Month: February 2024
How bad is Tesla’s hazardous waste problem in California?
Allegations that Tesla mishandled hazardous waste point to a systemic failure at the company’s California facilities. This was no simple accident or one-off event. No less than 25 counties sued Tesla this week for allegedly illegally disposing of hazardous waste. Within a couple days, the Elon Musk-led company agreed to…
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Liquid metal RAM is first step towards shapeless computing — as well as spinless robots with octopus-like features and robots from a popular 90’s Sci-Fi movie
Storage systems are critical parts of electronic devices, but current methods have struggled to create flexible memory due to inherent rigidity limitations. In a breakthrough that brings to mind the T-1000 from Terminator 2, researchers from Tsinghua University in Beijing have developed a fully flexible resistive random-access-memory device, known as…
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8 Best Valentine’s Day Deals: Headphones, MacBooks, and a Lego Kit
Nintendo Switch consoles, our favorite MacBook, and more are on sale ahead of Valentine’s Day. Source
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Don’t know what’s good about Copilot Pro? Windows 11 users might soon find out, as Microsoft is testing Copilot ads for the OS
Windows 11 might be getting ads for Copilot Pro, or at least this possibility is being explored in testing right now it seems. Copilot Pro, for those who missed it, was recently revealed as Microsoft’s powered-up version of the AI assistant that you have to pay for (via a monthly…
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Neck lamps are a bookworm’s best friend
As convenient as e-readers are, I can’t quit actual books. Maybe it’s their reassuring weight, the satisfying crinkle of their pages, their beguiling musk; but there’s something addictive about that combination of paper, ink, and glue. Despite this — and as much as it pains me to say it —…
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Exclusive: Seagate explains why it didn’t sell a 60TB SSD in 2016 — and when it plans to finally release a 60TB HDD to the world
Seagate has been firing on all cylinders in January 2024 as it launched the world’s first 30 TB hard disk drive (and the largest hard drive ever produced), the Exos X Mozaic 3+, with the promise of much more to come including a 50 TB HDD (more on that later). …
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