The Download: tricking LLMs, and reviving geothermal plants This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in…
Europe’s extreme heat is shutting down power plants Unit two at the Golfech nuclear power plant in southern France shut down at about 11:45 p.m. on June 22…
Plants appear to detect the patter of falling rain MIT engineers have found the first direct evidence that plant seeds can sense sounds in nature: Rice submerged in shallow…
The Download: AI-generated lawsuits and virtual power plants for data centers The must-reads I’ve combed the internet to find you today’s most fun/important/scary/fascinating stories about technology. 1 The EU has proposed…
How virtual power plants could provide energy for data centers This isn’t Google’s first foray into flexibility; the company has agreements with utilities across the US to limit or shift…
