The platform believes social factors like age, income, and education influence buyers’ decisions over home layouts., (NewsNation) — A new tech startup, Oyssey, is launching an app that lets homebuyers view potential neighbors’ political affiliations based on election results and campaign contributions, according to The Guardian. Launching this month inContinue Reading
LONDON (AP) — Apple complained that requests from Meta Platforms for access to its operating software threaten user privacy, in a spat fueled by the European Union’s intensifying efforts to get the iPhone maker to open up to products from tech rivals. The 27-nation EU’s executive Commission is drawing upContinue Reading
A sizeable update to the free, open-source video editor Kdenlive is now available to download. Kdenlive 24.12 arrives stuffed like a seasonal bird with bug fixes, performance tweaks, and usability enhancements. Additionally, the editor’s developers have removed support for Qt5 so that, as of this release, it is entirely Qt6.Continue Reading
New research has uncovered a potential unintended consequence of the electric vehicle transition in India and China, finding that sulfur dioxide emissions could actually increase over current levels if the countries were to fully onshore their electric vehicle supply chains. The overwhelming majority of those emissions would come from refining and manufacturing nickel and cobaltContinue Reading
I’ll preface this post by saying a part of me hates writing posts like this. We recently talked about a trademark lawsuit brought by KFC against Church’s Chicken centered on Church’s advertisements of a return to its “original recipe” for some of its chicken. Powering the suit was the trademarkContinue Reading
Irish/UK technology company Go Eve has obtained European CE Mark certification for its DockChain EV charging technology. DockChain enables multiple vehicles to connect to a single fast charger through a daisy chain of compact charging points. Each vehicle on a chain charges one at a time, at full power. TheContinue Reading
Sponsored by Littelfuse. Ditch the plug! Make wireless EV charging a reality now! Unique components ensure safety, efficiency and reliability . Imagine an EV charging experience that’s as seamless and intuitive as parking your car—just “park, charge, and go.” For the end-user, the appeal is clear: No more heavy cablesContinue Reading
Zotac briefly leaked listings for five graphics cards from Nvidia’s upcoming GeForce RTX 5000 series. The mistake marks the first official confirmation that the lineup, codenamed Blackwell, continues the RTX branding. More information regarding video memory arrangements has also emerged.Read Entire Article…Continue Reading
A Russian cosmonaut releases a bundle of trash during a spacewalk outside the International Space Station on Dec. 19, 2024. (Image credit: NASA+) A Russian cosmonaut took a short ride at the end of a robotic arm to jettison spent equipment that he and a crewmate collected during a spacewalk outside the International Space StationContinue Reading
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and Crew Dragon capsule for the company’s Crew-9 astronaut mission to the ISS stand on the pad before their Sept. 28, 2024 launch. (Image credit: SpaceX) SpaceX has signed a deal to fly two more private astronaut missions to the International Space Station (ISS) using its Falcon 9 rocket andContinue Reading
Over twenty years ago, I took an exciting flight from Cape Town (CPT) to Johannesburg (JNB). I used to fly the route regularly, as well as many long-haul flights from both airports. But on this occasion, I chose a different, smaller airline that I had never flown on for oneContinue Reading
On December 19th, 2024, United Airlines announced a sizable expansion of its domestic and international network from Denver International Airport (DEN), the third-busiest airport in the nation and a major fortress hub for the airline. The centerpiece of this expansion will be a new 5,563-mile nonstop seasonal service from theContinue Reading
Workers at seven Amazon facilities went on strike Thursday, an effort by the Teamsters union to pressure the e-commerce company for a labor agreement during a key shopping period. The Teamsters said the workers, who voted to authorize strikes in recent days, joined picket lines after Amazon ignored a SundayContinue Reading