Electric truck pioneer Rustam Kocher considers the state of the e-truck art Rustam Kocher might be described as the elder statesman of electric trucks. Back in 2021, he was the Charging Infrastructure Lead at Daimler Trucks North America, and also the Chair of CharIN’s Megawatt Charging System (MCS) task force.Continue Reading
Electrical powerhouse Siemens has launched a new switchboard designed to handle power distribution for EV charging stations and other commercial electrical infrastructure. The new RapidSBx switchboard is built on the foundation of Siemens SB switchboards. The UL 891-compliant board boasts a streamlined design, and is meant to enable rapid, efficientContinue Reading
The United States’ National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) has developed a revolutionary new battery that could power the country’s return to the moon while potentially also revolutionizing the way that we power electric vehicles here on Earth. The new technology can function at extremely cold temperatures…Continue Reading
Microsoft is offering voluntary exit packages to about 60,000 employees, roughly 27% of its workforce, including staff on teams building Copilot and other AI products, as the company looks for ways to fund its AI investments. Amy Coleman, executive vice president and chief people officer, announced the Voluntary Exit OfferContinue Reading
OpenAI has launched GPT-6.1 Terra, a new reasoning model that it says delivers near-frontier performance on visual reasoning, professional task execution, and computer-use benchmarks without the premium price tag. Replacing GPT-5.6 Terra, the model is aimed at organizations seeking better accuracy and automation capabilities for large-scale operational workloads. Claiming itContinue Reading
Tesco, the supermarket group with stores in the UK and certain regions of Europe, is hiring a Head of Software Engineering for its Edge Platform. The new hire would be responsible for carrying out the move away from VMware, the Broadcom-owned virtualization software, to Proxmox for the systems that runContinue Reading
Ubuntu works reasonably well out of the box, but a fresh installation still leaves plenty of room for improvement. A few tweaks, some essential software, and a handful of lesser-known settings can help you get a more comfortable, productive, and personalized desktop experience from day one. In this guide, let’sContinue Reading
Alexis Wilkins, who is engaged to FBI Director Kash Patel, says she realized she was part of a larger effort to divide Americans after online attackers targeted her., Alexis Wilkins, who is engaged to FBI Director Kash Patel, says she realized she was part of a larger effort to divideContinue Reading
Any time a company looks to start selling shares on Wall Street, it’s required to disclose potential risks for investors. In the case of artificial intelligence giant Anthropic, that has included the possibility that its products could threaten nothing less than humanity itself. The risks laid out by the SanContinue Reading
Battery developer Greater Bay Technology (GBT) has begun series production of all-solid-state battery cells at its plant in Nansha, Guangzhou, on 1 GWh of converted lithium-ion capacity. China has published GB/T 48093.1-2026, a standard that defines a solid-state battery. Under the standard, an opened cell is baked for six hoursContinue Reading
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) has exercised its second-year option under a five-year contract for 500 buses with New Flyer of America. The latest order includes 75 Xcelsior hybrid buses and 25 Xcelsior CHARGE NG battery-electric buses. Metro serves 4 million residents in a massive sprawl covering WashingtonContinue Reading
Every operating systems needs somewhere to put the files you delete (and give you chance to rummage through to find the ones you want to keep). But, if you’re a Brit using Ubuntu, the name of that place varies based on where you look. It seems Ubuntu’s UK English translationContinue Reading
The general status quo in the US (and largely within the global airline industry) is that the low-cost carrier business model involves selling only economy seats, while premium cabins are reserved for full-service airlines. In the US, however, there have been some interesting developments, as domestic first class cabins haveContinue Reading