Cosmic rays may be a key challenge to face on the way to Mars. (Image credit: Robert Lea (created with Canva)) This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights . The first step on the moon was one of humanity’s most exciting accomplishments.Continue Reading
As a whole, aviation is incredibly safe and routine. You get on a flight, and it proceeds uneventfully to your destination. Every so often, however, flight crews need to divert to an alternate airport, whether it’s due to an aircraft issue, poor weather at the destination, or a problem inContinue Reading
How much does it cost to fly premium economy on the world’s longest Airbus A380 Superjumbo flights? As will be discussed, that depends on a range of factors, including season, discounts, route, airline, and much more. This article will only consider Superjumbos that have premium seats and are flying routesContinue Reading
Mozilla’s leadership is fixated on adding AI features to Firefox, but the browser is quietly working on something users actually want: Split View, which lets you browse two websites side-by-side in a single tab. Firefox’s Split View is a neater approach to what I (and no doubt you) probably do:Continue Reading
Faraway road trips just got a lot easier, at least for the passengers. Sony Honda Mobility, the joint venture between the two Japanese conglomerates created to produce electric vehicles, announced that its Afeela EV will come with PS Remote Play. While playing video games in a car may be a niche feature…Continue Reading
One of the little-known but extremely telling episodes in the history of modern copyright, discussed in Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available), concerns the Marrakesh Treaty. A post on the Corporate Europe Observatory (CEO) site from 2017 has a good summary of what the treaty is about, and why it is important:Continue Reading
Two NATO-nation intelligence services suspect Russia is developing a new anti-satellite weapon to target Elon Musk’s Starlink constellation with destructive orbiting clouds of shrapnel, with the aim of reining in Western space superiority that has helped Ukraine on the battlefield. Intelligence findings seen by The Associated Press say the so-calledContinue Reading
Generative artificial intelligence is a type of AI that creates content, like images, text and video, at a user’s prompt or request., Generative artificial intelligence is a type of AI that creates content, like images, text and video, at a user’s prompt or request., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
End 2025 on a winning note by grabbing some fun games for your Linux gaming rig!, Read More From It’s FOSSContinue Reading
Chinese EV components supplier Suzhou Inovance Automotive Systems and gallium nitride (GaN) power device manufacturer Innoscience (Suzhou) Technology have integrated their 6.6 kW onboard charger (OBC) system powered by 650 V GaN devices. The two-in-one power system integrates the OBC and the DC-DC converter. The optimized architecture and Innoscience’s high-voltageContinue Reading
US-based 6K Energy, a division of 6K, has been awarded a research and development grant of $1.9 million from the Battery Network (BATTNET) Program III from the US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA). The grant will help the company develop and scale up the production of single-crystal (SC) NMC721 battery cathodeContinue Reading
Intel’s $300 B50 delivers surprisingly capable performance in entry-level AI, 3D rendering, and media editing tasks for compact setups…Continue Reading
Ghostty , the fast, GPU-accelerated and open-source terminal from HashiCorp co-founder Mitchell Hashimoto, is now operating on a non-profit basis. It’s not a nonprofit itself, but is ‘fiscally sponsored‘ by Hack Club, a registered 501(c)(3) non-profit that uses its tax-exempt status to accept donations on Ghostty’s behalf and manages the compliance, accounting andContinue Reading