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NASA funds new tech for upcoming ‘Super Hubble’ to search for alien life: ‘We intend to move with urgency’

On: January 12, 2026

Engineering architecture concepts for NASA’s Habitable Worlds Observatory. (Image credit: NASA Goddard/Conceptual Image Labs) NASA is ramping up its efforts to search for signs of life throughout the universe, and has directed companies to begin developing technologies that will help it do so using the space agency’s Habitable Worlds Observatory (HWO) space telescope concept. SevenContinue Reading

Superheavy-lift rockets like SpaceX’s Starship could transform astronomy by making space telescopes cheaper

On: January 12, 2026

In: Technology

SpaceX’s Starship sits on the launchpad. (Image credit: SpaceX via Twitter) This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com’s Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights . After a string of dramatic failures, the huge Starship rocket from SpaceX had a fully successful test on Oct. 13, 2025. A coupleContinue Reading

India’s smart metering boom reshapes grid through decentralized IoT

On: January 12, 2026

In: Technology

India’s power system is rapidly decentralizing as electricity demand, rooftop solar, electric vehicles, and distributed generation expand, turning a one-way grid into a dynamic network that increasingly depends on decentralized data systems such as RF mesh networks…Continue Reading

What is a Policy Management System? 8 Best Policy Management Software

On: January 12, 2026

In: Technology

Are you also searching for software to automate your company’s policy? In this article, I’ll share details about the policy management software that helped me automate policy management for my organization. I have shared details about what policy management software is, the 8 best policy management software, how to findContinue Reading

Malaysia, Indonesia become first to block Musk’s Grok over sexualised AI images

On: January 12, 2026

In: Technology

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) — Malaysia and Indonesia have become the first countries to block Grok, the artificial intelligence chatbot developed by Elon Musk’s xAI, after authorities said it was being misused to generate sexually explicit and non-consensual images. The moves reflect growing global concern over generative AI tools thatContinue Reading

How CP/M-86’s delay handed Microsoft the keys to the kingdom

On: January 12, 2026

In: Technology

A late operating system, a stopgap deal, and the accident that made DOS dominant A blog post by programmer Nemanja Trifunovic, The Late Arrival of 16-bit CP/M, is on the face of it an interesting little excursion into the late delivery of a long-forgotten bit of software – one thatContinue Reading

Tories vow to boot under-16s off social media and ban phones in schools

On: January 12, 2026

In: Technology

Opposition leader Kemi Badenoch pitches age limits and classroom curbs as fixes for behavior and mental health The Tories have pledged to kick under-16s off social media, betting that banning teens from TikTok and Instagram will fix what they see as a growing crisis in kids’ mental health and classroomContinue Reading

Cinnamon 6.6: Top New Features

On: January 12, 2026

In: Technology

We round up the top features of the Cinnamon 6.6 desktop and point releases in this page. Cinnamon 6.6 released a few months back on November 2025 with month worth of bug fixes and feature enhancements. Linux Mint team is incrementally updating this core desktop environment for their Mint offerings.Continue Reading

BTW, Arch Users! Pacman Might Be Getting a Rust Replacement

On: January 12, 2026

In: Technology

The Rust-based ALPM project is looking suspiciously like Pacman’s replacement., Read More From It’s FOSSContinue Reading

Europe Has a New Plan to Break Free from US Tech Dominance

On: January 12, 2026

In: Technology

This four-week consultation on open source software tackles the cloud, AI, cybersecurity, and automotive sectors., Read More From It’s FOSSContinue Reading

Elon Musk’s AI startup is losing billions – and building something huge

On: January 12, 2026

In: Technology

For the September 2025 quarter, xAI reported a net loss of $1.46 billion, up from $1 billion earlier in the year. The company burned through $7.8 billion in cash during the first nine months alone, driven by heavy spending on data centers, Nvidia GPU purchases, and compensation tied to AI…Read Entire Article…Continue Reading

Ctrl-Alt-Speech Spotlight: Five Years Of The Oversight Board, From Experiment To Essential Institution

On: January 11, 2026

In: Technology

Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In this sponsored Spotlight episodeContinue Reading

China to probe Meta’s acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus

On: January 11, 2026

In: Technology

HONG KONG (AP) — China said on Thursday it would assess and investigate Meta’s acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Manus, in a move highlighting its technology rivalry with the U.S.. Meta announced last week it was buying Manus, which is Singapore-based with Chinese roots, as the California tech giant behindContinue Reading

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