Technology

Corporate giants shut down Trump’s texting program

It took five days to resolve the shutdown, prompting Republicans to worry that the same thing could happen this fall, as the president urges his supporters to vote, when the stakes will be much higher. People familiar with the chain of events said Verizon, T-Mobile and AT&T pointed to potential …

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Advanced energy storage enhanced by new nanoengineering strategy

The nano-architecture of novel materials enables the development of new generation high-energy batteries beyond lithium-ion chemistry. Credit: Provided by the Sydney University of Technology. New types of cathodes, suitable for advanced energy storage, can be developed using lithium ion batteries further. The rapid development of renewable energy resources has unleashed …

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BadPower Attack can trick Power Bricks into starting a fire

An example of a melted phone. While this was not melted by the hack, the damage could be similar if the battery is overcharged.Photo: Nathaniel Stern / Flickr (Fair use) Your phone’s power pack is typically a relatively harmless piece of technology, but recently, researchers at a Chinese security company …

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