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Schaeffler, The Motion Technology Company, will showcase a number of new technologies related to software-defined vehicles, automated driving, magnet-free systems that eliminate rare earth minerals, and modular powertrain solutions at CES 2026 in Las Vegas in January. Among the innovations Schaeffler will be presenting: A reimagined Master and Zone ControllerContinue Reading

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Archer Aviation has announced it is partnering with several US cities to submit multiple applications for initial electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) air taxi operations, as part of the White House’s eVTOL Integration Pilot Program (eIPP). The program is a public-private initiative led by the US Department of TransportationContinue Reading

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A new GNOME Shell extension rethinks the app grid (aka the app picker, app drawer, launcher screen – what do you call it?) by making it scroll vertically instead of horizontally. Y’know, the way it used to, pre-GNOME 40. GNOME 40’s switch to horizontal app grid scrolling in 2021 irkedContinue Reading

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Last week, Marco Rubio and the State Department revoked visas for five Europeans—including Imran Ahmed, a legal permanent resident in the US married to a US citizen—because they don’t like their speech about disinformation. The State Department’s justification? This form of speech suppression is necessary to protect free speech. ThisContinue Reading

Iran says it launched 3 satellites to space on Russian rocket: report

A Russian Soyuz rocket launched three satellites for Iran into orbit, alongside two Russian satellites and 47 other cubesats from the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Siberia on Dec. 28, 2025. (Image credit: Roscosmos) Iran has launched a trio of new satellites into space with the help of a Russian rocket, the country’s state media reported SundayContinue Reading

12 times rockets and spacecraft crashed and burned in 2025

Starship debris from SpaceX’s IFT-7 test mission falls through the sky on Jan. 16, 2025. (Image credit: Dean Olson via Twitter) 2025 was a very busy year for spaceflight, for better and for worse. We saw quite a few milestones notched in the final frontier this year, including the first-ever fully successful private moon landingContinue Reading

LG Energy Solution To Sell Ohio Battery  Facility To Honda For $2.85 Billion

South Korea’s LG Energy Solution has agreed to sell the building and fixed-asset components of its Ohio electric vehicle battery plant to Honda Development and Manufacturing of America for ?4.22 trillion ($2.85 billion), according to company disclosures cited by Yahoo Finance. The facility is part of the $4.4 billion battery manufacturing joint venture between LGContinue Reading