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Curated By: Shahrukh ShahLast Updated: January 13, 2024, 18:25 ISTRepresentational image. (File photo)To clear all the confusion about the different colours of registration plates in India, we have created a list, mentioning their significance and need in the country. As the auto industry in India started flourishing after a long COVID-19 break, the numbers of cars and sales began surpassing all the prior records lately. Nowadays, the country is witnessing a sudden spike of moving cars on roads, flaunting different…

The new feature will allow users to quickly share files with nearby people and will be ideal for situations where a fast and direct transfer is needed.WhatsApp users may soon be able to share files with people nearby through a new feature that is under works. As per a report by WABetaIno, WhatsApp users will need to head to the ‘people nearby’ section to send and receive files, ensuring secure sharing within close proximity. “It appears that it will be needed to shake the device to generate a share request, maintaining a…

Public domain/Public domain/CC BY-SA 3.0/Image by Author/Public domainAn exploration of the Weak Law of Large Numbers and the Central Limit Theorem through the long lens of historyIn my previous article, I introduced you to the Central Limit Theorem. We disassembled its definition, looked at its applications, and watched it do its magic in a simulation.I ended that article with a philosophical question asked by a famous 17th century mathematician about how nature behaves when confronted with a large collection of…

Who doesn’t love listening to a good podcast, right? Whether you’re downloading The Daily, Serial Killers, Stuff You Should Know, The Joe Rogan Experience, or the thousands of other available podcasts, it seems there are just so many good podcasts to choose from. And over the past several years, the number of subscribers listening to many of these popular podcasts and others has continued to grow and grow. Right? Well, although most of that could be true, what might not be accurate is how many listeners have been…

On the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss the Tesla Model 3 refresh finally coming to North America, Cybertruck quality issues, and more EV sale numbers. Today’s episode is sponsored by Upway, a leading online e-bike provider carrying the broadest selection of brand-new and certified pre-owned models. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel. As a reminder,…

areas of topology revolve around categorizing knots or geometric shapes, and number theory explores properties such as the distribution of prime numbers. If we restrict ourselves to somewhat simpler relationships, we can observe a pattern with the numbers 5 and 6 that was recognized by the Babylonians millennia ago: the square of 5 is 25, which ends with 5; the square of 25 is 625, which ends with 25; and the square of 625 is 390,625, which ends with 625. What seems like a fun gimmick made popular by mathematician Maurice…

China's government has announced that it can now uncover the identities of Apple device owners who send messages and content using AirDrop, the company's wireless sharing protocol. A Chinese institute has found a way to decrypt the device log of an iPhone to reveal both the email address and phone numbers of users who send content via AirDrop. In the past, activists and dissidents have relied on AirDrop to anonymously send messages to other users in a manner that cannot be easily monitored.According to a post shared on a…

2023 was a record-breaking scorcher, final numbers now show. While many of us felt the heat last year, it’s still mind-blowing to see the data. And it’s about to get hotter. Officially, last year was the hottest in the books since record-keeping began in 1850. Looking farther back, last year’s temperatures “likely exceed those of any period in at least the last 100,000 years,” according to deputy director of the Copernicus Climate Change Service Samantha Burgess. The European Union’s Copernicus Climate Change Service…

CLIMATEWIRE | The power sector is key to U.S. efforts to cut planet-warming pollution this decade.Technologies for generating wind and solar energy are expected to green the economy faster than electric cars and heat pumps, according to deep decarbonization studies. That was evident in 2023 as large solar projects catapulted toward levels never seen before in the U.S.But there were also indications that the transition to clean energy had not gone as smoothly as some analysts predicted. Wind projects stumbled, for…

On the Electrek Podcast, we discuss the most popular news in the world of sustainable transport and energy. In this week’s episode, we discuss Q4 EV delivery numbers, EPA range change, BYD overtaking Tesla, and more. Today’s episode is sponsored by Upway, a leading online e-Bike provider carrying the broadest selection of brand-new and certified pre-owned models. The show is live every Friday at 4 p.m. ET on Electrek’s YouTube channel. As a reminder, we’ll have an accompanying post, like this…