@Techmeme@techhub.socialSources: Amazon shut down Blue Jay, a multi-armed robotic system launched in October 2025 for same-day delivery warehouses, to focus on small modular warehouses (Eugene Kim/Business Insider)
https://www.businessinsider.com/amazon-pulls-plug-blue-jay-warehous…
@macandi@social.heise.de
@cdarwin@c.imEasy-to-install solar panels that plug into a regular outlet are getting attention just as Americans are worried about rising energy costs.
These plug-in or balcony solar panels start shaving off part of a homeowner's or renter's utility bill right away.
⭐️The panels are already popular in Germany, where more than 1.2 million of the small plug-in systems are registered with the German government.
For the panels to become more widely available in the U.S., state lawmak…
@danyork@mastodon.socialI love that there are sites like this out on the Internet:
https://www.power-plugs-sockets.com/
(Explaining electrical plugs and sockets from all over the world.)
@inthehands@hachyderm.ioMaybe it’s not work but something else in your life that stops. I don’t know…but you do. What in your life allows the country to continue to function normally? What’s a plug that you can personally pull?
Look for that. Think about it. And get yourself ready. Build up your savings now. Build up your psychological readiness now.
And then…
9/
@harrysentonbury@social.linux.pizzaRechargeable torches are best because if you have no electricity or there is a power cut, and your torch goes flat, you can just plug it in and charge it back up.
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energyOn the LIME Energy Saving Plug: Review (2011) - Read how this simple helpful gadget chopped the watts to save cash and carbon! #smartPlug #frugal #cutCarbon -
@stefan@gardenstate.socialThe font driver side is the best place for an EV plug.
@samvarma@fosstodon.orgDo you:
• PLug iN fuCk iT 2026 LOL
• Hell naw stage outlets be sus AF
@hacksilon@infosec.exchangeA big advantage of home automation / #homeassistant is that you can remotely mess up and accidentally defrost your fridge because somehow the smart plug it is connected to is turned off while applying a software update. Bonus points for doing so while away for multiple weeks. Ask me how I know.
I’ll have to write an automation that sends me a notification when the plug is turned of…
@PaulWermer@sfba.socialBalcony Solar is very popular in Germany , and available in most of the EU. These are solar PV systems that plug into a regular outlet, providing electrical power behing the meter. Utilities hate them!
California might (if we nag our state Senators and Assemblymembers) actually allow us to install "Balcony Solar" - aka plug-in solar. That would be great for renters. SB868 (Wiener) expressly allows this, and blocks utilities from prohibiting their use. Please write your sta…
@paulwermer@sfba.socialBalcony Solar is very popular in Germany , and available in most of the EU. These are solar PV systems that plug into a regular outlet, providing electrical power behing the meter. Utilities hate them!
California might (if we nag our state Senators and Assemblymembers) actually allow us to install "Balcony Solar" - aka plug-in solar. That would be great for renters. SB868 (Wiener) expressly allows this, and blocks utilities from prohibiting their use. Please write your sta…
@elduvelle@neuromatch.socialRE: https://mastodon.social/@Edent/116233337546354410
This looks pretty cool!!
The portable, plug-in solar panels can be placed in gardens or on walls and balconies – providing a new, simple alternative for renters and flat owners who may n…
@unixorn@hachyderm.io
@selea@social.linux.pizzaOk, so I have this HP-server in my garage that I've had for years.
I decided to plug it in, add drives and connect the iLO port.
Ofcourse, I have forgotten the iLO password - and I dont have a monitor that I can use to reset it via the BIOS.
I do remember this vulnerability from a couple of years ago, that where I could get the password (or change it) for the Administrator user with a curl post request.
But I can't find it.
