Florida regulators reject request for oral arguments in rate increase cases Florida regulators denied on Tuesday a request for oral arguments in two petitions by utilities seeking electricity rate hikes. On April 2, Tampa Electric Company and Duke ... 05/28/2024 - 6:46 am | View Link
Utility regulators weigh increased power rates for Duke Energy’s Upstate customers Power bills for Duke Energy residential customers in Upstate South Carolina could go up, on average, by $12.50 a month in August, then rise by more than $6 additional monthly starting in 2026. Still, ... 05/23/2024 - 12:33 pm | View Link
State regulators approve rate cut requests by two utilities Florida utility regulators approved requests this week to cut customer rates for two of Florida’s biggest electricity providers. The Public Service Commission (PSC) ... 05/21/2024 - 2:51 am | View Link
NC nonprofit argues Duke opposes rooftop solar due to profitability, proposes alternative carbon plan A prominent clean energy nonprofit issued a new proposal to revise Duke Energy’s carbon plan to expand rooftop solar throughout the state, arguing the strategy would address ... 05/19/2024 - 1:08 am | View Link
Texas regulators approve rate hike requested by Oncor AUSTIN – North Texas residents could see an increase to their electricity bills after state power grid regulators approved a rate hike Thursday for the company that owns power lines in Dallas-Fort ... 05/16/2024 - 8:48 am | View Link
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If you missed out on all the big Memorial Day sales over the three-day weekend, you'll be happy to learn there are still a few gems sticking around on Tuesday, May 28.
There are a lot of streaming service subscriptions out there, and sometimes it's hard to keep up. If you're a Peacock user and want to cancel your subscription, there's an easy way to do it on your desktop. You'll find a step-by-step guide below.
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Google announced a suite of new Chromebook features Tuesday, including new generative AI tools and a centerstage spot for its Gemini chatbot on Chromebook Plus models. In turn, we're also getting some new Chromebook hardware that ships with those features at launch. Read on for a brief overview of all the new Chromebooks that are available now (or will be very soon).
Google announced a bunch of Chromebook stuff! Let's talk about it. At a showcase on Tuesday, Google to announce some Chromebook-related products. Here's everything Google showed off.
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New Chromebooks announcedGoogle's showcase included six new Chromebooks, some of which are in the premium "Chromebook Plus" category, meaning they will get access to advanced AI features going forward.
Imagine my surprise when Google new Gemini-powered Chromebook laptops — and demoed an AI feature in which one can use their face, yes you read correctly, face to play Tic-Tac-Toe. And that just scratches the surface. With Gemini, a ChatGPT rival, running the show on these new ChromeOS laptops, Chromebooks are more appealing than ever.
OpenAI is training a new prime AI model to succeed its current GPT-4. First reported by The New York Times and announced in a blog post, the company is working on a successor to the artificial intelligence model that fuels its well-known chatbot, ChatGPT."OpenAI has recently begun training its next frontier model and we anticipate the resulting systems to bring us to the next level of capabilities on our path to AGI," reads the post, published Tuesday.
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OpenAI's GPT-4 was released in March 2023, a powerful update to GPT-3 which powered its successful ChatGPT chatbot launched in November 2022.