Why Silicon Valley is losing faith in the American dream

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In Silicon Valley, the servers are humming again – and so is the unease. Massive data centers packed with Nvidia GPUs are fueling the artificial intelligence boom, generating extraordinary wealth for chipmakers, cloud providers, and startups racing to train large-scale models. But beneath the boomtime exuberance…Continue Reading

NASA’s Day of Remembrance Honors Fallen Heroes of Exploration

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NASA will observe its annual Day of Remembrance on Thursday, Jan. 22, which includes commemorating the crews of Apollo 1 and the space shuttles Challenger and Columbia. The event is traditionally held every year on the fourth Thursday of January, as all three astronaut accidents happened around the end of the month. “On NASA’s DayContinue Reading

NASA Astronaut Suni Williams Retires

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After 27 years of service, NASA astronaut Suni Williams retired from the agency, effective Dec. 27, 2025. Williams completed three missions aboard the International Space Station, setting numerous human spaceflight records throughout her career. “Suni Williams has been a trailblazer in human spaceflight, shaping the future of exploration through her leadership aboard the space stationContinue Reading

Here’s the problem with plug-in hybrids

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EVs aren’t the only cars that plug in. Plug-in hybrids can theoretically serve as stepping stones to all-electric vehicles, providing enough electric range for short trips while still offering the flexibility of a gasoline engine. For those who can’t charge at home, or just don’t want to deal with the uncertainty of public charging infrastructureContinue Reading

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The Federal Trade Commission said Tuesday it will appeal the November ruling in favor of Meta in its antitrust case against the social media giant. The FTC said it continues to allege that, for more than a decade, Meta Platforms Inc. has “illegally maintained a monopoly” in social networking throughContinue Reading

xubuntu-25.10:-best-new-features

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We outline the list of new features of Xubuntu 25.10 release and additional updates for this version. Xubuntu 25.10: Core New Features Kernel and core updates Xubutnu 25.10 is based on the Ubuntu 25.10 Questing Quokka release. It is powered by Linux Kernel 6.17. This Kernel offers latest hardware andContinue Reading

aperam-launches-“slinky”-production-method-for-electric-motor-stators-and-rotors

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Aperam has announced a new “slinky” production method for making iron-cobalt (FeCo) alloy stators and rotors for high-performance electric motors. The company says the approach adapts an in-plane helical winding process—already used for electrical steel—to FeCo alloys, which it describes as difficult to form despite “exceptional magnetic performance.” Aperam’s slinkyContinue Reading

the-roomba-failed-because-it-just-kind-of-sucked

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Something messy happens when the cat hairs of reality meet the shiny hype of smart tech Opinion  Asimov’s Three Laws of Robotics are Trumpenführerenführered by accountancy’s First Law of Finance: you must make money. iRobot, the company behind the Roomba robot vacuum cleaner, is in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, with itsContinue Reading