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Electrified Thermal Solutions' firebrick technology.
  • Firebricks have been around for thousands of years.
  • Industries use them to store heat from burning fossil fuels; newer versions conduct electricity.
  • Firebricks could save over $1.2 trillion in renewable energy storage costs by 2050.

Industrial manufacturers make materials like aluminum and glass for everything from beverage



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For the launch of its new Pixel phones, Google looked to YouTube stars to bring the heat. An online After Party breathed new life into the brand's snooze-y "Made by Google" keynote by featuring a who's who of YouTube talent.

Amelia Dimoldenberg (of "Chicken Shop Date" fame), drag superstars Trixie Mattel and Monét X Change, Hot Ones' Sean Evans, science guy Mark Rober, and more all showed up and



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Fede Alvarez's new Alien film is set between the Ridley Scott original and James Cameron sequel—but you don't need to rewatch those beforehand.



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Consumers and investors are sick of AI hype, and Google knows it.

"There have been so many promises, so many 'coming soon's, and not enough real-world helpfulness when it comes to AI," Google senior VP Rick Osterloh said at the "Made by Google" event that unveiled new Pixel phones in Mountain View Tuesday. "Which is why today, we're getting real ... we're going to answer the biggest question people



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Browse the best Google Pixel 9 Pro XL screen protectors to your heart's content with us. We've gathered the cream of the crop right here.



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The Made by Google 2024 launch event came and went, with plenty of devices revealed, from the Pixel 9 series to the Pixel Watch and even a new foldable. Here's everything the company announced.



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Sad Cat Studios announced on X that it is delaying its highly anticipated cyberpunk action game Replaced to next year.

The studio says in its online statement that its expectations for the Xbox and PC exclusive are high since they first announced the game at E3 in 2021. It wants to make sure it meets those expectations and doesn’t want to rush the production process.

“Our initial release was



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In between the reveal of new Pixel phones and AI features at its event today, Google snuck in a few burns targeted at Apple. Some were subtle — others far from it.

While it’s not uncommon for companies like Google to draw comparisons to competitors during big events like this, Google seemed to sprinkle references to Apple all throughout its



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Upside Foods, a cultivated meat firm, sued Florida over its ban on lab-grown meat, arguing that the state’s legislation prohibiting the sale of cultivated meat is unconstitutional.

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed the ban into law in May, describing the legislation as a way of “fighting back against the



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A lawsuit that several artists filed against Stability AI, Midjourney, and other AI-related companies can proceed with some claims dismissed, a judge ruled yesterday.

Many artists allege that popular generative AI services violated copyright law by training on a dataset that included their works and, in