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The giant brick toaster is the brainchild of San Francisco-based Rondo Energy. Speaking of Microsoft, Bill Gates Breakthrough Energy Ventures was Rondos first major investor. And this week, the climate tech fund opened its coffers once more. Rondo has secured 75mn from Breakthrough Energy Catalyst, and the European Investment Bank. 40% off TNW Conference! Armed with the fresh funds, it looks to take on the European market. In Denmark, the hot rock battery will be used to produce cleaner biogas....

Its a great pleasure to partner with a global leader in frontier AI models. According to Sarlin, Silo has worked with Mistrals technology already for a year. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Helsinki-based Silo refers to itself as Europes largest private AI lab. However, its main commercial offering lies in platforms for large-scale enterprises. The company emphasises the democratisation of frontier AI models. Since Silo has its own LLMs, why partner with another company specifically focused on generative AI?...

Most have heard of carbon offsetting and of the junk credits often associated with it. Furthermore, it has now added the worlds first live pricing and availability for biochar. The London-based startup says it now offers transparent data for 80% of the high-quality biochar solutions globally. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Sometimes far in the future, and sometimes from technology that has not yet scaled sufficiently. Having live data from biochar projects means that purchases can have a more immediate impact....

Guaranteed Rate Field is the perfect name for what should be called New Comiskey Park. It’s a soulless name for a soulless place. Some of that is bad timing. This was the last stadium built before Camden Yards changed the game just a year later. This is still a better stadium than the cookie cutter parks that came before it. I’ve also been to Tropicana Field and Olympic Stadium which are so bad that they are almost enjoyable....

Yeah that wasn’t fun in the slightest. Here are some running thoughts through my dumb head that will hit like crack if you hate this team. -The Yankees 4-9 in the lineup is a fucking disaster right now. Scariest part is right now is I don’t know what’s going to change anytime soon. Not exactly the Avengers right there. -The Giancarlo Stanton hamstring injury was inevitable, but man did it come at a bad time....

The guest of the show isMaria Amelie, CEO and founder ofFactiverse. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Feel free to email us with any questions, suggestions, and opinions atpodcast@thenextweb.com.

That is roughlyhow much of our livesare spent asleep. Here are some of the biggest recent breakthroughs in the science of sleep. Sometimes participants couldnt recall any dreaming. The study team then looked at what washappening in the participants brainmoments before waking. Researchers could predict the presence or absence of dream experiences by monitoring this zone in real time. Another exciting development in the study of dreams is research into lucid dreams, in whichyoure aware thatyoure dreaming....

I’ve been a Knicks fan since July 14, 1996. That was the day my favorite player as a young lad, Larry Johnson got traded to the Knicks. I was never a fan of local sports teams. My dad roots for sports in an infuriating way. Go New York Go New York Go! Nets are the cat’s meow? Let’s go Nets! It’s the same with every sports. NFL, MLB, even the NHL....

Helsinki-based Valpas has raised 4mn in a seed round to tackle a crawling menace: bed bugs. The bed bugoutbreak in Parislast year spread apocalyptic vibes across the hotel industry and beyond. Containing the pest infestation proved and remains a challenging task. These insidious hitchhikers travel on clothes and in luggage and spread and multiply rapidly. For hotels, this doesnt only entail the cost of extermination. Let alone the reputational damage of negative reviews with bed bug experiences....

Dubbed Opera One R2, the new version is now available for testing. It aims to expand the AI capabilities, this time focusing on the multimedia experience. Aria is now also able to read answers out loud through a Voice Output option. It’s free, every week, in your inbox. Alongside the newly-added AI capabilities, Opera is improving the multimedia Player. Functionality-wise, Opera One R2 introduces three tab-related features. The second targets users who open more than 30 tabs and highlights the most recently visited....

Overall, this is a very bad NBA Draft. I don’t think it’s the worst one ever, but there are no sure thing top guys. Do they break up the Trae Young/Dejounte Murray backcourt? Is Clint Capela back? Are they now building around Jalen Johnson? He’s a good 3-point shooter and at only 19 years old, is very young and moldable. Washington Wizards Alex Sarr F/C Australia Word on the street is Sarr WANTS to go to Washington....

To reach the nearest vet from here requires a 50 minute drive. 40% off TNW Conference! Beyond immediate telehealth counselling, FirstVets vets can also offer advice on nutrition and mental stimulation. In addition, they can prescribe medication, including for tick prevention, and assist with behavioural issues. It would also look to expand its reach through new types of partnerships, he said. FirstVet services are often covered by pet insurers it has partnerships with more than 60 insurers worldwide....

For the most part, the NBA (especially in its recent era) is a copycat league. They were pretty open about how that trade changed everything. When the Warriors Dynasty showed up, the game changed again. Now you needed elite three point shooting, and a whole lot of it. To win at a high level, you had to be able to match that key in of firepower. No longer could you trade 3s for 2s if you wanted to reach the top of the mountain....