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Real-World Diagnostics and Prognostics for Grid-Connected Battery Energy Storage Systems
This is a sponsored article brought to you by The University of Sheffield.Across global electricity networks, the shift to renewable energy has fundamentally changed the behavior of power systems. Decades of engineering assumptions, predictable inertia, dispatchable baseload generation, and...
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Mars may once have had a much larger moon
A Mars crater may have once contained water that sloshed back and forth as a tide came and went....
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ChatGPT gets major update (GPT-5.2) as OpenAI battles Google in AI arms race
OpenAI has officially launched GPT-5.2, the latest iteration of its flagship AI model series and its answer to Google’s Gemini 3. The new model is meant to be faster, smarter, and more helpful for the complex, real-world queries with...
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The RESISTORS: Teen Hackers Who Saw and Lived the Future of Computing
In late April of 1968, a computer conference in Atlantic City, N.J., got off to a rocky start. A strike by telephone operators prevented exhibitors from linking their terminals to off-site computers, as union-sympathetic workers refused to wire up...
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SEC Gives DTCC OK to Tokenize Stocks In Move To Blockchain – Slashdot
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The SEC has granted the Depository Trust & Clearing Corp., or DTCC, a no-action letter allowing it to custody and recognize tokenized stocks, ETFs, and Treasuries on approved blockchains for three years. "Although this program is a pilot...
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Stanford’s star reporter takes on Silicon Valley’s ‘money-soaked’ startup culture | TechCrunch
Theo Baker is truly an outlier.While journalism as a major has seen shrinking enrollment for years and is even being dropped by some schools entirely, Baker, a senior at Stanford University, has doubled down on old-school investigative reporting,...
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Google asks UK experts to find uses for its powerful quantum tech
Google has announced plans to team up with the UK to invite researchers to come up with uses for the tech giant's state-of-the-art quantum chip Willow.It is one of several firms competing to develop a powerful quantum computer -...
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‘It’s amazing’ – the wonder material very few can make
Chris BaraniukTechnology ReporterKromekMany other scientists use CZT. In the UK, a major upgrade of the Diamond Light Source research facility in Oxfordshire – costing half a billion pounds – will improve its capabilities thanks to the installation of CZT-based...
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Reddit launches High Court challenge to Australia’s social media ban for kids
Reddit has launched a challenge in Australia's highest court against the nation's landmark social media ban for children.The online forum is among 10 social media platforms which must bar Australians aged under 16 from having accounts, under a new...
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New antibiotic could stave off drug-resistant gonorrhoea
Drug-resistant gonorrhoea is on the rise worldwide, but a new antibiotic could buy us more time before the emergence...