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Taipei, Oct. 12 (CNA) The chairman of state-run Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower), Tseng Wen-sheng (曾文生), said Monday that the electricity industry should be brought into technology-sector decision-making as soon as possible.

If you own an iPhone Duo, you’ll want to keep it insured and protected. You may also be asking which accessories actually fit the device.

Your wall outlet may handle the load, but that doesn’t mean the extension cord will.

The Raspberry Pi has become the de facto option for single-board computers, thanks to its large community and growing library of online resources. The platform is capable of handling everything from light computing tasks to continuous server-esque deployments. My own home automation system ran off a Pi 3 stashed away in the closet for years.…

Smart just unveiled its #2 ultra-compact EV at the Paris Motor Show, four years after the company introduced the Smart #1. The Smart #2 looks to be a return to (miniature) form for the company, after a string of SUV releases. This thing is teensy and similar to the iconic Smart Fortwo ultra-compact.

The French automaker is targeting a 15,000-euro price tag for an eventual production version.

With official confirmation of a Pikachu-themed Pill speaker from Beats by Dre, it would only appropriate to christen it by playing the Pokémon theme song. Beats posted a short teaser on its social media accounts showing a shadowy silhouette of a pill-shaped Bluetooth speaker, accented by yellow lightning that’s likely from a familiar familiar. 

It’s not too big, it’s not too small and it’s not too expensive. It’s just right.

Online profiling isn’t new. And for that matter, neither is Amazon’s About You page, which was introduced back in May. (The personalization behind it has been around for much longer.) But the feature, which acts as a sort of dossier of details Amazon uses to personalize your shopping, has gotten a lot of attention lately.

Tomorrow at 8 a.m. PT, it all begins — 10,000+ founders, investors, and tech operators will gather at San Francisco’s Moscone West for TechCrunch Disrupt 2026 for three days of ideas, connections, and startups shaping what comes next. If you’ve been waiting to decide, the wait is over — this is your last 24 hours to…