ULA’s second Vulcan Centaur rocket lifts off from Florida’s Cape Canaveral Space Force Station on Oct. 4, 2024. (Image credit: ULA) The U.S. Space Force has swapped rockets for an upcoming GPS satellite launch. Next month’s GPS III-8 mission had been slated to fly atop United Launch Alliance (ULA)’s new Vulcan Centaur rocket. But VulcanContinue Reading
Wheelchair users with severe disabilities can often navigate tight spaces better than most robotic systems can. A wave of new smart-wheelchair research, including findings presented in Anaheim, Calif., earlier this month, is now testing whether AI-powered systems can, or should, fully close this gap. Christian Mandel—senior researcher at the German Research Center for Artificial IntelligenceContinue Reading
“Kalshi has repeatedly stated that its operations are legal in 50 states, which is clearly not true,” Mike Dreitzer said., “Kalshi has repeatedly stated that its operations are legal in 50 states, which is clearly not true,” Mike Dreitzer said., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
TOKYO (AP) — A video taken by tiny drones sent into one of three damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant showed a gaping hole in the thick-walled steel container of the core, with lumps of likely melted fuel debris hanging from it, in a first sighting ofContinue Reading
For many drivers, the question is no longer whether an EV could work for them – it is simply a matter of when…Continue Reading
Most consumer routers give you a locked-down firmware, a few years of updates if you are lucky, and a web UI that makes you miss the terminal. Routers powered by OpenWrt are a breath of fresh air here, as they give users a full Linux system, a proper package manager,Continue Reading
Germany has strictly standardized its digital document requirements. The Deutschland-Stack (in Deutsch), the country’s new sovereign digital infrastructure framework, names just two document formats that public administrations are allowed to use: ODF and PDF/UA . Proprietary document formats from Microsoft like .doc, .ppt, and .xls are not included. What’s happening?Continue Reading
Automotive manufacturers are showing more confidence in EV production as it shifts from a disruptive new process to a more established manufacturing discipline, according to ABB Robotics’ latest Automotive Manufacturing Outlook Survey. ABB says more than two-thirds of manufacturers expect EV production to increase in 2026 versus 2025. Just asContinue Reading
Indian EV company MATTER is integrating Iontra’s battery intelligence technology into what it calls a core layer of its AI-Defined Vehicle platform, with the goal of making battery behavior more adaptive, health-aware, and predictive over the vehicle’s life. The companies say Iontra’s contribution centers on real-time state-of-health sensing and adaptiveContinue Reading
CEO Jensen Huang took the stage at Nvidia’s GTC conference this week in his signature leather jacket to deliver a two-and-a-half-hour keynote, projecting $1 trillion in AI chip sales through 2027, declaring that every company needs an “OpenClaw strategy,” and closing with a rambling Olaf robot that had to get its mic cut…Continue Reading
A new version of free video editor OpenShot has been released, with the app’s developers calling it as one of the ‘biggest releases’ ever in its 18-year history 1 . OpenShot 3.5 ships with a new default timeline (it had been available to test in earlier builds). This offers theContinue Reading
The incident demonstrates the pitfalls of relying too heavily on a Large Language Model powered by AI, one broker says., The incident demonstrates the pitfalls of relying too heavily on a Large Language Model powered by AI, one broker says., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz following U.S. and Israeli airstrikes has cut off helium shipments from Qatar., Iran’s closure of the Strait of Hormuz following U.S. and Israeli airstrikes has cut off helium shipments from Qatar., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading