Tech company CTO and others indicted for exporting Nvidia chips to China
2025-11-23
Four arrested and charged with illegal exports, smuggling, and money laundering…Continue Reading
China’s shift to electric trucks may reshape global fuel demand
2025-11-23
China is rapidly replacing its aging diesel trucks with electric models, signaling a major shift in the world’s largest vehicle market. Sales of electric trucks jumped 175% in the first half of 2025, with battery-electric vehicles now making up more than a fi…Continue Reading
‘764’ network linked with high-profile US crimes: Ex-FBI agent
2025-11-23
Federal authorities are examining hundreds of cases for potential ties to 764, a decentralized extremist network., Federal authorities are examining hundreds of cases for potential ties to 764, a decentralized extremist network., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Qantas And Virgin Australia Ban Power Banks After Fire Incidents
2025-11-23
Australian carriers are the latest to announce a change in rules when it comes to power bank utilization onboard the airlines’ aircraft. The rule coming into force in the coming weeks will ban passengers traveling on Qantas and Virgin Australia from using power banks on board the aircraft. With theContinue Reading
NTSB Report Confirms United Boeing 737 Collided With Weather Balloon At 36,000 Feet
2025-11-23
The National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) has released its preliminary report on the United Airlines Boeing 737 high-altitude collision incident over Utah last month, concluding that the aircraft most likely collided with a commercial weather balloon.Continue Reading
Xubuntu 25.10: Best New Features
2025-11-23
We outline the list of new features of Xubuntu 25.10 release and additional updates for this version. Xubuntu 25.10: Core New Features Kernel and core updates Xubutnu 25.10 is based on the Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka release. It is powered by Linux Kernel 6.17. This Kernel offers latest hardware andContinue Reading
Intel deepens commitment to 14A node, develops custom Xeon CPU for Nvidia
2025-11-23
Intel is accelerating development of its upcoming 14A process node, revealing new technical details and strategic updates at the 2025 RBC Capital Markets Global Technology, Internet, Media, and Telecommunications Conference. The company’s progress comes amid a high-stakes race to deliver next-generation chips, strengthen its partnership with Nvidia…Continue Reading
SpaceX Might Lose Almost No Time for Booster Shell, COPVs and Test Tank Loss
2025-11-23
The loss of Booster 18 during gas pressure testing only cost SpaceX the shell of a booster. There were no raptor engines in it. UPDATE SpaceX says they will stack the Booster 19 Super Heavy Booster in December, 2025. They plan to keep the flight test for First Quarter 2026. The Starbase team plans toContinue Reading
SpaceX Booster 18 Catastrophic Rupture Anomaly During Gas System Pressure Testing
2025-11-23
SpaceX Booster 18 suffered an anomaly during gas system pressure testing… No propellant was on the vehicle, and engines were not yet installed. The SpaceX teams need time to investigate before they are confident of the cause. There were no engines inside. There was no damage to the site. This is not unusual for aContinue Reading
Kissing Likely Evolved in Common Ancestor of Humans and Large Apes 21 Million Years Ago
2025-11-22
Kissing occurs in most living large apes, and likely also occurred in Neanderthals, first evolving in the ancestor to this group 21.5-16.9 million years ago, according to new research led by University of Oxford scientists. The post Kissing Likely Evolved in Common Ancestor of Humans and Large Apes 21 MillionContinue Reading
Coro Coro Comics, Ciao Launch New CoroCiao Magazine
2025-11-22
Hiroyuki Takei, Sesuji, Miyuki Okumura, others launch new series in December 19 magazine…Read MoreContinue Reading
I wanted a lightweight OS… and this Linux distro went way beyond that
2025-11-22
The distro hopping never stops…Read MoreContinue Reading
This Week In Techdirt History: November 16th – 22nd
2025-11-22
Five Years Ago This week in 2020, we featured a guest post about the many problems with the idea of upload filters, while Poland was trying to get them excluded from the EU Copyright Directive. Twitch was continuing to trip over itself in response to its DMCA apocalypse, and weContinue Reading