Modal Motors, an American electric motor manufacturer, has announced that its OR3627-900kV non-rare-earth drone propulsion motor is now available for order. First deliveries are scheduled for Q4 2026 and high-volume fulfillment is to begin in Q1 2027. Production is ramping up at Modal’s manufacturing facility in Detroit. The OR3627-900kV isContinue Reading
Dynamic Music Pill, the blingy GNOME Shell extension that adds now playing track info, media controls and even real-time lyrics to your desktop, has gained some new options. “Like what?”, you ask… If you don’t want to see the name of the artists in the panel pill, you no longerContinue Reading
NVIDIA’s CEO Jensen Huang is set to take the stage for his GTC Taipei keynote at 8PM PT / 11PM ET. You can watch all the announcements here and embedded below. Rumors have been flying about what to expect from today’s presentation, but the big one is the possibility of a partnership with Microsoft andContinue Reading
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NASA announced the Massachusetts Institute of Technology project, Exploration-Class Lunar Integrated Power SystEm, as the first place winner for the 2026 Revolutionary Aerospace Systems Concepts – Academic Linkage (RASC-AL) competition, which challenges students to bridge gaps in aerospace technology by innovating new system concepts and prototypes. Another team from the same university won second place overall for their project, Mars Exploration Layered Infrastructure for Operations, Research, and Advancement, while Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University took third place with the MarsContinue Reading
One of the final parts of the production process of large airliners is painting. All airlines feature carefully-designed liveries to best reflect their brand image, and this is first applied to an airliner after assembly is completed, and before delivery. You’d think that before being painted, the aircraft would simplyContinue Reading
A United Airlines flight from Houston to Los Angeles was forced back to the gate after a stowaway boarded the flight and hid in a lavatory. The man slipped by distracted gate agents and boarded the United jet, which then pushed back for departure. Before it could take off, flightContinue Reading
HONG KONG (AP) — Chinese-made humanoid robots are making waves with their ability to do backflips, direct traffic, and even make coffee as the companies developing them seek ways to expand and dominate the market. Robot makers in China say they have thousands of orders from both the government andContinue Reading
During your journey around the world of Linux, you might’ve come across riced-up builds that look and feel like something out of a sci-fi novel. And if you wondered, why can’t I have this on my system?, then you wouldn’t be alone. Many of those builds have something like NiriContinue Reading
Dynamic Music Pill, the blingy GNOME Shell extension that adds now playing track info, media controls and even real-time lyrics to your desktop, has gained some new options. “Like what?”, you ask… If you don’t want to see the name of the artists in the panel pill, you no longerContinue Reading
Full disclosure: this post is going to pose way more questions than answers. That’s because the story of the Tomb Raider remake being produced by Crystal Dynamics and its inclusion of an AI disclosure on Steam makes no sense to me. So, let’s start at the beginning. Crystal Dynamics isContinue Reading
Even the oil giants (European-oriented ones at least) are getting into EV charging these days. bp pulse continues to expand its US network of public DC fast chargers. The company recently opened its first site in Louisiana, as well as two additional sites in Virginia and Texas. Each of theContinue Reading
Orange EV, a manufacturer of electric Class 8 terminal trucks, has announced it had received an order for 600 trucks—the largest single order in the firm’s history. Terminal trucks, also referred to as terminal tractors, as well as by several more colorful names including yard trucks, yard dogs, yard mulesContinue Reading