Help
@burger_jaap@mastodon.socialFor several years now, public EV charging points in Amsterdam have also been used to provide temporary power supplies for construction projects and events, for example. The city is now actively promoting this as an alternative to diesel generators on construction sites.
https://www.amsterdam.nl/leefomgeving/o…
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energyOn G83-Lite: Solar Nanogeneration For Everyone (2009) - Learn how plug-in solar curtain linings could trim your home power bill and footprint... #solar #balconySolar #nanogeneration -
@maxheadroom@hub.uckermark.socialThe tip of an Apple lightning charging cable broke off and got stuck in one of our phones lightning ports. Quite finicky to get that tiny piece of metal out again.
@timbray@cosocial.caJust an unsolicited product plug, if you’re in Western Canada. The house we bought in late 2024 has Vinyltek windows, installed during a 2010-12 renovation, and a few of them were a bit twisted out of shape or had dysfunctional open/close/lock controls. So we called up and their guy came by and fixed them all in less than an hour, no charge. https://www.vin…
@memeorandum@universeodon.comTrump pulls plug on Iran talks, spurs protesters (Cate Martel/The Hill)
https://thehill.com/newsletters/1230-report/5686632-donald-trump-iran-protestors/
http://www.memeorandum.com/260113/p98#a260113p98
@tinoeberl@mastodon.onlineIn der #Raffinerie Sines installiert Plug Power 100 MW #Elektrolyseure und stärkt damit die Produktion von grünem #Wasserstoff.
Die Anlage soll jährlich 15000 Tonnen erzeugen und run…
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #DriveTime
Ana Tijoux feat. Talib Kweli & Plug:
🎵 Tu sae
#AnaTijoux #TalibKweli #Plug
https://ana-tijoux.bandcamp.com/track/tu-sae-feat-talib-kweli-plug
@primonatura@mstdn.social
@qurlyjoe@mstdn.social
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org“‘People demanding that AIs have rights would be a huge mistake,’ said Bengio.”
Yes, but not because “Frontier” AI models already show signs of “self-preservation,” but because it’s a huge scam aiming to make a few people even richer, who don’t care about destroying everything else.
https://www.
@karlauerbach@sfba.socialGasoline hit over $6.50/gallon in my part of California yesterday evening.
I anticipate it going higher today.
(We have an EV and plug-in hybrid, so it is not hitting us hard. But others will be clobbered.)
@eichkat3r@hessen.socialmich nervt es wenn programme eine plugin schnittstelle haben aber keine möglichkeit damit alle funktionalitäten des programms zu erweitern
zb kann man wohl in gimp keine zusätzlichen tools zur toolbox hinzufügen sodass man sich immer durch menüs klicken muss
es lohnt also nicht wirklich für wiederkehrende tasks ein plugin zu entwickeln
<…
@roland@devdilettante.com
@heiseonline@social.heise.deGenaue Förderbedingungen für Hybrid-Autos noch unklar
Wer ein Plug-in-Hybridauto kaufen will, kann noch nicht sicher mit einer staatlichen Prämie rechnen. Welches wichtige Detail zur Förderung noch offen ist.
https:…
@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.ioThis is neither a UK BS 1363 power plug nor a US NEMA 5-15. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
@tschundler@leds.socialI was at a ska show tonight. The Toasters & Mustard Plug. With a fresh reminder to not let the bastards drag you down.
It made me think about the current younger generation. What is their angry rebellious music? Maybe I'm not seeing it. But they don't seem angry enough, which is concerning.
It makes me think the kids aren't all right. Meanwhile here I am, growing older all the time, doing everything I can, thinking I'm a Superman.
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energyOn G83-Lite: Solar Nanogeneration For Everyone (2009) - Learn how plug-in solar curtain linings could trim your home power bill and footprint... #solar #balconySolar #nanogeneration -
@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk
@publicvoit@graz.social#Android #OpenSource Project "is already on life support, and with this latest move #Google is firmly gripping the plug." 😯🫣😞
Google takes next big leap in killing
@brichapman@mastodon.socialAustralia just hit a major EV milestone: electric vehicles captured 8.3% of the car market in December 2025, a record high.
