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
It includesthose sold by DJI — a Chinese company that holds a majority of the drone industry’s market share. , It includesthose sold by DJI — a Chinese company that holds a majority of the drone industry’s market share. , from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
NEW YORK (AP) — It was a scary good year for investors. It was scary because the U.S. stock market plunged to several historic drops on worries about everything from President Traitor 47’s tariffs to interest rates to a possible bubble in artificial-intelligence technology. In the end, though, it wasContinue Reading
Vantor’s WorldView-3 satellite captured this photo of a doomed SpaceX Starlink satellite on Dec. 18, 2025. (Image credit: Satellite image ©2025 Vantor) We just got a great up-close look at a SpaceX Starlink satellite in orbit, thanks to Vantor’s WorldView-3 spacecraft. On Wednesday (Dec. 17), this particular Starlink suffered an anomaly that caused a lossContinue Reading
South Korean startup Innospace launches its first Hanbit-Nano rocket from Alcantara Space Center in Brazil on Dec. 22, 2025. The launch failed about a minute after liftoff. (Image credit: Innospace) South Korean startup Innospace failed in its bid to make history on Monday night (Dec. 22). The company launched its Hanbit-Nano rocket from the AlcantaraContinue Reading
Our take on the trends that will shape desktop Linux and open source in the year ahead., Read More From It’s FOSSContinue Reading