February proved a bumper month for Linux software updates, seeing big release of productivity suites LibreOffice and ONLYOFFICE and, plus a crop of smaller app updates which didn’t merit a full-length article on this blog. Rather than skip over those updates entirely, I thought I’d resurrect my Linux Release RoundupContinue Reading
David McGee, the William R. Kenan Jr. Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences at MIT, was recently appointed head of the MIT Department of Earth, Atmospheric and Planetary Sciences (EAPS), effective Jan. 15. He assumes the role from Professor Robert van der Hilst, the Schlumberger Professor of Earth and PlanetaryContinue Reading
Across a career’s worth of pioneering product designs, Doug Field’s work has shaped the experience of anyone who’s ever used a MacBook Air, ridden a Segway, or driven a Tesla Model 3. But his newest project is his most ambitious yet: reinventing the Ford automobile, one of the past century’sContinue Reading
Chinese battery maker CATL said on Feb. 21 it has extended its partnership with Volkswagen in a move to develop “technologically advanced and cost-competitive” batteries for electric vehicles, as well as explore the potential of battery recycling and swapping, and other fields of cooperation. The two companies will jointly develop EVs with swappable batteries…Continue Reading
Mark Hertsgaard The public still wants action, but elections in the world’s third-biggest economy may stall progress. The post Climate Retreat in Germany? appeared first on The Nation…Continue Reading
Engineers at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley, Bohdan Wesely, right, and Eli Hiss, left, complete a fit check of the two halves of a space capsule that will study the clouds of Venus for signs of life. Led by Rocket Lab of Long Beach…Continue Reading
Adult Fiction Bram Stoker Award-longlisted author of MY DARLING DREADFUL THING Johanna van Veen‘s SAINT, SINNER, SKULL, a sapphic folk horror novel with a fantastical twist following a nun and an orphaned peasant on their harrowing journey across a war-torn countryside to reunite the gilded skull of a saint to her body –Continue Reading
A group called RansomHub has claimed responsibility for the cyberattack and submitted a letter to provide its “side of the events.”, GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — The showdown between a group of hackers and a Michigan tribe is far from over, even as the tribe prepares to reopen its chainContinue Reading
A new hire reportedly took the blame, because that person hadn’t “fully absorbed xAI’s culture yet.”, (NewsNation) — Elon Musk’s AI company, Grok 3, appears to have briefly censored criticism of Musk and Traitor 47. A new hire reportedly took the blame, because that person hadn’t “fully absorbed xAI’s cultureContinue Reading
On 17 January 2024, public health experts including Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, the Director-General of the World Health Organization (WHO), held a roundtable titled “Preparing for Disease X” at the World Economic Forum of Davos (WEF). In light of the recent COVID-19 pandemic, the panel discussed what had failed in theContinue Reading
Space policy experts told U.S. Congress that NASA must consider alternatives to its current plan to return astronauts to the moon with the Artemis program…Continue Reading
England’s T20 World Cup winning skipper steps down after his team’s failures at the last three ICC tournaments., England’s T20 World Cup winning skipper steps down after his team’s failures at the last three ICC tournaments. Jos Buttler has announced his decision to step down as England’s limited-overs captain afterContinue Reading
In South Africa alone, funding cuts could lead to 500,000 deaths in 10 years, experts warn., United States funding cuts to HIV/AIDS programmes in many African countries could lead to hundreds of thousands of deaths on the continent, health experts and aid organisations have warned. In South Africa alone, USContinue Reading