IONNA is an EV charging network operated by a joint venture of BMW, GM, Honda, Hyundai, Kia, Mercedes-Benz, Stellantis and Toyota. The venture has more than doubled the size of its network since the beginning of 2026, and now has more than 180 live charging sites in the US. InContinue Reading
Sponsored by Pickering Interfaces. Electronic Control Units (ECUs) now sit at the heart of nearly every vehicle system, from anti-lock braking to battery management. In EVs, these units govern functions where a single fault can compromise safety. That reality places a heavy burden on you as a test engineer: provingContinue Reading
Most organizations have been largely unable to measure financial returns from AI, but analysts say new ways to calculate return on investment are emerging. “There’s a delay between the development of technology, even the investment in the technology, and the value that an organization can capture from it,” said MichaelContinue Reading
Apple has been forced to make macOS even more locked down, to the dismay of some developers. It has announced plans to introduce more user-facing control over the process of giving apps Full Disk Access. Some developers are upset, believing this will put more barriers in place to those creating apps outsideContinue Reading
Tesla sold fewer vehicles in the third quarter than it did a year ago, when consumers rushed to cash in on expiring federal tax credits for electric vehicle purchases. But the company still beat estimates from Wall Street, suggesting that it’s recovery was still on track…Continue Reading
A trip to the park. A day at the beach. A workout session at the gym. All in public spaces where smart glasses can snap photos, record conversations or stream video online — without people in the line of their lenses and microphones knowing about it. Norway’s government wants toContinue Reading
The first American-born pontiff said Friday it is “becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce,” referring to AI-generated art., The first American-born pontiff said Friday it is “becoming urgent to distinguish human art from what machines produce,” referring to AI-generated art., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
You already know that Canonical has been selectively replacing Ubuntu’s C-based system components with Rust-written equivalents that don’t compromise in terms of functionality, most of the time. Now it looks like the distro’s OpenPGP implementation is next, with Sequoia PGP coming preinstalled in Ubuntu 26.10. Canonical wants it to eventuallyContinue Reading
SpaceX Falcon 9 is roughly 15–18 t to LEO in reusable mode and ~23 t expendable, with boosters routinely flying 20+ times and the fleet doing dozens of launches per year. Falcon 9 has had 160-170 launches per year in 2025 and likely in 2026. This is about 2500-3000 tons per year. No other rocketContinue Reading
There are not many rockets or similar rockets in a family of rockets that get to over 20 launches in a year. It is over more rare to get to over 50 launches in a year from any number of launch pads. The SpaceX Falcon 9 is the only rocket to get to over 50Continue Reading
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. In the lead-up to the 2026 midterm elections, how is the U.S. government performing in terms of human rights? Listening to politicians, it can be difficult to know. On one hand, some have pointed to a number of potentialContinue Reading
The US Navy has committed $562 million to begin producing its first operational carrier drone, just a month after the White House ordered a plan to remove the advanced launch system built to handle everything from light uncrewed aircraft to heavy strike fighters.Continue Reading
The popular online narrative that the Boeing T-7A Red Hawks’ revolutionary development methodology spells the end of the F-35 is hyped and often rests on bad-faith arguments. It can be argued that the T-7A is one of the first combat aircraft built using new ‘digital first’ technologies.Continue Reading