American Airlines is making an aggressive play for stranded frequent flyers following Spirit Airlines’operational collapse, unveiling a new status match opportunity aimed directly at former Free Spirit elite members. LoyaltyLobby reported that the move allows eligible Spirit Silver and Gold members to fast-track into the AAdvantage program with temporary GoldContinue Reading
Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has released full specifications for the DIAvent maxFlow, a thermal runaway degassing element for lithium-ion vehicle batteries that delivers more than 190 liters per second at 300 mbar differential pressure—2.5 times the flow rate of the previous DIAvent HighFlow. The design replaces the rubber umbrella used inContinue Reading
Bosch has secured a major electric motor supply agreement with Mercedes-Benz, covering motors for multiple performance classes in the premium manufacturer’s next generation of electric drives. Financial terms and volume weren’t disclosed. The partnership runs into the 2030s. The motors achieve up to 98% efficiency, enabled by what Bosch describesContinue Reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Federal prosecutors have charged two men with using artificial intelligence to create nude videos and photos of female celebrities under a newly enacted law meant to halt the spread of deepfake pornography. Cornelius Shannon, 51, and Arturo Hernandez, 20, were both arrested Tuesday for generating sexuallyContinue Reading
The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned about children’s screen time in an advisory released Wednesday, citing impacts on sleep and mental health., The Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) warned about children’s screen time in an advisory released Wednesday, citing impacts on sleep and mental health.,Continue Reading
A bold new look arrives in Vivaldi 8.0, the latest update to the Chromium-based web browser. The browser’s main UI elements (the bits that make a browser looks like a browser, so tabs, toolbars, panels, and content) drop their boundaries to form a continuous look. Hence the named Unified. SimilarContinue Reading
AMD is taking a direct shot at NVIDIA’s DGX Spark with its $3,999 Ryzen AI Halo PC…Continue Reading
An artist’s impression of WASP-94Ab, with magnesium silicate clouds appearing on the terminator between night and day, where it is “morning.” (Image credit: Hannah Robbins/Johns Hopkins University) The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made a weather forecast for the exoplanet WASP-94Ab, a world with clouds of sand in the morning that gradually give wayContinue Reading
Researchers in Finland have achieved a major advance in ultra-sensitive measurement technology by detecting an amount of energy smaller than one zeptojoule, less than a trillionth of a billionth of a joule. The breakthrough could improve quantum computing technology, support the search for dark matter, and eventually make it possible to count individual photons. QuantumContinue Reading
I assume at one point America was a serious big boy country, but we are certainly not that any longer. You can get examples of the unserious nature of our government in spades, of course, but I’m just going to keep hammering on what is going on at HHS andContinue Reading
The next big thing for Nvidia will be CPUs for AI agents, $200 billion worth, CEO Jensen Huang predicts…Continue Reading
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — When Israeli defense officials approached Massivit last year about using its unique 3D printers to make military drone parts, CEO Yossi Azarzar jumped at the chance. Although the Israeli company had been producing large set pieces and other designs for the likes of Disney, DreamWorksContinue Reading
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed two decrees on Wednesday that add to the pressure on big tech companies by increasing their liability for illegal content shared by its users and paving the way for investigations by a government body into their responses toContinue Reading