local-ai-jargon-quiz:-do-you-know-all-these-buzzwords?

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AI is moving fast. Its jargon is moving even faster. Half of it doesn’t mean what you’d guess from the name. After all, tokens are not coins. Terms like harness and quantization are everywhere in local AI conversation, and often people don’t even know what these terms mean. I putContinue Reading

obscura-vpn-now-offers-a-desktop-app-for-linux

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Obscura VPN has launched a native Linux app, giving desktop users an easier way to access it (without wrangling Wireguard configuration files). Linux isn’t short of VPN providers, but Obscura, founded by former Bitcoin Core contributor Carl Dong, has a different pitch to most. Rather than your traffic being routedContinue Reading

Risks of Decompression Sickness and Venous Thromboembolism during Spaceflight and Patent Foramen Ovale Implications

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Kim Lowe Human Systems Standards Integrator Sep 22, 2026 The purpose of this working group was to assemble a panel of experts to review the most recent data related to extravehicular activity (EVA) prebreathe testing and decompression sickness (DCS) events, venous thromboembolism (VTE) in-flight occurrences, and patent foramen ovale (PFO) implication as they relate toContinue Reading

Spain’s First Astronaut, Pedro Duque, Named IEEE Honorary Member

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Many youngsters fascinated by exploring outer space dream of becoming an astronaut, but few do. One who had the right stuff is Pedro Duque, who was Spain’s first astronaut. The aeronautics engineer flew aboard the space shuttle Discovery and the International Space Station. After retiring as an astronaut, he headed Spain’s Ministry of Science, InnovationContinue Reading

powerup-america-to-build-four-new-nevi-fast-ev-charging-sites-in-north-carolina

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US charge point operator PowerUp America has been selected to receive four new funding awards through the North Carolina DOT’s National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program. The company will use the funding to bring public DC fast charging stations to Chocowinity, Plymouth, Wadesboro and Whiteville, communities located along North Carolina’sContinue Reading

advertising-is-content:-an-absurd-ikea-mod-for-skyrim

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A theme going on many years here at Techdirt has been the idea that separating content and advertising, as was the traditional model, makes far less sense in the modern era. Audiences are no longer captive in the way they used to be, with many ways to skip advertising. EntertainmentContinue Reading