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Technology News 19.11.2025

Technology News 19.11.2025

LIVETechnology news rolling coverageStarted: November 19, 2025, 12:00 AM ESTUpdated: November 19, 2025, 5:18 AM EST Tesla recalls 10,500 Powerwall 2 batteries over overheating and fire risk November 19, 2025, 5:18 AM EST. Tesla is recalling about 10,500 Powerwall 2 AC Battery
November 19, 2025
Vertical Solar Farms: How Bifacial Panels Are Revolutionizing Solar Energy in 2025

Vertical Solar Farms: How Bifacial Panels Are Revolutionizing Solar Energy in 2025

Vertical solar farms mount panels upright at 90° in north–south rows, using bifacial panels to harvest morning east light and afternoon west light for two daily power peaks. The Ashikaga City rice paddy project in Japan was installed in May 2024, yielded
August 10, 2025
CO₂ Capture Breakthroughs: Advanced Materials and Mega-Projects to Pull Carbon from Air and Industry

CO₂ Capture Breakthroughs: Advanced Materials and Mega-Projects to Pull Carbon from Air and Industry

In 2024 atmospheric CO2 reached about 426 parts per million, roughly 50% higher than pre-industrial levels. UC Berkeley researchers developed a zinc hydride MOF called ZnH-MFU-4_l that can capture CO₂ from hot flue gas at 300°C with over 90% efficiency, enabling potential
August 9, 2025
Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs): Sponge-Like Crystals Poised to Transform Carbon Capture, Clean Energy and More

Metal-Organic Frameworks (MOFs): Sponge-Like Crystals Poised to Transform Carbon Capture, Clean Energy and More

MOFs hold a world-record internal surface area of up to about 7,000 m^2 per gram, with theoretical designs up to 14,600 m^2/g. Over roughly 20 years researchers have created nearly 90,000 unique MOF structures, with hundreds of thousands more predicted by theory.
August 9, 2025
Inside the $500‑Billion AI‑Chip Gold Rush: How Blackwell, Gaudi, Trainium & Friends Are Re‑Wiring the World in 2025

Inside the $500‑Billion AI‑Chip Gold Rush: How Blackwell, Gaudi, Trainium & Friends Are Re‑Wiring the World in 2025

1. Executive snapshot 2. What exactly is an AI accelerator? Category Typical role Leading examples (2025) GPU (general‑purpose but massively parallel) Training & inference NVIDIA B200, AMD MI350, Intel Falcon Shores ASIC (custom fixed‑function) Cloud training/inference Google TPU v5p, AWS Trainium2, Microsoft Maia 100 NPU / XPU
August 7, 2025
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Technology News

  • Tesla recalls 10,500 Powerwall 2 batteries over overheating and fire risk
    November 19, 2025, 5:18 AM EST. Tesla is recalling about 10,500 Powerwall 2 AC Battery systems installed nationwide from November 2020 through December 2022 after the CPSC logged reports of overheating, including six cases of smoking and five fires. The incidents caused minor property damage but no injuries. The recall cites a lithium-ion cell issue that can cause certain units to stop functioning during use, leading to overheating. Tesla has remotely discharged affected online systems to reduce risk and will replace recalled units at no cost. Owners can check recall status in the Tesla App and contact Tesla at 1-877-961-7652 for replacement information.
  • Nvidia and Microsoft Strike Major Anthropic Deal, Sparking AI Bubble Debate
    November 19, 2025, 5:16 AM EST. Tech giants Nvidia and Microsoft announced a strategic investment in private AI startup Anthropic: Anthropic will buy about $30 billion of cloud computing capacity from Microsoft and commit up to 1 gigawatt of additional capacity, with the first gigawatt running on Nvidia's Grace Blackwell and Vera Rubin systems. In return, Nvidia and Microsoft will invest up to $10 billion and $5 billion in Anthropic, respectively. The deal deepens a web of ties among AI software makers, chipmakers and cloud operators, fueling concerns about an AI bubble on Wall Street. Shares of Nvidia and Microsoft slid after the news as investors questioned whether AI revenue will justify heavy data-center spending.
  • Apple releases iOS 26.2 public beta 2: AirDrop codes, Liquid Glass, and multitasking upgrades
    November 19, 2025, 5:14 AM EST. Apple releases iOS 26.2 public beta 2 with a raft of features. Highlights include AirDrop codes enabling contact-free sharing for 30 days, a refined Liquid Glass Level design in Measure, and iPadOS 26.2 multitasking updates that let you drag an app icon to enter Slide Over or Split View from the Dock. Leaked code hints at a default voice assistant option for the side button in Japan. The Games app gains sorting, filtering, and real-time score updates. Other changes include a Measure redesign, Edge Light on macOS 26 Tahoe, revised Sleep Score thresholds, and AI-powered enhancements to Apple Podcasts and Apple News. Detailed comments and read links accompany each item.
  • Illinois adds driver's licenses to Apple Wallet, expanding digital ID access
    November 19, 2025, 5:12 AM EST. Illinois residents with iPhones will soon be able to add their driver's license or state ID to Apple Wallet, allowing secure presentation at participating businesses, online platforms, and select TSA checkpoints-including O'Hare and Midway in Chicago, and Lambert in St. Louis. Illinois becomes the 13th state to offer digital IDs in Apple Wallet. The launch is described as a 'game changer' by Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias, though a physical ID remains required. To add, open Apple Wallet, tap +, scan the physical card and submit a selfie for verification. A free Mobile ID Verifier app for businesses will also be available in the App Store to verify age for restricted purchases. The program will expand to Google Wallet and Samsung Wallet soon.
  • Amazon's Rufus AI Shopping Assistant Hits 149% User Growth with 50 Upgrades
    November 19, 2025, 5:10 AM EST. Amazon's AI shopping assistant Rufus is expanding with more than 50 upgrades to speed and usefulness, improving knowledge of shopping categories, product research, evaluation, search, and recommendations. The company says Rufus launched in beta last winter and rolled out nationwide in July 2024, and now sees triple-digit growth: more than 250 million customers used Rufus this year with monthly active users up 149% and interactions up 210% year over year. Customers who use Rufus while shopping are over 60% more likely to make a purchase on that trip. Analysts describe such bots as digital concierges, reshaping how merchants present data, while Amazon continues to invest in advertising and broader shopping experiences like Haul and Bazaar.