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SoftBank stakes $4B on securing AI data center power and capacity —DigitalBridge purchase indicative of AI industry's increasing investments in energy supply (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-30 | by Luke James | get Data Center → | tags: center, data center, digitalbridge

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Another 16-pin GPU power connector gets scorched, but this time it's not an RTX 5090 — User finds their Sapphire Nitro+ 9070 XT with scorched pins (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-30 | by Hassam Nasir | get Sapphire Nitro → | tags: case, connector, power

1443.

Igniting the GPU: From Kernel Plumbing to 3D Rendering on RISC-V (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-30 | by Michał Wilczyński | get GPU → | tags: display, driver, fps frametime

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Caterpillar’s Surging Stock Is Fueled by AI, Not Yellow Excavators (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2025-12-30 | get Autonomous Excavator → | tags: fastest, fastest growing, generators

1445.

The Great Big Power Play (wired.com)

2025-12-30 | by Molly Taft | get Smart Grid → | tags: administration, energy, nuclear

1446.

Anker’s portable backup battery is an even better investment now that it’s nearly half off (theverge.com)

2025-12-30 | by Sheena Vasani | get Portable battery → | tags: amazon, anker, power

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Anker’s portable backup battery is an even better investment now it’s nearly half off (theverge.com)

2025-12-30 | by Sheena Vasani | get Portable battery → | tags: amazon, anker, power

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Super portable BLUETTI Elite 10 Mini Portable Power Station drops to record-low price (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-29 | get Portable Power Station → | tags: bluetti, portable, portable power

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TSMC begins quietly volume production of 2nm-class chips — first GAA transistor for TSMC claims up to 15% improvement at ISO power (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-29 | by Anton Shilov | get GAA → | tags: density, performance, power

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Why the electrical grid needs more software (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-29 | by Tim De Chant | get Smart Grid → | tags: batteries, grid, power

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The Top 7 Energy Stories of 2025 (spectrum.ieee.org)

2025-12-29 | by Emily Waltz | get Smart Grids → | tags: energy, grid, nuclear

1452.

Ask Slashdot: What's the Stupidest Use of AI You Saw In 2025? (slashdot.org)

2025-12-29 | by Posted | get Artificial Intelligence → | tags: ai powered, chance, powered

1453.

The best wireless chargers for 2026 (engadget.com)

2025-12-29 | get Wireless charging pad → | tags: cable, charger, charging

1454.

There Was Some Good News on Green Energy in 2025 (slashdot.org)

2025-12-28 | by Posted | get Solar Cells → | tags: clean, energy, global

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World’s smallest autonomous robots are 'smaller than a grain of salt,' cost one penny apiece — researchers expect new micron-scale fully-programmable robots to be used in medicine, microscale manufacturing, and other areas (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-28 | by Mark Tyson | get Microbots → | tags: autonomous, michigan, physical

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The 14 fintech, real estate, proptech startups from Disrupt Startup Battlefield (techcrunch.com)

2025-12-28 | by Marina Temkin | get Fintech → | tags: ai powered, does, does ai

1457.

The terrible Nintendo controller that helped make VR happen (theverge.com)

2025-12-28 | by David Pierce | get Nintendo Switch Pro Controller → | tags: future, glove, good

1458.

Britain Pushed Ahead With Green Power. Its Grid Can’t Handle It. (feeds.content.dowjones.io)

2025-12-28 | get Wind turbines → | tags: ability, ability countries, aging

1459.

Building a macOS app to know when my Mac is thermal throttling (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-28 | get Thermal Guardian → | tags: apple, nominal, powermetrics

1460.

Do wind power generators actually work at home? I tested one, and the results blew me away (zdnet.com)

2025-12-28 | by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes | get Wind Turbine Generator → | tags: power, setup, shine

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New Runtime Standby ABI Proposed for Linux Like Microsoft Windows' 'Modern Standby' (slashdot.org)

2025-12-27 | by Posted | get Linux Kernel → | tags: modern, modern standby, patch

1462.

Waymo Updates Vehicles to Better Handle Power Outages - But Still Faces Criticism (slashdot.org)

2025-12-27 | by Posted | get Autonomous driving system → | tags: power, regulators, tumlin

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Japan Votes to Restart World's Biggest Nuclear Plant 15 Years After Fukushima Meltdown (slashdot.org)

2025-12-27 | by Posted | get Nuclear Reactor → | tags: energy, japan, nuclear

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Japan Votes to Restart Fukushima Nuclear Plant 15 Years After Its Meltdown (slashdot.org)

2025-12-27 | by Posted | get Nuclear Reactor → | tags: energy, japan, nuclear

1465.

LG's most ambitious home robot yet arrives at CES 2026 (techspot.com)

2025-12-27 | get Smart Home Robot → | tags: arm read, arms, arms powered

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 power wire reportedly caught fire despite using the original cable — CPU cooler's tubing was also caught in the blaze (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-27 | by Hassam Nasir | get Graphics Card → | tags: cable, connector, power

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Nvidia GeForce RTX 5090 power wire reportedly caught fire despite using the original cable (tomshardware.com)

2025-12-27 | by Hassam Nasir | get Graphics Card → | tags: cable, connector, power

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Pixel 10 phones and Switch 2 games round out this week’s best deals (theverge.com)

2025-12-27 | by Sheena Vasani | get Nintendo Switch → | tags: amazon, bank, deals

1469.

Deal: Save $70 on the Jackery Explorer 240D Power Bank (androidauthority.com)

2025-12-26 | get Power bank → | tags: bank, battery, explorer

1470.

Grok and the Naked King: The Ultimate Argument Against AI Alignment (news.ycombinator.com)

2025-12-26 | get Neural Network → | tags: alignment, grok, musk