Nvidia bulks up open source offerings with an acquisition and new open AI models
2025-12-17
Nvidia acquired SchedMD, the lead developer of Slurm, and launched the Nemotron 3 family of open source AI models…Continue Reading
To find living donors for kidney transplants, a pilot program turns to social networks
2025-12-17
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Fernando Moreno has been on dialysis for about two years, enduring an “unbearable” wait for a new kidney to save his life. His limited world of social contacts has meant that his hopes have hinged on inching up the national waiting list for a transplant. ThatContinue Reading
The Traitor administration launches recruiting effort for US ‘Tech Force’
2025-12-17
Tech Force participants will work in teams reporting directly to agency leadership., Tech Force participants will work in teams reporting directly to agency leadership., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Ubuntu’s New Telemetry Tool to ‘Phone Home’ Monthly
2025-12-16
Changes are afoot for Ubuntu’s opt-in telemetry service, including greater transparency with the open-sourcing of the server backend that processes data when users opt-in. Ubuntu 25.10 added Ubuntu Insights, a newer hardware metrics reporting service that’s preinstalled alongside the distro’s existing Ubuntu Report telemetry tool. The latter used by thoseContinue Reading
Spirit & Frontier Airlines Merger Talks Spark Once Again Following $50 Million Lifeline
2025-12-16
After much financial turmoil this year, Spirit Airlines has once again reentered merger discussions with Frontier Airlines. As reported by Reuters, these talks are coming as Spirit recently received an immediate lifeline of $50 million to extend operations, funding that likely prevented the airline from shutting down altogether. Spirit andContinue Reading
FAA To Spend $6 Billion To Overhaul ATC Telecom Infrastructure & Radar Surveillance Systems
2025-12-16
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) has committed to spending $6 billion on air traffic control (ATC) telecom and radar infrastructure by the end of the year as part of a drive to modernize the country’s ATC network. Earlier this month, the US announced that tech company Peraton would be theContinue Reading
Exro Technologies: Notice of sale solicitaion process
2025-12-16
Sponsored by FTI Consulting Canada Inc. On November 14, 2025, FTI Consulting Canada Inc. was appointed as receiver and manager (the “Receiver”) of all the assets, undertakings and properties of Exro Technology Inc., DPM Technologies Inc. and Cellex Energy Inc. (the “Debtors”) pursuant to an Order of the Court ofContinue Reading
Exro Technologies goes into receivership, puts EV drivetrain bussiness assets up for sale
2025-12-16
Back in 2022, Exro Technologies introduced a new product that integrated an EV’s motor, drive, gearing and AC charging system into one compact system. (Read an in-depth interview with company executive Josh Sobil in our Oct-Dec 2022 print issue.) Combining EV components into more compact units is an ongoing trend,Continue Reading
BookWalker Global Service Announces Update With Rebuilt Website, App, Reader
2025-12-16
Users’ previous purchases transfer to new library…Read MoreContinue Reading
How Nissan took a shortcut to a good plug-in hybrid SUV
2025-12-16
The Nissan Leaf was one of the first modern electric vehicles to go on sale, but Nissan has been slower to adopt plug-in hybrids. It’s only just now getting one in its lineup, and only by borrowing from another automaker. At first glance, the 2026 Nissan Rogue Plug-In Hybrid seems like a straightforward addition toContinue Reading
Asus is now offering the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 in two new flavors
2025-12-16
Asus is offering two new RTX 5060 variants that rethink the card’s physical design while keeping specs largely unchanged. With thinner profiles and revised connectors, the EVO variants are aimed at compact PC builders. The post Asus is now offering the Nvidia GeForce RTX 5060 in two new flavors appeared first on Digital Trends…Continue Reading
‘We were amazed’: Scientists using James Webb telescope may have discovered the earliest supernova in the known universe
2025-12-16
The James Webb Space Telescope has spotted an eruption of energy in the early universe that may be the most distant supernova discovered to date. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, A. Levan (IMAPP), Image Processing: A. Pagan (STScI)) Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) may have discovered the most distant supernova inContinue Reading
NASA Launches Research Program for Students to Explore Big Ideas
2025-12-16
NASA is now accepting concepts for a new research challenge. The Opportunities in Research, Business, Innovation, and Technology (ORBIT) challenge is a multi-phase innovation competition designed to empower university and college students to develop next-generation solutions that benefit life on Earth and deep-space exploration. With up to $380,000 in total prize funding, NASA’s ORBIT challengesContinue Reading