Inside the cruel confines of Apple TV’s ‘Star City’ with star Rhys Ifans and series creators (interview)

(L-R) Matt Wolpert, Rhys Ifans, and Ben Nedivi of “Star City” (Image credit: Apple TV) In Soviet Russia, you don’t watch “Star City,” “Star City” watches you! Apple TV”s stellar spinoff of “For All Mankind” has blasted off to enthusiastic reviews with its first two episodes and we’re all being indoctrinated into the dehumanizing ColdContinue Reading

gov.-pritzker-suspends-data-center-tax-breaks

Pritzker cited higher utility bills, strained electric reliability, and increased pressure on local water resources as reasons for the need to comprehensively review data center development., Pritzker cited higher utility bills, strained electric reliability, and increased pressure on local water resources as reasons for the need to comprehensively review dataContinue Reading

lowering-iron-loss-in-ev-motors:-new-model-maps-how-maze-like-magnetic-domains-reverse-in-soft-magnets

Researchers at Tokyo University of Science have developed a computational model that can trace how intricate “maze domain” structures in soft magnetic materials reverse their magnetization—and identify the energy barriers that drive that process. The goal is to understand the phenomenon of iron loss in electric motor cores. Repeated magneticContinue Reading

lider-electric-nema-14-50-receptacles-earn-ul-certification-with-electric-vehicle-marking

Lider Electric, a provider of premium electrical products for residential and commercial buildings, has announced that its LN-1450RH and LN-1450RHW NEMA 14-50 receptacles have received UL certification with Electric Vehicle Marking. Many consumers don’t realize (but professional EVSE installers do) that the cheap electrical receptacles sold at big-box stores aren’tContinue Reading

top-paramount-lawyer-claims-opposition-to-warner-brothers-merger-is-‘antisemitic’

Paramount is clearly getting nervous about the growing opposition to its $111 billion merger with Warner Brothers, which is being intensely criticized for dodgy overseas funding, its dire impact on journalism, and the inevitable mass layoffs, consumer price hikes, and shittier overall product that always results from debt-fueled mega-media consolidation.Continue Reading