All posts tagged: utility

Segway launches MUXI, a compact, urban-friendly utility ebike designed for city living

Segway launches MUXI, a compact, urban-friendly utility ebike designed for city living

Published by Jenni Sidey

We may earn revenue from the products available on this page and participate in affiliate programs. Learn more › Sign Up For Goods 🛍️ Product news, reviews, and must-have deals. We first spotted Segway’s MUXI in January 2026 at CES in Las Vegas, and this softer-edged, city-friendly utility ebike is now available to order. The more compact counterpart to a cargo bike, the MUXI is low, approachable, a little Vespa-ish, and easy to live (and go to work) with. There are no top-tube gymnastics to perform, no haul sprawl to wrestle, but still enough available space to pick up odds and ends or a friend. Apartment dwellers will still want to take the 78-pound bike up the elevator, but riding it will elevate your mood in return. See It The MUXI is a tidy electric bike that translates stout hardware into a steady ride when navigating stop signs and side streets. The low standover frame and upright geometry promise an easy on-off rhythm, which makes a lot of sense in dense urban environments, especially for …

Mobile Home Legislation in Arizona Target Utility Costs, Abandonment Rules and Manager Training

Mobile Home Legislation in Arizona Target Utility Costs, Abandonment Rules and Manager Training

Published by Sam Flores

For years, manufactured home park owners across Arizona would restrict what types of air conditioners or cooling devices people used on their mobile homes because they were noisy or ugly. That was until 2024, when a coalition of groups changed state law to make the practice illegal. Now a new legislative session is in full swing, and with it the hopes for new tools to improve the experiences of mobile home residents in Arizona. This year, she and other stakeholders around the state spent months in discussion to decide what bills felt most urgent to introduce. “We went to many, many meetings with all kinds of people,” Noble said. They held eight listening sessions with residents, utility companies and groups like anti-poverty organizer Wildfire AZ to help draft bills that would not only change state law but also add more enforcement. The Arizona Association of Manufactured Home Owners drafted one bill requiring more education for park managers, and worked with Wildfire to draft two utility bills that would prevent park owners from charging residents more …

I tested the ‘survival computer’ that has all the offline utility you need – including AI

I tested the ‘survival computer’ that has all the offline utility you need – including AI

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Jack Wallen/ZDNET Follow ZDNET: Add us as a preferred source on Google. ZDNET’s key takeaways Project NOMAD is an offline info database and AI tool. This platform could come in handy if you can’t get online. It can be installed on any Debian-based Linux distro. Imagine that you’ve landed in some sort of post-apocalyptic, dystopian future. In that future, it’s not necessarily the strong that will survive, but rather those with access to information. Information could wind up being the most sought-after commodity, the difference between survival and, well, not. But how do you gain access to information? You might not have a network connection, which means no internet. And that means no search engine or AI.  Also: How my portable wind turbine compares to solar panels – 2 years of testing later What do you do? If you have already installed Project NOMAD, which stands for Node for Offline Media, Archives, and Data, and is a self-contained, offline “survival computer”, then no need to worry. This project’s tag line is “Knowledge That Never Goes Offline.” Jack Wallen/ZDNET …

Vermont utility makes it easier than ever to add a home battery

Vermont utility makes it easier than ever to add a home battery

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Vermont utility Green Mountain Power is expanding one of the country’s most exciting virtual power plant programs, adding a new battery lease program to its menu of home energy offerings that lets customers add backup power at little to no upfront cost. Green Mountain Power (GMP) has already built a successful home battery program around Tesla’s industry-leading Powerwall – but despite the Powerwall’s excellent reputation, Tesla’s CEO has spent the last few years going out of his way to make himself a polarizing political figure, and a lot of people just don’t want to see their hard-earned money going to support Elon’s causes. GMP gets it, and they’ve expanded the program to include Enphase’s fourth-generation IQ Battery lineup, giving customers more freedom of choice about how they add backup power at home. “Enphase is a great company,” explains Alexander Mintz, owner and operator of Power Guru, a GMP certified backup battery installer. “(Enphase has been in business for over 20 years), they partnered with GMP to make it affordable for folks to install batteries for backup …

Stars turn out for Prada’s blend of utility and glamour at Milan Fashion Week

Stars turn out for Prada’s blend of utility and glamour at Milan Fashion Week

Published by Daniella Wilson

Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Stay ahead of the curve with our weekly guide to the latest trends, fashion, relationships and more Bella Hadid walked for Prada’s tough-turned-feminine collection at Milan Fashion Week while stars accumulated to watch the showcase. Miuccia Prada, 76, has long been revered for her ability to anticipate fashion’s next move. The autumn/winter 2026 womenswear show, presented with her co-creative director Raf Simons at the Fondazione Prada museum during Milan Fashion Week, undoubtedly demonstrated that instinct once again. Fans of the Milanese house tend to share an appreciation for intellectual design; clothing that feels like a mirror to current culture; but still beautiful to wear. This season, Prada delivered both. Utility, embellishments and subtle dishevelment merged with bursts of colour suggests AW26 will be filled with unapologetic and subversive glamour. While last season explored workwear as a “response to the overload of …

Largest public utility in U.S. doesn’t want to close coal-fired plants

Largest public utility in U.S. doesn’t want to close coal-fired plants

Published by Sam Flores

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The nation’s largest public utility says it now prefers to keep operating two coal-fired power plants it planned to shutter, changing course before a meeting of its board, which has a majority of members picked by the coal-friendly Trump administration. In new filings, the Tennessee Valley Authority signaled its intention to keep the Kingston Fossil Plant and Cumberland Fossil Plant in Tennessee running. TVA intended to shutter its remaining, aging coal plants by 2035 to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that cause climate change. But the utility, which partners with local power companies to serve roughly 10 million people in seven states, said it is rethinking the closures because of regulatory changes and increasing demand for electricity. “As power demand grows, TVA is looking at every option to bolster our generating fleet to continue providing affordable, reliable electricity to our 10 million customers, create jobs and help communities thrive,” TVA spokesperson Scott Brooks said in a statement Tuesday. Several clean energy groups said extending the coal plants would raise serious questions about TVA’s decision-making, since …

HomeBoost’s app will show you where to save on your utility bills

HomeBoost’s app will show you where to save on your utility bills

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A few years ago, Selina Tobaccowala’s daughter started leaving post-it notes around the house, telling everyone to “turn off the lights” and such. Tobaccowala had just sold her last startup, Gixo, to OpenFit and was looking for a new challenge. “I saw the kids and thought, ‘Let me see if there’s something there on the sustainability and climate side,’” she told TechCrunch. “There had to be something more than like turning our lights off.” Without a background in climate science or hardware engineering, she wasn’t sure where to start. So Tobaccowala turned to something she knew well: surveys. “Given my love of surveys, I surveyed a ton — a ton — of customers,” said Tobaccowala, who used to be president and CTO of SurveyMonkey.  What she found was that people were struggling to figure out how to lower their utility bills. “When we talked to consumers, we heard the same thing over and over again: They get that email that says, ‘Hey, you spend more money than your neighbors,’” she said. “They were sort of stuck …