California’s power grid is struggling to cope with extreme heat
[ad_1] A long, brutal heatwave is expected to grip California at least through the holiday weekend, stressing the power grid. Officials are begging residents to conserve electricity in an effort to prevent outages. The state is now in its second day of a “Flex Alert” issued by the state’s power grid operator, the California Independent System More...
Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Fold (2nd-Gen) hands-on
[ad_1] I reviewed Lenovo’s ThinkPad X1 Fold, the first PC with a foldable screen, in late 2020. At the time, it was a very cool idea, but not particularly, shall we say, usable. Today, Lenovo has announced More...
Get ready for a rare ‘triple-dip’ La Niña
[ad_1] We’re about to see the first “triple-dip” La Niña of the century, spanning three consecutive Northern hemisphere winters, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) predicts. The organization issued More...
NASA moves next Artemis I rocket launch attempt to September 3rd
[ad_1] Clear your plans on Saturday: NASA says we’re going to have a rocket launch. The space agency moved the date for the next Artemis I rocket launch attempt to Saturday, September 3rd, after determining More...
IFA 2022: all the news from Berlin’s big tech show
[ad_1] Like many tech trade shows, IFA has been more or less on hiatus for a couple of years after being disrupted due to the COVID-19 pandemic. But in 2022, Europe’s biggest tech show is back with a vengeance, More...
Meta links Instagram’s NFT posts to Facebook as the market for ‘digital collectibles’ tanks
[ad_1] Meta has been testing support for NFT “digital collectible” posts on Instagram since May, and if you’re among the expanding group of people with access, then you can now share posts with your blockchain-verified More...
Ford reportedly is working on a mystery electric truck that’s not an F-150 Lightning
[ad_1] Ford’s future electric lineup is coming more into focus. (No, not that Focus.) After scoring a big win with the F-150 Lightning, Ford is developing a new electric truck that will likely go on sale in More...
Movie tickets will cost just $3 on National Cinema Day
[ad_1] Movie tickets across the US will cost just $3 on Saturday, September 3rd in celebration of National Cinema Day (via Associated Press). If you’ve never heard of such a holiday before (at least in the More...
Google Meet is stealing Zoom’s trick to easily unmute
[ad_1] As Google carries out the needlessly complex process of combining both the Meet and Duo apps, now it’s throwing a feature copied from Zoom in the mix. In an update on the Google Workspace blog, the company More...
Netflix’s Resident Evil has already been canceled
[ad_1] Netflix’s Resident Evil series has been canceled a little over a month after its initial debut, according to a report from Deadline. The streamer reportedly decided against renewing the series due to More...
