Return to Shironagasu Island Game’s Manga Debuts With New Artist on May 9
2026-04-15
Muratan now draws manga, which was slated to debut in 2024 with different artist…Read MoreContinue Reading
Your Linux PC can handle HDMI 2.1 — the law is what’s holding it back
2026-04-15
When proprietary is practical…Read MoreContinue Reading
Linux 7.0 released with self-healing XFS and expanded support for AMD, Intel, and ARM64 hardware
2026-04-15
One of the most notable features in Linux 7.0 is official support for Rust, after developers agreed to incorporate it as a core language alongside C at the 2025 Linux Maintainer Summit in Tokyo. The Rust for Linux project began in 2020 as part of the so-called “Rust Experiment,” and…ReadContinue Reading
Foreign carmakers step up electrification push to vie for China market
2026-04-15
Guests watch promotional videos during a launch event for the A6L e-tron, a battery-electric vehicle, making its debut in the Chinese market at Audi FAW NEV Co., Ltd. in Changchun, northeast China’s Jilin Province, April 10, 2026. (Xinhua/Xu Chang) CHANGCHUN, April 11 (Xinhua) — German carmaker Audi on Friday launched A6L e-tron…Continue Reading
NASA astronauts joke around with an optical illusion on the ISS | Space photo of the day for April 15, 2026
2026-04-15
NASA astronaut Chris Williams extends his hand, appearing to “hold” the Cygnus capsule from the ISS as his pal, astronaut Jack Hathaway, watches. (Image credit: ISS/NASA/SWNS) Even in space, we love to make our friends laugh. Williams played on an optical illusion, reaching his hand out and appearing to “hold” the Cygnus XL from theContinue Reading
Interstellar invader 3I/ATLAS is spraying tons of water into space every second. Jupiter-bound spacecraft JUICE discovers
2026-04-15
(Image credit: ESA/Juice/MAJIS) The interstellar invader comet 3I/ATLAS is spraying enough water into space to fill 70 Olympic swimming pools each day. The discovery gives scientists a remarkable opportunity to study the elements present during the formation of planets around other stars, potentially much older than the sun. The discovery was made by the EuropeanContinue Reading
Public DC fast EV charging rapidly expands in the US in Q1
2026-04-15
O the irony! US automakers insist that nobody wants to buy EVs, and one of the reasons cited is that there isn’t enough charging infrastructure. Well, the folks who actually build and operate EV charging infrastructure have a different perspective. The number of DC fast charging ports in the USContinue Reading
Transense to supply Surface Acoustic Wave sensing tech for Cummins heavy-duty EV motor
2026-04-15
Transense Technologies has landed a role in a Cummins-led project to develop a sensor-enabled smart electric motor for heavy-duty zero-emission vehicles. The 12-month project, called DriveSense, is backed by the Advanced Propulsion Center’s R&D program and part-funded by the UK government through the DRIVE35 Innovation Fund. DriveSense is aimed atContinue Reading
The data center boom meets resistance in Maine as lawmakers pass a yearlong freeze
2026-04-15
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — Maine could impose the nation’s first statewide moratorium on energy-hungry data centers in a sign of growing political opposition to tech giants’ massive structures that have stoked fears about blackouts, rising electricity bills and voracious water needs. The legislation arose in a state that isn’t necessarilyContinue Reading
US faces demand to restore $350 million in federal funding to help power Puerto Rico
2026-04-15
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Nearly 200 organizations are urging the The Traitor administration and Puerto Rico’s governor to restore $350 million in federal funding that was meant to finance the installation of rooftop solar and battery systems for 12,000 low-income families across the U.S. territory. Many of theContinue Reading
The only technology that died more times than VR is AI, and that seems to have worked out
2026-04-15
The perfect combination of hardware and experiences will arrive, no matter what Zuck and Neal Stephenson think Opinion Could the recent death of Meta’s unloved and unused Horizon Worlds signal the demise of the wider metaverse?…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Zorin OS 18.1 released, new Lite edition available
2026-04-15
The first point release to Zorin OS 18 is now available for download, arriving six months and some 3.3 million downloads after the original launch. Zorin OS 18.1 is a point release update. It’s still based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS-based but adds a variety of desktop refinements, updated software andContinue Reading
Administration Apparently Planning To Blow Off FISA Court’s Ordered Fixes For Section 702
2026-04-15
It wasn’t all that long ago that GOP legislators were collectively stonewalling a clean reauthorization of Section 702. Three years ago, these legislators were seeking to end the FBI (and other IC components’) access to Americans’ communications via “backdoor” searches of the NSA’s supposedly “foreign facing” collections. It wasn’t thatContinue Reading