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Tesla launches low-voltage connector standard to simplify EV transition

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Tesla has officially launched a new standard for the low-voltage connections in electric vehicles (EVs), which the company says will reduce necessary connection types in most EVs from over 200 to just six.

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Tesla Megapacks powers the xAI Colossus supercomputer

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The Greater Memphis Chamber announced that Colossus, recently connected to a new 150-megawatt electric substation, is completing its first construction phase. This transition addresses criticism from environmental justice groups over the initial use of natural gas turbines.

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UK Greenlights Amazon Kuiper, Starlink Faces New Rival

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Optical interconnects, Palo says, are critical for a connected space ecosystem. Connecting a satellite broadband network together via radio frequency communicationsas SpaceX first did in 2019 and 2020 when it was first testing the Starlink systemis still doable, in her opinion. Ive got fiber and various other options that are fine.

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"Flying Batteries" Could Help Microdrones Take Off

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Researchers, including Merciers own group, have developed circuits such as boost converters to pump up the voltage. Instead, the circuit actively rearranges the connections among many tiny batteries moving them from parallel to serial and back again. On its circuit board are a dozen or so of the solid-state microbatteries.

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Tiny "Fans-on-Chips" Could Cool Big Data Centers

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Right now, the only way to deal with all that heat is to hope you can thermally connect these transceivers to the switch systems case and cool that. Transceiver shipments are growing fast, according to DellOro Group. In a data center containing 400,000 GPUs, Nvidia estimates that optical transceivers burn 40 megawatts.

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The Tiny Star Explosions Powering Moore’s Law

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But we have encountered another, quite surprising connection between supernovas and the human world specifically, a connection to the technology needed to make computer chips for the latest smartphones and other electronic devices. Seen through telescopic eyes, the night sky is dotted with the glowing remains of exploded stars.

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The Car Connection, Motor Authority, and Green Car Reports Are Shutting Down

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Another group of automotive-media Web sites is going away. That doesn't appear to be the case for The Car Connection , Motor Authority , and Green Car Reports. Autoblog was blown up last fall, though it has returned with a new look. At the very least, it remains a going concern. At the very least, it remains a going concern.