Judge overturns PSC OK of lease deal for home solar system, dealing setback to home solar industry A Dane County judge's ruling that a Stevens Point family's agreement to buy power via a lease from a rooftop solar company is inconsistent with state law has dealt a blow to a statewide push to allow ... 05/3/2024 - 12:08 am | View Link
Homeowners say this clean energy industry has dirty secret The homeowners interviewed all have different solar companies and faced different issues, but all were left in the dark for months or even years about problems plaguing their systems. 05/1/2024 - 9:24 am | View Link
Discover 2024’s Top 10 Energy-Efficient Windows for Your Home In the quest for more sustainable living and significant reductions in energy bills, homeowners are turning to energy-efficient windows as a fundamental solution. These windows not only enhance the ... 05/1/2024 - 6:30 am | View Link
Jimmy Patronis issues ominous warning about solar panels in Florida When adding solar panels to Florida homes and businesses, Chief Financial Officer Jimmy Patronis is cautioning homeowners in the Sunshine State to watch out for hidden catches and complications. 05/1/2024 - 5:05 am | View Link
New solar panel program would let disadvantaged communities plug into clean energy opportunities A Cleveland-based "green bank" is leading an effort to bring solar panels to low-income residents in 31 communities across eight states. 04/30/2024 - 2:52 pm | View Link
Oh hey there! If you're here, it must be time for Wordle. As always, we're serving up our daily hints and tips to help you figure out today's answer. If you just want to be told today's word, you can jump to the bottom of this article for May 4's Wordle solution revealed.
Connections is the latest New York Times word game that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints and tips to get you over the hurdle.
Though Prime Video may be seen as a secondary benefit to your Amazon Prime membership (after that glorious free two-day shipping), the streamer’s deep catalog of great movies deserves more fanfare. We’ve pored over their huge selection of new releases and classics to bring you the films we love that you can stream today.
Does AI have a place in the music industry? At least one label seems to think so. The record label Sub Pop told the Los Angeles Times that the music video for "The Hardest Part," a single release on May 2 by the artist Washed Out, is the first collaboration between a major music artist, filmmaker, and OpenAI’s Sora text-to-video generator.
Enlarge / A PC running Windows 11. (credit: Microsoft)
It's been a bad couple of years for Microsoft's security and privacy efforts. Misconfigured endpoints, rogue security certificates, and weak passwords have all caused or risked the exposure of sensitive data, and Microsoft has been criticized by security researchers, US lawmakers, and regulatory agencies for how it has responded to and disclosed these threats.
The most high-profile of these breaches involved a China-based hacking group named Storm-0558, which breached Microsoft's Azure service and collected data for over a month in mid-2023 before being discovered and driven out.
Enlarge / A Long March 5 rocket carrying the Chang'e-6 lunar probe blasts off from the Wenchang Space Launch Center on May 3, 2024 in Wenchang, China. (credit: Li Zhenzhou/VCG via Getty Images)
China is going back to the Moon for more samples.
On Friday the country launched its largest rocket, the Long March 5, carrying an orbiter, lander, ascent vehicle, and a return spacecraft.