Enlarge / Even the shade may not be enough to save your Nintendo Switch in extreme temperatures. (credit: Nintendo UK / YouTube) One of the main perks of portable consoles is the ability to play them outside the house, a use we’ve seen emphasized in multiple marketing campaigns over the years. But as countries around…
Enlarge (credit: Ars Technica) It’s Wednesday, which means it’s time for another Dealmaster. Our latest roundup of the best tech deals from around the web includes a discount at Best Buy that brings Apple’s iPad Mini down to $400. While this deal is only around $25-$30 lower than the 8.3-inch tablet’s average price on Amazon…
The American Association of Colleges and Universities, Creative Commons and open education-focused nonprofit SPARC are working to advance the adoption of open educational resources in California and beyond, thanks to funding from the Michelson 20MM Foundation’s Open Educational Resources initiative.Read More
Sunlight focuses on a ceramic box atop the solar tower in Madrid. ETH Zurich At first glance, you might think the structure tucked away in a Madrid suburb is a solar power plant. Perched in an industrial park, the facility features an audience of solar reflectors—mirrors that concentrate blinding sunlight to the top of a…
Tesla’s second-quarter earnings report tells a story of quarterly declines and year-over-year growth. The company reported Wednesday a quarterly decline in revenue and earnings as supply chain constraints, inflation and an extended shutdown in China chipped away at its bottom line. Tesla generated $16.9 billion in revenue in the second-quarter, down from $18.8 billion in…
Tesla’s mythical solar roofs may be on ice right now, but its conventional solar business is a whole ‘nother story. This afternoon, the automaker said the division notched its “strongest” quarter in more than four years, with a total of 106 megawatts deployed in Q2 2022. “Although we continue to experience import delays beyond our…
NASA announced Wednesday that it is targeting as soon as late August for the first flight of the massive Space Launch System rocket, though agency officials stressed that the dates are tentative and dependent on teams completing remaining work. “It’s not an agency commitment,” Jim Free, NASA’s associate administrator for exploration systems development, said during…
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If you’ve seen a surreal image of three grinning chihuahuas on a taxi, an astronaut on a white horse, or a fox possibly painted by Monet, you can probably credit DALL-E, OpenAI’s artificial intelligence-powered image generator, which is finally entering beta this week. Now in version two, DALL-E 2 is possibly one of the most…
Aiden Mann answered some frequently asked UPS questions on TikTok amid controversy over the lack of air-conditioning inside UPS trucks. Aiden Mann/TikTok A viral TikTok garnered thousands of comments condemning UPS for lack of AC on trucks. In June, a California UPS worked died after collapsing in his truck. UPS maintains that air conditioning inside…