Vodafone, Hutchison in talks to merge UK ops
Vodafone on Monday confirmed it was in talks over merging its UK operations with rival Three UK, owned by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison.
Oct 3, 2022
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Consumer & Gadgets
Can a metal box the size of a toaster oven bridge the digital divide? Denver startup believes it can.
Colorado's soaring mountains and its sparsely populated rural areas make it difficult to provide high-speed broadband and wireless services consistently across wide swaths of the state.
Aug 3, 2022
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Ford pledges to work with community near future factory
Ford Motor Co. officials on Tuesday pledged to be good neighbors to those in rural west Tennessee who live near the automaker's planned electric truck factory, a project expected to create thousands of jobs and change the ...
Jun 22, 2022
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Software
Solar-biomass hybrid system satisfies home heating requirements in winter
Adding an organic matter power source to a solar energy unit could provide 100% heating for a single-story home during the coldest months of the year and help the environment. In the warmer months, the system could generate ...
May 31, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
Dung power: India taps new energy cash cow
India is tapping a new energy source that promises to help clean up smog-choked cities and is already providing a vital revenue stream for poor Indian farmers: truckloads of bovine manure.
Apr 20, 2022
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Energy & Green Tech
GISMo lab's innovative plan to make electricity cheaper, greener and more reliable
The impacts of climate change are pushing electrical grids around the world to their limits. Last year, an unprecedented polar vortex caused consumers in Texas to crank up their thermostats and overwhelm the power grid, resulting ...
Mar 1, 2022
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Automotive
Country roads, take me home—in an electric car
In the 1930s and 1940s, the Rural Electrification Act wired farms to the grid, turning on lights across the American countryside. Parallel efforts added phone service in these sprawling, sparsely populated areas. At long ...
Oct 14, 2021
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Engineering
The multilayered challenges of broadband expansion
In the Biden Administration's proposal to invest in the country's infrastructure, $100 billion is carved out to address gaps in broadband access. According to the Federal Communications Commission, at least 19 million Americans ...
Jun 21, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Innovating power generation where 'a river runs through it'
Hydroelectric power provides an alternative to fossil fuels, but not all generation methods are equally clean or economically viable.
May 20, 2021
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Energy & Green Tech
Democratic senators propose clean energy tax credits
Two U.S. senators from states with declining manufacturing sectors are pushing to invest $8 billion through tax credits to create clean energy jobs.
Mar 1, 2021
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