schizoidman

schizoidman , 3 days ago to Technology in Beijing intervenes in China’s solar industry as overcapacity dries up profit in the country's domestic market

If you have been following the Chinese solar industry, you would be aware that solar manufacturers from China, such as Suntec etc have gone bankrupt over the past decade or more. China's approach of allowing underperforming solar companies to go bankrupt is one of the reasons why their solar industry is so formidable.

schizoidman OP , 6 days ago to Technology in CATL battery successfully powers electric plane with 1,800-mile civil aircraft expected

I suppose the original source titled it better.

CATL expects its batteries to power electric aircraft with up to 3,000 km range

schizoidman OP , 7 days ago to Privacy in Session vs simplex or other alternatives?

To save battery life I suppose. Also some phones may kill a background app even when told not to thus preventing messages from being received.

schizoidman OP , 7 days ago to Privacy in Session vs simplex or other alternatives?

Probably something that does not require a phone number while still using google firebase notification system? Basically a less buggy version of session messenger.

schizoidman OP , 7 days ago to Privacy in Session vs simplex or other alternatives?

From my understanding briar requires both clients to be online at the same time to use?

schizoidman OP , 1 month ago to Privacy in Speedster jailed after S’pore police tapped data from in-car system in first case here

But do you use the equivalent of a Nokia 3210 phone?

schizoidman , 1 month ago (edited 1 month ago) to Technology in Lithium-free sodium batteries exit the lab and enter US production

Sodium batteries are already in electric cars many months ago

https://www.engadget.com/the-first-ev-with-a-lithium-free-sodium-battery-hits-the-road-in-january-214828536.html

Also you could buy individual cells on AliExpress

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s6zcI1GrkK4

schizoidman , 3 months ago to Technology in Firefox plan to show ads and shopping in the near future in the browser as an opt-out

Librewolf on PC.

Mull on Android

schizoidman , 5 months ago to Privacy in The Boost android client for Lemmy is displaying these dark pattern ads pretending to be system notifications. What security/privacy conscious Lemmy clients do you recommend?

Voyager is currently many versions ahead of the one listed on F-Droid. It is still usable but you may want to get the latest version from GitHub.