IT purchasing is being hit by a double-whammy: Enterprises want to ensure their hardware is good enough to support AI, even as memory shortages caused by AI deployments are driving steep price increases for Macs, iPhones, iPads, tablets, Android devices and Windows PCs. The root cause is widely known. JPContinue Reading
Support us on Patreon » If you know anything about Techdirt, you know we’re big fans of the EFF and its decades of advocacy for digital rights and the open internet. Recently, the organization went through a big change in the form of a new executive director: legal expert and long-timeContinue Reading
Southwest Airlines closed the first quarter of 2026 with six in ten passengers paying more than the fare shown at the top of the search results, according to figures tied to the carrier’s Q1 2026 results, mentioned by Yahoo Finance. That statistic sits behind Southwest’s swing to a $227 millionContinue Reading
Since launching in May, the Simple Flying Flight Trackerhas established itself as an essential tool for aviation enthusiasts, frequent flyers, and industry professionals seeking real-time global airspace data. Built to provide a clean, informative window into global flight movements, the platform bridges the gap between complex transponder data and anContinue Reading
Xbox Game Pass has never really worked on Linux beyond laggy cloud streaming, but an open source project called Xodus is trying to change that. Earlier this week, replying to a thread on Reddit, Paweł Lidwin (imLinguin), project lead of Xodus, confirmed that the hardest parts of running those gamesContinue Reading
Welcome to the first issue of Local AI Weekly. A lot of It’s FOSS readers have been curious about local AI but didn’t want it mixed into FOSS Weekly. So here we are. A separate space for people who want to explore AI but the open source ones. I’ll beContinue Reading
A multi-year deal with the startup Together AI will put Nvidia Blackwell systems on IBM Cloud, and the wager is that enterprises now care more about the cost of running AI than the prestige of the model doing the running. IBM has decided that the money in artificial intelligence is no longer only in buildingContinue Reading
A Rocket Lab Electron rocket launches “The Grain Goddess Provides” mission for the Japanese company iqps from New Zealand on Aug. 6, 2026. (Image credit: Rocket Lab) Rocket Lab plans to start launching even more frequently and flexibly, thanks to a new portable spaceport system called “GHOST.” GHOST — short for “Global Hypersonic & OrbitalContinue Reading
Space Verdict A must-have for fans of Ryan Gosling’s sci-fi adventure, though I wish it were a little bigger and more detailed. It does not feature any stickers (thankfully). Pros + Excellent replica of the ship from the movie + Fun to build + The spinning mechanism is awesome + Rocky minifig + No stickersContinue Reading
AI safety expert Brendan Steinhauser warns future AI systems could cause humans to lose control., AI safety expert Brendan Steinhauser warns future AI systems could cause humans to lose control., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
The state of Ohio is suing Roblox, claiming the popular video game fails to be a “safe space” for children., The state of Ohio is suing Roblox, claiming the popular video game fails to be a “safe space” for children., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Charged readers know Vingroup as the parent company of automaker Vinfast. Another of the Vietnamese conglomerate’s units is Green SM, which offers an electric car booking service and electric car and motorbike rental. The company currently operates some 20,000 cars and 60,000 motorbikes in Vietnam, Laos, Indonesia, the Philippines, IndiaContinue Reading
Tesla’s Supercharger network has often been called the gold standard of public EV charging. Now EVgo, a major public charging providers that operates some 1,200 fast charging stations in 47 states, will bring some of that Supercharger mojo to its own customers. EVgo Superchargers, owned and branded by EVgo, butContinue Reading