alphaspirit.it/Shutterstock Solar panels in the European region of the Iberian Peninsula generated a huge energy surplus in the first quarter of 2026. When energy supply thus exceeds market demand, this creates an unexpected effect on energy prices: they become negative. A negative price means that producers are paying someone to take the energy away from them. In Spain, between January and March, energy prices were negative for 397 hours in 2026, compared to just 48 hours during the same period in 2025. Imagine going to the grocery store, filling your…
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The first redesign of Apple’s high-end MacBook in five years is expected to arrive in the near future, bringing a series of firsts to the Mac. BloombergMark Gurman of expects the laptop to arrive between late 2026 and early 2027, with the latter window now looking more likely due to the global shortage of memory chips. Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo expects mass production to begin by the end of 2026. Apple last redesigned the MacBook Pro in 2021 with the M1 Pro and M1 Max models, so this would be its first new premium laptop design in at least five years.…
The company has committed to 10 natural gas plants since last year. Images Tada/Shutterstock Ten years ago, Meta joined RE100, a major renewable energy initiative aimed at helping large companies transition to renewable electricity. Today, the company has withdrawn from the group as it increasingly relies on natural gas for its AI data centers. RE100 is overseen by the UK non-profit Climate Group. It has more than 400 members, including Microsoft, Google and Apple, all of whom have committed to covering 100% of their energy needs from renewable sources. Meta, like TechCrunch notes, signed in 2016…
iOS 27 includes new iCloud features in several apps like Apple Home, Siri, Photos, etc. There are direct improvements to iCloud such as upgrades to photo uploading and sharing, as well as new indirect features. HomeKit secure video cameras (iCloud+) If you have HomeKit Secure Video cameras, the Home app in iOS 27 has some useful new Apple Intelligence features. You can receive text summaries of what’s happening, sent as notifications. So when you receive a motion notification, it will say something like “Someone seen” or “Animal seen.” Text descriptions are also displayed in the video playback timeline and you…
Anbernic is one of the best and most affordable makers of retro gaming handhelds and while it has already released a few versions of the GBA SP, its next model looks like a near-ideal modern interpretation of one of the most memorable Game Boys of all time. The upcoming Anbernic RG SP follows 2024’s RG 35XXSP and last year’s RG 34XXSP. However, while the upcoming model boasts a more refined design, it actually removes a few features in order to stick more closely to the original GBA SP model. Anbernic claims that the RG SP will benefit from a refreshed…
Players may be unable to sign in to their account, play online, or purchase games from PlayStation Store. Roman Kosolapov/Shutterstock The PlayStation Network (PSN) is experiencing an outage that affects all of Sony’s video game services, according to the PlayStation Service Status page. Players might not be able to access their PlayStation account or use the PlayStation Store, and the outage had at least a real impact in delaying the update. EA Sports FC26 championship at the Esports World Cup. Sony’s status page says “all services are experiencing issues,” including account management features, game streaming, PlayStation…
US President Donald Trump said today on Truth Social that his administration plans to open an investigation into fines the European Union has imposed on technology companies like Apple, Google and Meta for violating antitrust rules and the Digital Markets Act. Trump called the European Union’s conduct “illegal and highly unethical,” pledging to roll back sanctions and planning to impose a “substantial tariff.” The European Union is at it again and, as usual, is directly targeting BIG American companies! After fining Apple $15 billion for no reason, Meta $3 billion, Amazon $2.5 billion and many others, we just learned that…
Solstock/Getty Images Duty free shops are typically found at airports, on cruise ships, and at border crossings – places you pass through or through while traveling. They are hailed as a great place to shop for duty-free items, because that’s what “duty-free” means. The tax is waived at the point of sale, sometimes making items seem cheaper than if you bought them at a traditional retail store. You can usually find advertised deals on candy and snacks, alcoholic beverages, souvenirs and even clothing, and duty-free shops often offer products beyond…
This week’s episode of The Woozad Show covers OpenAI’s move to hardware and the trade secret lawsuit Apple filed against the company earlier this month. Apple sued OpenAI in the Northern District of California on July 10, alleging a months-long scheme to obtain confidential information about unreleased products. The complaint involves OpenAI hardware director Tang Tan, a 24-year Apple veteran who previously led iPhone product design, and former Apple electrical engineer Chang Liu. Apple claims that Tan coached recruits to avoid his security procedures during exit interviews and asked at least one employee to bring hardware components to an interview,…
For macOS 27 Golden Gate, which will be released this fall, Apple appears to be testing a new formatting bar for the Mail app’s compose window that promotes Apple Intelligence and Siri AI writing tools, based on results from the latest beta. Feature flags discovered by Woozad Forum member “mactracker” – who also revealed Siri’s hidden “voicepad” interface in Beta 4 this week – shows off the reworked bar in Mail’s message composer, which now features “Write with Siri” in the most visible position. In the current implementation, classic formatting controls are automatically collapsed to the right edge of the…