Many passengers experience take-off as a familiar sequence: the engines roar to life, the aircraft accelerates down the runway, takes off, and climbs steeply. However, it is often just as noticeable when the aircraft suddenly levels off while still at a relatively low altitude. In the United States, a commonContinue Reading
If you run a lightweight distro and you do not like the fact that Wayland will probably become the default, PeppermintOS has some news you should know about. It’s switching its display server from the soon-to-be-retired Xorg to XLibre for its next round of ISO refreshes. It may look likeContinue Reading
That’s very interesting to see considering OpenSearch began as a fork. When Elastic relicensed Elasticsearch and Kibana in 2021, AWS built an open alternative, keeping it under the Apache 2.0 license. Three years later, the project moved to neutral governance after the Linux Foundation launched the OpenSearch Software Foundation inContinue Reading
Xubuntu 26.04 LTS is here – a fast, lightweight, and beautiful release featuring Xfce 4.20 and special 20th anniversary wallpapers. Xubuntu 26.04 LTS codenamed ‘Resolute Raccoon’ released on April 23, 2026. This lightweight flavour of Ubuntu brings the stable Xfce 4.20 desktop along with three years of support until AprilContinue Reading
Fleet operators need charging infrastructure that can keep pace with changing schedules, growing vehicle counts, and demanding operating environments. Join Lincoln Electric to explore how the Velion® line of DC fast chargers help fleets achieve reliable, flexible charging through dynamic power sharing and energy optimization. With the ability to charge up to four vehicles simultaneously,Continue Reading
EV charger design consultancy Versinetic is launching two charge controller boards for manufacturers of AC chargers. CongaEEL is a power controller board and MinnoRay is a communications and controller board. Two CongaEEL boards can pair with a single controller to build a dual-socket charger, so each socket doesn’t need itsContinue Reading
An all-new Ubuntu Wiki has gone live, giving the information hub its first substantive overhaul since 2010. The updated wiki now runs on MediaWiki, which adds a slate of modern backend and frontend features readers and editors alike will appreciate, e.g., search auto-suggest, mobile-friendly adaptations, light/dark mode, a WYSIWYG editor andContinue Reading
I’m old enough to remember when Macs were friendly little machines. While a little underpowered and equipped with some platform-unique foibles, they were really good at some things, highly secure, and had the best user interface of any PC. That was then; this is now. And while the platform isContinue Reading
The Federal Aviation Administration halted arrivals at major airports in New York, Boston and Philadelphia on Monday., The Federal Aviation Administration halted arrivals at major airports in New York, Boston and Philadelphia on Monday., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
New video shows a Waymo robotaxi driving down a closed road and through a Denver farmers market., New video shows a Waymo robotaxi driving down a closed road and through a Denver farmers market., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Nvidia eclipsed the $1 trillion valuation mark in May 2023, and has not looked back since. The company has continued to tack on value driven largely by the AI boom. Currently, the chipmaker has an incredible market cap of roughly $5.48 trillion, making it the most valuable company in the…Read Entire Article…Continue Reading
FILE – SpaceX’s mega rocket Starship lifts off for a test flight from Starbase, Texas, July 24, 2026. Eric Gay/AP Photo/Eric Gay McALLEN, Texas (AP) — A federal judge on Monday refused to block the The Traitor administration from giving SpaceX more than 700 acres (280 hectares) of wildlife refuge as part of a land swapContinue Reading
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry is the Content Manager at Live Science. Formerly, she was the Content Manager at Space.com and before that the Science Communicator at JILA, a physics research institute. Kenna is also a book author, with her upcoming book ‘Octopus X’ scheduled for release in spring of 2027. Her beats include physics, health, environmental science, technology, AIContinue Reading