Technology (Page 16)

hofer powerTec, part of the hofer technology group, has started series production of a battery disconnect unit (BDU) with integrated control functionality, built for an electric bus application. The unit is going into a new battery system developed by LION Smart, which is intended for use in commercial vehicles, particularlyContinue Reading

EV charging hardware provider Lectron has launched a new line of Level 2 wall-mounted residential EV chargers. The new Nexus platform is engineered for sustained electrical load, repeated daily use and extended environmental exposure. Lectron developed its Nexus line using engineering, manufacturing and validation processes informed by the company’s OEMContinue Reading

We live and work in browsers. It’s where we spend most of our time — and it’s where we waste most of our time as well. Web browsing is slow, inefficient, and full of time-sapping annoyances. But it needn’t be that way. You can turn your browser into a lean,Continue Reading

Restrictions should be cemented as Waymo seeks to buy Chinese cars for the U.S., Gordon Chang says., Restrictions should be cemented as Waymo seeks to buy Chinese cars for the U.S., Gordon Chang says., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading

Microsoft posted strong results for its quarterly earnings on Wednesday, beating expectations and showing strong growth in its cloud computing platform and a boost in paid AI users. The Redmond, Washington, company earned $90 billion, or $4.81 per share, in the April-June quarter. That is up 18% from the sameContinue Reading

Starling is a new open source Linux desktop environment. One developer built it by directing Claude for about six months, ending up with a working desktop that boots into its own session with a compositor and window manager. Don’t think of this as a themed shell bolted onto GNOME orContinue Reading

Running local AI models has become surprisingly accessible. Install Ollama, pull a model, and you can start chatting with it in minutes. That’s exactly how I began my journey with local AI. Using an LLM directly in terminal is okayish but it limits your ability. That’s why there are soContinue Reading

All of the major AI providers want you to use, and ideally stay within, their super apps, and now Microsoft is looking to capture that attention, too. During an earnings call this week, CEO Satya Nadella confirmed that the tech giant is building a Copilot ‘super app’ that will beContinue Reading