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Britain spent nearly £1.5 billion shutting down renewable electricity generation last year Smart meter households can now receive free electricity during surplus renewable generation periods Octopus customers have already saved millions through experimental free electricity flexibility sessions The UK is generating more renewable electricity than ever, but its grid often cannot use it all –…

Nio says it has performed more than 100 million battery swaps since 2018 The technology is hailed for its ease and speed Slower on-site charging also reduces the strain on the grid The history of EV battery swap technology is as long and as complicated as the electric vehicle itself, with numerous manufacturers attempting to…

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AI creates a strain of E. coli with 19 amino acids, removing isoleucine from the ribosome This is the first organism to have fewer than 20 of the universal amino acids The discovery supports early life theories and lays a future for synthetic organisms in medicine Researchers from Columbia University, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology…

It was exactly a week ago, to the date, that I suggested you not wait for the new Kindle Scribe Colorsoft if you’re in Australia as I didn’t think Amazon would release it before July. Well, I’m eating my words now as all three new 2025 Kindle Scribes that were first announced in October last…

Looking for a different day? A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing ‘today’s game’ while others are playing ‘yesterday’s’. If you’re looking for Wednesday’s puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Wednesday, April 29 (game #1556). Quordle…

FTTH and enterprise fiber connections are at risk of interception – and it’s not the internet traffic you should be worried about DAS technology analyses the effects of vibrations (or sound) on laser pulses through fiber cables Attackers can exploit this with the help of AI to decipher your conversations New research covered in Science…

Sandisk reduced SSD pre-conditioning times from days to only several hours SPRandom achieves steady state performance using only one complete drive write Open sourcing SPRandom gives hyperscalers faster deployment options Sandisk has open sourced a key algorithm which can dramatically speed up the pre-conditioning process for solid-state drives (SSDs). SanDisk Pseudo Random (or SPRandom) reduces…

South Korean monks officially ordained a humanoid robot during a Buddhist temple ceremony The AI-powered monk answered spiritual vows during its ordination ritual confidently Gabi received a symbolic sticker instead of the traditional incense burn ceremony South Korean monks at Jogyesa Temple in Seoul have ordained a humanoid robot as a Buddhist monk. The ceremony…

Western Digital claims spinning down hard drives no longer cripple application performance WD’s solution offers lower storage power consumption without sacrificing consistent response times Reduced drive power usage allows more storage capacity inside existing rack limits Western Digital (WD) has developed a new power-optimized drive technology which allows hard disks to spin down without causing…