Report claims BYD in bid to buy European factories, talking Stellantis among others
2026-05-16
PARIS, May 13 — Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD is talking with Jeep-maker Stellantis and other carmakers on ta…Continue Reading
After 6 Years In The Desert, American Airlines’ A330s Taken By Vietnam’s Newest Airline
2026-05-16
Vietnamese carrier Sun PhuQuoc Airways will acquire eight former American Airlines Airbus A330s that have sat in desert storage for more than six years. The widebodies were controversially retired by American during the COVID pandemic and have remained mothballed at the Roswell International Air Center in New Mexico, although reportedlyContinue Reading
Bad Backlog: Here’s Why Airlines Are Ordering Record Numbers Of Planes But Still Can’t Get Them
2026-05-16
Looking at the number of new aircraft orders versus deliveries tells two different stories in the airline industry. In the first quarter of 2026, commercial aircraft manufacturers collectively received 569 orders for new planes, including 461 single-aisle aircraft. This is the highest first-quarter total since 2013, and it signals strongContinue Reading
UK media regulator says X promises to crack down on terrorist and hate content
2026-05-16
LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk’s social media platform X has pledged to crack down on hate and terrorist content in Britain, the country’s media regulator said Friday. Ofcom said X’s public commitments include restricting access in the U.K. to accounts operated by or on behalf of terrorist groups that theContinue Reading
I Gave Desktop Email Clients Another Shot and This New App Delivered
2026-05-16
If you are someone who has to tackle many emails throughout the day, an email client is most likely part of your workflow. For the uninitiated, these desktop applications let you manage one or more email accounts from a single place without having to open a browser tab for eachContinue Reading
Chinese EV maker BYD: We don’t need to sell cars in the US market
2026-05-15
China is the world’s EV capital, and BYD is the world’s largest EV producer. But Chinese automakers are mostly excluded from the US, one of the world’s largest automotive markets, thanks to a combination of high tariffs and bans on certain foreign-made technologies. (There are workarounds for commercial vehicles—BYD buildsContinue Reading
Chroma’s battery tester validated Orion’s lithium-ion systems for NASA’s Artemis II crewed lunar mission
2026-05-15
Chroma Systems Solutions has announced that its Chroma 17020 Battery Test System was used to evaluate the lithium-ion battery systems aboard NASA’s Orion crew capsule for the Artemis II mission—the first crewed Artemis flight, a circumlunar voyage carrying four astronauts. Testing happened in two phases. First, the 17020 was usedContinue Reading
Rare New Zealand Penguins Are Three Distinct Subspecies, New Study Shows
2026-05-15
For decades, scientists treated the yellow-eyed penguin (Megadyptes antipodes) as a single species split into two broad populations. The post Rare New Zealand Penguins Are Three Distinct Subspecies, New Study Shows appeared first on Sci.News: Breaking Science News…Read MoreContinue Reading
Dell Alienware’s new $1,300 gaming laptop cuts corners by using cheap plastic and older-gen gaming hardware
2026-05-15
The Alienware 15 is available in several hardware configurations, with both AMD and Intel CPU options, along with multiple generations of Nvidia GeForce RTX GPUs. A configuration featuring an AMD Ryzen 5 220 processor and a GeForce RTX 4050 graphics card starts at $1,300, while the most expensive Intel-based model…Read Entire Article…Continue Reading
NASA Science, Cargo Launch on 34th SpaceX Resupply Mission to Station
2026-05-15
The 34th SpaceX commercial resupply mission under contract with NASA is headed to the International Space Station with new scientific experiments after lifting off at 6:05 p.m. EDT Friday on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida. The SpaceX spacecraft, loaded with nearly 6,500 poundsContinue Reading
SpaceX is about to launch tallest and most powerful rocket in history
2026-05-15
Starship on the launchpad at SpaceX’s Starbase in Texas SpaceX SpaceX will fly an extensively upgraded Starship next week that will – if it launches successfully – break records as the tallest and most powerful rocket in history. The flight will be watched keenly at NASA, as the craft is vital to its plans toContinue Reading
Cloud seeding company hopes to ease drought
2026-05-15
A new company is using drones to seed clouds in hopes of combatting drought., A new company is using drones to seed clouds in hopes of combatting drought., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Traitor 47 says he discussed AI guardrails with Xi
2026-05-15
“We talked about possibly working together for guardrails” on AI, The Traitor told reporters following his talks with Xi in China., “We talked about possibly working together for guardrails” on AI, The Traitor told reporters following his talks with Xi in China., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading