Vantor’s WorldView-3 satellite captured this photo of a doomed SpaceX Starlink satellite on Dec. 18, 2025. (Image credit: Satellite image ©2025 Vantor) We just got a great up-close look at a SpaceX Starlink satellite in orbit, thanks to Vantor’s WorldView-3 spacecraft. On Wednesday (Dec. 17), this particular Starlink suffered an anomaly that caused a lossContinue Reading
South Korean startup Innospace launches its first Hanbit-Nano rocket from Alcantara Space Center in Brazil on Dec. 22, 2025. The launch failed about a minute after liftoff. (Image credit: Innospace) South Korean startup Innospace failed in its bid to make history on Monday night (Dec. 22). The company launched its Hanbit-Nano rocket from the AlcantaraContinue Reading
Our take on the trends that will shape desktop Linux and open source in the year ahead., Read More From It’s FOSSContinue Reading
These handy utilities tools simplify installing and managing binaries from GitHub releases on Linux., Read More From It’s FOSSContinue Reading
VisIC Technologies, which is developing gallium nitride (GaN) power semiconductors for EVs, has announced the second closing of its Series B funding, securing $26 million. The round was led by an unnamed global semiconductor company and included participation from automakers Hyundai Motor and Kia. The lead investor’s focus on advancingContinue Reading
Nissan has started production of the third generation of its LEAF EV at its plant in Sunderland, England. The new LEAF features a 75 kWh battery pack, and boasts a range of up to 386 miles per charge. The UK government has confirmed that the Leaf will qualify for theContinue Reading
hands on Infinite Machine, a New York-based electric vehicle startup, began with a stolen Vespa. ……Continue Reading
For an aircraft that many people had initially written off a few years ago, the Airbus Airbus A380 is quietly racking up fresh schedule headlines as we head into 2026. The pattern is not a full-scale return to the global peak of superjumbo operations, but rather something significantly more targeted.Continue Reading
2024 and 2025 were stellar years for Airbus’ smaller widebody, with the European planemaker picking up first-time orders from major well-respected airlines and several other airlines doubling down on their A330-900 commitments. Airbus even officially launched a new A330neo variant this year!Continue Reading
I guess I’m a masochist, so here we go. In my recent post about Let It Die: Inferno and the game developer’s fairly minimal use of AI and machine learning platforms, I attempted to make the point that wildly stratified opinions on the use or non-use of AI was makingContinue Reading
Elementary OS 8.1 has landed, and it’s a much bigger deal than a point release suggests. The update brings Wayland by default, fresh apps, visual polish, and more than a thousand fixes aimed at making the distro smoother, faster and more ‘inclusive’. Building on the Ubuntu 24.04.3 LTS base andContinue Reading
Vince Zampella, one of the creators behind bestselling video games such as Call of Duty, has died. He was 55. Video game company Electronic Arts said Zampella died Sunday. The company did not disclose his cause of death. In 2010, Zampella founded Respawn Entertainment, a subsidiary of EA, and heContinue Reading
A creative director from Sweden, Petter Rudwall, devised a method to manipulate the thinking of AI chatbots, such as ChatGPT., A creative director from Sweden, Petter Rudwall, devised a method to manipulate the thinking of AI chatbots, such as ChatGPT., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading