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[โ€“] HugeNerd@lemmy.ca 24 points 1 day ago (1 children)

They aren't "powering everything". JFC go lick a wall outlet, that's what powers many things. WiFi is information, and indeed, they try to make it use less and less power.

[โ€“] T156@lemmy.world 5 points 16 hours ago

It could power stuff. Tesla was working on it, and there have been a few small companies over the years that have done it.

Just turns out that it's not very practical compared to a wall socket.