Google, Meta and TikTok filed separate lawsuits seeking to block a California law designed to protect children from the risks of social media, arguing that it violates their First Amendment rights. The law, which is scheduled to go into effect on Jan. 1, 2027, prohibits tech companies from offering addictiveContinue Reading
A third seat in an airliner’s cockpit can tell you a surprising amount about the machine itself. On some jets the person occupying it wasoftenaflightengineer,responsibleformonitoringandmanagingsystemsthatmodernflightcrewsnowtakeforgranted. On others, the job became so closely tied to the aircraft that the engineer’s station was almost as recognizable as the engines or the silhouette.Continue Reading
Boeing rolled the first 737 MAX 10 out of its new North Line at the Everett facility on October 26, and media attention naturally focused on the historic location shift. Destined for launch customer WestJet, this is the first time a 737 variant has been assembled outside of Boeing’s historicContinue Reading
Fedora 45 arrived about two weeks late, but it’s packed. You get Linux 7.2, GNOME 51, and Plasma 6.7, plus kmscon replacing the old text console and a QR code that now leads to a page for kernel panics. Could Ubuntu go immutable? Canonical has restarted Ubuntu Core Desktop, aContinue Reading
Every Linux user has done the three-step dance at least once. You want to swap two files, so you move the first one to a temporary name, move the second one into its place, and then move the temporary file back. Ever felt that this is a bit… clumsy? AndContinue Reading
A new version of mpv, the open-source command line media player is out. mpv v0.42 is now able to navigate DVD menus, and the two menu systems that Blu-ray discs use, HDMV and BD-J (the latter requires Java). DVD-Audio support was also added, a nich format that offers higher-resolution audio.Continue Reading
Work management software vendor Smartsheet has launched a new tool to help executives oversee company-wide strategies, with AI agents that monitor progress, identify problems, and recommend fixes. vsActual, announced Wednesday at Smartsheet’s Engage event, is a standalone “AI-native” application, separate from the company’s core work management software. It pulls dataContinue Reading
The new year will see a new CEO for HP, which after a nine-month search has named Emma Walmsley to lead the company from January 4, 2027. Walmsley was previously CEO of drug company GSK, where she turned around its finances and spun off its consumer healthcare business into aContinue Reading
Two spacewalking astronauts will finish upgrading the International Space Station’s power system today (Nov. 5), and you can watch the action live. NASA astronaut Anil Menon and the Canadian Space Agency ‘s Joshua Kutryk will install the eighth and final International Space Station Roll-Out Solar Array (iROSA) today, during a roughly seven-hour spacewalk that’s scheduledContinue Reading
On Wednesday, NASA unveiled its newest experimental aircraft, the X-70 Fractal, during the UP.Summit at the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. This high-performance, highly adaptable research platform is designed to accelerate the development and testing of advanced aviation technologies. The crewed X-70 features advanced, rapidly reconfigurable flight-control technology that will allow NASA to exploreContinue Reading
Fierce pushback to data centers helped carry Democrats to victory in key races across the nation this week, and where the centers were explicitly on the ballot, they lost overwhelmingly. Midterm voters rejected industry-backed candidates and overwhelmingly backed resolutions to halt data center construction, dealing a major blow to theContinue Reading
This is not the first time such an issue has occurred. Last month, hackers targeted hundreds of supermarket chains across France., This is not the first time such an issue has occurred. Last month, hackers targeted hundreds of supermarket chains across France., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Lithuanian capital Vilnius will deploy up to 161 new electrified buses and related charging infrastructure, supported by a €110-million financing package from the European Investment Bank (EIB) and the Council of Europe Development Bank (CEB). VVT will use the EIB and CEB loans to help finance new electric and hydrogenContinue Reading