Five Years Ago This week in 2020, we wrote about how the idea that banning TikTok thwarts Chinese intelligence was ridiculous, and how any real threat probably comes from America’s feebly secured infrastructure. As for failed security, we looked at the incredible waste of Baltimore’s aerial surveillance program, and asContinue Reading
While other US legacy carriers have pushed to improve the quality of their services, thus increasing revenues and costs, American Airlines has moved forward with an austerity approach. One such cost-cutting measure has been the reduction of services with seatback entertainment, and a failure to move with the times toContinue Reading
A manual flap handle, also known as a “Johnson Bar,” is a mechanical lever that is directly connected to wing flaps via a system of cables and pulleys. These were once commonplace in general aviation, but have since been nearly completely replaced by electrical switches and handles. Relatively few aircraftContinue Reading
Image: StackCommerce So many fascinating pictures of space don’t actually come from NASA or even a satellite. They come from someone with a telescope and a camera. Astro photography is a cool hobby, but it can be expensive to get into. Instead of buying an expensive camera and an even more expensive telescope, take a look atContinue Reading
NASA Hubble Mission Team Goddard Space Flight Center Aug 15, 2025 This NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image zooms in on the feathery spiral arms of the galaxy NGC 45, which lies just 22 million light-years away in the constellation Cetus (the Whale). The portrait uses data drawn from two complementary observing programs. The first tookContinue Reading
A Chinese mining giant and a Swiss-based lithium producer agreed on Tuesday to develop one of South America’s largest projects to extract lithium from saline water, intensifying the race for metals vital to electric vehicles and renewable energy storage. China’s Ganfeng Lithium will join with Lithium Argentina…Continue Reading
Join us at our September Virtual Conference on EV Engineering for an in-depth discussion, presented by Fujipoly, on dispensable thermal gap fillers, covering key considerations from material selection to dispensing process challenges. We will explore practical solutions to common application issues, along with a clear view of performance limitations toContinue Reading
We’ve talked a bunch about the lawsuit drama between Nintendo and the Pokémon Co. against PocketPair, the makers of the hit game Palworld. The short version goes something like this. Palworld is clearly inspired by the Pokémon world and games, but does not directly copy anything from those properties. NintendoContinue Reading
AI psychosis is defined as a person breaking away from reality with the help of chatbots., (NewsNation) — With more people turning to artificial intelligence chatbots for emotional support, mental health experts are sounding the alarm on what they call “AI psychosis.” San Francisco-based research psychiatrist Keith Sakata took toContinue Reading
According to the settlement website, customers could receive up to $7,500 between the two settlements., (NewsNation) — AT&T has agreed to a $177 million settlement following two data breaches in 2024 that exposed customer’s Social Security numbers, call records and other sensitive information. NewsNation affiliate PIX reports that the firstContinue Reading
Research conducted in The Netherlands has found that the maximum ceiling life span for a female is 115.7 years. For men, it is slightly lower at 114.1 years but even so, that’s a long time. This conclusion was come to by statisticians at Tilburg and Rotterdam’s Erasmus University who studiedContinue Reading
Lincoln Electric has announced the launch of its Velion 50 kW DC fast charger, expanding its electric vehicle charging product line. The new offering is a compact, mobile charging unit with scalable output and flexible deployment options, targeting demanding field environments such as construction sites, emergency response and fleet operations.Continue Reading
EV charging infrastructure firm EO Charging has added new features to its EO Cloud platform, including enhanced vehicle management, a site-level control dashboard and smarter energy management tools, to improve operational efficiency for commercial fleets. The new cloud features are designed to give fleet managers better control and optimize EVContinue Reading