We were just talking about how angry RFK Jr. was at a report that he’s been out to lunch on most of what HHS’ work entails, choosing instead to focus his time and attention on his own pet interests, like curtailing vaccine programs in America, chasing chemtrails, and a newfoundContinue Reading
TOKYO (AP) — Japanese technology giant SoftBank Group Corp. is launching a service using OpenAI technology to protect against the looming threat of cyberattacks, both companies said Tuesday. Chief Executive Masayoshi Son called Japan’ s vulnerability to cyberattacks “a crisis,” comparing it to a potential assault by machine guns insteadContinue Reading
LONDON (AP) — Britain says it will ban people under 16 from using a range of social media apps, including Snapchat, TikTok and YouTube, a decision intended to protect young people from harmful content and excessive screen time. The U.K. joins a global movement to enforce age-based restrictions or requirementsContinue Reading
According to a report from Nikkei Asia, Samsung Foundry has either received orders from or is in negotiations with Google, Nvidia, Tesla, AMD, and BYD to manufacture advanced semiconductor chips based on sub-5nm nodes. Some of these companies previously worked exclusively with TSMC but are now engaging with Samsung to…Read Entire Article…Continue Reading
LibertyStream Infrastructure Partners has completed its first tonne delivery of lithium carbonate to a US industrial customer from its direct lithium extraction (DLE) unit and refining facility at Select Water Solutions’ site in Howard County, Texas—moving from on-site production into actual commercial delivery. The shipment fulfills LibertyStream’s previously announced firstContinue Reading
Optimus Energy Solutions has acquired an EV charging network in South Carolina. Originally developed through a Duke Energy pilot program, the network includes 52 DC fast chargers at 26 locations throughout the state, many of them located along major travel corridors. As Duke Energy’s pilot program reached its planned conclusion,Continue Reading
Keir Starmer will water down the UK’s electric vehicle sales, in a significant blow to energy secretary Ed Miliband’s net-zero agenda, in a bid to quash fears in the automotive industry. According to reports in The Sunday Times, the prime minister is understood to have overruled Miliband following pressure from the industry…Continue Reading
The flag carrier of the Netherlands, KLM, is facing some headwinds as it works to roll out its newAirbus A350 next generation widebody jets that will replace the legacy A330 and Boeing 777 twin-aisle jets. Some hiccups with the regulatory provisions for the 34 seats in World Business Class meanContinue Reading
In March, the Federal Aviation Administration declared an official halt to the iconic parallel landing pattern scheme at San Francisco International Airport (SFO). The decision came as part of a wider safety campaign following the tragic accident in Washington DC, when an American Airlines regional jet fatally collided with aContinue Reading
Audacity 4’s first public beta arrived this month with the biggest design change the iconic open-source audio editor has seen in decades. The audio editor’s interface, built on wxWidgets since the project began, now runs in Qt. However, the audio engine which handles file I/O, project storage and the built-inContinue Reading
Series debuts on July 7, will have online advanced screening on June 27…Read MoreContinue Reading
One of the frustrating things about the proliferation of “AI”, in the large language model sense, is how it muddles previously serviceable terms. It’s neither artificial intelligence, in the sci-fi robot sense, nor artificial intelligence in the video game sense — i.e., deliberate programmed behavior not controlled by the player…Continue Reading
Illustration shows the exoplanet HD 80606 b as it is roasted by its host star. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, Joseph Olmsted (STScI)) If you thought summer here on Earth could get pretty brutal, spare a thought for the extrasolar planet, or exoplanet, designated HD 80606 b. Using the James Webb Space Telescope, astronomers haveContinue Reading