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British EV powertrain company Electrogenic has acquired the business of TREMEC Electric GT, a Huntington Beach, California developer of electric powertrains, giving the Oxford, UK company a permanent base in the United States. TREMEC Electric GT, founded in 2014, designs and integrates EV powertrain systems. It has built turnkey powertrainsContinue Reading

A new St. Louis Fed analysis breaks down what’s driving the recent decline in labor force participation., A new St. Louis Fed analysis breaks down what’s driving the recent decline in labor force participation., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading

OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) — Jury selection began Wednesday in Meta’s federal trial over claims its platforms have harmed youth mental health and also track children in violation of federal law. The trial scheduled to begin next week is expected to last six to eight weeks. Meta faces 29 states inContinue Reading

LightDM, Ubuntu’s former display manager, has had its first new release in four years – and the first under a new set of maintainers. LightDM v1.33.0 is a ‘catch up’ release that adds Qt6 support (Qt5 still works, don’t worry) and clears a backlog of fixes that had built upContinue Reading

Europe’s favorite vibe-coding startup Lovable has confirmed previously reported whispers that it was raising another mega round at a $13.3 billion valuation. Lovable said on Wednesday that it has raised $400 million in a Series C round led by Menlo Ventures and the Scaleup Europe Fund, with more than a dozen other investors participating.Continue Reading

Lead times of nine to 12 or even 18 months. Costs rising by 35%, 45%, even 50% to 200%. More than halfway through 2026, the market for IT infrastructure that’s crucial for enterprise projects, including those involving artificial intelligence, is strapped. Memory is at the root of the shortages. MemoryContinue Reading

The world is in a messed-up state where surveillance and eroding people’s rights are rewarded, and those who oppose are labeled unpatriotic, anti-national, radicals, criminal sympathizers, and what not. Yet, that doesn’t stop people from investing time and money in securing their data by opting for open source mobile operatingContinue Reading

OpenAI has announced a preview release of the official ChatGPT Desktop app for Linux. Compared to using ChatGPT in a browser tab, the GUI desktop app can run Codex in your local repos, hook into and control other apps via extensions, handle ChatGPT Work-related tasks and probe your local filesContinue Reading