New details from federal investigators have revealed the final cockpit exchanges aboard a UPS Airlines cargo flight that crashed shortly after takeoff in Louisville, Kentucky, killing 15 people, including all three pilots on board. The new information, released on Tuesday by the National Transportation Safety Board, was made public duringContinue Reading
The next-generation Northrop Grumman B-21 Raider is now test flying with the United States Air Force and is expected to enter service in 2027. The first bomber the B-21 is expected to replace is the B-1B, before eventually replacing the B-2 Spirit and operating alongside the B-52 into the 2050s.Continue Reading
A UK consortium has completed an end-to-end circular rare earth supply chain for electric vehicle motor magnets, with Ford validating the results at its R&D facility in Dunton, UK. The chain ran as follows: Ionic Technologies, a Belfast-based subsidiary of Australia’s Ionic Rare Earths (ASX: IXR), recycled scrap NdFeB magnetsContinue Reading
The House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee has released its latest version of the Surface Transportation Reauthorization bill, popular known as the highway bill. As it stands, the bill would not reauthorize funding for the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (NEVI) program. It would also repeal the DOT’s Reduction of Truck EmissionsContinue Reading
A couple weeks back, Supreme Court watcher Steve Vladeck pointed out a fascinating “tell” by Justice Samuel Alito in dealing with stays that he will issue on shadow docket requests. If he is prone to agree with the underlying claim, he’ll issue an unbounded stay on a lower court’s ruling.Continue Reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Call him the Trader in Chief. Recent presidents have stayed away from trading stocks in companies whose fortunes they could lift or scuttle with the stroke of a pen, but Traitor 47 smashed that precedent in the first quarter of this year with more than 3,600Continue Reading
“SpaceX’s operations and workplace matters are not within the City’s purview.”, “SpaceX’s operations and workplace matters are not within the City’s purview.”, from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
At the Open Source Summit this week, Microsoft announced a range of open source-focused updates, ranging from new Linux distro releases to agentic AI tooling. Brendan Burns, co-founder of Kubernetes and Corporate VP for Azure OSS and Cloud Native at Microsoft, delivered a keynote on their technological shift from cloudContinue Reading
It is a matter of preference to use system cleanup utilities on a computer or smartphone. On Linux, we have many such tools that handle everything from clearing browser caches and old package archives to shredding files and wiping free space. They range from quick CLI scripts to full-blown graphicalContinue Reading
Electric trucks have passed an inflection point—in many cases, their total cost of ownership is lower than that of legacy trucks. But for a fleet operator, evaluating the economic case for electrification involves some complex calculations involving fuel costs, projected maintenance costs, duty cycles, CapEx vs Opex, etc. Or doesContinue Reading
Proterra has announced that its Onyx modular battery platform will be available with a US-sourced cell option, with shipments beginning Q1 2027. Orders are open now. The move is a response to tightening Buy America and Build America, Buy America (BABA) procurement requirements and growing OEM demand for domestic contentContinue Reading
(Image credit: Saga Press) With Hollywood screenwriter Damien Ober’s name displayed on its enticing onyx-shaded jacket, readers are in for a strange and compelling tale with his first foray into space fantasy titled ” Voidverse ” (Saga Press). I mean, what else could you expect from one of the writers of Netflix’s cult supernatural mysteryContinue Reading
Published May 18, 2026, 2:00 PM EDT Ever since a kid, Shaheer has always been intrigued by tech and how its components work, and has always geeked out over new PC component releases. His enthusiasm for tech, gaming, and composing eventually led him to become a writer, a career path he hadn’t quite planned or thoughtContinue Reading