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Energy infrastructure in the U.S. is not keeping pace with demand. Virtual power plants (VPPs), a collection of small-scale distributed energy resources, can stabilize the grid by compensating for fluctuations in generation and consumption.

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While governments rehearse plans to deal with massive blackouts or conventional wars in Europe, companies face their own plausible apocalypse: synchronized cyber-attacks, extreme volatility in commodities, or even pandemics arising from thawing permafrost.

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I've been a big fan of Mutation Testing since I discovered PIT. As I dive deeper into Rust, I wanted to check the state of mutation testing in Rust.

The ‘Cannot paste the data’ error in Excel usually happens when you copy a group of cells and try to paste them into a space that doesn’t match in size or format. This can be annoying, especially when you’re working with large amounts of data. The good news is that you can fix this problem easily by understanding what causes it and using the...

This article explores how AI is driving meaningful change across DevOps by enabling incremental improvements, streamlining workflows, and enhancing team productivity. It also covers the growing importance of AI-powered testing, the need for responsible adoption amid rising security concerns, and how organizations can scale with confidence in an increasingly complex tech environment.

The Rise of Spoken Interfaces: Projects for Voice-First Builders. Some are fun weekend hacks, others are stepping stones into the next interface revolution. All are open-ended, remixable, and built with tools you can start using today.

→ Hackathons birth great ideas, but most never survive past the weekend. → There's no support system—no follow-up, no funding, no traction. → Judges reward flashy builds, not sustainable businesses. → VCs don’t track hackathons due to lack of visibility. → Solution? Global tracking, post-event acceleration, real funding pipelines. → Kalp Studio’s BUILD Bharat Tour is testing this new model in India.

Recruiters now use AI to screen resumes, rank candidates, and conduct video interviews. Up to 90% of applicants submit unqualified resumes. Attempting to screen manually can lead to burnout, consequently affecting your productivity.

A user story is not a spec. It’s not a requirements doc. And it definitely isn’t something you write, hand off, and walk away from. User stories are intentionally simple.

Navigation in Compose is all about making your app's flow feel natural and effortless. Compose's navigation component lets you map out your app’s journey using simple, intuitive code. It's like drawing a roadmap for your app, but without the headache.

Writer and editor John Kilhefner says the new winners aren’t just good writers -- they’re skilled writers who are great at prompting AI. But according to Kilhefner, “The majority of writers and editors today are clueless when it comes to generative AI...”

Product innovation brings 3X – 10X value for a company once released. PiggyVest, a savings app, released a managed investment marketplace for its users. GOOG, AMZN and FB have a culture of product innovation.

Ming-Chi Kuo, the well-regarded Apple analyst, is not buying into the recent buzz about the iPhone maker entering into a $1 billion deal with Nvidia.

Penetration Testing is a cyberattack simulation carried out on a system, application, or network to determine vulnerabilities. It's like a virtual "heist," but one carried out ethically to assist with better security. PenTesters conduct different methods of testing how secure a system actually is.

An estimated 466 million people have disabling hearing loss and rely on visual languages like American Sign Language. AI-powered sign language translation offers a promising solution by automatically translating sign language into spoken/written language. By facilitating bidirectional communication, such a system can greatly enhance the independence and social integration of deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals.

The notion that the C programming language does not provide encapsulation and isolation is a myth. You don’t have inheritance, but you do have one very important characteristic: you can encapsulate and isolate the implementation of a data type away from the user of that type.

Would you want your chatbot to start discussing Taylor Swift lyrics instead of providing tech support? Well.. that’s what our chatbot did. Here's why.

EDATE Function returns a date that is a specified number of months before or after a given start date. To understand it, let’s say your car insurance expires 6 months from today. You can use the EDATE Function in the Excel and get to know date that's 6 months after today. By this way, you don't have to manually calculate using the Calendar.

Caching is the Swiss Army knife of system design, offering three key benefits: enhanced application performance, improved system availability, and reduced operational costs. Learn how to leverage caching strategies for optimal system architecture.