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• The power grid is too old and simple for the growth of extreme weather, EVs, and renewable energy.
• Chattanooga's utility built a $280 million smart grid, creating $2.7 billion in economic value.
• This article is part of "Transforming Business: Infrastructure," a series exploring the advancements reshaping US infrastructure.

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• Top Gear recently tested the Tesla Cybertruck's camping accessories.
• There's a software update for sensors that will hopefully prevent smashed fingers, as well as a sleek new cooler.
• The "Cybertent," which is integrated into the truck bed, sells for about $3,000.

The Top Gear crew took the Cybertruck camping and

The Federal Communications Commission is asking for more funding to help internet service providers rip and replace equipment made by Huawei and ZTE. In a letter to Congress, FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel says the government has only allocated $1.9 billion to reimburse providers, which is $3.08 billion

If your main gaming platform is the Xbox Series X or S and you have a particularly deep library, bring it in for a hug. The markups on its proprietary storage cards are exorbitant, but regular discounts are starting to make them a

• Apple reported its fiscal second-quarter earnings on Thursday.
• The company beat on sales and earnings per share, and did better than expected in China.
• Apple announced a $110 billion stock buyback — its biggest ever. Shares climbed 6%

The Tesla Cybertruck is, famously, a vehicle with a reputation problem. This video of a Cybertruck owner appearing to have his finger almost cut off by his truck's motorized front hatch is not going to help.

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It was discovered early this year in the days just after the Cybertruck's debut that the "frunk" (front trunk) was disturbingly capable when

There’s been a lot of talk about the Tesla Cybertruck having a deep desire to chomp people’s fingers off with its power frunk latch, but no one has been brave enough to stick their fingie in there and find out what happens… until now. So far, we’ve only seen various vegetables and dummy hands get crunched by the…

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Over the years, the Star Wars saga has been taken under the knife and chopped and edited—for better or worse—many times, even beyond the Special Editions of the ‘90s. And yet one of the weirdest tweaks is still one of the most recent: the bizarre rally cry of “maclunkey!” when Greedo goes to shoot Han Solo in A New…

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• A Washington Post investigation revealed US forces mistakenly killed a civilian in a drone strike.
• The strike, conducted in Syria in 2023, was intended to hit an al-Qaeda operative.
• Central Command maintains the strike complied with

Microsoft says the April security updates for Windows may break your VPN. (Oops!) “Windows devices might face VPN connection failures after installing the April 2024 security update (KB5036893) or the April 2024 non-security preview update,” the company wrote in a status update. It’s working on a fix.

Bleeping Computer first reported the issue, which affects Windows 11, Windows 10 and Windows

Months after it shutdown the popular Switch emulator Yuzu over copyright infringement and piracy concerns, Nintendo has initiated a mass takedown of related backups and apparent clones on the Microsoft-owned platform Github. Over 8,000 repositories were removed as the Zelda publisher seemingly tries to stomp out forks…

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• 404 Media has been reporting on the proliferation of AI spam images like "Shrimp Jesus" for a few months now.
• The culmination is a kind of "zombie internet" – fake people posting fake stuff.
•  So why isn't Facebook putting a stop to it? Here's my take.

404 Media has been pulling the thread