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Electricity Is Becoming Unbelievably Expensive as the US Power Grid Decays Into Ruin

futurism.com Unknown 2025-10-19 15:19:56

The US electrical grid is facing a stress test like never before. Thanks to a perfect storm of AI power consumption, climate crisis, crony capitalism, and a president bent on uprooting perfectly good energy infrastructure, the country's already-struggling power system is rapidly crumbling as costs balloon into the stratosphere. A recent analysis by Bloomberg underscores just how dire it's getting. In the country's largest continuous grid — a 13-state monstrosity managed by PJM Interconnection L

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Intel's "Clearwater Forest" Xeon 7 E-Core CPU Will Be a Beast

news.ycombinator.com Timothy Prickett Morgan 2025-10-18 12:11:25

With AMD having attaining more than 40 percent revenue share and more than 27 percent shipment share in the X86 server CPU market in the first half of 2025, that means two things. First, AMD is selling some big, fat X86 CPUs compared to Intel. It also means that Intel, despite all of its many woes, is getting nearly 60 percent of revenues and north of 72 percent of shipments for X86 server CPU here in 2025. No, that is not the share Intel is used to, but that’s life sometimes. And with the roll

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The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and the over-reliance on PowerPoint (2019)

news.ycombinator.com James Thomas 2025-10-21 05:44:47

We’ve all sat in those presentations. A speaker with a stream of slides full of text, monotonously reading them off as we read along. We’re so used to it we expect it. We accept it. We even consider it ‘learning’. As an educator I push against ‘death by PowerPoint’ and I'm fascinated with how we can improve the way we present and teach. The fact is we know that PowerPoint kills. Most often the only victims are our audience’s inspiration and interest. This, however, is the story of a PowerPoint s

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Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people

news.ycombinator.com James Thomas 2025-10-21 10:44:47

We’ve all sat in those presentations. A speaker with a stream of slides full of text, monotonously reading them off as we read along. We’re so used to it we expect it. We accept it. We even consider it ‘learning’. As an educator I push against ‘death by PowerPoint’ and I'm fascinated with how we can improve the way we present and teach. The fact is we know that PowerPoint kills. Most often the only victims are our audience’s inspiration and interest. This, however, is the story of a PowerPoint s

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Nvidia, Google, and Bill Gates help Commonwealth Fusion Systems raise $863M

techcrunch.com Tim De Chant 2025-10-22 00:25:30

Fusion power startup Commonwealth Fusion Systems has raised $863 million from a long list of investors that includes Nvidia, Google, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and more. “We’re continuing our trend here of looking into the world and saying, ‘How do we advance fusion as fast as possible?’” co-founder and CEO Bob Mumgaard told reporters in a call this week. “This round of capital isn’t just about fusion just generally as a concept, but it’s about how do we go to make fusion into a commercial i

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Apple teases new Powerbeats Fit earbuds launching soon

9to5mac.com Chance Miller 2025-10-22 16:46:37

Apple is working on a new flavor of its popular Powerbeats earbuds, dubbed the Powerbeats Fit. Apple teased the new earbuds in a video on YouTube today, referring to them as “fit for every move.” Apple says the Powerbeats Fit are “coming fall 2025.” There’s no word on what’s new with the Powerbeats Fit. They appear to be the follow-up to the Beats Fit Pro, which debuted in 2021. Beats Fit Pro offer a compact in-ear design with an added hook to further secure the fit. They offer features like A

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Dyson's Labor Day sale includes a 50-percent discount on the 360 Vis Nav robot vacuum

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-23 08:00:36

Dyson is holding a Labor Day sale right now, with discounts on a bunch of products. The well-reviewed 360 Vis Nav robot vacuum is available for just $500, which is a discount of 50 percent. That's a seriously great deal and the lowest price we've seen for this product. The Vis Nav made our list of the best robot vacuums, primarily based on the unit's superior suction power. This thing can pull up dirt like a beast. We said it had the strongest suction power of any robovac we've tested and easil

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ChargePoint’s new megawatt EV chargers could level the playing field with China

theverge.com Andrew J. Hawkins 2025-10-23 08:30:00

is transportation editor with 10+ years of experience who covers EVs, public transportation, and aviation. His work has appeared in The New York Daily News and City & State. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. ChargePoint is ramping up the power for its next-generation DC fast charging architecture to 600 kW for passenger vehicles, and up to 3.75 megawatts (3,750 kW) for heavy-duty trucks — enough to power an entire football stadium. Most EV

