CFOTO via Getty Images During CES 2025, we watched NVIDIA tout its leading position in the artificial intelligence arena for the bulk of the presentation. But it did reveal some new hardware, including its RTX 5000-series GPUs and Project Digits desktop supercomputer (later redubbed Spark). This year…Continue Reading
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You don’t always need to install an open source software on your desktop or self host in your homelab. I use some of my favorites from the comfort of a web browser., Read More From It’s FOSSContinue Reading
Chinese battery giant CATL and automaker SAIC Commercial Vehicle have formed a strategic partnership focused on joint technology research and development, commercial EV ecosystem building and global expansion. The collaboration will include jointly building an integrated smart battery swapping ecosystem and green transportation capacity system encompassing “vehicle, battery, station andContinue Reading
Sponsored by Lumafield. EV-battery engineers wrestle with defects they can’t see until a pack fails. The Engineer’s Guide to Battery Defects lays out how industrial CT surfaces those threats in minutes. As the paper states, “Industrial CT scanning allows battery engineers to visualize and analyze specific issues related to anodesContinue Reading
At the start of the year, Earth will quietly reach a milestone in its orbit around the sun. Known as perihelion, this is the moment when our planet is closer to the sun than at any other point in the year. In 2026, Earth’s perihelion occurs on January 3 at 12:15 p.m. EST or 17:15Continue Reading
Space Verdict This Lego Icons Shuttle Carrier Aircraft is a superb set for adult fans of this memorable but sadly now-retired space vessel. It’s a fun build, which can easily be shared, and once built it looks suitably impressive, displayed in any number of ways. I just wish it didn’t have as many stickers. ProsContinue Reading
As the year wraps up and people are traveling to either celebrate or return home, some airports are experiencing certain conditions and events that are complicating matters. KCTV 5 has reported that a potential security threat at Kansas City International Airportled to a law enforcement investigation on December 31, 2025.Continue Reading
United Airlines has ferried another Boeing 777-200 widebody aircraft to Victorville. According to media reports and flight-tracking data, the aircraft is being stored rather than retired. The 25-year-old Boeing 777-200, registered as N212UA, operated a ferry flight from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) to Southern California Logistics Airport (VCV) inContinue Reading
China’s first mandatory national standard setting limits on energy consumption for electric vehicles will come into force on January 1, 2026, marking a major step toward improving efficiency in the country’s rapidly expanding EV market. The standard, Limits of Energy Consumption for Electric Vehicles – Part 1: Passenger Cars (GB 36980.1—2025…Continue Reading
Got time for a final blast through smaller Linux app updates to round out 2025? There will be plenty of big new releases to look forward to in 2026, no doubt. Before we race head first in to a new year, I felt it right to give one last glanceContinue Reading
Look, I get it. The world is a mess. Important institutions are crumbling. It feels like both the tech and political worlds are collaborating to squeeze all remaining humanity out of all of us. Cynicism is ascendant. Nihilism is the new black. And yet: I remain optimistic. Not the naive,Continue Reading
Per PC Gamer, PC memory prices have spiked massively, and solid state drives are expected to follow shortly., Per PC Gamer, PC memory prices have spiked massively, and solid state drives are expected to follow shortly., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading