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Ford Energy announces first customer for stationary energy storage

Ford Motor Co.'s stationary battery energy storage business has announced a five-year framework agreement with its first customer: a developer of energy facilities. EDF power solutions North America, a subsidiary of France's EDF Group, will have the ability to procure up to 4 gigawatt hours of battery energy storage systems annually from Ford Energy starting in 2028. The business is a part of ...
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Gamers, developers protest Saudi Arabia’s bid to acquire Electronic Arts

As Electronic Arts moves closer to closing a sale of the gaming company to Saudi Arabian investors, it's facing backlash from a group of protestors who are calling it a bad deal. A coalition calling itself the Players Alliance staged a protest outside Electronic Arts' Redwood City headquarters this week. Dressed as Sims characters, the protesters held signs that read "Stop the deal" and ...
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China says it will cut levies, expand farm trade after talks with U.S.

China said it agreed with the U.S. to lower levies on some products to promote bilateral trade, underscoring how ties between the world’s two largest economies are further stabilizing after the historic meeting of the leaders. China’s Ministry of Commerce on Saturday issued an update on bilateral trade talks following a two-day summit in Beijing between U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese ...
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Why AI safety controls are not very effective

SAN FRANCISCO – When companies like Anthropic, Google and OpenAI build their artificial intelligence systems, they spend months adding ways to prevent people from using their technology to spread disinformation, build weapons or hack into computer networks.