“If a broadcast station permits any legally qualified candidate for public office to use its facilities, it shall provide an equal opportunity to all other legally qualified candidates for that office,” FCC wrote., “If a broadcast station permits any legally qualified candidate for public office to use its facilities, itContinue Reading
Intel and AMD have split the Windows laptop market for years, but the x86 players may be getting outnumbered. It’s not just Apple MacBooks and MediaTek-based Chromebooks using Arm chips anymore. There are finally competent Qualcomm Snapdragon laptops running Windows, and – as soon as this spring – Nvidia will finally power Windows consumer laptopsContinue Reading
The feline-faced AI assistant just got a neat upgrade. 🐱, Read More From It’s FOSSContinue Reading
The state-owned Bolivian National Strategic Public Company of Lithium Deposits (Yacimientos de Litio Bolivianos, YLB) has submitted an application to patent a process for the direct extraction of lithium from complex brines, as well as the industrial design of a fast-charging portable charger. The Patent of Invention and the PatentContinue Reading
Every year, a little after New Years, I do a post about the previous year of Techdirt traffic and comments. You may notice that we skipped last year’s for 2024. 2025 was so crazy with everything happening, we just didn’t get around to it, and I kept saying I wouldContinue Reading
New research by MIT planetary scientists shows how striking differences in the polar vortex patterns of Jupiter and Saturn may be driven by deep interior properties, offering fresh clues about the structure of gas giants. The post Polar Cyclones Reveal Hidden Interiors of Jupiter and Saturn appeared first on Sci.News:Continue Reading
A wild winter storm is set to wreak havoc on American aviation this weekend, with snow forecasted to impact areas from as far East as Massachusetts, and to the west in New Mexico. At the time of writing, more than 8,000 flights have been cancelled (according to FlightAware), including bothContinue Reading
SkyMiles is the name of the loyalty program operated by Delta Air Lines. By signing up for Delta SkyMiles, you may earn miles to be used for Delta flights, you’re entitled to complimentary onboard WiFi, and your miles never expire. However, the SkyMiles program also has many more benefits thatContinue Reading
Meta is halting teens’ access to artificial intelligence characters, at least temporarily, the company said in a blog post Friday. Meta Platforms Inc., which own Instagram and WhatsApp, said that starting in the “coming weeks,” teens will no longer be able to access AI characters “until the updated experience isContinue Reading
Smartphone weather apps that summarize their forecasts with eye-popping numbers and bright icons may be handy during mild weather, but meteorologists say it’s better to listen to human expertise during multi-faceted, dangerous winter storms like the one blowing through the U.S. The multistate storm’s combination of heavy snow, treacherous iceContinue Reading
Electric vehicle owners in Victoria have been greeted by a frustrating sight recently. Instead of a high-powered DC connector ready to top up their battery, they are finding severed stumps of rubber and copper. Evie Networks recently took to social media to highlight a string of attacks in the Dandenong area…Continue Reading
The transition from x86/x64 architecture (the stuff that’s been powering desktops and laptops for decades) to Arm architecture (the stuff more usually found inside smartphones) was supposed to be a massive change for Windows. It certainly hasn’t been that, at least not with the first couple of generations of Qualcomm chips…Continue Reading
Microorganisms rarely live alone. Instead, they form dense, organized communities known as biofilms, structured assemblies of bacteria, fungi, and other microbes embedded in a shared matrix. These communities coat plant roots, line human tissues, and support essential processes like nutrient uptake, stress tolerance, and protection against disease. Researchers are now suggesting that biofilms may alsoContinue Reading