A plastic bottle tossed into a recycling bin could one day help power an electric vehicle, smartphone or renewable energy storage system, according to a team of Penn State researchers. In a new study, researchers converted waste polyethylene terephthalate, or PET, into highly ordered synthetic graphite, a crystalline form of carbon. The formed graphite exhibitedContinue Reading
The package now heads to the Senate, where it will face an uphill battle., The package now heads to the Senate, where it will face an uphill battle., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
LONDON (AP) — WhatsApp users will soon get the option of going by usernames instead of phone numbers, the company said Monday, announcing plans to address a privacy blind spot. The app said it has started allowing users to reserve unique usernames, which can be used to contact WhatsApp usersContinue Reading
Canonical is bringing thoughtful, local-first AI to Ubuntu – enhancing accessibility, enabling intelligent agents, and keeping user privacy and open source values at the core. As we move through 2026, large language models (LLMs) and AI tools have become ubiquitous across the tech industry. Adoption varies widely – some projectsContinue Reading
I ran the same tests on both sides of my dual-boot and one of them embarrassed the other…Read MoreContinue Reading
Asus ROG Zephyrus G16 GU606AW – Reviews and Specs Specifications ROG Zephyrus G16 2026 Series) Intel Core Ultra 9 386H16c/16t, 4 x 4.9 GHz Intel Cougar Cove P-Core, 8 x 3.9 GHz Intel Darkmont E-Core, 4 x 3.5 GHz Intel Darkmont LP E-Core, Panther Lake NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5080 Laptop- 16 GB VRAM, Core: 1550Continue Reading
Sponsored by Herrmann Ultraschall. Discover the way to top-efficiency in busbar welding: Rising performance demands in e-mobility, data centers, and power electronics are pushing conventional busbar manufacturing to its limits. This white paper explores how ultrasonic welding redefines the way non-ferrous metals like copper and aluminum are joined – withoutContinue Reading
EVSE manufacturer Alpitronic has expanded its HYC1000 distributed megawatt charging system with the addition of the HP Dispenser, designed for electric passenger vehicles that support higher charging power. Through a single liquid-cooled CCS2 connector, the HP Dispenser delivers charging currents of more than 1,000 A and charging power of upContinue Reading
Eager to find more public AI-related companies that may do as well as Nvidia, Wall Street investors think they’ve found a winner with Micron…Continue Reading
Astronomers led by Northwestern University have uncovered an unusual feature surrounding the famous “Pink Planet”: skies filled with salty clouds. For more than a decade, the ancient world, known for its pinkish haze, has remained one of astronomy’s enduring mysteries. As one of the coldest planetary-mass companions ever directly imaged, it is so faint thatContinue Reading
This photo provided by NASA shows Kieran Wilson, LINK’s principal investigator, and Hunter Robertson, a space systems engineer, both at Katalyst Space, standing next to their spacecraft inside the SES (Space Environment Simulator) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., April 17, 2026, ahead of thermal vacuum testing. (Sophia Roberts/NASA via AP) SophiaContinue Reading
A month ago, I wrote that the Supreme Court’s six conservative Justices have exactly one consistent rule on whose votes count: Black people’s votes shouldn’t count. The pattern was simple. If a ruling would help Black votes count, the Court — led by Justice Samuel Alito — found a reasonContinue Reading
Electric vehicle sales, increasingly featuring Chinese vehicles, led an overall increase in car sales in Europe last month, with gasoline and diesel cars booking declines amid higher prices at the pump. Car registrations, as reported by the European Automobile Manufacturers’ Association, gained 3.6% in May, with the sales increase over the first five months ofContinue Reading