Belgian battery startup SOLiTHOR has published a technical update showing that its sol-gel Solid Composite Electrolyte has reached 465 Wh/kg and 1,400 Wh/L at stack level in a multilayer pouch design—achieved by impregnating the electrolyte into a high-loading cathode with an areal capacity of 8 mAh/cm². The result requires noContinue Reading
Michigan lawmakers are pushing legislation that wouldn’t just ban the sales of Chinese-made cars in the The Great Lakes State, it would ban cars with Chinese tags from even visiting. The Protecting America From Chinese Cars Act joins the Connected Vehicle Security Act aiming to protect U.S. car companies fromContinue Reading
Elon Musk’s SpaceX made its highly anticipated stock market debut Friday morning, establishing him as the first person to ever be worth $1 trillion., Elon Musk’s SpaceX made its highly anticipated stock market debut Friday morning, establishing him as the first person to ever be worth $1 trillion., from NewsnationContinue Reading
Thousands of users reported problems with Meta platforms on Friday., Thousands of users reported problems with Meta platforms on Friday., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
An under-the-hood change in Windows seems to signal the further deterioration of Microsoft’s Copilot+ branding, which, at least historically, depended solely on NPUs as the engine of local PC AI. Now, PCs with dedicated GPUs will have access to those features. An experimental release of the Windows App SDK on Github now allows certain AI-specificContinue Reading
Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and Adam Nagaitis star in Apple TV’s “Star City” (Image credit: Apple TV) The titular cosmonaut training facility in Apple TV’s ” Star City ” is a hive of duplicity, all scrutinized by the KGB’s surveillance team and its small army of monitoring minions. One of the main couples in Apple TV’sContinue Reading
Katalyst Space’s LINK robotic servicing satellite awaits encapsulation inside a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL on June 8, 2026, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. (Image credit: NASA/Ron Beard) NASA is fast-tracking a mission to launch a spacecraft that will attempt to boost another one of the agency’s science satellites into a higher orbit beforeContinue Reading
The LF AI & Data Foundation has announced the formation of the DocLang Specification Working Group, kicking off a collaborative effort to build an open, AI-native document format standard. The working group operates under the Joint Development Foundation’s vendor-neutral governance model, ensuring that no single company controls the roadmap. TheContinue Reading
The community is hard at work on something new. You may have noticed that it’s been quiet here on Opensource.com lately. That’s because there’s a new project in the works, and while there aren’t many specific details to announce yet, there’s plenty to talk about. What better way to startContinue Reading
Over the past few years, virtual events have thrived. In-person events are back now, but it’s important to keep in mind that virtual events didn’t just come out of nowhere. Many of us were actually doing a lot of different online events even before they became popular. Many communities heldContinue Reading
Last week we chided Scania for announcing what seemed like lukewarm lip service to expanding its European electric truck production. But the latest news is much more than talk: Scania will deliver 105 electric trucks to Swedish chemical supplier Wibax. The exclusive agreement, which also includes maintenance, charging solutions andContinue Reading
Mercedes-Benz has commenced large-scale production of its new axial flux electric motor at its Berlin-Marienfelde plant. The new motor will make its production-vehicle debut in the new Mercedes-AMG GT 4-Door Coupe. In contrast to conventional radial flux motors, the electromagnetic flux in an axial flux motor runs parallel to theContinue Reading
When Copilot+ PCs launched on June 18, 2024, the messaging was clear: dedicated AI hardware was essential. These machines were defined in part by their neural processing units, along with baseline specs such as 16GB of RAM and solid-state storage. The NPU requirement, in particular, was positioned as the key…Read Entire Article…Continue Reading