Keir Starmer’s Labour government unveils plans for a “rooftop revolution” today that will see millions more homes fitted with solar panels in order to bring down domestic energy bills and tackle the climate crisis. The energy secretary, Ed Miliband, also took the hugely controversial decision this weekend to approve three massive solar farms in the […]
Following a series of recent glitches affecting banks’ ability to release customer funds, the UK retail space has been hit with contactless payment issues In the UK, a nationwide issue has been reported with thousands of customers unable to make contactless or mobile payments at the nation’s leading retailers. Across social media, hundreds of morning […]
Researchers are exploring the existential implications of generative AI, including whether or not the advancing technology will actually make humans more creatively capable — or narrow our views. The new study, published in Science Advances by two University College London and University of Exeter researchers, tested hundreds of short stories created solely by humans against […]
Last year, a new attraction named Sphere debuted in Las Vegas, and it is quintessentially Vegas with its eye-popping size and dazzling light shows. Now, Nvidia is sharing details on how Sphere runs behind the scenes and what hardware is required. This is the first time it’s been revealed that Sphere is an Nvidia-powered attraction, […]
Google is training its robots with Gemini AI so they can get better at navigation and completing tasks. The DeepMind robotics team explained in a new research paper how using Gemini 1.5 Pro’s long context window — which dictates how much information an AI model can process — allows users to more easily interact with […]
China is building almost twice as much wind and solar energy capacity as every other country combined, research published Thursday showed. The world’s second-largest economy is the biggest emitter of the greenhouse gases that drive climate change. China has committed to bring carbon emissions to a peak by 2030 and to net zero by 2060. […]
A battery component innovation could help keep power delivery high when electric aircraft land with low charge, according to a study led by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory with expertise from the University of Michigan. The research provides a solution to a problem identified in 2018 in a study led by Venkat Viswanathan, a professor of […]
During a major storm event that eventually cut power to tens of thousands of homes, a fleet of electric vehicles (EVs) were able to feed power back into Australia’s electricity grid, according to a new report from The Australian National University (ANU). According to lead author of the study, Senior Research Fellow Dr. Bjorn Sturmberg, […]
Solar power panels have long seemed an appealing option in California, a state with lots of sunny days that adores its electronic gadgetry and environment, yet is saddled with the highest residential electricity rates in the continental U.S. But how much does going solar shave off those electricity bills? A major new study by scientists […]
One of the most widely used network protocols is vulnerable to a newly discovered attack that can allow adversaries to gain control over a range of environments, including industrial controllers, telecommunications services, ISPs, and all manner of enterprise networks. Short for Remote Authentication Dial-In User Service, RADIUS harkens back to the days of dial-in Internet and network […]
The Google Maps app for iOS and Apple CarPlay now features a live speedometer, TechCrunch reports. The feature, which was previously only available on Google Maps for Android, helps users to stay within the speed limit while driving. Now, when a user begins navigation, the vehicle’s speed is shown in miles or kilometers per hour, […]
This is not the update people are looking for, but Google Weather now includes the date in the 10-day forecast. Previously, the forecast just showed the day: Today, Sunday, Monday, etc. While there was never really any confusion, it’s a bit of an odd choice when you pass the week mark. (The iOS Weather app […]