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Toyota is recycling old EV batteries to help power Mazda's production line

news.ycombinator.com Adam Ismail 2025-10-20 16:29:05

Get The Drive’s daily newsletter The latest car news, reviews, and features. Email address Sign Up Thank you! Terms of Service & Privacy Policy. As electric cars continue to gain ground all over the world, one of the big questions facing the industry is how to best repurpose the batteries powering those vehicles after they’re retired. It’s a question that doesn’t have a single correct answer, and so a number of startups have emerged in recent years with their own proposals. Some automakers are

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Toyota Is Recycling Old EV Batteries to Help Power Mazda's Production Line

news.ycombinator.com Adam Ismail 2025-10-20 21:29:05

Get The Drive’s daily newsletter The latest car news, reviews, and features. Email address Sign Up Thank you! Terms of Service & Privacy Policy. As electric cars continue to gain ground all over the world, one of the big questions facing the industry is how to best repurpose the batteries powering those vehicles after they’re retired. It’s a question that doesn’t have a single correct answer, and so a number of startups have emerged in recent years with their own proposals. Some automakers are

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The best portable power stations for camping in 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

zdnet.com Allison Murray 2025-10-25 04:08:00

To figure this out, you're going to need to do some calculations and gather some information. First, you need to know what devices you are going to power. List them all, because forgetting that coffee pot or heated blanket could make the difference between the power station lasting all day, or giving up the ghost on you before the day is over. Specifically, you want to know how much power, in watts, each device draws. This information is usually found on a label on the device. For example, a h

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Scientist exposes anti-wind groups as oil-funded. Now they want to silence him

news.ycombinator.com Jameson Dow 2025-10-25 20:49:23

Image: Empire Wind Oil-funded groups are engaging in strategic harassment to stop scientists from revealing the nature of their politically-linked disinformation networks – in what should be a surprise to nobody. A new report came out last week from the Climate & Development Lab (CDL) at Brown University, titled “Legal Entanglements: Mapping Connections of Anti-Offshore Wind Groups and their Lawyers in the Eastern United States.” The study focuses on several examples of law firms with connect

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Japanese Power Plant Turns Saltwater Into Electricity—and It’s a Glimpse Into the Future

gizmodo.com Gayoung Lee 2025-10-26 19:05:02

Scientists believe saltwater could become a reliable source of renewable energy through a process known as osmosis. Japan has now taken a major step in that direction. Earlier this month, Japan officially launched its first osmotic power plant in Fukuoka, a large city to the west of Tokyo. That makes Japan the second country in the world to bet on osmotic power, after Denmark. Fukuoka’s plant is expected to generate about 880,000 kilowatt hours of electricity each year, enough to supply approxi

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Dyson's Labor Day sale includes the 360 Vis Nav robot vacuum for $500 off

engadget.com Unknown 2025-10-26 23:27:59

Dyson is holding a Labor Day sale right now, with discounts on a bunch of products . The well-reviewed 360 Vis Nav robot vacuum is available for just $500 , which is a discount of 50 percent. That's a seriously great deal and the lowest price we've seen for this product. The Vis Nav made our list of the best robot vacuums , primarily based on the unit's superior suction power. This thing can pull up dirt like a beast. We said it had the strongest suction power of any robovac we've tested and ea

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Meta is spending $10B in rural Louisiana to build its largest data center

news.ycombinator.com Delaney Nolan 2025-10-26 20:10:42

On a quiet patch of former farmland in northeastern Louisiana, a fleet of excavators has leveled more than 2,000 acres of reddish clay earth. This is rural Richland Parish, once a floodplain tangled with meandering bayous and wild canebrake where black bears still wander and a quarter of the 20,000 residents live below the poverty line. Enter Meta—the sixth-largest company in the world by market cap. The tech giant is keen on making Richland home to its wildest AI aspirations—courtesy of a trem

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Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant

news.ycombinator.com Ima Caldwell 2025-10-25 08:53:35

Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant, in the south-western city of Fukuoka. Only the second power plant of its type in the world, it is expected to generate about 880,000 kilowatt hours of electricity each year – enough to help power a desalination plant that supplies fresh water to the city and neighbouring areas. That’s the equivalent of powering about 220 Japanese households, according to Dr Ali Altaee from the University of Technology Sydney (UTS), who specialises in the developm

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Meta is sinking $10B into rural Louisiana to build its wildest AI aspirations

news.ycombinator.com Delaney Nolan 2025-10-27 06:10:42

On a quiet patch of former farmland in northeastern Louisiana, a fleet of excavators has leveled more than 2,000 acres of reddish clay earth. This is rural Richland Parish, once a floodplain tangled with meandering bayous and wild canebrake where black bears still wander and a quarter of the 20,000 residents live below the poverty line. Enter Meta—the sixth-largest company in the world by market cap. The tech giant is keen on making Richland home to its wildest AI aspirations—courtesy of a trem

