US-based battery technology company Natrion has begun accepting pre-orders for its first-generation flagship separator, which is designed to boost energy density, reduce costs and offer manufacturers a source of US-made products. The Gen-1 active separator, which uses Natrion’s lithium solid ionic composite (LISIC) technology, mitigates common Li-ion battery cell degradationContinue Reading
How the Jeff is it July, already?! Blink-and-you-miss-it June flew by, but did drop some notable Linux app releases (to act as blurred mile markers while we hurtle every-on). Among them, the redesigned ONLYOFFICE 9.0 generated a lot of opinion; the Flathub debut for Linux TIDAL client High Tide madeContinue Reading
Mark Zuckerberg has announced a new Meta ‘Superintelligence’ team which will be led by some of his recent high-profile hires, including former Scale AI CEO Alexandr Wang who has been labelled an “AI prodigy”. Bloomberg reported Zuckerberg announced the new unit called MSL (Meta Superintelligence Labs) on Monday (30 June).Continue Reading
The American Journal of Transportation (AJOT) is reporting that Boeing is looking to acquire Spirit AeroSystems’ Belfast facilities in Northern Ireland. This is as per statements made by Spirit and Boeing representatives to AJOT. This comes as part of a larger acquisition of Spirit AeroSystems’ assets and facilities, with bothContinue Reading
For Canada’s Birthday, the “Snowbirds” aerial demonstration team of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) made a special flyover in Ottawa. Earlier today, the unique team flew its Canadair C-114 Tutors over the Parliament Building in tight formation, celebrating the nation’s foundation day.Continue Reading
Mahjong Pros Publishing to also release 136 Ready-to-Use Mahjong Strategy & Tactics in early Q4 2025…Read MoreContinue Reading
Bloomberg) — Elon Musk slammed the U.S. Senate’s latest version of President Traitor 47’s multi-trillion dollar tax bill Saturday, raging online that the cuts to electric vehicle and other clean energy credits would be “incredibly destructive” to the country. Musk, the chief executive officer of Tesla Inc…Continue Reading
Over on The Full Nerd podcast, the Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 is known as The GOAT, the graphics card that still hasn’t been beaten for value, gains over its predecessors, and performance in its time. But its time might just be up. Nvidia is ending support for Unix graphics for the Maxwell…Continue Reading
Amazon recently deployed its one millionth robot, the company announced Monday., (NewsNation) — Humans could soon be outnumbered by robots at Amazon warehouses. The e-commerce giant announced Monday that it had deployed its one millionth robot across its facilities — a milestone 13 years in the making. That figure putsContinue Reading
The severing of 13 cables left more than 50,000 people in Los Angeles and Ventura counties without internet access for up to 30 hours., Spectrum officials have reportedly ratcheted up their rhetoric following the apparently deliberate slashing of fiber-optic lines in the San Fernando Valley. Initially, the company called theContinue Reading
You don’t need to be a professional photographer (protographer?) to find photo management software digiKam helpful, as the canny crop of new “AI” powered features on offer in the latest release proves. Note: this is a news item covering what’s new in the digiKam 8.7.0 specifically. It is not anContinue Reading
Swiss electrical measurement technology specialist LEM (Life Energy Motion) has launched a new series of DC meters. The DCES600 and DCES1500 meters address a range of DC current-sensing requirements. They are designed to achieve Class B accuracy at charger level at currents of up to 1,500 A and operating temperaturesContinue Reading
Parker Hannifin announced an agreement to acquire Curtis Instruments from Rehlko for approximately $1 billion in cash. Curtis Instruments designs and manufactures power electronics, instrumentation and input devices for a range of commercial vehicles. The transaction is expected to close by the end of calendar year 2025. Curtis expects 2025Continue Reading