Cleantech & EV'sNews

Rivian patent filings hint at a deployable rear diffuser, on screen 'gadgets,' and new architecture

September 29, 2025
American EV automaker Rivian submitted a slew of patent applications with the USPTO this week, including a deployable rear diffuser mechanism to adjust a vehicle’s drag and some software systems related to infotainment, navigation, and video playback. Okay, with Rivian news like this (on a Friday afternoon no less), we just want to dig right into to the juicy, patent-clad details. And we…
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Cleantech & EV'sNews

Battery boom: 5.6 GW of US energy storage added in Q2

September 29, 2025
The US battery storage market just had its biggest quarter ever. In Q2 2025, a record 5.6 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity came online, according to the latest US Energy Storage Monitor report from the American Clean Power Association (ACP) and Wood Mackenzie. Image: Wood…
DefenseNews

Germany pursues multi-pronged quest for long-range missiles

September 29, 2025
COLOGNE, Germany — Germany is prepared to host advanced U.S. missiles meant to deter Russia under a Biden-era plan, but final confirmation of the move by the Trump administration is still outstanding. At issue is the future of a July 2024 declaration by Germany and the United States, made on the sidelines of a NATO summit in Washington, that said Germany would facilitate “episodic…
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DefenseNews

European navies test new drone tech for undersea operations

September 29, 2025
SESIMBRA, Portugal — An hour from Portugal’s capital, Lisbon, on a clear sunny day in late September, a large, penguin-like robot peeks above the sea surface. It circles a Portuguese Navy ship from a distance, hardly visible to the human eye, concealed by the deep blue…
ComputersNews

I switched my laptop for a mini PC and I’m never looking back

September 29, 2025
Sometime after my social feeds started to fill up with ads for mini-PCs, I realized that there’s a silent revolution going on in desktop PCs. Welcome to the era of the mini-PC, where you can do all your computing from a PC smaller than a box of Pop-Tarts and much cheaper than a fully fledged desktop PC in many cases. Naturally, I wanted one, so I bit the bullet and bought a GMKtek G5 mini-PC…
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GamingNews

Xbox at Tokyo Game Show: Everything Announced

September 26, 2025
Xbox’s Tokyo Game Show 2025 broadcast was filled with exciting reveals and moments, including the long-awaited reveal of Forza Horizon 6, which is actually set in Japan! We also got a look at Call of Duty: Black Ops 7’s Japanese maps, Gemma Chan as Dr. Selina Tan…
GamingNews

Forza Horizon 6 Heads to Japan: ‘This Is the Time We Can Actually Do It Justice’

September 26, 2025
Discovering the location of the next Forza Horizon game has always been a terrifically exciting moment for fans of Playground Games’ juggernaut open world racing series. The trailer for Forza Horizon 3, for instance, still gives me chills to this day. I can still remember watching that roll for the first time and feeling the rush of anticipation. My existing suspicions at the time that the…
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