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The administrators of Great Britain's power grid admit that it's often unable to use energy-storage batteries due to old computer systems and an old network with "not enough cables", according to the Financial Times — though the system operator says they're making progress after upgrading their system last December:
The company has plans to lower the rate at which batteries are sidelined to single figures by early next year [said Craig Dyke, from National Grid's electricity system operator], calling curre
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Andy Jassy told Amazon's office-based staff they must go in every day starting in January. That move could have repercussions, experts say. Read more ›
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A new full-time teacher spent well over $2,000 on her classroom so far. She set up a GoFundMe and dipped into her savings for her students. Read more ›
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After several months, Elon Musk gave up his free speech battle with Brazil. An expert says there's a reason he hasn't fought against other countries. Read more ›
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The first Houthi ballistic missile to reach Israel was not hypersonic. But Israel's air defense response may be useful for the rebels' backer Iran. Read more ›
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God of War Ragnarök is being review bombed on Steam as users once again protest Sony's controversial requirement for PC users to link to a PSN account. Read more Read more ›
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Chess is one of the oldest games in the world, but it's still tough to learn. ChessUp appeared on "Shark Tank" in 2022 with a solution. What happened to it? Read more ›
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Apple Intelligence won't come installed in the new iPhone 16s, but some customers say that AI is not the main reason they're upgrading anyway. Read more ›
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Life on US aircraft carriers is getting comfier as living quarters are renovated. See photos of the upgraded USO Centers making sailors feel at home. Read more ›
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PlayStation's delisted shooter Concord reportedly cost £300m ($400m) to develop. Read more Read more ›
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Save on a lifetime subscription to Sticky Password at the Mashable Shop. Get this app while it's on sale for £18.77 through Sept. 29. Read more ›
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Vance said it was "insane that we would support a military alliance if that military alliance isn't going to be pro-free speech." Read more ›
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The team behind Fox's now decade-old Batman prequel give an oral history on its creation and impact during its five-season, 100-episode run. Read more ›
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AI expert Yoshua Bengio said OpenAI's o1 highlights the need for stronger regulatory oversight for advanced AI models. Read more ›
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Live stream the 2024 MotoGP Emilia Romagna Grand Prix for free from anywhere in the world. Read more ›
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Apple today began selling refurbished second-generation AirPods Pro with a USB-C charging case on its online store in the U.S. for $209, compared to $249 brand new. Apple updated the AirPods Pro with a USB-C charging case in September 2023. Other changes at the time included improved IP54-rated dust resistance for both the earbuds and the case, and lossless audio with Apple's Vision Pro headset. Apple says all of its... Read more ›
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Photo by Jerod Harris/Getty Images for Vox Media A year after multiple publications reported Jony Ive was collaborating with Sam Altman on a hardware project, Ive himself as confirmed it in a profile in the New York Times. There aren’t a lot of details. He met Altman through Brian Chesky, CEO of AirBNB, and the project is being funded by Ive and the Emerson Collective, Laurene Powell Jobs company. The... Read more ›
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Jeff Bezos praised Lauren Sánchez' children's book on Amazon. The next day, a yoga instructor sued Sánchez for theft of intellectual property. Read more ›
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Santa Ana doesn't have a lot of internet providers, but most areas can still get fast internet speeds with fiber connections available. Read more ›
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God of War Ragnarok's PC port has been tainted by a PSN account requirement, at least according to the backlash it's getting on Steam. Read more ›
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ZDNet's Steven Vaughan-Nichols reports: After 20 years, Real-Time Linux (PREEMPT_RT) is finally -- finally -- in the mainline kernel. Linus Torvalds blessed the code while he was at Open Source Summit Europe. [...] The real-time Linux code is now baked into all Linux distros as of the forthcoming Linux 6.12 kernel. This means Linux will soon start appearing in more mission-critical devices and industrial hardware. But it took its sweet... Read more ›
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IBM has been laying off a substantial number of employees this week and is trying to keep it quiet, The Register reported Wednesday, citing its sources. From the report: One IBM employee told The Register that IBM Cloud experienced "a massive layoff" in the past few days that affected thousands of people. "Unlike traditional layoffs, this one was done in secret," the insider said. "My manager told me that they... Read more ›
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Electric cars now outnumber petrol cars in Norway for the first time, an industry organisation has said, a world first that puts the country on track towards taking fossil fuel vehicles off the road. From a report: Of the 2.8m private cars registered in the Nordic country, 754,303 are all-electric, against 753,905 that run on petrol, the Norwegian road federation (OFV) said in a statement. Diesel models remain the most... Read more ›
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The data centers that train all the large language models behind AI consume unimaginable amounts of energy, and the stakes are high for big tech companies to ensure they have enough power to run those plants. That's why Microsoft is now throwing its weight behind nuclear power. From a report: The tech giant on Friday signed a major deal with nuclear plant owner Constellation Energy to restart its closed Three... Read more ›
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A massive Antarctic glacier, dubbed the "Doomsday Glacier," is melting at an accelerating rate and could be approaching irreversible collapse, international researchers are reporting. The Thwaites Glacier, holding enough ice to raise global sea levels by over two feet, has seen rapid retreat in the past 30 years. Scientists from the International Thwaites Glacier Collaboration used ice-breaking ships and underwater robots to study the glacier up close since 2018. Their... Read more ›
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For 30 days, 17,000 AT&T workers in nine different states from the CWA union went on strike. As it began one North Carolina newspaper noted some AT&T customers "report prolonged internet outages." Last week an Emory University economist told NPR that "If it wasn't disruptive or it didn't have any kind of negative element towards customers, then AT&T, I suspect, wouldn't feel any kind of pressure to negotiate." The 30-day... Read more ›
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Amazon is instructing corporate staffers to spend five days a week in the office, CEO Andy Jassy wrote in a memo on Monday. From a report: The decision marks a significant shift from Amazon's earlier return-to-work stance, which required corporate workers to be in the office at least three days a week. Now, the company is giving employees until Jan. 2 to start adhering to the new policy. Corporate employees... Read more ›
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A conspiracy theory known as "Dead Internet Theory" has gained traction in recent years, positing that most online social activity is artificial and designed to manipulate users. This theory has grown alongside the rise of large language models like ChatGPT. On Monday, software developer Michael Sayman launched SocialAI, an app that seems to embody aspects of this theory. ArsTechnica: SocialAI's 28-year-old creator, Michael Sayman, previously served as a product lead... Read more ›
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Mozilla is exiting the fediverse by shutting down its Mozilla.social Mastodon server on December 17. Moving forward, the company will focus on Firefox and AI, aligning with its strategy under interim CEO Laura Chambers to scale back investments in non-core products. TechCrunch reports: Mozilla.social was a small instance, having only 270 active users at the time of Tuesday's announcement. By comparison, the most popular Mastodon instance, Mastodon.social, has over 247,500... Read more ›
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It was one year ago that "an odd seismic signal appeared at scientific stations around the globe," reports the Washington Post. "A day passed, and the slow tremor still reverberated. When it continued for a third day, scientists worldwide began assembling..." Some initially thought the seismic instruments recording the signal were broken, but that was quickly nixed. Maybe it was a new volcano emerging before their eyes, others said. One... Read more ›
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