The growing number of satellites in orbit could soon make telescopes obsolete. ‘For astronomy, this would obviously be catastrophic’

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One hour of satellites over the northern Atacama Desert in Chile in October 2025. (Image credit: F. Kamphues, ESO/M. Kornmesser) If the number of satellites in Earth’s orbit exceeds 100,000, humanity may lose its ability to study the universe from the planet’s surface. That’s the conclusion of a study conducted by astronomers from the EuropeanContinue Reading

soitec-and-zensemi-partner-to-mass-produce-300-mm-bcd-on-soi-power-ics

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Soitec and ZenSemi have formed a strategic collaboration to bring 300 mm BCD-on-SOI (Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS on Silicon-on-Insulator) technology into high-volume production for power electronics. Soitec will supply its 300 mm Power-SOI substrates to ZenSemi, a specialty foundry in China, which is developing and ramping a new BCD-on-SOI process on top ofContinue Reading

linux-app-release-roundup-(june-2026)

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June was sweltering, but the summer heat didn’t slow down open-source software developers.  Last month delivered a wave of app updates, including the release of Firefox 152 with its streamlined settings, HandBrake resolved its Linux WebM handling and the Audacity 4.0 beta made a brand-new design available for public scrutinyContinue Reading

firefox-is-adding-vulkan-video-decoding-for-nvidia-gpus

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Firefox is adding hardware-accelerated Vulkan Video decoding, saving Nvidia users on Linux the hassle of manually configuring the nvidia-vaapi-driver package. The change will be included in Firefox 153, out July 21, but it will not be enabled by default – not to start with. Instead, users will be able to flip aContinue Reading