By tracing magnetic signals preserved in 3.5-billion-year-old rocks in Western Australia, geoscientists have found the oldest direct evidence yet that parts of the planet’s outer shell were shifting across the globe, pushing the origins of plate motion deep into Earth’s early history. The post Earth’s Lithosphere was Already Segmented andContinue Reading
This shouldn’t work on a phone, but it works better than it should…Read MoreContinue Reading
Every few years, a piece of open-source software arrives that rewires how the industry thinks about computing. Linux did it for servers. Docker did it for deployment. OpenClaw — the autonomous AI agent platform that went from niche curiosity to the fastest-growing open-source project in history in a matter ofContinue Reading
The US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York has charged three people with illegally exporting NVIDIA GPUs to China in violation of the Export Control Reform Act. NVIDIA’s chips have become a critical component in the rush to train and run increasingly complex artificial intelligence models…Continue Reading
In electric motor engineering, copper is king, and winding architecture is one of the main levers engineers use to balance power density, efficiency, cooling and manufacturability. Higher copper fill in the stator can reduce winding resistance and improve current loading for a given package size, but only if the designContinue Reading
Sponsored by Heraeus Electronics. The electric vehicle market is emerging as a leading field for advanced heating technologies. In EVs, heating systems are essential not only for passenger comfort but also fundamental to thermal management, keeping battery cells within their optimal temperature range in cold climates. Proper thermal control enablesContinue Reading
Walker Montgomery was just 16 when someone pretending to be a teenage girl messaged him through Instagram and seduced him into cybersex. Within hours he was dead. Caught up in a sextortion scheme, the Mississippi teen killed himself. —- EDITOR’S NOTE — This story includes discussion of suicide. If youContinue Reading
At the center of the case is a 20-year-old plaintiff identified as “Kaley G.M.,” whose emotional testimony moved at least one juror to tears., At the center of the case is a 20-year-old plaintiff identified as “Kaley G.M.,” whose emotional testimony moved at least one juror to tears., from NewsnationContinue Reading
By any means, necessary or not: that’s how this administration gets its bigoted version of immigration enforcement done. The surges targeting cities and states that The Traitor doesn’t feel are loyal enough are a double-edged sword. They punish states run by Democratic party members simply for being run by DemocraticContinue Reading
Enabling Ubuntu Pro on Ubuntu is getting easier, with the latest update to the distro’s desktop Security Center app adding a dedicated panel. Currently, you can enrol and manage Ubuntu Pro for long-term support (LTS) versions of Ubuntu via the Software & Updates tool or the command-line. As Ubuntu 26.04Continue Reading
Age verification laws don’t seem to be stopping. California, Colorado, and Brazil, all have some version of the same requirement where OS providers must collect age data at account setup and expose it to apps through a real-time API. Governments call it child safety, but plenty of people in theContinue Reading
In a post on X (formerly Twitter), GrapheneOS has made its position on age verification laws clear; it won’t comply, regardless of where the demand comes from. The team goes on to state that its OS and services will remain available worldwide, with no personal information, identification, or account everContinue Reading
Cobalt sits at the heart of the clean energy transition, but this study suggests its supply chain is far more fragile than it appears. Cobalt plays a central role in lithium-ion batteries and electric vehicles, but its global supply chain faces growing systemic risks that extend well beyond isolated disruptions…Continue Reading