Gemstone-filled river and striped mountain ridge form massive ‘Y’ in China’s revitalized desert — Earth from space

In the heart of China’s Takalamakan Desert a winding verdant river and striped rocky ridge for a giant Y-shape structure, which is also home to an ancient fort. (Image credit: NASA/Landsat 9) QUICK FACTS Where is it? Taklamakan Desert, China [38.459991514, 80.87050739] What’s in the photo? A river and a mountain range forming a giantContinue Reading

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Caitlin Kalinowski, who was a member of OpenAI’s technical staff overseeing hardware, announced Friday that “principle, not people” led to the decision.  , Caitlin Kalinowski, who was a member of OpenAI’s technical staff overseeing hardware, announced Friday that “principle, not people” led to the decision.  , from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading

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Commercial EV builder Xos has announced V2G (Vehicle-to-Grid) production beginning in April 2026 on a major electric school bus platform in North America, and plans to add bidirectional capability to its entire product portfolio, including step vans, powertrains and energy storage solutions. Xos will begin production this April with bidirectionalContinue Reading

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Qualcomm subsidiary Arduino has announced the VENTUNO Q, a new single-board computer that ships with Ubuntu pre-installed. This isn’t a board aimed at casual makers or tech tinkerers bored with their Raspberry Pi, but catering to the demands of AI workloads at the edge: robotics, industrial automation, computer vision. TheContinue Reading

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Are you interested in leveraging Markdown for online content without any website setup or build process? How about seamlessly embedding constraint-free Markdown or HTML into multiple platforms (such as a content management system or learning management system)? The open source project Docsify-This, built with Docsify.js, provides an easy way toContinue Reading