Jeff Somers Jeff Somers Freelance Writer Experience Jeff Somers is a freelancer who has been writing about writing, books, personal finance, and home maintenance since 2012. Jeff has published nine novels and more than 70 short stories; his story Ringing the Changes was selected for inclusion in The Best American Mystery Stories 2006. In 2018Continue Reading
Microchip Technology has introduced its BZPACK mSiC power modules, a new silicon carbide module family aimed at industrial and renewable-energy systems that have to survive heat, humidity, and high voltage over long operating lives. The key selling point is environmental robustness. Microchip says the modules are tested to meet HighContinue Reading
The reliability of public EV charging stations is a critical issue, and industry experts agree that establishing a standard set of error codes would be a big step in the right direction. For some years now, CharIN’s Error Codes Working Group has been on the case, working to standardize errorContinue Reading
Pair say review of studies, other evidence, proves more countries need to do like Australia and keep kids offline There is enough evidence going back far enough that it’s reasonable to conclude social media platforms are responsible for population-level mental health harms. …, Read MoreContinue Reading
Chocolate Factory describes concession as an attempt to balance openess with safety It turns out you won’t be limited to Google-verified apps an developers on Android after all. In the face of sustained community dissatisfaction with its developer verification requirement, Google has given Android users an out.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Chances are Ubuntu boots so fast you rarely get time to stare at the boot screen, but if you’re somehow able to slow time down, there’s a new boot spinner to enjoy in 26.04 LTS. The new animation you’ll see on the Plymouth boot screen reuses the sunburst-come-tail from theContinue Reading
The jurors must decide on seven counts for both Meta and YouTube as well as damages if they find either platform liable., The jurors must decide on seven counts for both Meta and YouTube as well as damages if they find either platform liable., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
HONG KONG (AP) — China’s technology giant Alibaba Group pledged on Thursday a goal of surpassing $100 billion in revenue from its artificial intelligence and cloud businesses over the next five years, which it said would be powered by the AI demand boom. The announcement of the ambitious target cameContinue Reading
Those who switched to electric vehicles have so far been spared by the soaring prices at the pump…Continue Reading
In the previous newsletter, I discussed how various distros are handling the age verification laws. At the end of the article, I speculated that we would see a few existing or new distros coming up with “no age verification” as their unique feature. Guess what? We have a new distroContinue Reading
Fedora Asahi Remix is a collaboration between the Fedora Asahi SIG and the Asahi Linux project that has brought Fedora Linux to Apple Silicon Macs. While I have personally never used it, I have seen its development progress consistently. Each release has closed more hardware gaps, brought the experience closerContinue Reading
The US charging network 2.0—The evolution of a revolution: Part 1 The US public charging “network” didn’t emerge from a single master plan. It grew out of grants, bankruptcies, corporate settlements, acquisitions—and one automaker that decided it couldn’t wait. Since the current generation of EVs emerged more than 15 yearsContinue Reading
Kistler has launched KiBox2 E-Powertrain Analysis, an all-in-one measurement and analysis platform for electric, hybrid, and fuel-cell drives, aimed at everything from dyno testing to in-vehicle development work. At the core is a 16-channel measuring unit that Kistler says performs real-time measurement, calculation, and visualization at 2.5 MS/s per channel.Continue Reading