Penn State researchers built a monolithic 3D chip that runs entirely off ambient light without leveraging a battery The chip stacks silicon photovoltaics, MoS₂/WSe₂ complementary logic, and graphene chemical sensors within ~50 nm of each other The development also opens the door for larger 2D circuits that incorporate some of the same design philosophy in…
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 Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Monday, July 13 (game #1631). Quordle…
Looking for a different day? A new NYT Connections 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 Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Monday, July 13 (game…
Xiaomi reveals its first extended-range electric vehicle SkyNomad will sit separately from its pure EV Xiaomi Auto company The 1.5-liter engine is manufactured by Changan’s subsidiary Harbin Dongang Xiaomi is set to enter the hotly contested luxury SUV sector with an all-new business that it has dubbed SkyNomad. Fresh off the success of both the…
Marshall’s 1959BJA Signature amp was first seen at the Super Bowl Built on Marshall’s handwired 1959HW platform, with a custom ‘Dookie Mod’ The color? A nod to Billie Joe Armstrong’s first guitar, Blue (are you even an Idiot?) When Billie Joe Armstrong et al took to the stage for Green Day’s Super Bowl performance earlier…
AI expansion is overwhelming transformer factories across global electricity markets today Power transformer delivery times have stretched from months into several years Aging electricity grids are driving an urgent wave of transformer replacements Electricity grids across Europe and North America are facing a serious equipment shortage that could delay new electricity connections for years, experts…
QinetiQ testing of SuperDielectrics’ water-based zinc cells showed up to 13x longer high-power cycle life, 100C discharge in 36 seconds, and zero thermal runaway The company is pitching its solution to AI datacenters as a ‘shock absorber’ that can deal with power requirement spikes safely and reliably SuperDielectrics’ Faraday 3’s first commercial deployment is slated…
Looking for a different day? A new NYT Strands 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 Monday’s puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Monday, July 13 (game…
Many consider two of the most valuable companies in the world, Microsoft and Apple, to be at different ends of a spectrum. While different in their broad target market, they compete intensely in similar markets like operating systems, consumer hardware and enterprise software. It’s little surprise, then, that their respective leaders have looked at each…
There has been a developer beta of iOS 27 for a while, but now it’s available in public beta, which both makes it slightly easier to get hold of and suggests it might be more stable than it was initially. That said, this still isn’t finished software, so while stability may have improved, you’re still…