Abstract: Particle swarm optimization (PSO) is envisioned as potential solution to overcome maximum power point tracking (MPPT) problems. Nevertheless, conventional PSO suffers from large transient ...

The feeling of “take me back” has never been more relevant as 2026 kicks off. On TikTok, the hashtag #2016 has more than 2 million posts, often used to caption throwback photos, old videos and ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

Barely a fortnight into 2026, social media has slipped into full rewind mode. Instagram and TikTok feeds are overflowing with old selfies, blurry phone pictures and aggressively filtered memories as ...

Measles was eradicated in the Americas, Beyoncé made “Lemonade” and liberal hopes were high for the first woman president. Voters were encouraged to Pokémon Go to the polls. Remember 2016? A decade on ...

You’d think there’d be more excitement around the new year—we’re only three weeks in, people!—but instead everyone’s occupied with plumbing the depths of their camera rolls for relics of their 2016 ...

A viral social media trend has people digging through their camera rolls, hoping to find the picture (or pictures) that best capture what their lives were like a decade ago. Snapchat filters, chokers ...

What if you could cut hours of tedious work into minutes, all while making sure precision and creativity? In this walkthrough, David Fortin shows how Microsoft Copilot, with its innovative generative ...

Social media users are striving for a 2016 resurgence, ten years later ambardriscoll/Instagram;Taylor Swift/Instagram;eli.rallo/Instagram People online are calling ...

I’ve spent the past week frantically digging for a photo of myself using Snapchat’s iconic puppy dog filter. Or maybe one in which I’m wearing a choker, sporting aggressively lined eyebrows, or some ...

Well, it’s the start of a brand-new year. But instead of planning for the future and looking ahead, all anyone seems to want to do is to go back. Thanks to a new TikTok hazy purple-blue filter ...