Volvo Buses will supply 38 Volvo BZR Low Entry Electric buses to the City of Cape Town, South Africa. The buses will operate within the city’s electric passenger transport system. “This is a landmark project for both Cape Town and for us. We can be very proud to introduce electricContinue Reading
ROHM has released its 4th-generation 650 V IGBTs, automotive-grade switching devices aimed at EV electric compressors and high-voltage heaters of the PTC and coolant types as well as inverters for industrial equipment. The parts carry a typical collector-emitter saturation voltage, VCE(sat), of 1.55 V and a short-circuit withstand time ofContinue Reading
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Tinubu, Governors Move to Reduce Transport Fares Nationwide President Bola Tinubu and state governors have agreed to take immediate measures to reduce transportation costs across the country, with a focus on the use of compressed natural gas (CNG) and electric vehicles. The President disclosed this in a statement following his discussion with the NigeriaContinue Reading
Elon Musk posted on September 2, 2026 that Grok 4.7 comes out in 10 days so September 12. 2.1 trillion parameters — a new, larger pretrain, up from Grok 4.6’s 1.5T base. Elon has said it will be better than 4.6 in every way except that it will be slightly slower to serve, with betterContinue Reading
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope will create enormous cosmic panoramas, which astronomers will use to explore everything from dark energy and dark matter to distant planets and black holes. The first observations will start in early 2027. It is launched and is moving to position. Roman will collect light from far across the universeContinue Reading
Arduino’s VENTUNO Q , which runs Ubuntu 24.04 LTS, went up for pre-order in August – and already sold through. The board is targeted at edge AI, robotics and industrial use and is priced from $299. Arduino bill it as their “most advanced platform” yet, made to “give developers, makers,Continue Reading
Former Apple chip supplier Intel has faced a lot of challenges since Apple ceased to be a client. It struggled to win back some of Apple’s processor manufacturing business, but seems to face one fundamental challenge — trust. That’s the very briefest gist of an extensive and outstanding report today from Culpium,Continue Reading
Gaming on Linux keeps getting better, Wine and the Proton compatibility layer keep opening up more of the Windows catalog, and community projects continue filling the gaps that big publishers leave behind. Take Xodus, for instance. The open source effort is looking to bring Xbox and Game Pass titles toContinue Reading
If your Raspberry Pi can no longer connect to Wi-Fi because the SSID or password changed, you can update the Wi-Fi configuration directly from its SD card. This helps when you cannot connect the device to a monitor and keyboard. That’s what I did. I had switched to a differentContinue Reading
AerynOS has dropped its latest project update. This February release brings a wave of refinements to the Linux distribution, sharpening its edges for smoother daily use. AerynOS is a modern, independent Linux operating system built from scratch – not based on Ubuntu, Fedora, or any other distro. It focuses onContinue Reading
A study published this week in JAMA Internal Medicine found that among 503 US occupations, flight attendants had the highest proportion of deaths from radiation-related cancers and pilots the second-highest rate. This was ahead even of workers who handle radioactive materials directly, so it is quite shocking, and the evidenceContinue Reading
Recent years have seen multiple crises impacting fuel prices, with the current war in Iran and the blockading of the Straits of Hormuz having the greatest impact. Ask Traders reports that Ryanair has said that jet fuel has been trading at almost $140 per barrel. Something has to give toContinue Reading