MacRumors: Apple’s Annual Shareholders Meeting Will Take Place on February 25
Apple’s 2025 shareholders meeting will be held on Tuesday, February 25 at 8:00 a.m. Pacific Time, according to an SEC filing that was released today.
CleanTechnica: $1.67 Billion to Montana Renewables to Significantly Expand US Sustainable Aviation Fuel Production
The decarbonization of the U.S. transportation and industrial sectors depends on a significant increase in the production of biofuelsâwhich are expected to deliver new economic opportunities for agricultural and rural communities across the nation while tackling the climate crisis. This project will utilize vegetable oils, fats, and greases to produce sustainable fuels.
The MRL facility has been in operation since late 2022, currently producing about 140 million gallons per year of biofuels, most of which is renewable diesel. The loan guarantee will fund facility expansion to produce about 315 million gallons per year of biofuelsÂÂ, most of which will be SAF.
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SAF is one of the only viable near-term options to decarbonize the airline industry, which is responsible for 11% of U.S. transportation emissions or 3.3% of total U.S. emissions.
CleanTechnica: Sneak Attack: Electric Trailers Turn ICE Trucks Into Hybrids
Unlike previous trips, this time he got to actually tow the trailer, which is important because easy towing is the key benefit to laying down the cash it takes to buy this trailer. So, this time he actually got to test it in a meaningful way. But, instead of seeing how it tows in an EV, he hooked it up to a Porsche Cayenne, a smaller ICE SUV.
To be methodical, he tested it first unpowered, then using different settings for assist level. The Pebble Flow has the ability to act like a brake controller, but in reverse, setting the assist level instead of setting the braking level. But, with regenerative braking, it can help with slowing down, too. It also had the benefit of dynamic control, using the electric axle to minimize sway, porpoising, etc. On the flip side, the trailer also has a ârechargeâ mode, where it can do mild regenerative braking to use the tow vehicleâs energy for trailer charging, which would reduce MPG, but allow for more power at the campsite for things like air conditioning, heat, cooking, etc.
Interesting idea: turn your internal combustion SUV into a hybrid of sorts.
UPI: Jeju Air black boxes stopped working minutes before deadly crash in South Korea
The flight data recorder and cockpit voice recorder, commonly called black boxes, both stopped functioning around four minutes before Jeju Air flight 2216 crashed at Muan International Airport, South Korea’s Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport confirmed Saturday in a statement.
Officials did not speculate on why the devices may have stopped working on the Boeing 737-800 that was arriving from Bangkok, Thailand.
Daring Fireball: Nvidia, the New King of Keynotes
But one thing thatâs very clear to my eyes is that they didnât rehearse enough. Or more specifically, they didnât rehearse nearly as much as Apple did when Apple performed live keynotes. Part of Steve Jobsâs on-stage appeal was that he came across as largely winging it, speaking off the cuff from an outline of prepared Keynote slides. But that was an illusion. Jobs rehearsed, rehearsed, rehearsed, and then rehearsed some more. Jobs might have been better than anyone else even if he had just winged it, but he still put in the work of rehearsing long hours to be as good as he could be.
9to5Mac: Turn your M4 Mac Mini into a Mini Mac Pro (Hands-on)
I’ve been seeing people give their Mac Minis a serious style upgrade by housing them in enclosures that make them look like mini Mac Pros–and I had to try it out for myself. Enter the Zeera MacForge Gen2, a CNC aluminum case that turns your Mac Mini M4 into a desktop workstation that looks like a shrunken version of Apple’s iconic Mac Pro. And let me tell you, I love the look.
Guardian: Editorial: With Hollywood ablaze, ditching carbon targets would be an act of recklessness
The devastating wave of wildfires that has reduced thousands of Hollywood homes to ashes could not have afflicted the US at a more telling moment. Figures released last week revealed that for the first time the world overshot the 1.5C limit in global temperature rises that had been set as a desired upper figure by the Paris climate accordof 2015.
It is clear that the floods that engulfed Valencia last year, along with the typhoons that ripped through the Philippines and the drought that afflicted the Amazon were all made more likely by this unwanted temperature rise, say scientists. From this perspective, Hollywood’s misery is just one of many examples of the destruction heaped upon the planet by our burning of fossil fuels and ever-rising emissions of greenhouse gases. Crucially, such disasters are only going to worsen until humanity abandons the widespread combustion of coal, gas and oil.
NYT: Jeff Bezosâ Blue Origin Rocket Launch Could Give SpaceX Some Competition
If New Glenn lifts off on Monday as planned, the Amazon founderâs rocket company will be on track to give Elon Muskâs SpaceX some genuine competition.
Atlantic: Mark Zuckerberg Is at War With Himself
Mark Zuckerberg is sick of the woke politics governing his social feeds. He’s tired of the censorship and social-media referees meddling in free speech. We’re in a “new era” now, he said in a video today, announcing that he plans to replace Facebook and Instagram fact-checkers with a system of community notes similar to the one on X, the rival platform owned by Elon Musk. Meta will also now prioritize “civic content,” a.k.a. political content, not hide from it.
The social-media hall monitors have been so restrictive on “topics of immigration and gender that they’re out of touch with mainstream discourse,” Zuckerberg said with the zeal of an activist. He spoke about “a cultural tipping point towards once again prioritizing speech” following “nonstop” concerns about misinformation from the “legacy media” and four years of the United States government “pushing for censorship.” It is clear from Zuckerberg’s announcement that he views establishment powers as having tried and failed to solve political problems by suppressing his users. That message is sure to delight Donald Trump and the incoming administration. But there’s one tiny hitch. Zuckerberg is talking about himself and his own policies. The establishment? That’s him.
The changes to Meta’s properties, including Facebook, Instagram, and Threads, are being framed by the CEO as a return “to our roots around free expression.” This bit of framing is key, painting him as having been right all along.
Last Updated: 11.Jan.2025 23:21 EST
