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AI-driven upgrade of communications energy storage empowers a new energy ecosystem for multiple industries
This sponsored feature explores how AI-enhanced energy storage at telecom sites could help ease the strain that datacentres and 5G networks are placing on power grids. As AI-driven electricity demand surges, the article argues that telecom operators already possess untapped batteries, generators and renewable assets at their sites that could be turned from passive backup…
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Ancient ‘Who owns Linux?’ case now has one foot very deep in the grave
A US appeals court has dealt what looks like a near-fatal blow to a long-running legal dispute over the ownership of code within Linux, ruling that a claim brought by SCO successor Xinuos against IBM and Red Hat is invalid and time-barred. The case traces back to a failed 1998 partnership called Project Monterey, in…
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Why students are being paid £2,000 to play computer games
The University of Roehampton is offering esports scholarships worth up to £2,000 to students who can balance competitive video gaming with their academic studies, with more than 100 awarded so far. The initiative highlights a wider problem in UK higher education: millions of pounds in scholarships and bursaries go unclaimed each year because students are…
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Arriva North London Bus Drivers Strike Next Week Over Hot Working Conditions
More than 1,500 bus drivers employed by Arriva in North London will strike next week after negotiations with management collapsed without resolution. The industrial action centres on concerns about excessive heat in buse
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How is Android Auto different from Android Automotive?
Android Auto and Android Automotive OS are often confused despite being fundamentally different systems. Android Auto is powered by a driver’s smartphone and projects a simplified interface for navigation, music and messaging onto a compatible car display, functioning much like Google’s answer to Apple CarPlay. Android Automotive OS (AAOS), by contrast, runs directly on the…
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How to stop Siri from interrupting while you’re using CarPlay
Apple’s CarPlay is designed to make using an iPhone safer while driving, but Siri can undermine this by interrupting music, podcasts or conversations with audible notifications, or by failing to hear commands properly over road noise. Since Siri cannot be fully disabled without breaking CarPlay, users are advised to adjust several settings instead to cut…
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Arriva bus strikes return, Trump slams Canada, Thailand hit by arson wave
London bus drivers plan fresh strikes over hot working conditions, Trump lashes out at Canada after trade talks collapse, and Thailand faces over fifty co-ordinated arson attacks, plus Iran’s economic woes, Premier League kick-off and Mateta’s Palace contract battle.
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Dystopian Harvard professors make AI CLONES of themselves to teach entrepreneurship course that’ll set students back $699
Harvard Business School has launched an eight-week, AI-powered entrepreneurship programme called Foundry, priced at $699, which uses AI “clones” of some of its own professors to guide participants building start-ups. The scheme, running since April, is designed to extend Harvard’s entrepreneurship teaching to aspiring founders beyond the roughly 900 MBA students the university admits each…
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Why are there so many fast charging standards, and what’s the difference between them?
Fast charging has become a confusing landscape of overlapping standards, with terms like USB PD, PPS and SuperVOOC often used loosely by manufacturers. Understanding the differences matters because simply owning a USB-C device or a high-wattage charger does not guarantee fast charging; the phone, cable and charger all need to support the same protocol to…
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Does Analogue 3D really make retro games 4K? Here’s what you should know
Analogue’s 3D console does genuinely output a 4K HDMI signal when playing original Nintendo 64 cartridges, but this is upscaling rather than a true native 4K remaster. Marketing around “4K” retro hardware can be misleading, since original N64 games were rendered at much lower resolutions and no amount of output scaling adds detail, textures or…