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Sunday July 13, 2025. 08:47 PM
HGP Storage is a (real) Texas company providing distributed battery-based, utility-scale energy storage systems. Founded in 2013, it has 'successfully developed over 20+ sites and closed over 200 MW of distributed energy projects,' according to its web site. And they just...
'Certain kinds of gut microbes absorb toxic Pfas 'forever chemicals' and help expel them from the body,' reports the Guardian, citing a 'new first-of-its-kind University of Cambridge research shows.' The microbes were found to remove up to 75% of some Pfas from the gut of...
An underwater turbine has been spinning for more than six years 'to harness the power of ocean tides for electricity,' reports the Associated Press. The long-running turbine (off the coast of Scotland) has now proven the commercial viability of the technology: Keeping a...
Electrek reports on the new Omo X, a scooter planned for release in 2026 that's 'full of premium tech features that blur the lines between e-scooter and self-driving EV.' At its recent launch in Jakarta, the Omo X didn't just sit pretty center stage, it actually drove itself ...
'A Nintendo Switch 2 user reportedly got his brand-new console banned by Nintendo after buying used Switch 1 games and patching them on his console,' reports Tom's Hardware: According to Reddit user dmanthey, they purchased four used titles off the Facebook marketplace,...
James Gunn's Superman 'appears to be succeeding in rebooting DC Studios and its most iconic comic book franchise,' writes The Hollywood Reporter, noting the film is 'headed for a possible record domestic box office debut of $115 million to $120 million.' Gunn is in a unique...
James Gunn's Superman 'appears to be succeeding in rebooting DC Studios and its most iconic comic book franchise,' writes The Hollywood Reporter, noting the film is 'headed for a possible record domestic box office debut of $115 million to $120 million.' Gunn is in a unique...
An anonymous reader shared this report from Cosmos magazine about a plan to 'pick up those faint signals from billions of years ago.' Astronomers are planning to launch a tiny spacecraft to the far side of the Moon to listen out for 'ancient whispers' in a quest to uncover...
An anonymous reader shared this report from Jalopnik: On July 2, the 88th anniversary of famed aviator Amelia Earhart's disappearance, Purdue University announced an expedition [which will launch in November] to confirm whether or not the wreckage of her plane has been...
Lucid Motors set a Guinness World Record for the longest journey by an electric car on a single charge, covering a distance of 749 miles (about 1,205 km), reports New Atlas. 'In doing so, Lucid broke the 1,045-km (649-mile) record previously achieved by the Mercedes-Benz...
'Firefox is dead to me,' wrote Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols last month for The Register, complaining about everything from layoffs at Mozilla to Firefox's discontinuation of Pocket and Fakespot, its small market share, and some user complaints that the browser might be becoming ...
Saturday July 12, 2025. 11:34 PM
Slashdot reader BrianFagioli shared this report from Nerds.xyz: NVIDIA just put out a new security notice, and if you're running one of its powerful GPUs, you might want to pay attention. Researchers from the University of Toronto have shown that Rowhammer attacks, which are ...
Robinhood's stock hit is up more than 160% for 2025, reports CNBC, and the trading platform's own stock hit an all-time high on Friday. But 'Despite its stellar year, the online broker is facing several headwinds...' Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier opened a formal...
It killed tens of millions of people in 14th century Europe,' CNN reports, though 'today, it's easily treated with antibiotics.' And yet 'A resident of northern Arizona has died from pneumonic plague, health officials said Friday.' Plague is rare to humans, with on average...
'Microsoft's Outlook email service malfunctioned for over 21 hours Wednesday and Thursday,' reports CNBC, 'prompting some people to post on social media about the inability to reach their virtual mailboxes.' The issue began at 6:20 p.m. Eastern time on Wednesday, according...
China 'accounts for more than half of global coal use,' reports Asia Times, 'even as it builds the world's largest solar-panel and EV industries.' Much of the world's solar gear is made on fossil power. The International Energy Agency finds that 'coal generates over 60% of...
Bitcoin 'vaulted to a fresh all-time high Friday, breaking above $118,000,' reports Yahoo Finance: Year to date, the token is up roughly 21%, buoyed in part by crypto-friendly policies from the Trump administration, including the establishment of a strategic bitcoin reserve...
The advocacy group Free Press on Friday blasted America's Federal Communications Commission chief 'for an order that rips net neutrality rules off the books, without any time for public comment, following an unfavorable court ruling,' reports the nonprofit progressive news...
Slashdot reader hcs_$reboot shared this report from NPR: A pair of switches that control the fuel supply to the engines were set to 'cutoff' moments before the crash of Air India Flight 171, according to a preliminary report from India's Air Accident Investigation Bureau...
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: Contrary to popular belief, using cutting-edge artificial intelligence tools slowed down experienced software developers when they were working in codebases familiar to them, rather than supercharging their work, a new study...
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