New microwave measurements from NASA’s Juno spacecraft reveal Europa’s ice shell may stretch nearly 29 km (18 miles) deep, reshaping planetary scientists’ understanding of how the icy moon’s hidden ocean might exchange life-giving chemicals with the surface. The post Europa’s Ice Shell is Much Thicker than Previously Thought appeared firstContinue Reading
Tesla CEO Elon Musk has confirmed that the company will begin phasing out its Model S and Model X electric vehicles this year and will retool its California factory to produce humanoid robots. This announcement marks the end of an era. The two vehicles, introduced in 2012 and 2015…Continue Reading
Sleek window manager, IceWM 4.0.0 is out with improvements and updates. IceWM is a standards-compliant window manager designed for simplicity and performance. It is fully keyboard-driven, with features like Alt+Tab switching that feel intuitive right out of the box. This 4.0.0 release improves those strengths while adding refinements that enhanceContinue Reading
Tensions are high in Iran with American military forces massing in Jordan alongside the arrival of a carrier strike group (CSG) in the Arabian Sea. Airlines are making major diversions around the area as the setting mirrors that of the conditions when Ukraine International Airlines Flight 752 was shot downContinue Reading
For a long time, Middle Eastern airlines have been keen to leverage their convenient location in western Asia to position themselves as the best choice for travelers flying between Europe and Oceania. While there are plenty of other transit options available, such as changing in Southeast Asia or the WestContinue Reading
Long before generative AI, copyright holders warned that new technologies for reading and analyzing information would destroy creativity. Internet search engines, they argued, were infringement machines—tools that copied copyrighted works at scale without permission. As they had with earlier information technologies like the photocopier and the VCR, copyright owners sued.Continue Reading
EVgo is expanding deployment of the North American Charging Standard (NACS) connectors across its public DC fast-charging network. After a 2025 pilot that installed nearly 100 NACS connectors across 22 major metropolitan areas, EVgo plans to accelerate deployment to reach more than 500 NACS connectors installed by the end ofContinue Reading
Heilind Electronics is adding the Molex SideWize High-Voltage Connectors to its portfolio of high-power interconnect solutions. The connectors target space-constrained, high-power designs where engineers are balancing packaging, electrical safety and power density in power-distribution hardware, like EV charging systems, data-center power shelves, UPS equipment and industrial automation. The Molex SideWizeContinue Reading
Lenovo has released the IdeaPad Pro 5a Gen 11 across Europe and other markets like Australia. Not showcased during CES 2026 alongside the IdeaPad Pro 5i Gen 11 , the IdeaPad Pro 5a Gen 11 ditches Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs found in Gen 10 models (curr. $1,139 on Amazon) . Instead, Lenovo equipsContinue Reading
FOSDEM 2026 returns to Brussels, Belgium at the end of this month (January 31 to February 1) with a schedule that leans heavily into the real-world pressures facing the FOSS community. Beyond the technical tracks that throngs of tech enthusiasts, developers and engineers come for is a set of keynoteContinue Reading
This landscape of gas and dust is busy birthing new stars. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, and K. Stapelfeldt (Jet Propulsion Laboratory); Processing: Gladys Kober (NASA/Catholic University of America)) quick facts What it is: Lupus 3 (GN 16.05.2 and Bernes 149) molecular cloud Where it is: About 500 light-years away, in the constellation Scorpius When itContinue Reading
A new version of Linux system monitor Resources has been released with AMD NPU monitoring support, a change in memory calculation, and lower overall CPU usage. Resources 1.10 uses the AMD XDNA driver to show NPU (Neural Processing Unit) stats in real-time on AMD Ryzen chips. For this to showContinue Reading
The schism between Democratic environmental ideals and California voters’ anxiety about affordability, notably gas prices, were on full display during an environmental policy forum among some of the state’s top Democratic candidates for governor on Wednesday…Continue Reading