Battery EVs reached 9% market share for the year, with plug-in hybrids at 4.6%. Chinese brands like BYD and Zeekr are leading the charge, with even more models coming in 2026.
This shift could reshape Australia's entire automotive landscape.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAnthropic expands its agentic plugins, which let enterprise users automate department-specific workflows, from Claude Code to its new general-use tool Cowork (Lucas Ropek/TechCrunch)
https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/30/anthropic-brings-agentic-plugins-to-cowork/
@paulbusch@mstdn.caBalcony solar power has been a growth industry across Europe for a few years and consumers can pick up kits at retail stores, take them home and plug them in, and get immediate benefits. The U.S is slowly changing legislation to make these easily installed with no issues from the power companies, and Utah is the 1st to allow them.
Are there any provinces or territories that are considering legalizing these kits?
#SolarPower
https://youtu.be/0yIfh_i1Z08
@Mediagazer@mstdn.socialAmazon tells users it is shutting down the Wondery podcast app and Wondery subscription service "in the coming months"; some shows will be available on Audible (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/amazon-shut…
@Adam@social.lein.usThe computer inside a keyboard idea is back and I love it. https://bookofadamz.com/ces-the-hp-eliteboard-g1a-next-gen-ai-pc-is-an-old-idea-resurrected-beautifully/
@dde@social.tchncs.de @heiseonline@social.heise.deGegen die Cookie-Banner-Flut: Erster „Einwilligungsagent“ geht an den Start
Das Browser-Plug-in Consenter ist nun per „Silent Release“ verfügbar. Es handelt sich um den ersten anerkannten Dienst zur Einwilligungsverwaltung von Cookies.
@catsalad@infosec.exchangeIf you're cold, it's cold.
Plug it in PROD! 💣
@stiefkind@mastodon.socialThis was one of the very first ZFS demos I've seen at some sales engineers training by Sun Microsystems Germany (Sun and Sun partner engineers), probably sometimes in 2005. Demo was to export the pool, unplug and scramble the thumb drives, plug all drives back in and import the pool. #vintagecomputing #zfs
@cowboys@darktundra.xyzNew Jeremiah mock draft ships Cowboys 'plug-and-play' CB, 'upside' DE https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/01/26/nfl-mock-draft-jeremiah-cowboys-hood-faulk/88360993007/…
@yetiinabox@todon.nlThis ( https://github.com/Juris-M/zotero-odf-scan-plugin/issues/60) makes me unreasonably happy. A plugin for Zotero that I really need, that was stuck at v6, has been updated to work with v7 and v8.
Many thanks to jwingnut and @…
@bourgwick@heads.social60 years ago tonight (maybe), 14 minutes of early grateful dead at the matrix from a badly dated owsley reel, their last show before the band follow the merry pranksters to LA, during which they have the plug pulled on them by management. tracks 15-18: https://archive.org/details/gd1966-XX-
@malik@Mastodon.SocialNetter Plug der @… von @… in der @… 🤓 🚀
@samvarma@fosstodon.orgFuck. I was wondering what was going on with my computer since it was so slow, but I assumed it was topaz AI working in the background. Then I got this alert.
Had just updated the BRAW Toolbox plug-in, and when I ran activity monitor I watched that plug-in go from single digit gigabytes of memory to over 80. Meanwhile I was wondering what on earth was causing my MacBook Pro to literally /run down the battery/ while plugged into mains power...
Seems that plugin is dodgy...
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org“‘People demanding that AIs have rights would be a huge mistake,’ said Bengio.”
Yes, but not because “Frontier” AI models already show signs of “self-preservation,” but because it’s a huge scam aiming to make a few people even richer, who don’t care about destroying everything else.
https://www.
@mxp@mastodon.acm.org“‘People demanding that AIs have rights would be a huge mistake,’ said Bengio.”
Yes, but not because “Frontier” AI models already show signs of “self-preservation,” but because it’s a huge scam aiming to make a few people even richer, who don’t care about destroying everything else.
https://www.
