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Last month, Finnish startup Polar Night Energy announced that it is building a giant sand battery capable of heating a town of 5,000 people for up to a month. That’s on a single charge. Polar Night is constructing the sand battery for the town of Pornainen in southern Finland. The system is expected to enable the town cut all oil use in its district heating network — slashing greenhouse gas emissions by 70%. Now, Polar Night Energy has secured a sizable €7.6mn to scale its thermal energy storage tech. The.
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Never short of a slang word or three, Australians now have ‘enshittification,’ which has become their national dictionary’s Word of the Year. The Macquarie Dictionary’s previous winners of the accolade include ‘cancel culture’ (2019) and ‘milkshake duck’ (2017), the latter being a popular social media personality who’s later found to have a dark and reputation-damaging... Read more » Read more ›
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I bought Forspoken on PS5 for £5. I didn't want to play Forspoken at all, but I had £5. Forspoken on PS5 has sat on my desk (complete with character cards) sealed since November 17, 2023. Yes, this was a waste of £5. I'm an idiot who does stuff like this (glances over at a shelf full of Mega Drive games I can't play as I don't own a Mega... Read more ›
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Typing on the new, revised Clicks Keyboard case for the iPhone 16 has changed my mind about using a physical keyboard with my touchscreen phone. Read more ›
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My year of baking lessons, guided by a full-stack engineer who teaches patience. Read more ›
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Intel must maintain control of Intel Foundry even in case it decides to spin it off into a separate private or public company. Read more ›
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A Nvidia sales lead said in an email to colleagues that Musk's demand for chips was straining the company's supply chain, per The Wall Street Journal. Read more ›
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Motorola has announced a new open beta program for select devices. This program will bring the company's new AI features that are currently in development to the Razr 50 series and the Edge 50 Ultra devices. Three of the AI features that will be part of this program are Catch Me Up, Pay Attention, and Remember This. Catch Me Up generates a summary of all the notifications you have received... Read more ›
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Hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs has been locked up at at a Brooklyn jail since his September arrest on federal sex trafficking charges. Read more ›
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Joel Balsam, a 34-year-old Canadian travel writer who has visited over 60 countries, shares why he decided to live in Brazil permanently. Read more ›
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The crew showed a container of food which they said had smoked turkey, Brussels sprouts, and butternut squash. Read more ›
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It looks like court action has delayed the arrival of Microsoft's overhauled Xbox app for the Play Store. Read more ›
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Tencent development studio Polaris Quest has announced Light of Motiram, an open-world survival crafting game with mechanised animal-like creatures which - no matter which way you shake it and squint - looks remarkably similar to Guerrilla's Horizon series, but with some additional Palworld elements thrown in for good measure. Read more Read more ›
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"Naturetech" Darwin has raised €1.5M from Astérion and Business Angels active in the climate field. Walid Chergui, former Senior Engineer at Algolia, has also joined its team as CTO.Darwin is developi... Read more ›
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"And now I look across the table, and I just think, 'When am I going to have to change this guy's diaper?'" Teri Hatcher said. Read more ›
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Nearly one in four Nissan vehicles were made in Mexico last month, meaning the firm is extremely exposed to the tariffs proposed by Trump. Read more ›
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Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from Phys.org: Researchers from Imperial College London have discovered that a space-returned sample from asteroid Ryugu was rapidly colonized by terrestrial microorganisms, even under stringent contamination control measures. In the study, [...] researchers analyzed sample A0180, a tiny (1 x 0.8 mm) particle collected by the JAXA Hayabusa 2 mission from asteroid Ryugu. Transported to Earth in a hermetically sealed chamber, the sample... Read more ›
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The 57-year-old has been praised for her performance as a Las Vegas dancer in Gia Coppola's new film, "The Last Showgirl." Read more ›
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Nvidia's workforce expansion since 2003 shows its rapid growth in AI, with high salaries, low turnover, and a unique culture of public feedback. Read more ›
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Zurich-based startup Poncho has officially launched its weather insurance platform — and bagged some fresh funding to boot. Founded in 2023, the company aims to transform how the travel and hospitality industries handle unpredictable weather. Poncho’s tech integrates with booking systems, allowing customers to opt for weather protection at checkout. If bad weather, such as heavy rain or wind, occurs during their scheduled event or trip, a refund is processed... Read more ›
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The Dutch labour market is experiencing a persistent talent shortage, according to a new salary survey report. The research also flags that when it comes to hiring in 2025, artificial intelligence, automation, and machine learning are expected to be among the hottest functional areas companies are most likely to recruit talent for next year. In line with this, a recent study by Indeed found that over the past year, job... Read more ›
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Vertical Aerospace has been thrown a crucial lifeline, staving off potential bankruptcy at the cash-strapped air taxi startup. The UK-based company — which makes electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft — secured the fresh funds from its largest creditor, American debt investor Mudrick Capital. The agreement, announced Monday, includes a $50mn cash injection and a substantial debt-to-equity swap. Mudrick will invest $25mn upfront and guarantee another $25mn in future... Read more ›
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Lithium-ion batteries have served us well, powering much of the modern world. However, today’s tech — everything from drones and EVs to the wretched Tesla cyber truck — demands denser batteries that charge faster and take you further. This push is driving scientists to conjure up new battery chemistries or refine old ones. Naturally, it is also spawning a new generation of startups looking to scale the next, best battery.... Read more ›
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Candela is flying high — and across the Atlantic. The Swedish startup has secured $14mn, marking the close of its Series C round at a cosy $40mn. This puts its total funding at just shy of $90mn. Candela has also sold its first P-12 ferry in the US, amid burgeoning demand for what is the world’s fastest and longest-range electric passenger vessel. FlyTahoe, the company that will operate the service,... Read more ›
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London-based startup Lighthouse just raised a hefty $370mn from American investment giant KKR at a valuation of over $1bn, making it Europe’s latest unicorn tech company. The funding will supercharge the company’s ambitions to shake up the $15bn travel tech market. What’s on the to-do list? Refining its AI tools, expanding globally, and snapping up competitors through mergers and acquisitions (it has already made four). Lighthouse’s platform crunches over 400... Read more ›
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