China’s clean energy dominance is growing. Buoyed by the skyrocketing energy needs and future projected demands of the artificial intelligence boom, clean energy projects are getting greenlit at a breakneck pace. And those projects depend on cheap Chinese clean energy components, as Beijing has near-total control of global supply chains for clean energy tech includingContinue Reading
Expedition 74 flight engineers Chris Williams (at upper left) and Jessica Meir (at bottom right) conducted a seven-hour spacewalk to replace a wrist joint on the International Space Station’s Canadarm2 robot arm on Tuesday, June 30, 2026. (Image credit: NASA) Two NASA astronauts gave a robotic arm a hand up — or rather, a replacementContinue Reading
From space, the petrified remnants of ancient lava flows appear to seep away or drip down from the Toussidé volcano in northwestern Chad. (Image credit: NASA/ISS program) QUICK FACTS Where is it? Toussidé volcano, Chad [21.03731548, 16.47357325] What’s in the photo? The petrified remains of ancient lava and a skull-like caldera Who took the photo?Continue Reading
When Lumo (partner link) launched last year, I took it for a spin to see what Proton’s foray into AI assistants looked like. I found out that the open source AI assistant ran quite well for a new launch. And a few months later, Lumo 1.3 brought Projects to theContinue Reading
Sleek window manager, IceWM 4.0.0 is out with improvements and updates. IceWM is a standards-compliant window manager designed for simplicity and performance. It is fully keyboard-driven, with features like Alt+Tab switching that feel intuitive right out of the box. This 4.0.0 release improves those strengths while adding refinements that enhanceContinue Reading
A JetBlue plane and a United plane have had near collisions or near misses with drones in the last couple of days., A JetBlue plane and a United plane have had near collisions or near misses with drones in the last couple of days., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Ubuntu is adding AI features this year, and founder Mark Shuttleworth hopes the distro will become the OS for the ‘agentic’ era. But big ambitions start with small seeds, and the first to be planted is a speech-to-text tool named Myna. Name: Myna. Age: Minus 4 months (it’ll debut in UbuntuContinue Reading
Sensata Technologies has launched the Active + Passive PyroFuse, a high-voltage protection device that combines two fault-interruption mechanisms in a single unit. The STPS500P series pairs active, system-triggered interruption with a passive, current-driven trigger, and Sensata is positioning it for electric vehicles, commercial transportation, charging infrastructure and industrial electrification systems.Continue Reading
Titan Mining has been selected by the US Army to build a commercial graphite purification plant on military land, which the company says would be the first facility of its kind on a US defense installation. The company’s wholly owned subsidiary, Empire State Mines, received conditional selection notices for EnhancedContinue Reading
Flexion Robotics, a Swiss startup founded by former Nvidia researchers, is approaching the problem from a different angle. It teaches robots basic physical skills and uses a higher-level AI system to decide which skill to call up and when. The goal is not just to complete tasks but to adapt…Read Entire Article…Continue Reading
The Linux Foundation says that it intends to launch the Agent Name Service (ANS), an open standard that extends DNS to give AI agents a way to prove who they are. In practice, that means being able to look up an agent and check who’s actually operating it, what it’sContinue Reading
LXQt 2.3.0 brings improved Wayland support and few tweaks. LXQt 2.3.0 rolled out a few weeks ago, bringing a fresh wave of improvements that make this Qt-based DE even more appealing for those who value speed and customization on their Linux setups. As someone who has tinkered with various desktopsContinue Reading
The folks at the National Center on Sexual Exploitation (NCOSE) have spent decades demonizing technology (and speech) they don’t understand, so it seems particularly ironic that they’re now getting benchslapped for allowing AI hallucinated citations in legal filings. First, some background: NCOSE has gone through a few different branding phases,Continue Reading