

Waymo ‘Early Rider’ Feedback: Autonomous Cars Need a Method to Gently Wake Napping Passengers at their Destinations

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