The Fedora AI Developer Desktop initiative that passed unanimously is now blocked. Two council members retracted their votes after community pushback, with contributors arguing the CUDA focus contradicts Fedora’s free software foundations and that significant kernel policy changes hadn’t been cleared with the right people. Fedora has also removed DeepinContinue Reading
Traditionally, when you buy a business class ticket, you get all of the perks that an airline has to offer. This includes the seat itself, as well as upgraded service, access to a premium lounge, and full flexibility regarding ticket changes. But in economy, airlines have increasingly been selling aContinue Reading
American Airlines is making an aggressive play for stranded frequent flyers following Spirit Airlines’operational collapse, unveiling a new status match opportunity aimed directly at former Free Spirit elite members. LoyaltyLobby reported that the move allows eligible Spirit Silver and Gold members to fast-track into the AAdvantage program with temporary GoldContinue Reading
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has released full specifications for the DIAvent maxFlow, a thermal runaway degassing element for lithium-ion vehicle batteries that delivers more than 190 liters per second at 300 mbar differential pressure—2.5 times the flow rate of the previous DIAvent HighFlow. The design replaces the rubber umbrella used inContinue Reading
Bosch has secured a major electric motor supply agreement with Mercedes-Benz, covering motors for multiple performance classes in the premium manufacturer’s next generation of electric drives. Financial terms and volume weren’t disclosed. The partnership runs into the 2030s. The motors achieve up to 98% efficiency, enabled by what Bosch describesContinue Reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged two men with using artificial intelligence to create nude videos and photos of female celebrities under a newly enacted law meant to halt the spread of deepfake pornography. Cornelius Shannon, 51, and Arturo Hernandez, 20, were both arrested Tuesday for generating sexuallyContinue Reading
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned about children’s screen time in an advisory released Wednesday, citing impacts on sleep and mental health., The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned about children’s screen time in an advisory released Wednesday, citing impacts on sleep and mental health.,Continue Reading
A bold new look arrives in Vivaldi 8.0, the latest update to the Chromium-based web browser. The browser’s main UI elements (the bits that make a browser looks like a browser, so tabs, toolbars, panels, and content) drop their boundaries to form a continuous look. Hence the named Unified. SimilarContinue Reading
AMD is taking a direct shot at NVIDIA’s DGX Spark with its $3,999 Ryzen AI Halo PC…Continue Reading
An artist’s impression of WASP-94Ab, with magnesium silicate clouds appearing on the terminator between night and day, where it is “morning.” (Image credit: Hannah Robbins/Johns Hopkins University) The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made a weather forecast for the exoplanet WASP-94Ab, a world with clouds of sand in the morning that gradually give wayContinue Reading
Researchers in Finland have achieved a major advance in ultra-sensitive measurement technology by detecting an amount of energy smaller than one zeptojoule, less than a trillionth of a billionth of a joule. The breakthrough could improve quantum computing technology, support the search for dark matter, and eventually make it possible to count individual photons. QuantumContinue Reading
I assume at one point America was a serious big boy country, but we are certainly not that any longer. You can get examples of the unserious nature of our government in spades, of course, but I’m just going to keep hammering on what is going on at HHS andContinue Reading
The next big thing for Nvidia will be CPUs for AI agents, $200 billion worth, CEO Jensen Huang predicts…Continue Reading