The European Union Council is once again debating its controversial message scanning proposal, aka “Chat Control,” that would lead to the scanning of private conversations of billions of people. Chat Control, which EFF has strongly opposed since it was first introduced in 2022, keeps being mildly tweaked and pushed by one Council presidency after another. ChatContinue Reading
Ubuntu has announced the codename of its next release, 26.04 LTS, as “Resolute Raccoon”. The codename was chosen by former Debian and Ubuntu release manager (and long-time Canonical employee) Steve Langasek, who passed away at the start of 2025. All Ubuntu releases get a distinctive codename pairing an adjective with anContinue Reading
Altman promises copyright holders a cut of video revenue, if he ever figures out how to make some. analysis OpenAI’s new Sora 2 video generator has become the most popular free app in Apple’s App Store since launching last week. It has also drawn ire from Hollywood studios and anyoneContinue Reading
Musk space biz: ‘Anyone else that wants to use the spectrum must coordinate with us first’ EchoStar says it has met the regulatory conditions to maintain the spectrum it is selling to Musk’s rocketeers.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
From GitHub repositories to technical documentation, Markdown is an extremely popular lightweight markup language. Basically, markdown files are plain text, but they follow certain syntax and when they are rendered, you see a beautiful document with headings, bullet points, code boxes and more. There are many Markdown editors available forContinue Reading
Germany-based VI-grade, a provider of human-centric simulation-driven vehicle development solutions and part of testing and measurement company Hottinger Brüel & Kjær (HBK)’s Virtual Test Division, has formed a partnership with electric drive simulation specialist MoBeLIV to help engineers validate EV powertrains. The agreement appoints HBK and its affiliates, including VI-grade,Continue Reading
Sponsored by Pickering. EV platforms live at the intersection of high voltage, high power and strict safety requirements. From battery packs and traction inverters to DC fast chargers and cable harnesses, engineers must prove that insulation is sound during development and at end-of-line. That is the role of high-potential testing.Continue Reading
Semiconductor maker AMD will supply its chips to artificial intelligence company OpenAI as part of an agreement to team up on building AI infrastructure, the companies said Monday. OpenAI will also get the option to buy as much as a 10% stake in AMD, according to a joint statement announcingContinue Reading
Artist’s illustration of Inversion’s Arc cargo-delivery spacecraft in Earth orbit. (Image credit: Inversion) A new private spacecraft aims to help the U.S. military get key supplies where they’re needed, and fast. On Wednesday (Oct. 1), the California-based company Inversion unveiled Arc, a vehicle designed to serve as an orbital storehouse and superfast delivery system forContinue Reading
Astronaut Ed White on the cover of Andy Saunders’ “Gemini and Mercury Remastered” (Image credit: Black Dog & Leventhal) In a project of Herculean proportions, British author and historian Andy Saunders has returned to the NASA archives to follow up his epic ” Apollo Remastered ” photographic book from 2022 to create and curate anotherContinue Reading
Airbus has spent decades defining the modern sky, from the groundbreaking A300 in the 1970s to the double-decker A380 and the ultra-efficient A350. But as the 2020s wind down, one question to ask is, what comes next? Boeing is already teasing its Boeing 737 MAX replacement development while climate goalsContinue Reading
In the world of aviation, long delays are hardly unusual, but few programs have faced the scale and persistence of the Boeing 777X. Once heralded as the next leap in widebody twin-jet efficiency and capability, the 777X has repeatedly slipped its certification and delivery timelines.Continue Reading
Tesla, GM lead record U.S. EV sales this year as federal incentives end CNBCGMC’s higher-end trucks and SUVs are driving General Motors’ bottom line Yahoo FinanceThe Biggest Winners and Losers in Auto Sales in Q3 2025 Car and DriverGM Q3 sales rise 8% on growth in both gas and electric vehicles General MotorsGM Has Already Sold More Electric VehiclesContinue Reading