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U.S. Energy Information Administration data show that wind power output in ISO New England rose sharply in 2026. From January through September, average monthly generation was 68 percent higher than the same nine‑month span in 2025. The increase reflects new turbine installations, higher capacity factors and favorable wind conditions across Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont and Massachusetts. ISO‑NE’s total wind contribution grew from roughly 1,200 megawatt‑hours per day in 2025 to about 2,000 megawatt‑hours per day in 2026. [...]

Pro Dota 2 hard‑carry Nuengnara “23savage” Teeramahanon said police raided Xipto eSports’ Kuala Lumpur boot camp, handcuffed the squad and seized personal items. Officers questioned the players’ presence in the city and demanded proof of their professional status. After an officer checked 23savage’s Instagram, which featured a photo with Malaysian influencer Ms. Puiyi, the team was released on the condition that 23savage demonstrate his skill. He then started a live match, playing Kez and recording 32 kills, which [...]

Silverpine Creek, a PS5 horror title released earlier this year, received a free update that adds a DualSense‑specific mechanic. The update forces players to interact solely through the controller’s built‑in microphone, requiring silence to avoid alerting the game’s antagonist, the witch Korana. Without weapons, players must solve puzzles, collect ritual items, and use camera flashes strategically while navigating a cursed village. The feature leverages binaural audio, similar to that used in Hellblade, to heighten immersion and make [...]

Apple TV has added the Apple Original Films feature “Tenzing” to its streaming library, making the adventure drama available to subscribers after a limited theatrical premiere. The film stars Genden Phuntsok as Tenzing Norgay, Tom Hiddleston as Sir Edmund Hillary, and Willem Dafoe as Colonel John Hunt, with Caitríona Balfe playing expedition secretary Jill Henderson. Based on the historic 1953 ascent of Mount Everest, the story follows Norgay’s struggle to join the British climbing team and his spiritual reverence [...]

Google has begun rolling out its newest AI model, Gemini 4 Argon, to Antigravity, the company’s AI‑driven coding platform, for AI Pro and AI Ultra subscribers. Announced in late September and broadly released earlier this week, Argon is positioned as a flagship model built to handle the most complex development tasks. Antigravity, described by Google as an agentic development environment, now offers a separate weekly‑only Argon quota in addition to the existing Gemini 3.8 Flash allocation, letting users choose the model that best [...]

SpaceX lifted off a classified U.S. Space Force payload from Vandenberg Space Force Base on Oct. 15 at 8:01 p.m. EDT aboard a Falcon 9. The rocket’s first stage, booster 1081, touched down on the drone ship “Of Course I Still Love You” about 8.5 minutes after liftoff, marking its 28th flight and 16th successful recovery. The mission, designated USSF‑481, carried undisclosed payloads to an unknown orbit, and SpaceX provided no further details during the webcast. Booster 1081’s prior record includes [...]

Advantest has launched the first electro‑optical test cell designed for high‑volume silicon‑photonic IC production, partnering with FormFactor to integrate optical probers into its V93000 platform. The system, called TRITON, combines a TEL production prober with fiber‑alignment capabilities and a new SmarTest software suite that controls lasers, polarization controllers, attenuators, power meters and optical spectrum analyzers housed in a turnkey rack built in San Jose. The rack, TÜV‑certified and equipped with safety interlocks for Class 3B lasers, is already installed [...]

In September 2026 the U.S. Commerce Department awarded up to $100 million each to D‑Wave, Rigetti, Quantinuum and PsiQuantum under the CHIPS Act to boost domestic quantum‑computer manufacturing and supply chains. Earlier that year the Patent and Trademark Office issued a March 11 memorandum stating that a company’s domestic manufacturing disclosures will be weighed when deciding whether to institute an inter partes review (IPR). The memo identified two manufacturing factors and warned that statements, such as press releases about [...]