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Rivian’s CEO says autonomy will enable ‘dramatically different’ vehicle designs
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Amazon to fund 12 small nuclear reactors at former Indiana coal plant
Amazon has signed an agreement with X-energy and American Electric Power (AEP) to fund the building of a new nuclear energy facility in Indiana. The proposed plant, which would replace the now defunct coal-fueled Breed Generating Station in Fairbanks, Sullivan County, aims to provide up to 960 megawatts of carbon-free energy for both the regional […]
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Huge DMV data breach impacted current and former Florida residents
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