Virtual Power Plants To The Rescue

This week’s Current Climate newsletter also looks at a new push to restore federal funds for electric buses and Corning’s CEO on solar business and carbon capture tech.

Build a Hidden Lock With a Magnetic Imager
Build a Hidden Lock With a Magnetic Imager

Like many a nerd, I have a certain fascination with locks. This originates in reading the memoir Surely You’re Joking, Mr. Feynman as a teenager, in which Richard Feynman recounts picking locks and cracking combinations while at his day job working on…

Chinese research vessels loiter near Pacific undersea cables more than any other nation, report finds

Chinese vessels are spending more time near undersea cables in the Pacific than nearly 50 other nations, according to a new report by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.

Some iPhone Duo Models Are Breaking. iFixit’s Teardown Might Explain Why

The repair company iFixit released its repairability rating for Apple’s very first foldable iPhone. It comes as users report a wave of cracked-screen issues.

Why Advertising Is Shifting From Attribution To AI-Based Prediction Models

Attribution isn’t going obsolete overnight, but its role is changing, and marketers should treat this as an infrastructure rebuild.

T-Mobile’s T-Mix Phone Plans Introduce New Choose-Your-Own Perk Scheme

The new plans have a broad pool of extras, from streaming services to phone discounts, but there are caveats to how many you can pick.

Steam was down for many —but the ‘loading user data’ bug now seems to be fixed
Steam was down for many —but the ‘loading user data’ bug now seems to be fixed

Thousands of Steam users reported being unable to log onto the gaming platform today —but the ‘loading user data’ issue now seems to be fixed.

Tesla turns to Turo to boost adoption of Full Self-Driving (Supervised)

Eligible Turo hosts will also get a one-month free trial of Tesla’s FSD software.

Verizon raises 2026 forecast and signs $2bn AI deal with AWS
Verizon raises 2026 forecast and signs $2bn AI deal with AWS

Verizon raised its forecasts for 2026 on Monday after a strong quarter for new phone customers. It also announced a deal worth more than $2bn with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to support AI workloads. Under the AWS agreement, Verizon will provide high-cap…

Goldman Sachs puts $500M into small-business AI with four AI labs
Goldman Sachs puts $500M into small-business AI with four AI labs

Goldman Sachs is putting $500M into the next phase of its 10,000 Small Businesses programme, including a new AI institute built with Anthropic, Google, Meta and OpenAI. At the launch, its chief executive said there is very little that needs the frontie…