So much is made of scientific discoveries in outer space, as we try to broaden our horizons and explore the surface of Mars, but in reality, many of us don’t know much about things right below our feet. The fact is, many of us might not know that the Earth’sContinue Reading
It’s a mystery that has left experts scratching their heads for decades, but just how did humans make their way from Europe to North America? After years of uncertainty, a new discovery might just change everything we previously knew about early human populations. Here is a breakdown of what youContinue Reading
LibDem leader Sir Ed Davey calls Elon Musk a threat to national security The leader of the UK’s Liberal Democrat party is opposing a Tesla subsidiary being granted a license to supply electricity in Britain, calling Elon Musk a threat to national security. …, Read MoreContinue Reading
High Tide, a GTK4/libadawaita app for music streaming service Tidal, has been updated with a bunch of fixes and minor new features. It’s also seen a major version bump, jumping from v0.1.8 to v1.0.0. Given the amount of churn between those two versions, such a leap seems fitting. Audio helperContinue Reading
China hosted the world’s first humanoid robot games in Beijing from 15 to 17 August 2025. A 3-day event organized by the Chinese government as part of the World Robot Conference 2025. The event was held at the National Speed Skating Oval, often known as Ice Ribbon. 280 teams fromContinue Reading
Delta Air Lines is doing something somewhat strange with its brand new, fit-for-flying, Airbus airframes: Leaving them in Europe, rather than bringing them stateside to enter service. At the same time, the US carrier is removing the brand new engines from these brand new aircraft and using them to keepContinue Reading
Aviation fans, mark your calendars! On Wednesday, August 27th, Simple Flying’s Managing Editors, Tom Boon and Sumit Singh, will go live for a special Ask Me Anything (AMA) session, hosted directly on the Simple Flying website using our new threads functionality.Continue Reading
Privacy-focused services like encrypted email, secure messaging, and VPNs are growing in importance with each passing day. We live in an era where dissent is crushed and corporations treat user data like chips on a poker table. Your browsing habits, location data, and online communications have become valuable commodities toContinue Reading
Noveon Magnetics has announced a multi-year supply agreement to deliver rare earth magnets to General Motors. Production has begun and initial magnet deliveries started in July 2025, according to Noveon. The agreement supports a wide range of GM vehicle components, with an explicit focus on the company’s full-size SUVs 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
BANGKOK (AP) — Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said Friday that the company is discussing a potential new computer chip designed for China with the The Traitor administration. Huang was asked about a possible “B30A” semiconductor for artificial intelligence data centers for China while on a visit to Taiwan, where heContinue Reading
Mozilla’s Thunderbird team announced plans earlier this year to launch Thundermail, their own email service and premium Thunderbird Pro subscription backed by a suite of enhanced, if entirely optional, features. This week, MZLA Technologies Corporation gave an update on their plans – plans that could finally let viable open-source, privacy-mindedContinue Reading
As you will recall, a single gunmen opened fire on a CDC campus in Atlanta earlier this month, claiming to have been injured by COVID vaccines. The rhetoric he had used prior to the shooting closely aligned with what RFK Jr. had been spouting for years. While Kennedy took nearlyContinue Reading