Best iPhone Air cases 2025: Protect your new super slim phone
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Best iPhone Air cases 2025: Protect your new super slim phone
The svelte iPhone Air is finally upon us. These are the best cases to keep your new phone looking good as new for years.Jennifer Gonick (Business Insider)
Here's how the US #Army is training soldiers to become #drone #pilots.
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mastodon.social/@Tutanota/1151… Tutanota@mastodon.social - We did it: DE 🇩🇪 LU 🇱🇺 & SK 🇸🇰 just decided to oppose Chat Control! 🥳
Thanks everyone for your help and keep fighting the good fight. 🫶
Chat Control will not get a majority - at least not today.
More on why it is the most criticized law of all times: tuta.com/blog/chat-control-cri…
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mathstodon.xyz/@johncarlosbaez… johncarlosbaez@mathstodon.xyz - Good news here in Scotland!
"A grid-scale battery in the Scottish Highlands got a chance to prove its mettle in March when, 11 days after it started up, a massive wood-burning generator in Northern England shut down unexpectedly. Suddenly 1,877 megawatts of supply was missing, causing the 50-hertz frequency of the grid’s alternating current to crash below its 49.8-Hz operating limit in just 8 seconds.
But the new 200-MW battery station leapt into action within milliseconds, releasing extra power to help arrest the frequency collapse and keep the grid running.
Conventional fossil-fuel generators have historically helped thwart these kinds of problems. With the inertia of their spinning rotors, their kinetic energy provides a buffer against rapid swings in frequency and voltage. But the response in the Highlands was one of the world’s first examples of a grid-scale battery commissioned to do this kind of grid-stabilizing job.
Without moving parts, the lithium battery storage site—the largest in Europe and located in Blackhillock, Scotland—simulates inertia using power electronics. And in an innovative twist, the battery site can also provide short-circuit current in response to a fault, just like conventional power generators.
Four more of these battery sites are under construction in Scotland."
The article goes on to explain a bit more about how these batteries work and why they're so important for the solar- and wind-powered future. (Amusing that it was unreliable wood power needing help this time. England is so backward in some ways.)
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Grid-scale Batteries in Scotland Stabilize Power
Grid-scale batteries in Scotland are stabilizing power supply with advanced grid-forming inverters.Peter Fairley (IEEE Spectrum)
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Comcast CEO urges employees to 'maintain a respectful exchange of ideas' after Charlie Kirk shooting
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Comcast CEO urges employees to maintain 'respectful exchange of ideas'
The Comcast executives also addressed MSNBC's decision to sever ties with contributor Matthew Dowd, whose remarks about Charlie Kirk drew backlash.Henry Chandonnet (Business Insider)
Google kills Weather app for Wear OS 6
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I spotted these Bose headphones in 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' and now they're $120 off
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Get the Bose QuietComfort headphones featured in 'The Summer I Turned Pretty' for 34% off
Conrad Fisher, you've got good taste in headphones.Samantha Mangino (Mashable)
Small, affordable, efficient: A lot to like about the 2026 Nissan Leaf
Smaller on the outside, bigger on the inside, and it goes farther on a single charge.Jonathan M. Gitlin (Ars Technica)
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alaskan.social/@SilverSalmonAK… SilverSalmonAK@alaskan.social - This is Cammie.
She would like you to boop her nose because she is a very good girl indeed.
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Attached: 1 image This is Cammie. She would like you to boop her nose because she is a very good girl indeed. #Dogs #dogsofmastodonAlaskan Social
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This powerful and portable Bluetti solar generator is 44% off just in time for fall camping
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Bluetti Elite 100 V2 deal: $449 at Amazon
It can power up to 11 devices at once.Tabitha Britt (Mashable)
Stay juiced up in any emergency with this Anker portable power station at its lowest price yet
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Best power station deal: Get the Anker portable power station for its lowest price yet
Keep everything running smoothly whether you're camping or caught in a storm.Brittany Vincent (Mashable)
How an over-the-air update made Quilt’s heat pumps more powerful | TechCrunch
Quilt's software update unlocked an additional 20% heating and cooling capacity for all of its heat pumps, including those installed in customers' homes.Tim De Chant (TechCrunch)
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That's the neat part about inverter heat pumps. Technically, it's possible to double the power by simply increasing the pump rpm. The limit is icing up the evaporator, requiring a complete defrost...
At work, I've often played with motors found in the dumpster, pushing the rated 60Hz up to 400Hz, and they scream past 20000 RPM, which is totally insane...
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Apple's most basic iPad is back down to its best price ever
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Best tablet deal: 10th gen Apple iPad for $349
The entry-level model still offers a lot of bang for your buck.Christina Buff (Mashable)
Take a look inside Air Force Two, the 155-foot custom jet plane vice presidents use to travel the world
https://www.businessinsider.com/vice-presidents-plane-photos-air-force-two-2022-6?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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Air Force Two photos: Inside the vice president's plane
Vice President JD Vance flies in a C-32, a customized military version of a commercial jetliner featuring a communications center and stateroom.Talia Lakritz (Business Insider)
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Attached: 1 image Large #papercraft multimedia piece by Susan McAlister, local artist.mastodon.ie
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New Jeffrey Epstein memorial plaque on Trump golf course
We all hope Donald sees him very, very soon!
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We thought moving from California to Tennessee would save us money. The reality wasn't so simple — and we miss the West Coast.
https://www.businessinsider.com/left-california-moved-tennessee-to-save-money-not-worth-it-2025-9?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
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We left California, moved to Tennessee to save money; not worth it
Our family left Southern California and moved to rural Tennessee to save money and be near family. Prices are still high, and it hasn't been worth it.Giana Vasconcellos (Business Insider)
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