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Framework Laptop 16 update brings Nvidia GeForce to the modular gaming laptop

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-27 07:05:51

It's been a busy year for Framework, the company behind the now well-established series of repairable, upgradeable, modular laptops (and one paradoxically less-upgradeable desktop). The company has launched a version of the Framework Laptop 13 with Ryzen AI processors, the new Framework Laptop 12, and the aforementioned desktop in the last six months, and last week, Framework teased that it still had "something big coming." That "something big" turns out to be the first-ever update to the Frame

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Bye-bye barrel jack: Framework brings 240W USB-C charging to laptops

theverge.com Sean Hollister 2025-10-27 07:05:00

is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years editing the likes of CNET, Gizmodo, and Engadget. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Four and a quarter years ago, I told you how a USB-C cable could someday power all but the beefiest gaming laptops. Now, Framework is finally fulfilling the promise of 240 watts through a USB plug. Today, it’s opening preorders for the first standards-c

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This Solar-Powered Camping Backpack Charged My Phone 18 Times in One Trip

cnet.com See Full Bio 2025-10-27 11:19:00

CNET's key takeaways This solar-rechargeable power station is also a backpack that can carry my camping essentials. I was able to charge my laptop six to nine times, my phone 18 times and my drone five times in one charge cycle. The Bluetti Handfree 2 backpack costs $599 at full price, but it is often on sale for $450. It's heavy. It weighs 16.5 pounds by itself before adding other gear. Deep in the wilderness, you don't have many options for charging your devices, some of which are safety e

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Reverse wireless charging may not be possible on the iPhone 17 Pro

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2025-10-27 13:11:28

One feature that has been available for a number of years on Android has long been expected to come to iPhone too: reverse wireless charging. A leaker yesterday suggested that it’s coming to the two iPhone 17 Pro models. If true, this would be good news for three reasons, but there is reason to suggest that may not be possible – due to MagSafe … What is reverse wireless charging? Very simply, this means the ability to wirelessly charge an accessory like AirPods or an Apple Watch by placing it

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Power with purpose

technologyreview.com Gigi Marino 2025-10-28 02:00:00

In 2005, only 41% of Ghana’s population had access to electricity. Much of that electricity was generated by the Akosombo and Kpong dams on the Volta River, but relying on hydroelectric power made Ghana susceptible to climate fluctuations that affect water levels. Recalling how much his MIT thermodynamics class (then called Heat and Mass Transfer) with Ernest Cravalho had stayed with him, Asiamah-Adjei realized that perhaps delving into energy was not such a wild idea. “The seed had been sown,”

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IBM's Power11 Processor Architecture

news.ycombinator.com Ryan Smith 2025-10-28 16:43:13

Third up on today’s CPU track is IBM. Big Blue is at the conference to talk about its latest generation Power architecture chip, the Power11. IBM starts off by recapping Power. Why it exists, and what IBM’s goals are for the processor and architecture. IBM is very system-focused, rather than focusing on selling just CPUs. 1P and 2P systems, all the way up to 16P “glueless” systems. Recapping the Power release history, Power10 has proven to be very successful for IBM, “beyond our wildest dreams

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IBM's Power11 Processor Architecture at Hot Chips 2025

news.ycombinator.com Ryan Smith 2025-10-29 02:43:13

Third up on today’s CPU track is IBM. Big Blue is at the conference to talk about its latest generation Power architecture chip, the Power11. IBM starts off by recapping Power. Why it exists, and what IBM’s goals are for the processor and architecture. IBM is very system-focused, rather than focusing on selling just CPUs. 1P and 2P systems, all the way up to 16P “glueless” systems. Recapping the Power release history, Power10 has proven to be very successful for IBM, “beyond our wildest dreams

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Study shows which vehicles pollute the least in every US county

arstechnica.com Unknown 2025-10-29 07:07:05

Greenhouse gas reduction is no longer a priority for the US government, but if you're looking for a new vehicle and want to buy something with the lowest life cycle carbon emissions, you're best off looking for a compact with a small battery. That's one of the findings of a comprehensive study from a group at the University of Michigan that calculates the overall cradle-to-grave carbon impact for different types of vehicles, including factors like powertrain options, location (within the country

