The aging Sherco coal power plant in Minnesota is slated for retirement within the next five years, but its infrastructure will soon have a new life. Xcel Energy plans to repurpose the plant’s interconnection system to connect the largest solar project in the Upper Midwest directly to the grid. This move will bypass seven years … Read more
September has been a remarkable month for desktop hypervisors, with four major players – Oracle, Parallels, VMware, and VirtualBox – delivering significant updates. Oracle’s VirtualBox 7.1 boasts a modernized user interface with reduced or full UI functionality, depending on the user level. Additionally, it now allows users to run Linux and BSD code for the … Read more
A new, portable digital holographic microscope has the potential to make precision 3D measurements more accessible through smartphone-powered technology. This low-cost microscope features capabilities that can assist in various applications, including near-patient testing, education, and scientific research. The device uses 3D printing capabilities and smartphone-based calculations to create a microscope that is “inexpensive, portable, and … Read more
Researchers at the University at Buffalo have developed a superconducting wire segment based on rare-earth barium copper oxide (REBCO) that sets new records for current density and pinning force. The wire, only 0.2 microns thick, can carry an impressive 190 MA/cm2 in the absence of magnetic fields at 4.2 K, and still manage over 150 … Read more
A massive solar flare erupted from the sun over the weekend, bringing with it the potential for a spectacular display of the Northern Lights. When these powerful flares are directed towards Earth, they can cause a coronal mass ejection (CME) that interacts with our planet’s magnetic field and upper atmosphere. This interaction causes certain molecules … Read more
Oracle, once considered a slow-growth tech stock, has tripled in value over the past five years as it expanded its cloud-based services and grew revenue consistently. Despite being smaller than Microsoft with a market capitalization of $450 billion compared to Microsoft’s $3.2 trillion, Oracle’s long-term strategy is focused on expanding its higher-growth cloud software and … Read more
Slack, a business chat platform, is rebranding itself as a “work operating system” that integrates artificial intelligence (AI) applications from Salesforce, Adobe, and Anthropic. The company’s CEO, Denise Dresser, sees Slack as more than just a place to chat with coworkers but rather a hub for AI-powered tools. The latest update includes AI-generated Huddle summaries … Read more
The upcoming Matrix 5 film promises to shake things up with its bold and inventive subversions of genre expectations. Directed by Drew Goddard, the movie will be the first entry in the franchise without the direct involvement of The Wachowskis. To stand out from past entries, the new film should introduce a particularly revolutionary aspect … Read more
** Being a lone wolf isn’t about being shy or socially awkward – it’s about choosing solitude, relishing in autonomy, and living life on your own terms. In this article, we’ll delve into the differences between being a lone wolf and just misunderstood. Let’s start by identifying some key characteristics of a true lone wolf: … Read more
Researchers at Kocaeli University recently surprised many by training and running a facial recognition model on a Raspberry Pi, a single-board computer typically used for hobbyist projects. The team leveraged two key factors to make it work: choosing an appropriately-sized model for the available hardware resources and using transfer learning. They selected MobileNetV2 and InceptionV3, … Read more