Private mission to rescue NASA’s aging telescope runs into its own trouble

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FILE – This photo provided by NASA shows Kieran Wilson, LINK’s principal investigator, and Hunter Robertson, a space systems engineer, both at Katalyst Space, standing next to their spacecraft inside the SES (Space Environment Simulator) at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, Md., April 17, 2026, ahead of thermal vacuum testing. (Sophia Roberts/NASA viaContinue Reading

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Canonical is bringing thoughtful, local-first AI to Ubuntu – enhancing accessibility, enabling intelligent agents, and keeping user privacy and open source values at the core. As we move through 2026, large language models (LLMs) and AI tools have become ubiquitous across the tech industry. Adoption varies widely – some projectsContinue Reading

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As electric vehicle manufacturers scale production, quality teams face a difficult challenge: critical defects are often hidden inside batteries, castings, connectors, welds, electronics, and other high-value components. Traditional inspection methods can miss internal issues, require destructive teardown, or create bottlenecks that make comprehensive inspection impractical. Industrial CT gives manufacturers andContinue Reading

new-report:-dc-coupled-energy-hubs-reduce-costs-and-overcome-grid-constraints-for-ev-fleets

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Microgrids are a hot topic these days, and with good reason—supporting EV charging infrastructure with battery storage, on-site generation and V2X technology can overcome grid constraints and reduce costs. Cenex has published new research detailing how DC-coupled smart energy hubs can help organisations accelerate fleet electrification while unlock substantial energyContinue Reading

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Artificial intelligence is becoming a force multiplier for Apple security research. Apple’s latest 26.5.2 software update includes patches for a record number of bugs — many of them identified by security researchers using AI-assisted tools. A record haul of fixes The numbers tell the story. Apple fixed 87 security vulnerabilities in iOS andContinue Reading

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Operating entirely offline, Kind Local Pro gives individuals local data sovereignty without sacrificing AI performance Synsira Software is addressing the biggest concern with AI: privacy. Today, the company introduced Kind Local Pro, an AI platform that operates independently of corporate cloud-based LLM models and is available to download onto desktopsContinue Reading

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The operational costs of the Airbus A380, with its massive seating capacity, make it very difficult for airlines to operate economically. The aircraft can operate economically on select thick routes, especially when airports are heavily slot-constrained, such as London Heathrow. Their high fuel use is also partly compensated by theContinue Reading