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The Fedora AI Developer Desktop initiative that passed unanimously is now blocked. Two council members retracted their votes after community pushback, with contributors arguing the CUDA focus contradicts Fedora’s free software foundations and that significant kernel policy changes hadn’t been cleared with the right people. Fedora has also removed DeepinContinue Reading

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American Airlines is making an aggressive play for stranded frequent flyers following Spirit Airlines’operational collapse, unveiling a new status match opportunity aimed directly at former Free Spirit elite members. LoyaltyLobby reported that the move allows eligible Spirit Silver and Gold members to fast-track into the AAdvantage program with temporary GoldContinue Reading

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Freudenberg Sealing Technologies has released full specifications for the DIAvent maxFlow, a thermal runaway degassing element for lithium-ion vehicle batteries that delivers more than 190 liters per second at 300 mbar differential pressure—2.5 times the flow rate of the previous DIAvent HighFlow. The design replaces the rubber umbrella used inContinue Reading

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Bosch has secured a major electric motor supply agreement with Mercedes-Benz, covering motors for multiple performance classes in the premium manufacturer’s next generation of electric drives. Financial terms and volume weren’t disclosed. The partnership runs into the 2030s. The motors achieve up to 98% efficiency, enabled by what Bosch describesContinue Reading

This exoplanet weather forecast by the James Webb Space Telescope calls for sandy skies and a clear (alien) sunset

An artist’s impression of WASP-94Ab, with magnesium silicate clouds appearing on the terminator between night and day, where it is “morning.” (Image credit: Hannah Robbins/Johns Hopkins University) The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has made a weather forecast for the exoplanet WASP-94Ab, a world with clouds of sand in the morning that gradually give wayContinue Reading

New quantum sensor could count individual photons and hunt dark matter

Researchers in Finland have achieved a major advance in ultra-sensitive measurement technology by detecting an amount of energy smaller than one zeptojoule, less than a trillionth of a billionth of a joule. The breakthrough could improve quantum computing technology, support the search for dark matter, and eventually make it possible to count individual photons. QuantumContinue Reading