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Q&A: Microsoft’s AI for Good Lab on AI biases and regulation

  • April 29, 2024
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The head of Microsoft‘s AI for Good Lab, Juan Lavista Ferres, co-authored a book providing real-world examples of how artificial intelligence can responsibly be used to positively affect humankind. Ferres sat down with MobiHealthNews to discuss his new book, how to mitigate biases within data input into AI, and recommendations for regulators creating rules around […]

Nevada put big battery energy storage where a coal plant used to be

  • April 29, 2024
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Nevada utility NV Energy’s largest battery energy storage system sits on a former coal-fired power plant site and will save customers a lot of money. Swiss-US battery energy storage specialist Energy Vault (NYSE: NRGV) built the 220 MW/440 MWh grid-tied Reid Gardner Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) in Moapa, Nevada, 50 miles northeast of Las Vegas. Energy […]

Ford just opened orders for its enhanced-range E-Transit

  • April 29, 2024
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Photo: Ford Ford Pro is now taking orders for the newest version of its commercial EV, the E-Transit, with up to 32% more range and faster charge times. The 2024 E-transit‘s larger 89 kWh battery (up from 67 kWh) provides an estimated range of up to 159 miles. Ford says that makes it capable of […]

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Teladoc reports a 3% increase in revenue to $646M in Q1 2024

  • April 29, 2024
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Virtual care company Teladoc reported $646.1 million in revenue in the first quarter of 2024, a 3% increase from $629.2 million in Q1 2023. Its revenue from Teladoc Health Integrated Care increased to $377.1 million in Q1 2024, an 8% increase year-over-year, and BetterHelp revenue decreased 4% to $269 million.  The company posted an adjusted […]

California now has 1 EV fast charging station for every 5 gas stations

  • April 29, 2024
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Governor Gavin Newsom (D-CA) announced on Saturday that there is now one EV fast charging station for every five gas stations in California. California has led the US in the number of EVs and EV charging stations every year since 2016, according to the US Energy Information Administration in December. According to the governor’s office, 105,000 public or […]

Tesla unveils new Cybertruck off-roading features, Cybertent mode, and more

  • April 29, 2024
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Tesla has unveiled a new Cybertruck software update coming to bring new off-roading features to the electric pickup truck, as well as Cybertent mode, and more. Despite starting deliveries a few months ago, Tesla has yet to fully develop the electric pickup truck’s software, and it is still missing some important features. It’s not uncommon […]

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Philips Settles CPAP Breathing Device Lawsuits for $1.1 Billion

  • April 29, 2024
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Philips Respironics has reached a $1.1 billion settlement over claims that people who used their CPAP and other breathing devices were harmed by noxious gasses and flecks of foam that lodged in their airways, sometimes for years. Thousands of people contended in lawsuits that they had been injured by popular Philips DreamStation machines. The settlement […]