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The unlikely revival of nuclear batteries

news.ycombinator.com James Blanchard 2025-10-29 18:37:22

In 1970, surgeons in Paris implanted the first nuclear-powered pacemaker, and over the next five years, at least 1,400 additional people received the devices, mostly in France and the United States. Encased in titanium, the batteries for these devices contained a radioactive isotope—typically about a tenth of a gram of plutonium-238—and could operate for decades without maintenance. The invention provided relief to a population of people who previously needed surgery every few years to change ou

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25 Best Power Banks (2025), I've Tested Countless to Find Them

wired.com Simon Hill 2025-10-29 23:00:00

What Features Should I Look for in Power Banks? AccordionItemContainerButton LargeChevron There are a few things worth thinking about when you’re shopping for a portable charger. The capacity of a power bank is measured in milliampere-hours (mAh), but this can be a little misleading because the amount of power you get out depends on the cable you use, the device you're charging, and the charging method (Qi wireless charging is less efficient). You will never get the maximum capacity. We try to p

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EcoFlow’s Rapid power bank is the fastest yet

theverge.com Thomas Ricker 2025-10-29 23:00:00

is a deputy editor and Verge co-founder with a passion for human-centric cities, e-bikes, and life as a digital nomad. He’s been a tech journalist for 20 years. Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. It’s now possible to charge a large 99Wh (27,650mAh) power bank — the largest you can easily take on an airplane — from zero to 80 percent in about 20 minutes. But only if you own EcoFlow’s new power bank and desktop charger combo, launching in the

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My favorite iOS 26 feature is something Android has had for years

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-10-30 12:00:42

Ryan Haines / Android Authority The year is 2015. You plug your Android phone in to charge, and a helpful little timer tells you how long it should take. You pop on an episode of Narcos. Life is good. Your friend with an iPhone? Yeah, they plug in their phone too, waiting to fill their tiny, well-optimized cell. The difference? They have no idea how long it’ll take. Fast-forward to early 2025. You plug in your Pixel 9a and limit its charging to 80% of capacity to preserve battery health. Your

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US attack on renewables will lead to power crunch that spikes electricity prices

news.ycombinator.com Spencer Kimball 2025-10-30 06:22:36

Witthaya Prasongsin | Moment | Getty Images President Donald Trump's attack on solar and wind projects threatens to raise energy prices for consumers and undermine a stretched electric grid that's already straining to meet rapidly growing demand, renewable energy executives warn. Trump has long said wind power turbines are unattractive and endanger birds, and that solar installations take up too much land. This week, he said his administration will not approve solar and wind projects, the lates

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Latest Tech News

Electricity Is Becoming Unbelievably Expensive as the US Power Grid Decays Into Ruin

Intel's "Clearwater Forest" Xeon 7 E-Core CPU Will Be a Beast

The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster and the over-reliance on PowerPoint (2019)

Death by PowerPoint: the slide that killed seven people

Nvidia, Google, and Bill Gates help Commonwealth Fusion Systems raise $863M

Apple teases new Powerbeats Fit earbuds launching soon

Dyson's Labor Day sale includes a 50-percent discount on the 360 Vis Nav robot vacuum

ChargePoint’s new megawatt EV chargers could level the playing field with China

Toyota is recycling old EV batteries to help power Mazda's production line

Toyota Is Recycling Old EV Batteries to Help Power Mazda's Production Line

The best portable power stations for camping in 2025: Expert tested and reviewed

Scientist exposes anti-wind groups as oil-funded. Now they want to silence him

Japanese Power Plant Turns Saltwater Into Electricity—and It’s a Glimpse Into the Future

Dyson's Labor Day sale includes the 360 Vis Nav robot vacuum for $500 off

Meta is spending $10B in rural Louisiana to build its largest data center

Japan has opened its first osmotic power plant

Meta is sinking $10B into rural Louisiana to build its wildest AI aspirations

Framework Laptop 16 update brings Nvidia GeForce to the modular gaming laptop

Bye-bye barrel jack: Framework brings 240W USB-C charging to laptops

This Solar-Powered Camping Backpack Charged My Phone 18 Times in One Trip

Reverse wireless charging may not be possible on the iPhone 17 Pro

Power with purpose

IBM's Power11 Processor Architecture

IBM's Power11 Processor Architecture at Hot Chips 2025

Study shows which vehicles pollute the least in every US county

The unlikely revival of nuclear batteries

25 Best Power Banks (2025), I've Tested Countless to Find Them

EcoFlow’s Rapid power bank is the fastest yet

My favorite iOS 26 feature is something Android has had for years

US attack on renewables will lead to power crunch that spikes electricity prices

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