Ubuntu is adding AI features this year, and founder Mark Shuttleworth hopes to position the Linux distribution as the OS for the ‘agentic’ era. But big ambitions start from small seeds, and the first to be planted is a speech-to-text tool named Myna. This article in our (somewhat pithy) ExplainerContinue Reading
Our brains are not meant to be locked in for eight straight hours during a work/school day. That’s not how these little pink sponges work, no matter what hack productivity gurus on YouTube might try to sell you. What works is cutting the friction around your workflow, and staying onContinue Reading
(Image credit: DIC Audiovisuel & Tokyo Movie Shinsha) It’s not known whether “Ulysses 31” was on Christopher Nolan’s radar in his teenage years, but it’s intriguing to think it could have influenced the director’s decision to take on Homer’s “The Odyssey”. This animated space opera, a French/Japanese co-production, delivered a crash course in Greek mythologyContinue Reading
They may look like it, but these aren’t metal waves. (Image credit: ESA/DLR/FU Berlin) If you still picture Mars as a monotonous red desert, it may be time for an update. The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter has been capturing some of the Red Planet’s most surreal landscapes, and its latest images reveal aContinue Reading
When Flathub banned AI-coded app submissions last month, some critics warned the platform was denying the future by dismissing a new wave of “vibe-coded” software as out-and-out “slop”. Well, new data suggests otherwise, as nearly three-quarters of the rejected apps are already dead, existing only a few months. Linux developer EvangelosContinue Reading
NeoVolta has announced the formation of NeoVolta Power, a joint venture to develop a US battery energy storage system (BESS) manufacturing platform in Pendergrass, Georgia. NeoVolta says the site is intended to add domestic manufacturing capacity for utility-scale and commercial and industrial (C&I) energy storage systems, with mass production expectedContinue Reading
NatPower Marine, a NatPower Group company, has signed a strategic agreement to acquire the Aqua superPower international charging network from ATV Power. NatPower Marine is developing an independent network of ship charging facilities, with the objective of deploying a global network of port electrification and charging infrastructure for the maritimeContinue Reading
Following is a question by the Hon Erik Yim and a written reply by the Secretary for Environment and Ecology, Mr Tse Chin-wan, in the Legislative Council today (July 15): Question: The Updated Version of the Hong Kong Roadmap on Popularisation of Electric Vehicles, announced by the SAR Government in FebruaryContinue Reading
Coca-Cola said it is working to complete its investigation in conjunction with outside advisers and cybersecurity experts., Coca-Cola said it is working to complete its investigation in conjunction with outside advisers and cybersecurity experts., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Dozens of protests are set to take place this weekend as people speak out against AI data centers., Dozens of protests are set to take place this weekend as people speak out against AI data centers., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
I don’t think it’s terribly controversial to say that this second The Traitor administration has never shown much concern for the Hatch Act. If you’re not familiar with that particular law, it makes it illegal for most of the members of the executive branch of the federal government, and someContinue Reading
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While attention fixes on Nvidia and the AI models, the companies quietly wiring the data centres together are booming. Eoptolink, a Chinese maker of high-speed optical transceivers, has filed for a Hong Kong listing that could raise up to $5bn, Bloomberg reports. The plan is a secondary listing on top of its existing Shenzhen shares…Continue Reading