This Week in 2016 You’re Entitled To Your Own Opinions, But Not Your Own Facts About Copyright, NY Times Edition Shameful: House Panel Votes Down Plan To Make Public Domain Congressional Research Public Sony Thinks It Can Charge An ‘Administrative Fee’ For Fair Use Federal Judge Catches DOJ Lying, SanctionsContinue Reading
Penins ula Clean Energy, the official electricity provider for the California communities of San Mateo County and Los Banos, recently installed 92 EV chargers at Middlefield Junction, a new 179-unit affordable housing community in North Fair Oaks. The chargers include 76 Level 1 chargers and 16 Level 2 chargers, whichContinue Reading
Air Canada is preparing to deploy its Boeing 737 MAX 8 fleet on some of the longest narrowbody flights in its network during the second half of 2026, with several routes approaching the eight-hour mark. Schedule data for June through December 2026 shows the aircraft operating a mix of transatlanticContinue Reading
A traveler says he was forced to pay a $583 fee to Air France before being allowed to board a return flight from Paris to New York after the airline’s system allegedly marked him as a “no-show” on an earlier KLM-operated flight that he insists he actually took. The situationContinue Reading
LXQt 2.3.0 brings improved Wayland support and few tweaks. LXQt 2.3.0 rolled out a few weeks ago, bringing a fresh wave of improvements that make this Qt-based DE even more appealing for those who value speed and customization on their Linux setups. As someone who has tinkered with various desktopsContinue Reading
China’s updated GB 38031-2025 battery safety standard takes effect in July 2026, tightening requirements for how well high-voltage battery systems must contain the corrosive gases, heat and pressure generated during a thermal runaway event. Battery housing seals are one of the interfaces now under sharper scrutiny. WEVO-CHEMIE has developed WEVOSILContinue Reading
Sponsored by Chroma. Lithium-ion batteries face increasingly severe challenges regarding safety and lifespan under high-rate charging. One of the most critical concerns is the phenomenon of lithium plating—when the charging current is too high or the temperature is too low, lithium-ions fails to intercalate effectively into the anode and insteadContinue Reading
It’s the world’s worst kept secret that Nvidia is about to announce its own Arm-powered laptop chips at Computex this weekend, and now Microsoft, Nvidia, and Arm are all openly teasing the announcement. The Windows and Nvidia GeForce accounts on X both posted “A new era of PC” earlier today…Continue Reading
It was just a week or so ago that we were talking about the absurd situation in Knox County, Tennessee, where local government used Tennessee’s book-banning laws to remove the book Roots from school libraries. Yes, this is the book by Alex Haley that spawned the 1970s miniseries of theContinue Reading
Canonical has released the first monthly snapshot of Ubuntu 26.10 ‘Stonking Stingray’. This is the first of 4 planned testing builds in the lead up to the final, stable release of Ubuntu 26.10 on 15 October, 2026. Utkarsh Gupta announced the release on the Ubuntu developer mailing list, noting thatContinue Reading
BunsenLabs Carbon released with latest Debian 13 base and Wayland support. If you appreciate a minimal yet functional desktop environment, BunsenLabs has released its latest version, Carbon, based on Debian 13 “Trixie”. This release builds on the legacy of CrunchBang Linux, offering a pre-configured Openbox setup that’s easy to customize.Continue Reading
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An illustration of a SpaceX and xAI concept for a mass drive on the moon. (Image credit: SpaceX/xAI) A new report stresses the strategic and security implications of placing mass drivers on the moon — essentially electromagnetic catapults — by arguing that these launchers could serve as valuable first strike weapons systems. According to theContinue Reading