The MPEG-4 Visual Patent Portfolio License has been in effect since January 1, 2000, covering essential patents behind the MPEG-4 Part 2 Visual standard from more than 30 licensors, including Canon, LG, Microsoft, Panasonic, Sony, and Toshiba. As of July 19, 2026, every one of those patents has expired. TheContinue Reading
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(Image credit: L3Harris) The U.S. Space Force is adding three dozen spacecraft to its growing constellation designed to detect and track incoming missiles from orbit. The Space Development Agency (SDA) announced the agreements, worth a combined $1.75 billion, on July 14, naming L3Harris Technologies and Sierra Space as the recipients. Each company will provide 18Continue Reading
(Image credit: Space.com / Josh Dinner) Orion is getting an upgrade on Artemis III, and the astronauts aboard are getting WiFi (sort of). NASA is partnering with SpaceX to equip the Orion spacecraft for Artemis III with a pair of Starlink mini laser terminals, designed to operate on SpaceX’s existing Starlink network. The two panelsContinue Reading
Despite being the largest customer for the type, Emirates has confirmed that it does not plan to take delivery of the oldest Boeing 777X jets that have already been built. This was confirmed at the Farnborough International Airshow by Tim Clark, President at Emirates. The reason? Well, it’s because theseContinue Reading
Few commercial aircraft programs have experienced a certification journey as prolonged as the Boeing 777X. Originally expected to enter airline service in 2020, the latest member of the 777 family is now scheduled to arrive in 2027, representing a delay of roughly seven years.Continue Reading
AMADA WELD TECH has updated its SIGMA LS Laser Micromachining Subsystem with a motorized beam delivery head and a choice of vertical or horizontal mounting orientations. The company says the changes are aimed at machine builders and system integrators fitting femtosecond laser micromachining into production lines and dedicated work cells.Continue Reading
In collaboration with NASA, BETA Technologies and Boeing, GE Aerospace conducted a test flight of a hybrid-electric aircraft above 30,000 feet—the altitude typically used by passenger commercial aircraft. The flight demonstrated several new electric aircraft engine systems. The team’s single longest flight in hybrid-electric operation was more than two hours.Continue Reading
Several families in France have sued TikTok over teen suicides they say are linked to harmful content., Several families in France have sued TikTok over teen suicides they say are linked to harmful content., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A federal judge has approved a $1.5 billion copyright settlement in which artificial intelligence company Anthropic will pay thousands of authors about $3,000 per book after using pirated copies of their works to train its Claude chatbot. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín said in a Monday rulingContinue Reading
Yes, it sounds scary when you hear that any car is subject to a fire-risk recall, especially if you own an electric vehicle (EV). But the reality is that EVs rarely experience fire issues and are generally safer in this regard than their gas-fed counterparts. Fires can occur regardless of power source…Continue Reading
I already shared my experience with the Niri window manager in another post. Its scrollable workspace model is clever. Then I stumbled across MangoWM, and I couldn’t leave it alone because it offers a similar scrolling mode as compared to Niri, plus more, while still being simple to build fromContinue Reading
Wondering if your laptop or desktop PC is Ubuntu Certified? Ubuntu 26.10 is adding a new way to check from the Settings app. A new row in Settings> System> About reads “check if this computer is Ubuntu Certified”. Clicking it opens a new page that will read the local/cached statusContinue Reading