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Orca AI bridge screen showing potential collision risk in congested environment
A large-scale operational study conducted jointly by Orca AI and leading P&I club NorthStandard marks the first time an AI navigation provider and marine insurer have combined large-scale operational data to quantify the real-world impact of AI on navigational safety.
Based on data from a globall
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Date:
04/15/2026
Microchip Expands dsPIC33A DSC Family for High-Density AI Data Center Power, Complex Motor Control and Intelligent Sensing
As AI servers, data centers, automotive and industrial systems demand higher efficiency designs, deterministic real-time control and quantum-resistant cryptography, Microchip Technology Inc. has added dsPIC33AK256MPS306 Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs) to its dsPIC33A DSC family. The dsPIC33AK256MPS306 de
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Date:
04/14/2026
Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD
Welcome to the April edition of Power Systems Design Europe. One of the megatrends in the world today, at least for the western world, is the reshoring of manufacturing. A large amount of our production capabilities had been offshored to China and other areas of the Far East in the last half century, and thanks ma
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Date:
04/01/2026
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Figure 1: Change in electricity demand by region, 2021–2027. Note: EMDE = Emerging Markets and Developing Economies [1]
Global electricity demand surged 4.3% in 2024, nearly double the average pace of the previous decade, driven by data centers, electrification, and severe climate change causing temperature fluctuations that pushed heating and cooling loads to record levels [1]. Projections for 2026 to 2030 indicate that demand wi
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Date:
04/01/2026
Jason Lomberg, North America Editor, PSD
In the pantheon of topics that might seem immune from the steady encroachment of AI, religion is at the top of the list. After all, religion is the search for divine truth in the human condition, and AI seemingly runs antithetical to all that. But is AI truly at-odds with the spiritual world?
In many ways
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Date:
04/01/2026
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