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zdnet.com - Adrian Kingsley-Hughes - I tested a $14 emergency radio with solar and hand-crank power - it's in my survival kit now
I tested a $14 emergency radio with solar and hand-crank power - it's in my survival kit now
ZDNET

Pros Competitively priced emergency radio USB-C/solar, and hand crank charging It's a good radio -- great reception, loud, clear speaker, decent runtime. Cons No earphone jack Hand cranking takes a LONG time! Power bank feature is definitely a…

washingtonexaminer.com - Callie Patteson - Daily on Energy: A nuclear day at the White House
Daily on Energy: A nuclear day at the White House
Washington Examiner

“[T]o those who think that by rejecting data centers for the year while we're doing this thoughtful process means we're rejecting innovation, that's just a false, false narrative,” Hochul told NBC News. “You don't have to have…

abc.net.au - Tom Robinson - NT government opens door to AI industry powered by Beetaloo gas
NT government opens door to AI industry powered by Beetaloo gas
Australian Broadcasting Corporation

As the AI industry arrives in the Northern Territory, Australia's most isolated and least populated jurisdiction wants to grow its gas and data sectors at the same time. The NT government has thrown its support behind both industries as 12 data…

popsci.com - Mack DeGeurin - Nuclear molten salt could power future cargo ships
Nuclear molten salt could power future cargo ships
Popular Science

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent six days a week. Massive artificial intelligence data centers and their extreme energy damages are fuelling renewed interest in nuclear power. But it turns out one of the more impactful uses of this…

thestandard.com.hk - The Standard 英文虎報 - Malaysia's resource anxiety tests Asia's fastest data centre build-out
Malaysia's resource anxiety tests Asia's fastest data centre build-out
The Standard

After leapfrogging Singapore to become the region's fastest-growing data centre hub, Malaysia is facing intensifying scrutiny as the resources debate that has complicated the industry's growth spreads to emerging Asia. SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH…

fastcompany.com - Adele Peters - How China is powering new data centers with clean energy
How China is powering new data centers with clean energy
Fast Company

The number of data centers in China is surging thanks to AI, just like in the U.S. But unlike the U.S., China is racing to power them with clean energy. A data center in Mongolia, for example, is connected to 200 megawatts of wind power, 100…

forbes.com - Jasmine Browley - Exploring The Multiplicity Economy
Exploring The Multiplicity Economy
Forbes

The creator economy is worth an estimated $250 billion. More than half the people working inside it earn under $15,000 a year. Those two facts belong in the same sentence. The platform layer gets most of the coverage and most of the money: YouTube…

examinerlive.co.uk - James Rodger, Tom Kershaw - New UK law under Andy Burnham with £110 for shoppers from August 27
New UK law under Andy Burnham with £110 for shoppers from August 27
Yorkshire Live

From the end of August, households across Britain will gain the ability to fit plug-in balcony solar panels. Under Andy Burnham, the new Labour Party Prime Minister, residents will have the option to purchase these plug-in solar systems later this…

thehindubusinessline.com - Sumeet Industries raises ₹200 crore through rights issue to fund expansion
Sumeet Industries raises ₹200 crore through rights issue to fund expansion
BusinessLine

Sumeet Industries, a leading integrated polyester manufacturer, has raised Rs 200 crore through a rights issue. The Board has approved allotment of 16.84 crore equity shares at an issue price of ₹11.86 per share. The rights issue was offered…

irishmirror.ie - Bairbre Holmes, PA - Permission for more offshore windfarms expected in 'short term', says minister
Permission for more offshore windfarms expected in 'short term', says minister
Irish Mirror

A planning decision to build more offshore wind farms in Ireland is expected in 'the short term', the Environment Minister has said. Ireland currently has only one operational offshore wind farm, off the Co Wicklow coast, which opened in 2005.

foxnews.com - Kerri Kupec Urbahn - The surveillance camera on your street corner: lawful spying or constitutionally problematic?
The surveillance camera on your street corner: lawful spying or constitutionally problematic?
Fox News

The cameras that scan your car on your commute to work have quietly become one of the most widespread surveillance tools in America. They record vehicle sightings, feed searchable databases and, when agencies choose to share data, can connect…

cnbc.com - Sarah Min - Megacap earnings and Fed meeting could test a market on edge next week. Here's what's ahead
Megacap earnings and Fed meeting could test a market on edge next week. Here's what's ahead
CNBC

There's no shortage of hurdles the stock market will have to jump in the week ahead. Earnings will kick into high gear next week, with three major hyperscalers — Amazon, Meta Platforms and Microsoft — reporting Wednesday and Thursday…

digitaltrends.com - Vikhyaat Vivek - Space is becoming Bezos and Musk's next data center site, and we have every reason to worry
Space is becoming Bezos and Musk's next data center site, and we have every reason to worry
Digital Trends

AI data centers already consume vast amounts of electricity and water on Earth, so Silicon Valley has begun looking somewhere considerably more spacious… literally. Elon Musk's SpaceX and Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin, along with several other…

birminghammail.co.uk - James Rodger - New UK shop law from August 27 under Andy Burnham with £110 for shoppers
New UK shop law from August 27 under Andy Burnham with £110 for shoppers
Birmingham Live

Households will be allowed to install plug-in balcony solar panels from the end of August. Under Andy Burnham, the new Labour Party Prime Minister, households will be able to buy plug-in solar panels later this summer. Last week, before Mr Burnham…

axios.com - Zachery Eanes - Addison Yarbrough of Omie's talks about building a coffee shop and serving Joe Jonas
Addison Yarbrough of Omie's talks about building a coffee shop and serving Joe Jonas
Axios

When Addison Yarbrough took over a former tire shop on Roxboro Street four years ago, the place looked like it was covered in an inch of grime, and a drum of waste oil had been left behind. Why it matters: Today that building — now painted…

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