Chile’s state-owned Codelco, the world’s leading copper producer, and private miner SQM, which features Chinese capital, announced on Saturday the creation of a giant company to exploit lithium, a lightweight metal used in batteries for electric vehicles. The South American country is the world’s second-largest producer of lithium…Continue Reading
Regulatory filings confirm that Nvidia has acquired roughly 215 million Intel shares at a fixed price of $23.28 per share, a transaction approved by the Federal Trade Commission earlier this month. The deal was first agreed to in September by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan.Read Entire Article…Continue Reading
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December 30, 2025 2 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm NASA’s New Chief Just Put a Fresh Twist on the Texas Space Shuttle Saga NASA’s new boss Jared Isaacman hinted that he could break with Texas lawmakers’ push to move iconic space shuttle Discovery from the Smithsonian to Houston By Claire Cameron editedContinue Reading
Budget model slips in at $45 while other boards climb amid AI-driven component crunch Raspberry Pi has raised prices across much of its latest lineup while launching a new $45 Raspberry Pi 5 with 1GB of RAM, it’s first sub-$50 model in the series.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Rubber-key revival leans on Linux, emulation, and third-party ROMs The Spectrum is an inexpensive home entertainment gadget from Retro Games Ltd (RGL) that’s hauntingly similar to a totally unrelated 1980s home entertainment device that was loved by millions.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Openreach pushes for legal overhaul as apartments fall through fiber rollout gaps Brits living in blocks of flats or apartments risk missing out on high-speed fiber broadband due to quirks in domestic regulations that can hinder access for telco engineers.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
It’s the end of the year and there are fewer new streaming options headed to a device near you. But it’s a great time to catch up on some of best movies,television,music and video games of 2025. The Associated Press has comprehensive guides on the best releases of the yearContinue Reading
DETROIT (AP) — Meta is buying artificial intelligence startup Manus, as the owner of Facebook and Instagram continues an aggressive push to amp up AI offerings across its platforms. The California tech giant declined to disclose financial details of the acquisition. But The Wall Street Journal reported that Meta closedContinue Reading
Maxon has launched Cinebench 2026, updating its long-running benchmark with performance improvements and support for modern hardware, including Nvidia Blackwell and Hopper GPUs, AMD’s Radeon 9000 series, and Apple M4 and M5 systems. The new version moves to an updated Redshift rendering engine and adds a dedicated test for SMT enabled CPU cores.Read Entire Article…Continue Reading
I’ve written repeatedly about how Republicans effectively rewrote the 2021 infrastructure bill (they voted against) to ensure that billions of dollars in taxpayer-funded broadband grants (intended to be spent on affordable, next-generation fiber) was stolen from local communities, and instead given to Elon Musk and Jeff Bezos for expensive, congested satellite service.Continue Reading
Welcome to my 196th weekly routes article! It includes six mini-stories about subjectively exciting services that took off between December 20 and 30.As always, only a selection of additions has been chosen. While not covered below, Mumbai’s new airport welcomed its first commercial flight on Christmas Day.Continue Reading
Earlier in December, a Malta Air Boeing 737 MAX 8 operating on behalf of Ryanair experienced an in-flight engine shutdown in one of the more bizarre aviation incidents that most will ever hear about. According to Malta’s aviation regulator, one of the CFM LEAP-1B engines temporarily shut down due toContinue Reading