EV charging provider XCharge will collaborate with FAZT Charging to deploy EV charging stations at multiple locations across Mexico. FAZT is a fast EV charging specialist backed by FactorEnergia, a Spanish energy company that’s been operating in Mexico since 2017. Supermarket chain Soriana operates more than 780 stores across theContinue Reading
Unreleased variants that Jobs killed off found – 7.6 on a G4, anyone? As well as the Mac clones, there were PC-style PowerPC machines – and a version of classic MacOS for them has just been rediscovered, enabling previously unimagined combinations.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Analysts reckon only a handful of manufacturers will push ahead as the rest hit the brakes Only five percent of carmakers will sustain heavy AI investments by the end of the decade as most fail to meet amibitous goals.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Brussels accused of using Ad Composer quirk to post link disguised as a video X has terminated the European Commission’s ad account after Brussels used it to post a video announcing the platform’s €120 million Digital Services Act (DSA) fine – which was in fact just a link to theContinue Reading
An illustration of exoplanet WASP-107b. The planet’s escaping hydrogen atmosphere measures five time the radius of the planet itself, new JWST observations hint. (Image credit: University of Geneva/NCCR PlanetS/Thibaut Roger) A “super-puff” exoplanet is leaking a lot of helium into space, new observations show — and may be in the process of losing a lotContinue Reading
By the time the Artemis II Orion spacecraft launches to the Moon next year, its many components will already have traveled thousands of miles and moved across multiple facilities before coming together at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center. Branelle Rodriguez, Artemis II vehicle manager for the Orion Program, has overseen many parts of that journey. HerContinue Reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Paramount has gone hostile in its bid for Warner Bros. Discovery, challenging Netflix which reached a $72 billion takeover deal with the company just days ago. Paramount said Monday that it is going straight to Warner Bros. shareholders with a bid worth about $74.4 billion, orContinue Reading
IBM said Monday it’s buying data streaming platform Confluent in a deal worth $11 billion that will help bolster the technology company’s artificial intelligence strategy. The two companies said they signed a “definitive agreement” for IBM to acquire all of Confluent Inc.’s issued and outstanding common stock for $31 perContinue Reading
Emerging from the ashes of Nokia and MeeGo in 2011, Jolla is a Finnish company founded by former Nokia engineers. They continued developing Linux-powered mobile operating systems and devices when MeeGo was abandoned. Their first product, the Jolla Phone, launched in November 2013 after a successful crowdfunding campaign. It ranContinue Reading
European governments are pushing back against Big Tech’s grip on public infrastructure. Denmark announced earlier this year that its Ministry of Digital Affairs was switching from Microsoft to LibreOffice. In more recent news, Switzerland’s data protection authorities declared international cloud services unsuitable for handling personal data. One German state hasContinue Reading
Heliox, a Siemens business, has launched a next-generation, all-in-one DC fast charging system with intelligent vehicle-to-grid (V2G) functionality. The Heliox 44 kW V2G charger provides bidirectional charging and discharging capability, allowing vehicles to return energy to the grid. Programmability features enable time-of-use charging and scheduled energy transfers, enabling fleet operatorsContinue Reading
How long does it take for a fleet to electrify? The answer depends on various factors, but it really shouldn’t take nine years—unless the fleet in question belongs to a quasi-governmental agency, and the transition is taking place against a background of unprecedented political turmoil. Postal delivery vehicles are aContinue Reading
Nina Kalinina takes a deep dive into one of the earliest PC desktops Reverse engineering VisiCorp’s pioneering GUI for commodity PCs shows how little modern GUIs get from Xerox – and how much we all owe Apple.…, Read MoreContinue Reading