The “Flaming Star Nebula” captured by astrophotographer Greg Meyer. (Image credit: Greg Meyer) Astrophotographer Greg Meyer has captured a magnificent view of the Flaming Star Nebula blazing in the night sky some 1,500 light-years from Earth in the constellation Auriga, the Charioteer. AE Aurigae is a so-called runaway star. Scientists think it was born inContinue Reading
An AI assistant in the terminal can help you guide through the process, help you move faster with your tasks. I tested Qwen Code and share my findings with you., Read More From It’s FOSSContinue Reading
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A budget bill moving through Congress this week would defund a 5-year-old program designed to expand electric-vehicle charging stations. The National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure, or NEVI, program got off to a slow start and had spent only a small share of its budget when the The Traitor administration took office a year ago and sought toContinue Reading
Midwestern Wheels, a licensee of Avis Budget Group, is working with EV charging provider ChargePoint to deliver EV charging to its rental car customers and local residents. New public charging hubs at Midwestern Wheels’ airport and local market rental car branches in Appleton and Madison, Wisconsin are open to theContinue Reading
Designed specifically for OEM system architects, mobile hydraulics engineers, product managers, and application specialists, this 60-minute webinar (45-minute panel discussion plus 15-minute Q&A) delivers practical, actionable guidance on selecting, integrating, and validating efficient electrified mobile hydraulic architectures. Get in-depth insight into core subsystems (traction, steering, work functions, and ePTO), controlContinue Reading
LibreOffice 26.2 has been released with multi-user’ database support, improved Excel clipboard compatibility and a new x86-64-v2 hardware baseline for Linux users. The Document Foundation’s first major release of 2026 focuses on performance, interoperability and file formats, i.e., fixing the things that actually get in your way, rather than tackingContinue Reading
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Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In this week’s round-up ofContinue Reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon sales surged 14% during the fourth quarter, helped by strong holiday spending and a better-than-expected growth in its prominent cloud computing unit. But shares fell 11% in after hours trading on Thursday as investors appeared to be spooked by the Seattle-based tech company’s plans toContinue Reading
Researchers say they are seeing a surge in sophisticated scams with AI-generated “deep fake doctors.” , Researchers say they are seeing a surge in sophisticated scams with AI-generated “deep fake doctors.” , from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
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A new version of the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B has been (quietly) introduced. The key difference? It now uses a dual-RAM configuration. The Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 adopts a dual-RAM configuration to ‘improve supply chain flexibility’ and manufacturing efficiency, per a company product change notice document.Continue Reading