Arkema has begun a 15% expansion of its polyvinylidene fluoride (PVDF) capacity at its Calvert City, Kentucky site. The company has invested around $20 million in the project. PVDF is one of the main binder materials used in lithium-ion battery electrodes, where it holds the active material onto the currentContinue Reading
With their numbers already in decline, secretaries and administrative assistants face another growing threat: artificial intelligence tools like ChatGPT and Claude that can accomplish aspects of their workload with a tap. Employment projection data offers a grim outlook for the women-dominated profession that may be particularly vulnerable to AI-induced jobContinue Reading
The U.S. has strongly backed the government’s military modernization plan and increased defense spending., The U.S. has strongly backed the government’s military modernization plan and increased defense spending., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
One hour of satellites over the northern Atacama Desert in Chile in October 2025. (Image credit: F. Kamphues, ESO/M. Kornmesser) If the number of satellites in Earth’s orbit exceeds 100,000, humanity may lose its ability to study the universe from the planet’s surface. That’s the conclusion of a study conducted by astronomers from the EuropeanContinue Reading
FILE – The Russian space station Mir is seen from space shuttle Atlantis during a fly around after Atlantis undocked from Mir Thursday, March 28, 1996, in this image from television. NASA TV via AP KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — Abdul Ahad Momand, Afghanistan ’s first citizen in space, has died at age 67, his familyContinue Reading
As the defunct carrier continues to be sold off piecemeal, Spirit Airlines has filed to sell its two gates at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL). Delta Air Lines will pay $12 million for Gates C4 and C6 pending final review by New York’s Southern Bankruptcy Court, according to WSBTV.Continue Reading
The US Army has taken a major step forward as the military attempts to innovate its unmanned aircraft systems programs to be more competitive on the 21st-century battlefield. The UAS marketplace is a core component of the new drone dominance plan, which aims to procure over one million uncrewed platformsContinue Reading
The war in Iran has helped reshape the global electric vehicle market, giving Chinese automakers an opening across the developing world as fuel prices surge…Continue Reading
Soitec and ZenSemi have formed a strategic collaboration to bring 300 mm BCD-on-SOI (Bipolar-CMOS-DMOS on Silicon-on-Insulator) technology into high-volume production for power electronics. Soitec will supply its 300 mm Power-SOI substrates to ZenSemi, a specialty foundry in China, which is developing and ramping a new BCD-on-SOI process on top ofContinue Reading
Wallbox has launched a new Level 2 EV charger that’s designed to simplify EV charging reimbursement. Wallbox explains that, as EV charging becomes more prevalent in workplace and fleet environments, there’s a growing need for accurate reimbursement solutions. In the EU, corporate vehicles account for around 60% of new carContinue Reading
There are bad takes on AI, and then there are bad takes on AI. Some of you think my takes on the use of AI in gaming are bad. Cool, love you, kiss kiss. I think the takes from folks on both extremes, the never-AI-ers and the AI evangelists, areContinue Reading
June was sweltering, but the summer heat didn’t slow down open-source software developers. Last month delivered a wave of app updates, including the release of Firefox 152 with its streamlined settings, HandBrake resolved its Linux WebM handling and the Audacity 4.0 beta made a brand-new design available for public scrutinyContinue Reading
U.S. adults between the ages of 30 and 49 were the demographic most likely to support a ban., U.S. adults between the ages of 30 and 49 were the demographic most likely to support a ban., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading