MacBook Neo has slow USB ports, but they come with an intelligent warning system

The MacBook Neo has two USB-C ports that may look identical, but only one supports output to an external display. Thankfully, macOS will politely tell you if you plug your monitor into the wrong one.
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OpenAI releases ChatGPT 5.3 Instant and says it’s less “cringe”

GPT-5.3 Instant cuts the lectures and unnecessary refusals, improves web answers, and feels faster, sharper, and far less patronizing.
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Interview: it’s all solar, all the time with Emily from EnergySage
Interview: it’s all solar, all the time with Emily from EnergySage

On today’s solar-powered episode of Quick Charge, we’ve got EnergySage director of insights Emily Walker with a look inside the company’s 22nd industry report, this time featuring home solar, EV charging, and whole home electrification.

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A new video from the White House mixes Call of Duty footage with actual video of Iran strikes
A new video from the White House mixes Call of Duty footage with actual video of Iran strikes

On Wednesday, the White House posted a video of actual military strikes on Iran in the style usually seen in Call of Duty highlight videos, and started the video with a clip from Call of Duty. The real-life footage of missiles and other munitions hitting targets in Iran shows clips seen in other Trump administration […]

Seven tech giants signed Trump’s pledge to keep electricity costs from spiking around data centers 
Seven tech giants signed Trump’s pledge to keep electricity costs from spiking around data centers 

Leaders from Google, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, OpenAI, Amazon, and xAI met with President Donald Trump today to sign a “rate payer protection pledge.” It’s one way they’re responding to growing bipartisan concerns about electricity rates rising as tech companies and the Trump administration rush to build out a new generation of AI data centers. “[Tech […]

Tim Sweeney signed away his right to criticize Google until 2032
Tim Sweeney signed away his right to criticize Google until 2032

Epic CEO Tim Sweeney might be one of the most outspoken people in the history of the world. He fought two of the world’s most valuable and powerful companies almost all the way to the US Supreme Court, insulting them again and again: “crooked,” “deceitful,” “insanely sneaky,” calling Android a “fake open platform,” calling both […]

Germany is getting a wind + solar hybrid power plant – here’s how it works
Germany is getting a wind + solar hybrid power plant – here’s how it works

European energy giant Vattenfall has started construction on a new hybrid renewable energy project in southwest Germany that combines wind and solar power at a single site.

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Tesla successfully scared Giga Berlin workers away from union
Tesla successfully scared Giga Berlin workers away from union

IG Metall’s vote share at Tesla’s Gigafactory Berlin decreased from 39.4% to just 31.1% in the works council election that concluded today, a devastating 8-percentage-point drop that came after weeks of threats, police involvement, and a direct warning…

Here’s how Google describes its fee-reducing Apps Experience and Games Level Up programs
Here’s how Google describes its fee-reducing Apps Experience and Games Level Up programs

Today, Google killed its 30 percent app store fee, partially uncoupled Google Play from Google Play Billing after they were declared an illegal monopoly in the US, and much more. From July, depending on where you live, Google will now generally charge developers 20 percent for in-app purchases, or 10 percent for subscriptions – but […]

Epic and Google have signed a special deal for a new class of ‘metaverse’ apps
Epic and Google have signed a special deal for a new class of ‘metaverse’ apps

Epic Games and Google are burying the hatchet, but documents released today reveal that they aren’t only aligned on how Google is shaking things up for app stores. The two companies have also agreed to terms about a new class of apps that they’re calling “metaverse browsers,” according to a heavily redacted section of a […]