Monthly Archives: September 2022

The Nissan Leaf can now officially power homes using bidirectional charging

Fermata Energy’s FE-15 bi-directional charger in a commercial use case. | Image: Nissan Nissan has approved the first bidirectional charging system for use with its all-electric Leaf vehicle in the US. The FE-15 charger by Fermata Energy, which can power homes using the EV’s battery, charge it, and send stored energy back to the grid,…

Meta spins off PyTorch Foundation to make AI framework vendor neutral

Enlarge / The PyTorch logo on a fancy gradient. (credit: PyTorch Foundation) Meta AI announced today that the governance of PyTorch, a popular open source deep learning framework, has moved to an independent organization called the PyTorch Foundation. It will operate as part of the nonprofit Linux Foundation, and its governing board includes representatives from…

How to use the new lock screen customization features in iOS 16

There, that’s what it looks like. Tim Mossholder / Unsplash, John Kennedy / Popular Science Apple’s newest iPhone operating system, iOS 16, dropped today and features a completely reimagined lock screen customization process. You can change font style and color, add widgets, and hopefully make your security screen a little more useful than it was….

Sony’s next State of Play will highlight 10 PS4, PS5 and PS VR2 titles

Sony’s next State of Play preview event is going down on Tuesday, September 13th at 6pm ET, the company announced via Twitter Monday. “We’ll have some great updates from our amazing Japanese partners and developers all around the world,” Sony noted in a subsequent tweet. “Expect about ~20 minutes covering 10 upcoming games.” State of…

Ubisoft boss indicates its “big AAA” games will adopt $70 price point

New comments by Ubisoft boss Yves Guillemot suggest the publisher will be adopting the increasingly industry standard $70 USD price point for its “big AAA” titles in the future. It’s a price point that’s already been adopted by many publishers – including the likes of Sony, Take-Two, Activision Blizzard, and Gearbox – on PlayStation 5…