Minnesota PUC approves Xcel Energy's $430 million Capacity*Connect program to deploy up to 200 MW of utility-owned batteries, sparking a national debate over who should control distributed energy storage.
Merino Energy debuts the Mono, a single-unit heat pump that plugs into a standard 120-volt outlet and costs roughly half the price of a conventional mini-split, as California races to install millions of heat pumps by 2030.
The US now operates over 71,000 public DC fast chargers across 15,000 locations, with Tesla holding a narrowing majority and new entrants like Ionna reshaping the competitive landscape.
Queen's University Belfast researchers have identified more than 600 suspected house platforms at a Bronze Age hillfort in County Wicklow, proposing it as Ireland's earliest proto-town, two millennia before the Vikings.
A RUSI Journal paper argues that restoring peatlands, wetlands, and forests along Eastern European frontiers could impede mechanized forces while delivering climate and biodiversity benefits at a fraction of the cost of traditional anti-tank defenses.
The Bytecode Alliance patches 12 Wasmtime flaws, two critical, found during a three-week LLM-assisted security sprint by Mozilla, UCSD, Akamai, and F5.
The EU deploys an AI-powered traceability tool that connects national food safety databases to accelerate fraud detection and product recalls across all 27 member states.
MEPC 84 convenes April 27 in London for the first regular session since a US-Saudi coalition blocked adoption of the first global carbon pricing system for shipping in October 2025.
The deal ranks among the largest gaming acquisitions ever, giving the Saudi sovereign wealth fund's gaming arm control of one of mobile esports' most popular titles and extending its reach across publishing, mobile, PC, and esports infrastructure.
Japan's Astroscale unveils ISSA-J1 to inspect two defunct satellites across different orbits, signs a deorbiting pact with France's Exotrail, and clears a UK military design review, marking a rapid expansion of commercial on-orbit servicing capabilities.
The FAA has published bespoke airworthiness rules for ZeroAvia's ZA601 electric motor, marking the first time the agency has established a regulatory framework for hydrogen-electric aircraft propulsion.
American Ocean Minerals Corporation and Odyssey Marine Exploration announced an all-stock merger valued at approximately $1 billion, creating one of the largest deep-sea mining companies as the US accelerates efforts to secure seabed critical minerals.