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Sun unleashes 2 colossal X-flares within 7 hours of each other, knocking out radio signals on Earth

April 27, 2026
The first X-flare peaked at 9:07 p.m. EDT on April 23 (0107 GMT April 24) (Image credit: NOAA GOES-19) The sun has certainly woken up! It has fired off not one but two powerful X2.5 solar flares within just 7 hours. Both eruptions came from a sunspot region on the sun’s western limb, AR4419. The first solar flare peaked at 9:07 p.m. EDT on April 23 (0107 GMT April 24), followed by the second at…
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Marked-up Mac minis flood eBay amid shortages driven by AI

April 27, 2026
Overpriced Mac minis are flooding eBay amid shortages of the sold-out machines, which have become a favored tool for running on-device AI models like OpenClaw. This week, reports indicated that the $599 M4 Mac mini base model with 16GB RAM and 256GB of storage is sold out on Apple’s retail website, with no options for delivery or in-store pickup. The shortages have since extended to other…
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This is going to sound strange, but wildlife photography isn’t about the photos for me

April 27, 2026
I was hiking through a wildlife refuge, camera with a telephoto slung around my neck, the spring sun warming my skin, when I realized something: I don’t head out on a wildlife photography hike for the photos. I’m a professional portrait and wedding photographer and these shoots are all about the photos. I want portraits of my family to hang on my walls, and so do my clients. But when I head…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

ABB E-mobility’s new EV fast charger kills peak power hype

April 27, 2026
ABB E-mobility just debuted a new EV fast-charger system that’s trying to change how operators think about building EV charging sites, and it’s not about chasing the highest power numbers anymore. ABB E-mobility announced its new OM M-Series, a modular fast-charging system that separates power cabinets from dispensers and scales from 200 kW up to 1.2 megawatts. That might sound like a spec…
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