US charging station manufacturer Power Up Connect has introduced the MBESS 90 kWh, the result of a three-year collaboration with Dominion Energy, one of the country’s largest utilities. The unit was unveiled at the CES 2025 show, and is now available for commercial purchase. The MBESS 90 kWh has aContinue Reading
US lithium processor Aquatech has acquired Koch Technology Solutions’ (KTS) direct lithium extraction (DLE) business, integrating the Li-Pro Lithium Selective Sorption (LSS) technology and IP portfolio into its PEARL process technology platform. The acquisition of KTS’s Li-Pro LSS technology adds direct lithium extraction to Aquatech’s process flowsheet IP, lithium conversionContinue Reading
Tiling Shell, the GNOME extension providing you with a myriad of ways to tile windows in all kinds of cool ways — which is preinstalled in Zorin OS 18 — has issued an update adding a raft of new keyboard-focused features. GNOME 49 support also lands, meaning this extension worksContinue Reading
There’s a bit of a trend emerging: when you decide to stand up and fight against Traitor 47 and his parade of dim authoritarian sycophants, you usually win. If you fecklessly fold (like CBS, Meta, Columbia, and countless others), these annoying assholes just keep pushing you harder for concessions. That’sContinue Reading
Semicon Coalition presses European Commission for stronger funding, strategy, and skills drive Momentum is gathering behind calls for a Chips Act 2.0 to strengthen Europe’s competitiveness in the semiconductor sector amid growing geopolitical uncertainty over global markets and supply chains.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Ed Miliband takes aim at social media overlord for promoting violence and disinformation The UK government should consider the possibility of leaving social media platform X, a high-profile minister has suggested.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Socio political backdrop is not what it once was…. Opinion UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer directly addressed his new policy of mandatory digital ID in the country for 23 seconds in its effective launch speech.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
The James Webb Space Telescope’s MIRI (Mid-Infrared Instrument) shows the Sagittarius B2 (Sgr B2) region in mid-infrared light. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI, Adam Ginsburg, Nazar Budaiev, Taehwa Yoo; Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)) Quick facts What it is: Sagittarius B2 (Sgr B2) molecular cloud Where it is: 25,000 light-years from Earth in theContinue Reading
Listen to this audio excerpt from Diamond St. John, engineer working on the Artemis III heat shield for the Orion Program at Lockheed Martin: For four-generations, Diamond St. John’s family has been supporting human spaceflight at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Now, she’s continuing the family legacy that reaches back to Apollo —helping returnContinue Reading
The US Air Force’s newest jets represent the cutting edge of aerial combat, blending stealth, sensors, and networked warfare in previously unthinkable ways just a few decades ago. At the heart of this modern fleet is the F-35 Lightning II, a fifth-generation workhorse already serving across multiple services and allies.Continue Reading
Is there another Airbus A380 operator entering the market? The German firm Elbe Flugzeugwerke (EFW) recently took to social media to announce that it has a new customer wanting to have re-activation work performed on an old A380.Continue Reading
China’s struggling clean-tech giants will be reliant on market forces — not policy mandates — for growth over the next decade after President Xi Jinping announced targets for renewables and electric vehicles that the country should comfortably achieve…Continue Reading
Kali Linux has released version 2025.3, the third version of 2025, featuring ten new tools, Nexmon support, and NetHunter improvements. …Read MoreContinue Reading