MacRumors Giveaway: Win an iPhone 16 Pro From GRID Studio For this week’s giveaway, we’ve teamed up with GRID Studio to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win a 128GB iPhone 16 Pro from Apple. For those unfamiliar with GRID Studio, it is a company that recycles discarded Apple products into art that celebrates Apple’s history. GRID Studio is having a special spring sale on some of its most popular pr…

My off grid cabin on the ranch submitted by /u/Grandmasguitar

How do you use square + diagonal grid? submitted by /u/comradeMATE

Grid options for Profoto Zoom Reflector II? Does anyone have any advice on which grids fit the Profoto Zoom reflector 2 other than the Profoto ones? $500 for 3 Profoto grids sounds too excessive to me. I checked the Impact, Speedtron and Godox ones and they all seem to be smaller according to the reviews. submitted by /u/hijazist

This pixel light grid can show you the weather (and the price of Bitcoin) Image: GoveeGovee is launching a new pixel light grid that can display art, animations, and live data. The Gaming Pixel Light lets you upload your own images and GIFs to display or choose from 150 different data sources, letting it provide live updates on the weather, Bitcoin prices, NBA scores, and more. You can also sync the display to games y…

Window Grid Help My front facade of my new home will have black window grid lines. It’s the design/astatic of the home. They are tall narrow windows. My question is should all the other windows on the side of the home and back of the home also have window grid lines in the windows if they are a bigger windows ….more square than the rectangle ones in the front. …

An iPhone owner’s guide to living off the app grid Do we really need all this? | Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The VergeThe grid is a comfortable place to live. The app grid, I mean: the rows and rows of app icons on your iPhone’s homescreen. It’s familiar. Safe. It’s how I’ve lived with my various phones over the past decade. But at some point, it started to feel oppressive. All those icon…

Russia, Targeting Ukraine’s Grid, Moves to Cut Off Its Nuclear Plants Moscow has increasingly hit critical substations linked to nuclear power plants in an effort to disconnect them. The assaults risk a disaster, experts said.

Russia Launches Major Attack on Power Grid, Ukraine Says The attack lasted hours and involved around 120 missiles and 90 drones, officials in the country said. At least nine people were killed.

My little Off Grid Cabin submitted by /u/Dirtblanket

Heat Wave in Ukraine Further Strains Its Electricity Grid To prevent a collapse of the electricity system, crippled by months of Russian attacks, the authorities have imposed rolling blackouts. Experts say it’s a harbinger of what’s to come this winter.

Samsung SmartThings takes a step toward a smarter grid Image: Samsung SmartThingsSamsung has launched a new demand response program for its SmartThings smart home platform. Flex Connect allows your SmartThings connected appliances to communicate with the grid and automatically reduce energy use when there’s a spike in demand, which could help avoid blackouts. While demand response programs have made…

DePIN Can Rebuild the Grid From the Bottom Up As the U.S. electricity grid struggles with wide scale outages, crypto-powered demand response programs can save customers billions. These decentralized generative energy networks (or DeGEN) offer services valuable to customers and governments alike.

500$ for insta grid. fair!? submitted by /u/Miserable_Advisor151

MacRumors Giveaway: Win an iPad Pro From GRID Studio For this week’s giveaway, we’ve teamed up with GRID Studio to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win an iPad Pro. For those unfamiliar with GRID Studio, it is a small company that crafts art out of old, discarded Apple products. GRID Studio buys and recycles old electronics, taking them apart and arranging each component carefully under a glas…

The Five Types of Tools You’ll Need for Your Off-grid Adventures Go camping and hiking safely with the right equipment.

Grid panelling question I’m just getting my living room walls plastered and really like the grid panelling in these photos. My room is much smaller but I think it would look great on the back wall. Has anyone done this? What thickness should the wood be? A carpenter I got a quote from said he’d do them 18mm, which seems quite thick to me. But I’m useless at visualisin…

Off-grid living could (and should) be ergonomic! ​ We get so caught up in figuring out how to live off the grid, grow our own food, and manage waste that sometimes we forget the “joy” and also the necessity of a well-designed, comfortable home. Believe me, as someone who’s spent years tweaking my living space, a more ergonomic design for everything in your house is not just about your health b…

MacRumors Giveaway: Win an iPhone 15 Pro Max From GRID Studio For this week’s giveaway, we’ve teamed up with GRID Studio to offer MacRumors readers a chance to win a 256GB iPhone 15 Pro Max from Apple. For those unfamiliar with GRID Studio, the company takes old, discarded Apple devices and turns them into clever artwork. Each of GRID Studio’s pieces features a deconstructed Apple device with the componen…

We’re Screwed If We Don’t Get Serious About Replacing And Upgrading Our Aging Power Grid Unfortunately for those of us currently stuck living on planet Earth, climate change is real, and human activity caused it. And if we don’t do anything about it, millions of people are going to suffer and die unnecessarily. So moving away from fossil fuels is an incredibly important mission, and being able to use… Read more…