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The CAISO, the grid operator in the US state of California, has asked residents of that state not to charge electric cars and other electronics between 4 p.m. and 9 p.m. That would be necessary to relieve the power grid.The request is…

TotalEnergies and Engie have won a tender allowing them to install and operate 10,000 public charging stations in Flanders. The charging stations will be installed in the coming year and a half in the provinces of Flemish Brabant, West…

Taxi company Uber deployed various kill switches to frustrate the investigation into its UberPOP service around 2015. Inspectors who wanted to look around in the app did not see any drivers. It concerned a version of the app that was…

Geely has launched the first nine GeeSAT-1 satellites. Among other things, these satellites do position determination and should be able to help cars with self-driving functions. Cars can also communicate with other cars or…

Microsoft and Volkswagen have collaborated on algorithms that should make the HoloLens 2 more usable in continuously moving vehicles. This was previously not possible because the AR headset's sensors got confused in moving vehicles.From a…

Released version 0.4.0 of OpenRCT2, the open source version of RollerCoaster Tycoon 2. The project tries to resemble the original as much as possible, but is written in a modern language which allows for extensions and improvements. It is…

THEA500 Mini is a very good mini version of the Amiga 500 and can handle not only Amiga 500 software, but also software for almost all Amiga 1200 versions: from the Amiga 1000 to the Commodore CDTV. The supplied controller and mouse…

CD Projekt RED has released patch 1.5 for Cyberpunk 2077 on all platforms. The game will receive a graphical upgrade for the Xbox Series X and S and the PlayStation 5, but also content improvements. The PC version gets benchmarks and FSR…

Nvidia has released new stable GeForce drivers. The drivers are version number 511.65 WHQL, are compatible with Windows 10 and above, and can be used on cards based on the Maxwell architecture or newer. This release includes support…

Luminar will supply lidar systems to Mercedes, which Mercedes probably wants to use in the EQS and the S-Class to offer level 3 autonomous driving. The car manufacturer will provide Luminar with data again, which should help the company…