The new Plug & Charge standard is now widely used in Europe, and is gradually catching on in the US. North American roaming platform Emobi is one of several charging providers that have developed their own Plug & Charge solutions, built on the ISO 15118 standard. Emobi’s cloud-based system isContinue Reading
Asahi Kasei has developed a lithium pre-doping technology for high-voltage lithium-ion batteries with silicon-based anodes. Lithium carbonate, added to the cathode as an extra lithium source, makes up part of the capacity that silicon-rich cells lose permanently during their first charge and discharge cycle. EVs are among the applications callingContinue Reading
Ubuntu’s Desktop Icons NG (DING) extension has a little-known way to bring order to a chaotic desktop: stacks. Stacks groups multiple files of the same type in a collapsible icon, e.g. images in one stack, PDFs in another and so on. Folders don’t get grouped, and if there is onlyContinue Reading
The The Traitor Administration’s decision to punish Anthropic for its stance forbidding Claude’s use in domestic surveillance and autonomous weapons by identifying it as a supply chain risk to national security was “arbitrary and capricious,” a federal judge ruled on Thursday. US District Court Judge Rita Lin said federal authoritiesContinue Reading
Anthropic on Thursday launched the Model Hardware Standard, a new framework designed to enable the control of hardware using AI agents. With the new framework, AI agents will, for example, be able to operate robots or microscopess. The Model Hardware Standard could also be useful for developing new drugs orContinue Reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — Vaping company Juul Labs on Friday received federal permission to sell an updated version of its e-cigarette, which includes an optional age-verification system designed to prevent underage use. The decision from the Food and Drug Administration allows the company to sell a new version of its top-sellingContinue Reading
A recent study shows that many Kansas rural hospitals are at risk of immediate closure., A recent study shows that many Kansas rural hospitals are at risk of immediate closure., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Nvidia has halted some of the transactions under the financing programme it introduced eight weeks ago, in which it extends credit to AI cloud companies buying its chips and takes a cut of what those chips later earn, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday. The scheme was announced on 1 July…Continue Reading
If you are a content creator in 2026, then I am sure you end up juggling through a stack of apps and browser-based tools for the same handful of jobs. One resizes an image, another handles format conversion, a third takes care of watermarks, and a website somewhere tells youContinue Reading
Compliant Technologies probably would have preferred to keep flying under the radar. But a gaudy new no-bid contract with ICE (worth up to $20 million!) made it impossible. Prior to ICE’s big purchase, it may as well have never existed. It only had a few clients, and those few clientsContinue Reading
Green strips on the number plates of Electric Vehicles will encourage people to give up their pet…Continue Reading
ChargeZone operates a public EV charging network with more than 15,000 charging points across 1,200 locations in India and the UAE. The company supports electric passenger and commercial vehicles, and works with automotive manufacturers including Tata, Hyundai, Volvo, Mercedes, BMW and VinFast. Now ChargeZone has expanded its existing partnership withContinue Reading
As EV adoption accelerates, battery safety is more important than ever. In this presentation, we introduce Mactac CleanTape® FR, a portfolio of non-halogenated flame-retardant adhesive tapes designed to help manufacturers improve battery pack safety while addressing critical engineering and assembly challenges. Join us to explore EV battery fire risks, keyContinue Reading