@kexpmusicbot@mastodonapp.uk🇺🇦 #NowPlaying on KEXP's #Roadhouse
Jesse ‘Ed’ Davis:
🎵 Who Pulled The Plug?
#Jesse‘EdDavis
https://open.spotify.com/track/6yrNcZHOzsPKYlIWgszy5o
@hex@kolektiva.socialThis has essentially been the counterinsurgency program we've been living through for the past few hundred years.
Speaking of which, I'm a little surprised Andrewism didn't plug this book:
https://www.akpress.org/life-during-wartime.html
@burger_jaap@mastodon.socialIn a graph, the decline of the internal combustion engine in German automobile manufacturing, and the (slightly slower, and delayed) rise of electric drivetrains.
Will the average "Auto made in Germany" be one with a plug as of this year?
@mrwedders@social.linux.pizzaShould prob plug RiffTrax's MST3K project - about £55 to get the eventual episodes, I'm in.
I didn't have too many problems with Joel's modern MST3K and I will miss Jonah, but will def be interesting to see this team again.
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/rifft
@Techmeme@techhub.socialOpenAI is scaling back shopping directly inside ChatGPT via Instant Checkout by having checkouts instead take place in the specific apps that plug into ChatGPT (The Information)
https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-scales-back-shopping-plans-chatgp…
@pre@boing.worldI has a bed.
No mattress until Monday, but a bed fully stained and varnished and constructed.
Had to wait a couple of days for varnish which never came. Went out to an actual DIY shop in the end. Gonna have a lot of spare varnish soon.
Varnished the whole room with two more coats as well as the bed twice.
A few more things to buy after Xmas and the full media setup can't happen until the new Steam Machine at its heart is released. Maybe cobble together something to plug a laptop into in the meantime? All for next year though once the mattress arrives and I can actually sleep in the bedroom.
@jswright61@ruby.socialToo late for this trip: I was looking for a USB charger with an EU (Type F) plug. Seems selection is limited for products that will ship to the US. Any suggestions?
I’ve had good luck with Anker products, and found a charger I liked in their EU store, but when I went to check out that product (and most in their EU store) were not eligible to ship to a US address.
I’ll pick something up in Munich, but it won’t be exactly what I want. Surely there has to be a way to buy online and …
@gray17@mastodon.socialTron Ares.. is silly. there's no logic to it, it's just vibes. turn up the NIN soundtrack and plug it into your vibrator
@mrysav@social.linux.pizzaPlug for my favorite Duluth MN based jam band who just released an awesome new album: Saltydog's Runnin Again https://www.iheart.com/artist/saltydog-42238212/albums/runnin-again-369229873
@EarthOrgUK@mastodon.energyOn G83-Lite: Solar Nanogeneration For Everyone (2009) - Learn how plug-in solar curtain linings could trim your home power bill and footprint... #solar #balconySolar #nanogeneration
@cowboys@darktundra.xyz3 options to help Cowboys plug hole left when $30M free agent walked https://cowboyswire.usatoday.com/story/sports/nfl/cowboys/2026/01/26/new-options-dallas-could-…
@schoedland@digitalcourage.socialI bought me 6 month of @… family plan with @… . Will report how it goes.
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Why?
Because I'm doing enough software maintenance already to not want to get a Virtual Private Server and plug N…
@niqdanger@social.linux.pizzaI got a 9" LCD panel and HDMI board from AliExpress to put in the Mac SE/30 case. The other screen I have is a 1/4" too wide so I can't close the case up. It just arrived and I unboxed it. First, it smells. Second, it has a mini HDMI plug, and I don't have an adapter. Second problem easily fixed, part will be here tomorrow. But why does it smell like chemicals? Hopefully it airs out over the next few hours or something.
@brichapman@mastodon.socialChina just crossed a stunning milestone: over half of all new vehicles sold are now electric or plug-in hybrids.
