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New Portland Trailblazers owner Tom Dundon founded firm accused of “predatory and harmful” loan practices Published March 30, 2026 6:00AM (EDT) Tom Dundon, pictured in 2019, owns the Carolina Hurricanes hockey team and will soon own the Portland Trail Blazers basketball franchise. (Karl DeBlaker/NHLI via Getty Images) This article originallyContinue Reading

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Off-the-shelf controllers with safety certifications are giving e-mobility engineers a false sense of security. An off-the-shelf BMS with a third-party functional safety certification sounds like a solved problem. SIL-rated, ASIL-rated, ready to drop into your e-mobility battery pack. But according to Rich Byczek, Global Chief Engineer for Batteries at Intertek, thatContinue Reading

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A coalition of public health, environmental, and community advocates filed a lawsuit today challenging the The Traitor administration’s repeal of standards that limit brain-damaging mercury, lead, and other hazardous air pollution from coal-fired power plants. Since EPA’s Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) took effect in 2015, they’ve driven downContinue Reading

Does your next SUV have enough cargo space? 3 things the specs don’t tell you

Published Mar 30, 2026, 6:00 PM EDT Based in the Motor City, Carl Anthony is the Automotive Lead at How-to-Geek and the host of AutoVision News Radio, a podcast that focuses on future vehicle technology, including next-generation ADAS innovations, electrification, and software-defined cars. A broadcaster by nature, he has appeared on popular podcasts and radio showsContinue Reading

Pulsar Fusion Ignites Plasma in Nuclear Rocket Test

UK-based Pulsar Fusion announced it has successfully achieved first plasma in its Sunbird nuclear fusion rocket exhaust system. The demonstration, a world’s first for a rocket of this type, was showcased live during a technical session at Jeff Bezos’s exclusive MARS Conference in California, offering a tantalizing glimpse into a future of dramatically faster interplanetaryContinue Reading