The ‘Oscars of Science’: Breakthrough Prize 2026 awards over $18 million for discoveries across space, physics and more

Sergey Brin and Gerelyn Gilbert-Soto speak onstage during the 12th Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at Barker Hangar on April 18, 2026 in Santa Monica, California (Image credit: Lester Cohen/Getty Images for Breakthrough Prize) The 2026 Breakthrough Prize winners were announced Saturday (April 18) as the red carpet opened at the annual gala in Los Angeles, aContinue Reading

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Sponsored by ITECH. From bidirectional energy flow to MW-scale cycling, here’s how validation requirements are evolving and what engineers must prepare for. As EV architectures transition from 400 V to 800 V and beyond 1000 V, ultra-fast charging is entering the megawatt era. While this shift enables dramatically reduced chargingContinue Reading

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AI features are coming to Ubuntu in 2026, though Canonical has made clear that the distro is not becoming an AI product. In a community post, Jon Seager, VP of engineering at Canonical, says the company is “ramping up its use of AI tools in a focused and principled manner”Continue Reading

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The MinIO GitHub repository was recently archived on April 25, 2026. But the thing is, it had been archived before, back in February, then briefly unarchived, and now it’s locked again. Whether MinIO flips the switch again is anyone’s guess, but it doesn’t really matter at this point. The messageContinue Reading

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HONG KONG (AP) — China on Monday blocked U.S. tech giant Meta’s acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup Manus, in an unexpected move to reverse a deal that apparently aroused Beijing’s concerns about the transfer of advanced technology. In a one-line statement, China’s National Development and Reform Commission, the country’sContinue Reading