On the Monday, March 23, 2026, episode of The Excerpt podcast: Aging infrastructure, rising demand and extreme weather are testing the U.S. power grid in new ways. How can we ensure its reliability?

The U.S. power industry is embarking on an AI-driven expansion of the electric grid, a build-out that promises to be one of the most expensive since World War II. Some of the costs are set to be ...

Mysa is the Swedish word for "cozy," which is a fitting name for this affordable cabin-like tiny house. Designed as a compact but extra-wide non-towable home, it would suit being used as a vacation ...

The phone comes from TECNO, and as it stands, it’s a concept device without a proper name. And I know what you’re thinking — it looks a lot like the iPhone Air. The camera bar at the top and the ...

TECNO has unveiled a modular phone concept at MWC 2026 in Barcelona that uses magnetic attachment to let you snap on hardware modules like extra batteries, an action camera, and a standalone telephoto ...

There are a lot of different types of laptops out there, but Lenovo wants to give you everything at once with its new ThinkBook modular PC concept, and I kind of love the idea. The “ThinkBook Modular ...

At MWC 2026, the company also showed off a dual-screen Yoga Book with 3D capabilities, and the Legion Go Fold—a gaming handheld with a folding screen that converts into a mini laptop. Do you like ...

A wave of Virginia data centers abruptly disconnecting from the power grid last year exposed a growing threat to U.S. electricity reliability: massive customers vanishing all at once, The Wall Street ...

Early last year, a cluster of data centers in Virginia suddenly dropped off the power grid, threatening the stability of the already vulnerable system. The roughly 40 data centers, which had been ...

Just before the Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2026 event in Barcelona, Tecno unveiled a bold new smartphone concept that is built around the new Modular Magnetic Interconnection Technology. This is a ...

Chinese smartphone maker Tecno is channeling Project Ara with its latest Modular Phone concept, previewed ahead of MWC 2026. It feels like a lifetime ago that the dream of a truly modular smartphone ...