Contrary to what many skeptics preach, there’s not enough data yet to confirm that EVs are more likely to catch fire than internal combustion engine cars. But there’s un irrefutable fact: when electric vehicles do catch fire, they burn fiercely and require a new skillset for emergency respondents to fight the flames. Austrianfirefighting equipment manufacturerRosenbauerhas developed a special EV fire extinguisher, specifically designed to tackle the complexities of EV fires,Rideapartreports....

Facebook has rolled out a small update to profiles, shifting status indicators to the centre of profile pages in an attempt to spur interactivity and also prompt users to utilise the Facebook Chat feature. Before today’s change, Facebook had alerted users that their friends were online by using a small box labelled “Chat” on the right hand side of a profile. Clicking the button would open a small chat window at the bottom of the Facebook page, prompting the user to start a chat with that person....

To say that the newest version of Digg wasunderwhelmingwould be an understatement. In fact, we here at TNW have seen a dramatic difference in the traffic that Digg used to push when a story would hit the front page. After long-time CEO Kevin Rose stepped downin favor ofMatt Williams, the site seems to havespent some timelistening to its users. The first step toward keeping Digg in its glory is fixing some problems with navigation....

We did the deed oftracking down the manfrom Microsoft who was showing off Internet Explorer 9 Mobile at SXSW, and shot video of his demonstration. What did he show us? Mostly what was coveredat the Mobile World Congress, but it was refreshing to see a handset, in the grip of a man simply walking about, doing what was previously done on a stage. The largest cosmetic difference between IE7 Mobile and IE9 Mobile, aside from what should be a sharp rise in rendering quality, is that the address bar will be located on bottom of the browser instead of at the top, moving it close to the thumbs of the user....

New giant ‘radio galaxies’ help shed light on the history of the universe What’s new Many galaxies have supermassive black holes in their midst. When large amounts of interstellar gas start to orbit and fall into the black hole, the black hole becomes ‘active’: huge amounts of energy are released from this region of the galaxy. In some active galaxies, charged particles interact with the strong magnetic fields near the black hole and release huge beams, or ‘jets,’ of radio light....