A handful thrive, most scrape by as companies make billions off their code Opinion Time and again, I see people begging for companies with deep pockets to fund open source projects. I mean, after all, they’ve made billions from this code. You’d think they could support the code’s creators andContinue Reading
BASIC and bit-banging used to guide a simulated lander down to a virtual lunar touchdown Could Sinclair’s 48k Sinclair ZX Spectrum land a spacecraft on the Moon? YouTuber Scott Manley decided to find out, and the answer is… kind of.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
The fourteenth edition of Solar Solutions Amsterdam showcased the latest technologies across solar, storage, electric vehicle charging and green HVAC. This year saw energy storage systems dominate the show floor, ahead of the event’s rebrand to Sustainable Solutions Amsterdam from next year onwards, reflecting the Dutch market’s position as a mature market increasingly focused onContinue Reading
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Poland experienced 2½ times more cyberattacks in 2025 compared to the previous year, and the numbers are constantly rising, a government official said Tuesday. The attacks included a destructive infiltration of the country’s energy system in December that was believed to be unprecedented among NATO andContinue Reading
ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia could become the first state to require every student to be checked for weapons when arriving at a public school each day. A bill is nearing passage that would require weapons detection systems in a further reaction to a 2024 school shooting that killed four. “ThatContinue Reading
The prevailing assumption in AI development has been straightforward: larger models trained on more data produce better results. Nvidia’s latest release directly challenges that size assumption — and the training recipe behind it may matter more to enterprise AI teams than the model itself. The open-weight model’s Cascade RL post-training pipeline…Continue Reading
The Airbus A321XLR is the hottest new aircraft in service. Although it’s only a sub-variant of the A321neo, its upgrades to it have enabled it to become the world’s longest-range narrowbody aircraft. It will open up countless new routes for airlines, including between the US, Europe, and South America, asContinue Reading
Delta Air Lines is suspending its special services suite for members of Congress, citing a lack of resources amid the ongoing partial government shutdown. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers across the country have continued to work without pay since mid-February, but staff shortages have led to severe congestion and waitingContinue Reading
It’s been nearly 7 years since Pine64 (remember them?) introduced the PineTime (remember that?), a FOSS-friendly smartwatch priced under $30 and aimed at tech tinkerers and open hardware hackers. Now, it’s time for take two. Revealed in a community update recapping its activities at FOSDEM 2026, Pine64 has announced anContinue Reading
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A New Mexico jury determined Tuesday that Meta knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation on its social media platforms, a verdict that signals a changing tide against tech companies and the government’s willingness to crack down. TheContinue Reading
Fortnite publisher Epic Games said Tuesday it is laying off 1,000 employees to save money as it grapples with industry-wide and company-specific challenges. The Cary, North Carolina-based video game publisher said in a memo to employees that the job cuts are not related to artificial intelligence. Rather, they stem fromContinue Reading
eVerged has partnered with World4Solar to offer an integrated package that combines EV charging, solar generation and battery storage into a single turnkey system for commercial and municipal sites. World4Solar’s canopy-based solar hardware and batteries are being paired with eVerged’s EV charging and project-delivery model to create what the companiesContinue Reading
Texas Instruments has introduced two isolated power modules that use its new IsoShield packaging technology to raise power density in applications including EVs and data centers. The new UCC34141-Q1 and UCC33420 modules combine a planar transformer and isolated power stage in a single multichip package. TI says the approach canContinue Reading