SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship makes a test flight from Starbase, Texas, Monday, Sept. 28, 2026. Eric Gay/AP Photo/Eric Gay SpaceX launched its enormous Starship into orbit for the first time Monday and successfully delivered the most advanced Starlink satellites yet, but cut the flight short to ensure safety. The spacecraft reentered over the Pacific andContinue Reading
Rock Tech Lithium has signed agreements with Siemens Canada covering the Red Rock Lithium Converter, the lithium conversion plant Rock Tech plans to build in Ontario with capacity for up to 32,000 tonnes per year of lithium carbonate equivalent. Siemens will develop a digital process twin of the plant andContinue Reading
Neo Performance Materials’ permanent magnet plant in Estonia, opened in 2025, is in commercial production, and the first commercial volumes of rare earth sintered magnets have gone to a Tier 1 EV traction motor customer. Three Tier 1 motor manufacturers have awarded Neo multiple magnet programs, including traction motor applications,Continue Reading
gThumb’s big GTK4 and Vala rewrite is officially stable and available for download. I previewed the gThumb 4.0 alpha back in May, remarking on how much of a difference the UI refresh makes to the app – the long-serving photo manager looks like an entirely new app. Every part ofContinue Reading
Nvidia’s board has cleared the way for the company to spend $150 billion more in share buybacks as the chipmaking giant looks to make use of more of its stellar revenue growth fueled by demand for its high-end artificial intelligence chips. The Santa Clara, California, company said Monday the shareContinue Reading
A monthslong data breach targeting the human resources arm of the Department of Defense may have exposed the personal information of up to four million Defense Department personnel, including U.S. service members, reports say., A monthslong data breach targeting the human resources arm of the Department of Defense may haveContinue Reading
A fuel shortage is threatening flights at a major US airport this week, with reports by Paddle Your Own Kanoo suggesting that airlines are being forced to tanker in additional fuel. Flights at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), the busiest airport in New England, are expected to see JetBlue maxContinue Reading
American Airlines is set to roll out a new feature that will make it easier for travelers to get the perfect seat. The airline’s app now has a function that lets eligible AAdvantage members select a specific characteristic when booking, and it then checks the seat map multiple times toContinue Reading
Linux is more than just a handful of popular distros, and it’s time you started experimenting…Read MoreContinue Reading
Qualcomm used its Snapdragon Summit in Maui this week to pitch its chips as the hardware for AI agents. In three days, it launched two flagship phone chips and a chip for AI earbuds and glasses. It also brought Linux to its X2 laptop processors. Chief executive Cristiano Amon openedContinue Reading
postmarketOS, the Linux-based operating system that many of you turn to for reviving your old smartphones, has undergone a name change, and it is now called ” Nura .” This was announced during the project’s conference recently, where the rebranding closed a long-running process that started last year in March,Continue Reading
OpenShot 3.5 is here with major speed and smoothness upgrades that make video editing feel much more responsive and enjoyable. The free and open source video editor OpenShot 3.5 arrives with major speed, smoothness, and power improvements. This is one of the biggest releases in its 18-year history. A newContinue Reading
I’ve only just gotten used to typing the Ubuntu 26.10 ‘Stonking Stingray’ codename carefully – autocorrect thinks I mean stinking – yet I’m already wondering what the next release is going to be called. We know Ubuntu 27.04 will be a T release since follows an S, and tradition dictatesContinue Reading