You might recall that Paramount and CBS had only just started to lay off workers in the wake of the merger with David Ellison’s Skydance. Now, after Ellison (or more accurately his dad and the Saudis) dramatically overpaid for Warner Brothers ($111 billion plus numerous incentives), the overall debt loadContinue Reading
Released from the curse of the update bork fairy Microsoft has finally fixed a Windows Recovery Environment (WinRE) bug it introduced in Windows 10’s final update.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
YOASOBI vocalist Lilas Ikuta narrates anime…Read MoreContinue Reading
JAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Indonesia will ban social media for children under 16, Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid said Friday. Hafid in a statement to media said that she just signed a government regulation that will mean children under the age of 16 can no longer have accountsContinue Reading
Some users may be eligible for a payout after the popular dating app settled a $60.5 million class action lawsuit out of California., Some users may be eligible for a payout after the popular dating app settled a $60.5 million class action lawsuit out of California., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
What started as age gates on adult websites has quietly crept into app stores and operating systems., Read More From It’s FOSSContinue Reading
A new-look Firefox is on the way, with Mozilla designers working on a ‘Nova’ redesign that introduces more curves and colour. First reported by tech blogger Söeren Hentzschel, who published several internal design mockups, Nova gives Firefox a more rounded appearance: tabs and the address bar sport uniform radii, andContinue Reading
Huang’s explanation was brief, but the implications are broad. Nvidia, whose products have become indispensable to generative AI infrastructure, sits in a position few companies have ever occupied: both supplier and shareholder to the firms building the software atop its hardware. That arrangement, once mutually reinforcing…Continue Reading
The Advanced Air Mobility Pathfinders (AAMP) project accelerates advanced air mobility technologies for wildfire response and urban transportation through real-world demonstrations and strategic partnerships. AAMP researches emerging technologies, establishes aircraft strategic deconfliction frameworks, and validates solutions in metropolitan areas to enable larger-scale urban air mobility. The project enhances Unmanned Aircraft Systems capabilities for wildfire mitigation and disaster response by transferring Portable Airspace Management System technologies to enable routine, safeContinue Reading
Last July, NASA’s Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS), an automated system that monitors the skies for asteroids that might hit Earth, identified an object moving fairly speedily. It wasn’t an asteroid, it was a comet, and not just any comet—an interstellar one, meaning it originated outside of our solar system. Credit: ESA/Juice/JANUS In theContinue Reading
Hyundai and Kia have announced a new strategic investment in Qnovo, maker of a software platform that monitors battery health. The investment follows years of collaborative testing between Qnovo and Hyundai/Kia. “By delivering a verifiable digital accounting of battery health via a scalable, hardware-free architecture, Qnovo enables automakers to maximizeContinue Reading
Honeywell is integrating its AI-powered Battery Manufacturing Excellence Platform (Battery MXP) into the Alabama Mobility and Power (AMP) Center’s battery research lab at the University of Alabama, aiming to improve cell yields and speed up battery factory startups. The AMP Center says the deployment will also support workforce training forContinue Reading
It started about three years ago with a secret meeting of representatives from seven major automakers at an abandoned Honda property. The mission: create a fast charging network for electric vehicles in North America similar to what the Europeans created with Ionity. The skunkworks operation was code-named the Ionna Project internally—for “ion” (as in electric)Continue Reading