Now is a great time for anyone who’s shopping for a used car to consider an electric vehicle, according to new research from the University of Michigan.
Category: 3. Tech
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Used EVs currently offer car buyers lowest lifetime cost of ownership, study shows
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Unsinkable metal tubes could lead to resilient ships, floating platforms and renewable energy innovations
More than a century after the Titanic sank, engineers still have hopes of someday creating “unsinkable” ships. In a step toward reaching that lofty goal, researchers at the University of Rochester’s Institute of Optics have developed a new…
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Stratospheric internet could finally start taking off this year
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Because of its unique geography, Japan is a perfect test bed for HAPS. Many of the country’s roughly 430 inhabited islands are remote, mountainous, and sparsely populated, making them too costly to connect with terrestrial cell towers….
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This Anker Bluetooth Speaker Is One Of My Faves, and It’s Cheaper Than Ever at $75
Right now, the Anker Soundcore Boom 3I is just $75, which is $65 off its list price. That’s the lowest price we’ve seen on this portable Bluetooth speaker. If you’ve been thinking about upgrading your mobile sound situation, this is one of those…
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Still hanging on to your iPhone 5s or 6? Apple just gave it a new lease on life
Apple just dropped the latest beta build of iOS 26.3, introducing a new feature that allows users to limit how precisely carriers can track their location. In addition, the company has quietly released an update for a handful of older
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Low-cost system turns smartphones into emergency radiation detectors
Prompt, individual-based dose assessment is essential to protect people from the negative consequences of radiation exposure after large-scale nuclear or radiological incidents. However, traditional dosimetry methods often require expensive…
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Should companies replace human workers with robots? Study takes a closer look
Last year, when The New York Times reported that Amazon’s robotics team’s ultimate goal was to automate 75% of the company’s operations, replacing more than half a million human jobs in an attempt to pass cost savings onto customers, it was a…
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Early Results from the TNW Council Concierge Revealed
Shortly after launch, TNW Council is already seeing clear, early signals from its concierge model, signals that underline a fundamental truth often overlooked in the startup ecosystem: founders operating at €1 to 10 million and leaders scaling…
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New method helps explain how solar cells can repair themselves using sunlight
Engineers at UNSW Sydney have developed a way to monitor solar cells at a microscopic level while they are operating to discover exactly how damage caused by ultraviolet light can be naturally repaired. The new monitoring method allows experts to…
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The Download: OpenAI’s plans for science, and chatbot age verification
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology.
Inside OpenAI’s big play for science
—Will Douglas Heaven
In the three years since…
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