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ChargePoint (CHPT), a leading EV charging provider, released its fiscal Q2 2023 earnings on Tuesday as industry expectations pick up on the heels of significant investments. The EV charging company beat forecasts as demand for electric vehicles and supporting infrastructure accelerates. Since its foundation in 2007, ChargePoint has built an extensive EV charging network with over 200,000 locations, supporting the industry as more electric vehicles hit the streets. As automakers invest billions into creating…

Image: Cube Libre Horror as a genre is perhaps the most reliably inconsistent when it comes to producing hits, given the low-cost/high-reward model. It’s one of the cheaper genres than can be made, with some costing thousands as opposed to millions, but what about the times a seemingly bad-looking horror flick ends up brilliant? There’s been some absolute doffers offered up by studios seeking to rake in a quick buck and potentially get some tax incentives. Netflix in particular has a success rate that is…

Despite high demand for the Steam Deck, Valve's production lines continue to improve. In an unexpected Tweet by Valve designer Lawrence Yang, more Q4 reservations are moving into Q3, with production outperforming Valve's estimations.For reference, this is on top of the outstanding news from a month ago, regarding Steam Deck reservations from a month ago and older being fulfilled by Q4 2022. Apparently, Valve has done a better job than it expected at overcoming the supply chain issues plaguing the Steam Deck.For current…

Net income leapt 90 percent year-on-year for the world's biggest oil producer, which clocked its second straight quarterly record after announcing $39.5 billion for Q1. Aramco floated 1.7 percent of its shares on the Saudi bourse in December 2019, generating $29.4 billion in the world's biggest initial public…

An artist illustration of the InSight lander on Mars. InSight, short for Interior Exploration using Seismic Investigations, Geodesy and Heat Transport, is designed to give the Red Planet its first thorough check-up since it formed 4.5 billion years ago. Credit: NASA/JPL-CaltechPhysics connects seismic data to properties of rocks and sediments.A new analysis of seismic data from NASA’s Mars InSight mission has uncovered a couple of big surprises.The first surprise: the top 300 meters (1000 feet) of the subsurface beneath…

Swedish audiobook streaming group Storytel reported second-quarter revenue ahead of analyst expectations, helped by growth across the Nordics, Europe, and the United States, sending its shares up 15 percent. Quarterly net sales rose 28 percent to 781 million Swedish crowns ($77.16 million) from 611 million crowns a year earlier. Analysts had expected 774 million crowns, Refinitiv data shows. Storytel underwent a restructuring in the first half of the year, with a management overhaul, a sharper focus on costs, and 100 job…

Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain Dangerous situations can develop when cyclists are overtaken by cars. How threatened or safe cyclists feel during an overtaking maneuver depends on the type of road. They expect to be safer on roads with a speed limit of 30 kilometers per hour (kph), as well as on living streets, bike streets, and roads with cycle lanes. If cars are allowed to drive faster and infrastructure for cyclists is…

Wave Swell Energy's remarkable UniWave 200 is a sea platform that uses an artificial blowhole formation to create air pressure changes that drive a turbine and feed energy back to shore. After a year of testing, the company reports excellent results.As we've discussed before, the UniWave system is a floating device that can be towed to any coastal location and connected to the local energy grid. It's designed so that wave swells force water into a specially designed concrete chamber, pressurizing the air in the chamber…

It’s exciting to be a part of a crypto community that never goes to sleep. Whether you trade, invest, or build, there’s always something new to be entertained with. Those who enter this space have high expectations, as everyone is looking for those life-changing gains. Well, it could become a reality with high-potential cryptos like Uniglo (GLO), Polygon (MATIC), and Binance Coin (BNB). Let’s take a deep dive into what they offer. Uniglo (GLO) Uniglo is a DAO protocol backed by rare NFTs, tangible…

Credit: CC0 Public Domain Consumer sentiment was essentially unchanged from June, when it had reached an all-time low for the survey, according to the University of Michigan Surveys of Consumers. …