Hecate Energy’s plans for a 500-acre solar farm in upstate New York were cut by 50% “after facing an outcry from some in the community who feared the installation would mar the bucolic setting.” The Copake fight mirrors similar battles raging across the country in rural areas like Lake County, Read more…
Talking at the Web Summit in Lisbon, Arm CEO Simon Segars said this chip-supply crisis was the worst he’d ever seen: The most important thing to do to get out of the woods in this situation and minimize similar ones in the future, he argued, is to improve collaboration between Read more…
So how exactly did the universe come into existence? “A recent astronomical measurement recorded in a laboratory at the South Pole is causing scientists to revisit their theories…” writes Don Lincoln, a senior scientist at the Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory: In the intervening decades [since 1929], observations have only strengthened Read more…
Tonight 70 countries around the world set their clocks back an hour — including most of the United States, Canada, the EU and the UK. Yet “The practice has drawn complaints about its disruptive effects on sleep and schedules,” reports UPI, adding that “The American Academy of Medicine has called Read more…
“Microsoft’s new Loop collaboration app and components isn’t the only new thing coming to Office,” reports ZDNet: Microsoft is introducing what it calls a “set of natively integrated AI experiences” across Microsoft 365 that will go beyond the current AI capabilities already baked into some Office apps. These new AI Read more…
Despite the efforts of delegates at this month’s climate summit in Glasgow, the world is still careening toward potentially catastrophic levels of global warming. Now, some countries and corporations are turning to new technologies to pull carbon out of the air. From a report: Today, the US Department of Energy Read more…
Amazon’s Kuiper Systems asked U.S. regulators for permission to launch another 4,538 satellites that would bolster its constellation as it competes with Elon Musk’s SpaceX for broadband-from-space customers. From a report: The additions would bring Kuiper’s constellation to 7,774 satellites, the company said in a filing Thursday with the Federal Read more…