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As empires diverge: Manila’s moment of strategic choice

BY the close of 2025, I published two essays mapping the terrain before it shifted — one dissecting Washington’s National ...
The Manila Times

Leverage Shares by Themes expand offering to include USAR, ONDS, PLUG, ALB, HUT, and UUUU as part of its single stock Leveraged ETF suite

Leverage Shares by Themes introduce six new single stock leveraged ETFs, available for trading starting January 13, 2026. These products are designed to empower investors to amplify returns (up and ...
IEEE

Inverse Distribution of Inertia and Damping for Mitigating Low-Frequency Oscillations in Power Systems

Abstract: The large-scale integration of low-inertia converter-interfaced generations (CIGs) has reduced the power system's frequency robustness and increased the risk of frequency instability. Thus, ...
IEEE

Non-Iterative Market Participation of Virtual Power Plants via Bidding Function Representation

Abstract: Virtual power plants (VPPs) promote the high-level integration of distributed energy resources (DERs) through complementation and aggregation. To avoid the privacy leakage and enhance the ...
The New York Times

After Power Outage, San Francisco Wonders: Can Robot Taxis Handle a Big Earthquake?

City officials have called for a hearing investigating Waymo after the company’s self-driving taxis suffered widespread problems during a power outage. By Soumya Karlamangla San Francisco officials on ...
SFGate

Waymo temporarily suspends service in SF amid power outage

Waymo halted service in San Francisco as of Saturday at 8 p.m., following a power outage that left approximately 30% of the city without power. The autonomous cars have been causing traffic jams ...