Solar electricity is produced almost entirely by panels, or modules, constructed with light-absorbing cells made from silicon. Silicon is the industry standard because it is reliable and inexpensive, with structure and performance that are well understood.
But...
Gadgets are getting too thin, again.
These past few weeks saw some of the latest victims of the seemingly unending drive towards making our devices as thin as possible, no matter the consequences. Samsung’s Galaxy S22 and...
There's nothing worse than picking up a new flagship Android device, only to find out software restrictions hold it back from peak performance. Samsung's Galaxy S22 series might be running on some seriously powerful hardware, but as we reported yesterday, the company throttles its...
Osom, the company formed by Essential’s employees after the startup went under, has released new details about its upcoming OV1 phone, including a very familiar list of build materials. Meant to compete with flagships from Apple, Google, and Samsung, the OV1 will have a stainless steel and titanium housing,...
Wearable devices could soon be entirely made of recycled waste materials—and powered by human movement, thanks to a new energy-harvesting device developed at the University of Surrey.
Scientists have unveiled a wrist device made from discarded paper wipes and plastic cups that runs on energy harvested by the wearer's movements....
In over ten years of covering PlayStation, we’ve never seen this kind of sleuthing before. Tweak Town has been keeping an eagle-eye on Sony Interactive Entertainment’s exports, and has uncovered a ledger for 700kgs worth of video game console prototypes, shipped from its headquarters in London to Norfolk, Virginia.
The package, made up...
Lithium-ion (Li-Ion) batteries are regarded as one of the most important and popular forms of energy storage globally. Found in a vast array of devices ranging from cell phones, laptops, and computer peripherals to electric vehicles (EVs) and aircraft, Li-ion battery technology is greatly responsible for powering the modern...
In the music streaming wars, Bandcamp occupies a Switzerland-like middle ground.
The Oakland-based company, which also operated a physical record shop and performance space on Broadway pre-pandemic, has one of the few artist-friendly distribution models in the...
Our smartphones have become incredibly powerful over the past few years, to the point that, in many cases, we’re not actually taking full advantage of these devices’ raw horsepower in day-to-day use. However, Samsung has apparently been throttling the performance of...
Chiplets (blocks of integrated circuits) are increasingly common in chip design, and some of the tech world's biggest companies want to make them more ubiquitous. Tom's Hardware reports a coalition including AMD, ARM and Intel has launched a Universal Chiplet Interconnect...
