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Why You Should Think Twice Before Charging Your Phone at an Airport USB Port

Your phone has 8% battery, your flight boards in 40 minutes, and the nearest outlet has a stranger’s suitcase parked beside it. Then you spot a row of airport USB ports. Convenient? Absolutely! Worth a second thought? Also yes.

Clever Dude · Oct 31

America's power bills are soaring. Utilities are now facing an election-year reckoning

Electricity prices are increasingly affecting midterm election campaigns as utility bills rise significantly for consumers. Politicians are proposing measures to curb utility rate increases and reduce profits for power companies. Notably, several gubernatorial candidates pledge to address energy affordability and utility practices if elected. The political climate indicates that utilities…

The Economic Times · Oct 31

See data centres less as energy-sucking private warehouses, and more as quasi-public utilities

We need data centres. They run far more than ChatGPT. Search, banking, streaming, social networks, cloud software, government services, hospitals and almost every company's digital operations depend on them. AI simply raises the requirement dramatically. Google says its Vizag hub will provide new subsea connectivity for India. IEA says electricity…

The Economic Times · Oct 30

Desperate residents evacuate devastated Russian-occupied Oleshky by bus

Hundreds of people were expected to stay in the beleaguered town in occupied southern Ukraine despite the risks

The Independent UK · Oct 30

UK 'data centre covenant' branded ‘utterly lacklustre’ by Scottish campaigners

The UK Government has published a set of tests that all data centres are “encouraged to meet” – but campaigners are calling it “utterly lacklustre”.

The National (Scotland) · Oct 30

Gurgaon power supply disrupted: Uprooted tree damages 3 electricity poles, leaves residents without power overnight

Continuous rainfall in Gurugram resulted in a tree uprooting that damaged electricity poles. The power supply in Sector 46 remained disrupted since Thursday night as several households faced outages. The India Meteorological Department had issued a yellow alert for the region, forecasting thunderstorms and rain. Following the rainfall, air quality…

The Economic Times · Oct 30

El Niño-driven drought in Papua New Guinea a ‘national crisis’ as rivers dry up and local farms fail

As many as eight million people have been affected by the cascading issues of food shortages, electricity loss and health clinic closures

The Guardian - AU · Oct 30

Still Using Those Spiral Light Bulbs? Here’s Why You May Want to Replace Them

Those curly, spiral-shaped light bulbs once looked like the future. Now they look like something that survived three kitchen renovations and a decade of forgotten shopping lists. If your home still uses compact fluorescent lamps, or CFLs, you may have a good reason to consider switching to LEDs.

Clever Dude · Oct 29

EU countries push back against Brussels plan to tax gas more than electricity

More than a dozen EU countries are challenging Brussels' plans to favour electricity over gas, warning that the proposals would undermine national control over energy taxation and grid charges.

Euronews · Oct 29

In 1600, William Gilbert called Earth a giant magnet; his book sold for Rs 58.5 lakh in 2026

William Gilbert's pivotal publication, De Magnete, emerged in 1600, marking a significant shift in the exploration of magnetism and electricity. It introduced key terms and experimental approaches that influenced future electrical studies. The concept of Earth as a colossal magnet was groundbreaking. Recently, a first edition fetched $61,440 at a…

The Times of India · Oct 29