We outline the list of new features of Xubuntu 25.10 release and additional updates for this version. Xubuntu 25.10: Core New Features Kernel and core updates Xubutnu 25.10 is based on the Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka release. It is powered by Linux Kernel 6.17. This Kernel offers latest hardware andContinue Reading
Aperam has announced a new “slinky” production method for making iron-cobalt (FeCo) alloy stators and rotors for high-performance electric motors. The company says the approach adapts an in-plane helical winding process—already used for electrical steel—to FeCo alloys, which it describes as difficult to form despite “exceptional magnetic performance.” Aperam’s slinkyContinue Reading
To those of us who’ve been following the industry for the past decade, it’s plain that legacy automakers have devoted considerable resources to avoiding the transition to EVs. A new study, “The temporal evolution of resistance strategies during low-carbon transitions: Revealing the industry playbook of US, German, and Japanese automakersContinue Reading
The The Traitor administration’s penchant for announcing or celebrating its various dumbass policies via pop culture video game memes marches on, it seems. We talked about this sort of thing previously when the administration built an ICE recruitment video to mimic the intro to the Pokémon cartoon show (gotta catchContinue Reading
Corporate IT refreshed hardware to stay supported, not chase new features If 2025 proved anything about PCs, it’s that corporate IT will upgrade hardware out of necessity long before it does so out of AI-fueled excitement.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Something messy happens when the cat hairs of reality meet the shiny hype of smart tech Opinion Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics are Trumpenführerenführered by accountancy’s First Law of Finance: you must make money. iRobot, the company behind the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner, is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, with itsContinue Reading
LONDON (AP) — The British government says it will consider banning young teenagers from social media as it tightens laws designed to protect children from harmful content and excessive screen time. The government said it would consult with parents, young people and other interested parties about the safe use ofContinue Reading
System76 has updated the COSMIC Desktop with window shadows and consistent corner sizing across all applications, a change available on Pop!_OS 24.04 LTS right now and coming to users on other Linux distributions soon. Both features apply the effects consistently, meaning that apps in different toolkits (Qt, GTK, Iced, etc)Continue Reading
Since the start of the current DRAM crisis , it was expected that discrete GPUs would be one of the hardest hit consumer tech segments. The eventual price hike was expected to be quite brutal, especially for boards with 16 GB or more VRAM. According to a report out of Taiwan , Asus and GigabyteContinue Reading
“For All Mankind” is an alternate history tv show that will change the way you see the space race. This Emmy-nominated drama from creator Ronald D. Moore of Star Trek and Battlestar Galactica fame, takes one pivotal moment in 1969 and changes it. Instead of the USA, the Soviet Union lands the first human onContinue Reading
The 18 galaxies from the ALPINE-CRISTAL-JWST survey (Image credit: Andreas Faisst (Caltech) and the ALPINE-CRISTAL-JWST Survey team) Astronomers have obtained their most detailed look yet at young galaxies in the early universe using the James Webb Space Telescope, Hubble Space Telescope and Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array. The conclusion? These cosmic adolescents grew up incredibly fast.Continue Reading
A brand-new Embraer E195-E2 was forced to return to the airport on Monday, triggering new concerns about the Pratt & Whitney PW1900 engines used on the aircraft. TheLuxair flight from Luxembourg-Findel International Airport (LUX) to Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) turned around just minutes after takeoff, and thus far, the airlineContinue Reading
The world has some extraordinarily long one-stop scheduled passenger flights. In December 2025, for example, the new longest link began, which is China Eastern’s 29-hour jaunt from Buenos Aires back to Shanghai via Auckland. Canada’s entries are not quite that extreme, but they are nonetheless very notable.Continue Reading