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An international team of 73 researchers has developed standardized best practices for measuring the performance, reliability and stability of indoor photovoltaic devices. The guidelines aim to improve measurement consistency across laboratories and accelerate the transition of indoor PV technologies from research to commercial applications.

Intertek CEA market intelligence consultant Aaron Marks argues for using non-lithium batteries in AI data centres. He writes that AI data centres' energy and power requirements are demanding enough to potentially stretch lithium-ion beyond its versatile limits.

A Canadian-Swiss-German collaboration has developed semi-transparent organic solar cells with efficiencies up to 12.04%, while fully printed modules reach 10.2%. The technology combines Brilliant Matters' BM10 OPV platform with HeiQ's silver nanowire electrodes, with commercial availability targeted for 2028.

Researchers in Italy developed an air-source steam-generating heat pump integrating PV, battery storage and the grid, with the electricity supply optimized to minimize heat-production costs. Results show higher electricity prices favor greater PV-BESS integration, while strong solar resources significantly improve self-sufficiency and economic performance.

Apple's release notes for the shipped visionOS 27 list a known issue: Siri commands for Environments, the 360-degree landscapes, are not working. The suggested workaround is to use gaze and pinch to open environments from the Home View.

According to MIXED, the Pimax Crystal Pro is sold as a wireless PC VR headset, but the top refresh rate on its spec sheet, 120Hz, requires a single DisplayPort cable that Pimax calls optional and does not include in the box. Pimax's Frontier 2026 FAQ confirms wired play is still possible.

A large analysis of 22 studies found that trans fats naturally present in dairy foods such as milk, butter, yogurt, and cheese do not appear to raise the risk of heart disease or type 2 diabetes. Unlike industrial trans fats from partially hydrogenated oils, dairy trans fats showed no meaningful harmful effects on blood fats in controlled trials and were not linked to higher rates of heart disease, stroke, cardiovascular death, or diabetes in long-term studies.

Anthropic is adding a monthly pot of Claude API credits to its Claude Max and Team plans: $100 per month on Max 5x, $200 on Max 20x, and up to $500 pooled on Team. According to Anthropic's documentation, the credits cannot be spent on Claude Code, which is listed among the products the credit does not cover.

A Stanford-designed molecule turns a major lymphoma-promoting protein against cancer cells, activating their own self-destruct machinery instead of simply blocking tumor growth. In mice, the treatment completely eliminated aggressive human lymphoma tumors within 11 days, although much more testing is needed before it could reach patients.

Meta's documentation tells Ray-Ban Display developers not to rely on the untrustedContentHint flag, which web apps use to tell Meta AI that a piece of text came from an untrustworthy source. Meta's WebMCP agent tools page says to set the flag honestly, since it is not an enforced security boundary.

Schneider Electric's acquisition of PTC gives it a "digital thread" from design through operations, positioning the company to challenge Siemens, according to Interact Analysis. The analyst notes, however, that Schneider Electric still needs to integrate data and software.

EA has named two specific PC performance faults in EA Sports FC 27 in its PC launch notes: performance degradation when Cloth Quality is set to Medium, and Frame Rate Limit settings not applying correctly after switching monitors. Neither issue appears on the late October list for which EA has given a date.

Researchers have created an aquatic soft robot inspired by feather stars, a type of marine invertebrate. Powered by only two actuators, the robot can move through the water in all three dimensions. The paper, "Minimal-Actuation Feather Star–Inspired Soft Swimmers for Multimodal 3D Maneuverability," was published in the journal Science Advances.

OpenAI is updating ChatGPT for all users with an "Intelligent UI" that is more visual, generating interactive elements as part of the chatbot's outputs.

California-based DataraAI is developing robotic automation technology intended to let industrial robot arms connect cables and other components during AI server and rack assembly, a task still largely performed manually. Reported target operations include routing cables, seating connectors, and handling wiring harnesses; the system remains in development.

German regulators support approving Tesla's FSD for use throughout Europe, but they want the company to drop the "Full Self Driving" name. The report offers few further details.

A New Scientist article examines why gatekeeping is needed in the age of AI. It notes that large language models have unleashed a torrent of text, and dealing with it will not be easy.