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Google Search rolls out a more visual search interface on mobile with grid format

Google has rolled out a new mobile search interface that allows for a more visual look at some search results. A Google spokesperson told us this new interface helps “surface relevant information related to an image, so users have a deeper understanding of the results they’re seeing.” Mobile only. The new interface is currently live for mobile searches on Google for select queries. You can try it for the query [hand tattoos] or [game room design] on your mobile… Source link

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Enel sees IPO of grid services business in 2023

MILAN (Reuters) – Europe’s biggest utility Enel plans to list its grid services business in 2023, Chief Executive Francesco Starace said in an interview with Italian daily La Repubblica published on Thursday. Enel will find an industrial partner for the new company, dubbed Gridspertise, this year, Starace added. “Gridspertise, as the new company is called, will start in 2022 as a separate company to enhance and provide to all customers services around the world. It will have an industrial… Source link

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Next Gen Emerging Markets Portfolio Buys Yandex NV, Grid Dynamics Holdings Inc, LPP SA, Sells …

Investment company Next Gen Emerging Markets Portfolio (Current Portfolio) buys Yandex NV, Grid Dynamics Holdings Inc, LPP SA, Unity Software Inc, Sea, sells Krka d.d., Saigon Beer Alcohol Beverage Corp, Delivery Hero SE, Network International Holdings PLC, Halyk Savings Bank of Kazakhstan JSC during the 3-months ended 2021Q3, according to the most recent filings of the investment company, Next Gen Emerging Markets Portfolio. As of 2021Q3, Next Gen Emerging Markets Portfolio owns 39 stocks… Source link

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AES, Google moonshot factory, to partner on grid virtualization platform

Dive Brief: AES will partner with X, Google’s research and development arm, on electric grid virtualization tools that will help support the corporation’s transition to renewable energy.  The partnership will develop technology to simulate and virtualize AES’ distribution grids in Indiana and Ohio, giving operators a better real-time view of the grid and supporting long-range planning. AES Chief Product Officer and Senior Vice President Chris Shelton said the… Source link

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AES Ohio and Google R&D arm to explore grid advancement

The company said it announced the work in April “because it’s not possible to explore this further without the close collaboration of organizations who know the intricacies of the grid — from grid operators to power system engineers to infrastructure experts, to the countries, cities, and towns who depend on it.” “We believe the future of energy is clean, reliable, affordable and accessible to all,” said Kristina Lund, AES president for US utilities. “By combining X’s… Source link

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SF’s Off the Grid forced to cut 256 employees when Google ends catering contract

San Francisco’s Off the Grid was forced to cut 256 employees after tech giant Google ended a catering contract, the food company confirmed Monday.   Off the Grid provided food truck catering and logistics services for Google’s Bay Area campuses, according to the San Francisco Business Times that first reported the story.  “Unfortunately, Google ended our contract in mid-February, which was certainly disappointing as we’ve been incredibly proud of the work we’ve done… Source link

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Biden Team Boosts Effort to Shield Power Grid From Hackers

(Bloomberg) — The Biden administration is escalating efforts to safeguard the U.S. power grid from hackers, developing a plan to better coordinate with industry to counter threats and respond to cyber attacks, according to people familiar with the matter. Top administration officials, including Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm and Deputy National Security Adviser Anne Neuberger, briefed top utility industry executives on the efforts in a March 16 meeting, said the people, who requested… Source link

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Biden’s Grid Plans Can Clean Bitcoin

My brother posed a tough question on Zoom recently.  How could I, as someone working in the cryptocurrency industry, justify bitcoin’s energy footprint in the age of climate change?  Didn’t I used to write about global warming and the dangers it poses? (I did).  A lot of people are having some version of this discussion at the moment.  With BTC’s price rising and lots of green-minded VIPs, like Elon Musk, endorsing the idea, the long-running bitcoin energy debate is seeing new life.  I… Source link

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National Grid Makes $11 Billion Deal in Move to Green Future

(Bloomberg) — National Grid Plc agreed to buy PPL Corp.’s U.K. electricity distribution business for 7.8 billion pounds ($10.9 billion), a move that will transform the company as it prepares for a low-carbon future. The biggest U.K. utilities transaction in a decade highlights how crucial grids have become as nations figure out how to navigate the shift to electricity from fossil fuels. Distribution grids, the local networks that feed directly into homes and businesses, are at the heart of… Source link

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