Month: December 2023
The first EV with a lithium-free sodium battery hits the road in January
JAC Motors, a Volkswagen-backed Chinese automaker, is set to launch the first mass-produced electric vehicle (EV) with a sodium-ion battery through its new Yiwei brand. Although sodium-ion battery tech has a lower density (and is less mature) than lithium-ion, its lower costs, more abundant supplies and superior cold-weather performance could…
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Swedish Researchers develop ‘electronic soil’ that speeds up plant growth
Researchers from Linköping University in Sweden developed a ‘bioelectronic soil’ that can speed up the growth of plants in hydroponic spaces, or farms that grow plants without soil in environments made up of mostly water and a place for roots to attach. After integrating the engineered ‘eSoil’ into the framework…
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How to take advantage of Chrome’s side panel
When it comes to apps that I’ve used for over a year or so — such as the Chrome browser —I can be very boring. I get into the habit of using the app in a particular way, and after that, when interesting new features pop up, I’ll often put…
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What If…? season 2 doesn’t get good until it really lets loose
Even though the most interesting thing about Disney Plus’ What If…? series is the way it’s positioned to showcase the expansiveness of Marvel’s multiverse, in its first season, the show felt like it was playing things safe by focusing mainly on a handful of slightly remixed characters and stories we’d…
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This versatile graphics-card docking station transforms your laptop into a high-performance machine – ideal for design and video editing
If you want to perform intensive computing tasks on a laptop or desktop with native or basic graphics, you’re going to find it a struggle – and video editing in particular can often be a nightmare. The Peladn Link S-1 e-GPU Dock provides a simple solution to this problem and…
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Hackers stole billions of dollars of crypto in 2023
Every year since its inception, hackers have stolen more cryptocurrencies than the previous year, until 2023, new research has claimed. Data presented on the REKT platform, which keeps track of all the different crypto-related hacks and thefts, says that in 2023, hackers stole a total of $1.83bn. “This amount, though…
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