Cleantech & EV'sNews

Vermont utility makes it easier than ever to add a home backup battery

Vermont utility Green Mountain Power is expanding one of the country’s most exciting virtual power plant programs, adding a new battery lease program to its menu of home energy offerings that lets customers add backup power at little to no upfront cost. Green Mountain Power (GMP) has already built a successful home battery program around Tesla’s industry-leading Powerwall – but despite the…
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DefenseNews

The US Army is already ditching its most powerful laser weapon yet

Editor’s note: This story originally appeared on Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology. Subscribe here. The U.S. Army hasn’t even officially taken delivery of its most powerful high-energy laser weapon yet, but the service is already walking away from it in pursuit of a newer model. In a new Congressional Research Service (CRS) report…
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DefenseNews

Dutch armed forces to add drone operators to combat brigades

PARIS — The Netherlands will add specialized drone operators and counter-drone units to its combat brigades starting in April, according to Dutch Chief of Defence Gen. Onno Eichelsheim, who said the country is the first to take that step. The Dutch armed forces already…
ComputersNews

Microsoft VP hints at ending Windows 11’s Microsoft Account requirement

Scott Hanselman, a long-standing Microsoft employee and current Vice President of Developer Community at Microsoft, has caused a stir in the Windows world with a brief post. He hints that the requirement to have a Microsoft account for Windows 11 might be coming to an end. In the social media post, Hanselman writes just a few but loaded words: “Ya I hate that. Working on it.” Hanselman wrote…
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ComputersNews

FCC moves to block new foreign-made routers

In an unwelcome surprise, the FCC has placed all foreign-made routers on the so-called Covered List, effectively banning new products from sale within the United States. The decision follows the FCC’s National Security Determination, which concluded that routers used by…
GamingNews

MLB The Show 26 Review

When I reviewed MLB The Show 20, I praised it as the best baseball simulation around while dinging it for playing too safe, recycling visuals, and leaning on marginal improvements instead of taking real swings. Six years later, I’m getting deja vu. Despite giving MLB The Show 21 a standing ovation for finally starting to mix up the formula in its jump to next-gen (at the time) consoles, I’m…
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