Accustomed to conservative planning that can stretch across decades, electric utilities are learning to install energy storage in a matter of months?not just to back up coming renewables, but also leaky gas facilities, shuttered nuclear plants, and because it’s a good idea anyway.

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Ever since Apple released its plus-sized tablet, the iPad Pro, last year, the tech giant has marketed the product as a laptop/desktop replacement. Its latest TV commercial, with the tagline “imagine what your computer could do,” doubles down on that marketing strategy. Apple wants you to believe its iPad Pro can be the ultimate all-in-one device: use it to read the news on your morning commute; use it as your work computer; use it on the couch for Netflix at night.

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“Microsoft Monday” takes a look back at the past week of news related to Microsoft. This week, “Microsoft Monday” includes details about the Pix app for iOS, new features for Word, Xbox One S bundle prices, Cortana’s role in the Windows 10 Anniversary Update and the free Windows 10 upgrade loop.

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Hellen Nunez-Arenas is one of many immigrants on her way to achieving the American dream. As a recent college graduate, she has secured a position at PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of the world’s largest professional services firms. Many would think her life from now on will be easy, unburdened from the doubts of not achieving success. But to obtain her degree and ultimately her current position, she had to take out a lot of student loans.

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They say a picture is worth a thousand words. Photographer Noel Celis talks about his shocking images of overcrowding at Manila’s Quezon City Jail.

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