6 Best Cash-Out Refinance Lenders of April 2026 Cash-out refinancing main takeaways Rising home values have led to significant equity gains over the past few years. As of the third quarter 2025, homeowners hold an aggregate of over $17 trillion. A cash-out refinance allows...

Secret messages were lifeline for Venezuelan prisoners held incommunicadoDirty laundry and chocolate bars: How Venezuelan prisoners smuggled messages out of jailNorberto ParedesBBC News Mundo, Caracas, VenezuelaBBCÁngel Godoy's family smuggled a message to him inside the wrapper of a chocolate barIn a small flat in a social housing complex near Caracas, Adriana Briceño holds up what looks like...

Samsung bets this island startup can tame the grid with software and batteries The electrical grid has changed more in the last decade than in the preceding five. Solar, wind, and batteries have pushed power generation away from monolithic producers. But fundamentally, the grid still suffers from the same challenges. “The problem on the grid is a peak problem. Most of the time you’re okay, you...

Hyperscale Power is the latest startup to challenge 140-year-old transformer tech The iron-core transformer is the 140-year old technology that props up both the electrical grid and AI companies. The devices are clunky but reliable, which explains why they’re still in use: if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it. Yet as the data center power demand skyrockets and batteries and renewables carve out...

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