Didn’t get around to trying last year’s elementary OS 8.0 release? No bother as elementary OS 8.0.1 arrived this week, providing an opportune jumping-on point for new users. Based atop the recent Ubuntu 24.04.2 release, elementary OS 8.1 is powered by Linux kernel 6.11, Mesa , etc. The kernel upliftContinue Reading
The View From On High – Live From the International Space Station – YouTube Watch On On Episode 154 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Space TV director Liam Kennedy about bringing content and video from the International Space Station down to Earth. If you’ve ever wondered what theContinue Reading
The astronauts of SpaceX’s Fram2 mission, which will fly over Earth’s poles. From left to right: Mission specialist and medical officer Eric Phillips, commander Chun Wang, pilot Rabea Rogge and vehicle commander Jannicke Mikkelsen. (Image credit: SpaceX) A new mission from SpaceX will soon send humans over Earth’s poles for the first time ever. LaunchingContinue Reading
New research by scientists from ETH Zurich, the University of Cambridge and the University of Science and Technology of China shows that large closed-basin lakes can combine high concentrations of phosphorus at steady state with extremely high rates of biological productivity. The post Large Lakes Supplied Essential Element during OriginsContinue Reading
Hyundai says it will expand production capacity by two-thirds at its sprawling new electric vehicle plant in Georgia. Hyundai Motor Group Executive Chairman Euisun Chung told employees, dignitaries and reporters at a ceremony celebrating the plant’s opening W…Continue Reading
According to VideoCardz, Nvidia’s board partners have received the final specifications for the upcoming RTX 5060 Ti. Additionally, prior reports indicate that Nvidia has pushed the launches for the 5060 Ti and standard 5060 back by a few weeks.Read Entire Article…Continue Reading
Rhythmos.io, a provider of data analytics for utilities and EV fleet operators, has won a $170,000 grant from the State of Michigan Office of Future Mobility and Electrification for a pilot program focused on grid-edge optimized EV charging. The pilot will take place in the Grand Rapids service territory ofContinue Reading
Mining exploration firm South Star Battery Metals has signed a memorandum of understanding with the University of Alabama (UA) at Tuscaloosa on behalf of its Alabama Mobility and Power (AMP) Center to support a battery anode materials program in the US. The program would encompass research and development, pilot-scale demonstration,Continue Reading
Five Years Ago This week in 2020, the pandemic news continued. Some people were attempting to leverage it to call for longer patent terms, while we were calling for loosening the intellectual property reins, and the DOJ was using it to justify indefinite detention of arrested people. Libraries were lookingContinue Reading
A new version of Calibre, the Swiss-army knife for e-book management is out, and it brings some notable new features for e-bookworms to dig into. Calibre 8.0.1 boasts improved support for Kobo e-readers, with Calibre now equipped to natively edit, view and convert Kobo’s proprietary KEPUB file format to regularContinue Reading
Buying goodies from a trendy food truck can get expensive. But I’ll bet that even the most desperate TikTok foodie hasn’t dropped more than a grand at once on something they can’t actually eat. But you can if you’re attending Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference (GTC), where the company is selling its RTX 5080 and 5090Continue Reading
DoorDash and Klarna are partnering to offer consumers a buy now, pay later option when ordering food delivery., (NewsNation) — Do those food delivery fees give you sticker shock? Well, DoorDash app users will soon be able to eat now and pay later. The food delivery app and Klarna, aContinue Reading
A new version of Miracle-WM, the Mir-based tiling window manager developed by Canonical engineer Matthew Kosarek is out, the first update to be released this year. Miracle-WM 0.5 adds a number of new features, compatibility enhancements, and (at long last) introduces a couple of animations. Yes, animations—remember: Miracle-WM wants toContinue Reading