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Would you charge your EV at a charging station owned by an oil giant? Well, lots of people do, every day. Of the six or seven behemoths collectively known as Big Oil, three—Shell, Total and BP—operate EV charging networks. Shell Recharge claims to operate some 85,000 public charging points inContinue Reading

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Lithium-sulfur cathode developer Xponential Battery Materials (XBM) and silicon-carbon anode developer SiCAM Technologies have formed a technology collaboration to develop a silicon-sulfur battery materials platform for US battery OEMs. The platform will pair SiCAM’s silicon-carbon (Si-C) anode material with XBM’s lithium-sulfur (Li-S) cathode materials and cell technologies. The companies sayContinue Reading

EVX unveils Australian-made DC fast charger for EVs

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Australian electric vehicle infrastructure company EVX is expanding into locally manufactured DC fast-charging technology, unveiling plans to launch a new 40–50 kW pole-mounted charger early next year. The post EVX unveils Australian-made DC fast charger for EVs appeared first on pv magazine Global…Continue Reading

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The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) screens roughly 3.3 million carry-on bags every day, and officers say the overwhelming majority of prohibited items they find belong to travelers who simply forgot something was packed. The agency also does not technically confiscate most of what it takes. Items left at checkpoints areContinue Reading

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Dutch flag carrier KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has revealed the first five routes on which it plans to deploy its brand-new Airbus A350-900s from its hub at Amsterdam Schiphol. The SkyTeam member plans to put the type into service on October 30, which, according AeroRoutes, is a week later thanContinue Reading

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A chain of vulnerabilities in Google’s Chrome browser could have enabled researchers to take control of one billion Windows machines worldwide — and it cost them just $40,000 in AI compute time to discover it. Researchers at Xbow USA worked for six days on developing the exploit, which earned themContinue Reading

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Due to the global memory shortage, 8 gigabytes has once again become the standard among computer manufacturers. Fortunately, Microsoft has spent the past few months optimizing Windows 11 for computers with limited RAM. According to a post on the official Windows blog, the company has, among other things, improved backgroundContinue Reading