ESA’s Juice just used Earth as a slingshot to Jupiter

The European Space Agency’s Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer (Juice) made a close pass by Earth on September 28, skimming the outer reaches of the atmosphere and using our planet’s gravity to reshape its path toward Jupiter while consuming very little fuel. The carefully planned gravity assist changed Juice’s direction by 20° relative to its previousContinue Reading

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Kagi has announced it is ending development of its Orion web browser for Linux to focus on the macOS and iOS versions. A native GTK Linux port of Orion was announced in 2025 and a public beta launched earlier this year. The goal had been to offer feature parity withContinue Reading

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EV charger manufacturer Wallbox has partnered with Enode, provider of an “energy orchestration platform,” to enable Wallbox chargers to connect with third-party apps and services powered by Enode in Europe. Through the integration, Enode connects with Wallbox’s API, enabling compatible energy apps and services to connect with Wallbox chargers. WallboxContinue Reading

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The VPN industry runs on a promise. Pick almost any provider and the pitch is the same: “we don’t keep logs.” You hand over your entire internet connection and, in return, you get a pinky-promise that nobody is writing anything down. For a lot of privacy-minded people, that promise stoppedContinue Reading