Could they hit 90% by 2030? Norway's trajectory suggests it's possible. With the world's most competitive EV market and rapid expansion continuing, China's electric revolution shows no signs of slowing down.
@raiders@darktundra.xyzRaiders Get Strong Free Agent Message Over Trey Hendrickson https://heavy.com/sports/nfl/las-vegas-raiders/free-agent-message-trey-hendrickson/
@burger_jaap@mastodon.socialSome interesting figures from a new report by the Energy Transition Commission:
All electric cars are more energy efficient than plug-in hybrid and combustion engine vehicles, and weight is much less of a factor (in part due to regenerative braking).
https://www.
@Techmeme@techhub.socialAmazon tells users it is shutting down the Wondery podcast app and Wondery subscription service "in the coming months"; some shows will be available on Audible (Todd Spangler/Variety)
https://variety.com/2026/digital/news/amazon-shut…
@heiseonline@social.heise.deNoch einige der zuletzt hier besonders häufig geteilten #News:
Gegen die Cookie-Banner-Flut: Erster „Einwilligungsagent“ geht an den Start
@primonatura@mstdn.social"New England Lawmakers Weigh Plug-in Solar as Europe’s Model Spreads"
#US #USA #America #NewEngland
@buercher@tooting.chThe Canadian computer scientist Bengio expressed concern that AI models – the technology that underpins tools like chatbots – were showing signs of self-preservation, such as trying to disable oversight systems. A core concern among AI safety campaigners is that powerful systems could develop the capability to evade guardrails and harm humans.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/dec/30/ai-pull-plug-pioneer-technology-rights?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other
@arXiv_csLG_bot@mastoxiv.pageCalibratable Disambiguation Loss for Multi-Instance Partial-Label Learning
Wei Tang, Yin-Fang Yang, Weijia Zhang, Min-Ling Zhang
https://arxiv.org/abs/2512.17788 https://arxiv.org/pdf/2512.17788 https://arxiv.org/html/2512.17788
arXiv:2512.17788v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Multi-instance partial-label learning (MIPL) is a weakly supervised framework that extends the principles of multi-instance learning (MIL) and partial-label learning (PLL) to address the challenges of inexact supervision in both instance and label spaces. However, existing MIPL approaches often suffer from poor calibration, undermining classifier reliability. In this work, we propose a plug-and-play calibratable disambiguation loss (CDL) that simultaneously improves classification accuracy and calibration performance. The loss has two instantiations: the first one calibrates predictions based on probabilities from the candidate label set, while the second one integrates probabilities from both candidate and non-candidate label sets. The proposed CDL can be seamlessly incorporated into existing MIPL and PLL frameworks. We provide a theoretical analysis that establishes the lower bound and regularization properties of CDL, demonstrating its superiority over conventional disambiguation losses. Experimental results on benchmark and real-world datasets confirm that our CDL significantly enhances both classification and calibration performance.
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@BBC6MusicBot@mastodonapp.uk @burger_jaap@mastodon.social @Techmeme@techhub.socialUS CHIPS Act-funded SMART USA Institute, focused on digital twins for chipmaking, says the Department of Commerce will terminate its $285M five-year contract (Samuel K. Moore/IEEE Spectrum)
https://spectrum.ieee.org/semiconductor-digital-twins-funding
@Techmeme@techhub.socialSetapp Mobile, one of the first alt iOS app stores launched in 2024 after the EU's DMA, plans to shut down, blaming "still-evolving and complex business terms" (Tim Hardwick/MacRumors)
https://www.macrumors.com/2026/01/15/setapp-mobile-eu-app…
@brichapman@mastodon.socialSweden just hit a massive milestone: electric vehicles now make up 65.4% of all car sales, with pure battery EVs at 40.4% and plug-in hybrids at 25%.
Volvo EX40 led the pack, while combustion-only cars dropped to just 21.8%. And it's about to accelerate even more—new government incentives kick in for 2026.
