The self-heating Shenxing battery still performs even in Arctic temperatures. As prophesied by more than a few analysts along the years, China’s full-hearted embrace of electric vehicles has paid dividends. Starting with also-rans that required joint ventures with Western automakers, Chinese OEMs now make world-leading EVs crammed full of…
There are some practical benefits to this $899 chip, but not many. AMD is releasing its Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 Dual Edition processor on April 22. The processor will cost $899, though this could go up or down based on supply and demand. To recap, it’s a version of the…
A stubborn misconception is hampering the already hard work of quantum readiness. With growing focus on the existential threat quantum computing poses to some of the most crucial and widely used forms of encryption, cryptography engineer Filippo Valsorda wants to make one thing absolutely clear: Contrary to popular mythology…
The International Energy Agency says we’ve entered the Age of Electricity. On Monday, the International Energy Agency released its analysis of the energy trends of 2025, covering the entire globe. It confirms and extends the primary conclusion of a more limited analysis by the International Renewable Energy Agency: 2025…
Problems with the ground system would have “put current GPS military and civilian capabilities at risk.” The Pentagon has canceled a ground control system for the US military’s GPS satellite navigation network after the program’s enduring problems “proved insurmountable,” the US Space Force announced in a press release Monday. The…
Cook will be executive chairman but will no longer run the company day to day. Apple CEO Tim Cook will step down from the job effective September 1, 2026. As has long been rumored, Senior Vice President of Hardware Engineering John Ternus will become Apple’s new CEO. While Cook…
Energy management and speed differentials are the problems of the day. After spending the last couple of weeks discussing the problem, Formula 1’s stakeholders have arrived at a number of solutions to the sport’s hybrid energy problem. F1 started this year with all-new powertrains with much more powerful electric…
AI tracks account for a small fraction of Deezer streams, and most are demonetized for fraud. Music streaming services like Spotify and YouTube Music have become the primary way people listen to music, which can be a lot more convenient than buying individual albums. However, this also makes it…
Kea parrot missing his upper beak “has rewritten what disability means for behaviorally complex species.” Bruce the kea—a species of alpine parrot native to New Zealand—lost his upper beak in an accident as a young bird. But that hasn’t stopped him from becoming the dominant male in his kea…
How does HEVC implementation really work these days? You don’t notice good video compression—until it’s not there. For years, people have streamed high-resolution video without thinking about the tech behind it. But when companies clash over which hardware, software, and services can use modern codecs like HEVC/H.265, the idea that…
