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CUKTECH showed a new lineup of charging hardware at IFA Berlin, headlined by the CUKTECH 30 Ultra Charging Station, a 300W desktop hub with a dedicated laptop DC port plus multiple USB-C and USB-A outputs. It also debuted a wearable exoskeleton kit powered by portable battery packs, alongside other GaN charger updates, extending the company's decade-long focus on efficient DC-DC power design.
Amazon has discounted the BLUETTI Elite 10 Mini Portable Power Station from its $199 list price to $119, a 40% cut. The compact unit uses a 128Wh LiFePO4 battery with 200W AC output and includes 10ms UPS switching for light electronics like routers and laptops.
Prime Video's 'Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power' showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay, along with actor Charlie Vickers, have disclosed details of Sauron's opening scene in the upcoming third season. The reveal suggests the forging and arrival of the One Ring will finally take center stage in the storyline after two seasons of buildup.
A coalition including the American Lung Association, American Public Health Association, Clean Air Council, Clean Wisconsin, Environmental Defense Fund and NRDC has filed a petition asking the DC Circuit Court of Appeals to review the EPA's recent repeal of climate rules for power plants. The groups argue the repeal violates the Clean Air Act and could lead to thousands of preventable deaths by leaving the largest industrial source of climate pollution unregulated.
NVIDIA, Google, and startup Emerald AI have created the AI Energy Management Alliance (AEMA), a coalition aimed at making AI data centers more flexible in their power consumption. The group wants facilities to be able to shift workloads, tap batteries, and cut usage during peak demand, in exchange for utilities granting faster grid connections and potentially sharing infrastructure costs.
The UK's Advanced Research and Invention Agency (ARIA) is spending $94 million over three and a half years across 18 projects to build high-altitude pseudo-satellites—essentially long-endurance drones—that would deliver wireless internet to areas lacking ground networks. The program, called Enduring Atmospheric Platforms, targets a unit carrying a 300-watt communications payload that can stay airborne for a full week, with work split into technology development, system integration, and deployment phases.
A ZDNET reviewer cautions that although many power stations are technically capable of powering large appliances like central air conditioning, electric water heaters, space heaters, and ovens, doing so isn't advisable during outages. The concern is that these heat-producing and high-draw devices can rapidly deplete a power station's limited battery capacity, undermining its usefulness as backup power.
Amazon is currently selling a two-pack of Ring's Indoor Cam 2K for $59.98, a 50% discount that saves buyers $60 off the regular price. Each camera includes two-way talk, night vision, and USB-C power, letting shoppers add indoor monitoring to two rooms at once.
A developer released an experimental utility called NvpwrControl on GitHub that lets owners of NVIDIA RTX 50-series gaming laptops manually raise their GPU's power limit beyond factory settings. According to VideoCardz, the tool can push the RTX 5090 Laptop GPU's ceiling up to 225W, roughly 40W above its stock maximum with Dynamic Boost.
Startup Rune has deployed a modular data center in southwest Texas that connects directly to a solar farm rather than the electric grid. It runs on solar output that would otherwise go unused, avoiding the need to construct any new power generation to support it.
New data shows that more than 70% of recently added solar power capacity in the United States is being built in states that voted for Donald Trump. This trend continues despite Republican-backed policies at the federal level that could slow renewable energy expansion going forward.
A team of Chinese scientists modified perovskite solar cells to survive and function while submerged several meters below the ocean surface. By altering the perovskite's chemical composition, adding a water-repelling coating, and using larger crystal structures, they created cells resistant to seawater degradation that still efficiently capture dim, filtered sunlight.