Cleantech & EV'sNews

Two days left to comment on EPA's plan to raise gas prices 76c/gal, kill thousands

In July, the US Environmental Protection Agency proposed a plan to delete its scientific finding recognizing that greenhouse gases are harmful to human health, with the goal of making cars less efficient and more costly to fuel. That plan went up for public comment last month, and the public comment period closes in two days, on September 22. At issue is the EPA’s “Endangerment Finding,”…
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DefenseNews

At Taiwan arms show, vendors bank on cheap weapons for big damage

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand — The Taipei Aerospace and Defense Exhibition, TADTE for short, opened its doors on Sep. 18 to promote the latest Taiwanese defense products and to showcase recent acquisitions. The event came as Taiwan considers the best way forward to counter aggressive Chinese maneuvers, which analysts say are designed to soften the island for an eventual confrontation. Beijing is…
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ComputersNews

Is Windows’ Copilot button doomed to the fate of the Cortana key?

When Microsoft’s Copilot key first poofed into existence, I tilted my head and thought… Wait, another shortcut key? I’ve definitely been here before. Does anyone remember the Cortana key? The Office key? The F-Lock key? I hear nothing but the sound of crickets from the peanut gallery, and that’s because none of them stood the test of time. So, why do new shortcut keys (like Microsoft…
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GamingNews

Metroid Prime 4 Fans Are Excited About a 10-Year Old Time Travel Tease Finally Coming True

10 years ago, Metroid Prime series producer Kensuke Tanabe sat down with me at E3 2015 and said he’d like to make a new game in the franchise with a time travel mechanic. This was, obviously, a long time ago — so long ago that the Nintendo Switch was still only known by its codename NX — but the chat remains one of Tanabe’s most forthcoming interviews on the Metroid Prime…
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