Tesla Loses Its EV Crown to BYD as Sales Keep Dropping
2026-01-07
Full-year electric vehicle sales figures have dropped for 2025, revealing China’s BYD is now officially global top dog…Continue Reading
The Push to Make Semiconductors in Space Just Took a Serious Leap Forward
2026-01-07
December 31, 2025 2 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm Space Forge plans to manufacture semiconductors from space—without the need for humans By Jackie Flynn Mogensen edited by Claire Cameron Narumon Bowonkitwanchai via Getty Images Join Our Community of Science Lovers! Space Forge is on a mission to manufacture semiconductors in space—no humansContinue Reading
Astronomers ring in the new year with a stunning galaxy collision
2026-01-07
Ring in the New Year with the “Champagne Cluster,” a distant galaxy cluster featured in a new image that combines data from NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory and optical telescopes. Astronomers first identified this galaxy cluster on Dec. 31, 2020. That date, along with the cluster’s bubbly look and the superheated gas detected by Chandra (representedContinue Reading
GNOME dev gives fans of Linux’s middle-click paste the middle finger
2026-01-07
Proposal targets long-standing behavior as ‘an X11ism’ Opinion Ever since Linux got a graphical desktop, you could middle-click to paste – but if GNOME gets its way, that’s going away soon, and from Firefox too.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Australia bans teens from social media, but nobody thinks it’ll really work
2026-01-07
Still, the ban has reset expectations and may reduce harm, and that’s kind of enough Australia’s ban on children under 16 holding active social media accounts comes into force on Wednesday. While nobody expects this world-first policy to stop every kid using their favorite online communities, its backers take solaceContinue Reading
New CrowView Note 15.6 Fixes the Original Model’s Biggest Flaw
2026-01-07
In the market for a dumb laptop? Not the low-spec, no-brand kind clog up Amazon with fanciful discounts of pretend RRPs. I mean a laptop that is basically all shell, no brain. Elecrow has launched a new version of its CrowView Note, a portable monitor in the form of aContinue Reading
Fedora 44 Will Be the First Distro to Adopt KDE's Plasma Login Manager
2026-01-07
The move replaces SDDM but means giving up on custom login themes., Read More From It’s FOSSContinue Reading
Debian's Data Protection Team is No More, Maybe You Can Help?
2026-01-07
With no one left to handle data protection requests, the project is looking for new volunteers., Read More From It’s FOSSContinue Reading
Allegro launches ACS37200 current sensor for low-loss EV power electronics
2026-01-07
Allegro MicroSystems has introduced the ACS37200, a galvanically isolated current sensor designed to increase efficiency and power density in high-current applications, including hybrid and EVs. Allegro says the ACS37200 addresses a key challenge facing EV and industrial power engineers: the heat and energy loss caused by traditional shunt resistors inContinue Reading
Cabot signs multi-year EV battery materials supply deal with VW subsidiary PowerCo
2026-01-07
Cabot has announced a multi-year supply agreement with PowerCo SE, a Volkswagen Group battery manufacturing subsidiary. Under the deal, Cabot will supply conductive carbons and conductive dispersions for lithium-ion EV battery electrodes, positioning the agreement as part of Cabot’s growth push in battery materials. Cabot says its conductive carbons andContinue Reading
CrowView Note, the Portable Monitor/Laptop, Gets a Big Upgrade
2026-01-07
In the market for a dumb laptop? Not the gobbldey-gook junk kind that litter Amazon with fanciful discounts off pretend RRPs. I mean a laptop that is all shell, no brain. The CrowView Note from Elecrow is a portable monitor in the form of a laptop. It has a keyboard,Continue Reading
France reportedly seeking social media ban for children under 15
2026-01-07
Mobile phones have been banned in French elementary and middle schools since 2018., Mobile phones have been banned in French elementary and middle schools since 2018., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
CBS’ Remaining Journalists Seem Confused As To Why Bari Weiss Sucks At Journalism
2026-01-07
We’ve noted repeatedly how right wing billionaire Larry Ellison hired an unqualified troll named Bari Weiss to run CBS News for a very obvious set of reasons: to coddle wealth and power (particularly The Traitor and Netanyahu), validate and amplify right wing grievance and engagement bullshit, divide and distract the electorate,Continue Reading