We had the 2021 Mercedes-AMG E53 over a perfect weekend, hot enough to appreciate a luxury car with a vigorous air-conditioning system and ventilated leather seats yet breezy enough to pop up the sunroof and let the pine scent of mountain air and the smooth thrum of the inline-six engine fill the cabin. This is […]
Standard Solar, OneEnergy Renewables and CleanChoice Energy celebrated the completion of Glassywing, a 2-MW community solar project in Dorchester County, Maryland. Glassywing, named for a butterfly species found on Maryland’s Eastern Shore, includes landscaping designed to provide food and habitat to local pollinators. “We at Standard Solar are passionate about bringing the power and savings of solar to communities around […]
The Linux and open-source community includes many strong leaders who are women and/or people of color, such as Nithya Ruff, the Linux Foundation‘s chairperson; Abby Kearns, Puppet‘s CTO; and Kelsey Hightower, Google Cloud principal engineer and Kubernetes expert. But, according to a 2017 GitHub open-source survey, only 3% of developers are female, with 1% identified […]
Ford is recalling more than 676,152 Explorer SUVs in North America to fix a problem with the rear suspension. The automaker said the problem is a seized cross-axis ball joint, which could cause a fractured rear suspension toe link and potential reduction of steering control. Ford said there have been six claims of related injuries […]
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on July 15 kicked off the ‘Summer of Solar 2021’ with the nationwide launch of the Solar Automated Permit Processing Plus (SolarAPP+) tool — a free web-based platform that gives local governments the ability to expedite their review and approval of residential solar installation permits. Developed by DOE’s National […]
Brazil’s Central Bank has delayed the introduction of the data sharing phase of the national Open Banking project as financial services institutions prepare their technology set-ups to cater for the new requirements. According to the Central Bank, the decision is a response to a formal request from the Open Banking governance structure, as the participating […]
Michael SimariCar and Driver The 2021 Mercedes-AMG E53 coupe gets a refresh that brings a more aggressive look, if not more power. Read the full review View Gallery 36 Photos 1 of 36 A new grille brings the Panamericana’s 12-strake shark grin to the E53. 2 of 36 At the rear, a diffuser is framed […]
This week, Wisconsin State Senator Duey Stroebel (R-Saukville) and Representative Timothy Ramthun (R-Campbellsport) indicated their plans to introduce community solar bills later this month. The bills — for which they are recruiting co-sponsors — would remove existing policy restrictions to allow for the development of small-scale community solar projects that would enable greater access to […]
(Image: Shutterstock) Computer science explores the potential of computers and computing systems. Thanks to breakthroughs in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and big data, the computer science field continue to thrive. Computer and information technology jobs will grow much faster than the average between 2019-2029, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS). In addition to […]
If you keep a list of the most unusual product placements, ready your pencils: Ford announced this week that it has partnered with Nabisco to print a limited-run pack of Oreo Thins cookies labeled as if they were the owner’s manual of a Ford Maverick, ostensibly to camouflage them so the cookies will not be […]