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The era in which the entire aviation industry has gathered around twin-engine efficiency has left the legendary four-engine giants facing an unsustainable financial reality. The Airbus A380 remains a passenger favorite for its unmatched cabin space and smooth ride, yet behind the scenes, its quad-engine layout imposes massive economic penaltiesContinue Reading

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Dukosi, A123 Systems and Nuvation Energy have released a joint design brief for an end-to-end battery energy storage system proof of concept that includes A123’s 587 Ah large-format LFP prismatic cells with Dukosi’s contactless cell monitoring system, and Nuvation’s utility-grade BMS. The reference platform is built for North American BESSContinue Reading

Microsoft tests Windows AI features on RTX GPUs, not just NPUs

An under-the-hood change in Windows seems to signal the further deterioration of Microsoft’s Copilot+ branding, which, at least historically, depended solely on NPUs as the engine of local PC AI. Now, PCs with dedicated GPUs will have access to those features. An experimental release of the Windows App SDK on Github now allows certain AI-specificContinue Reading

‘As terrible and harrowing as things were, people just had to get on with it’: ‘Star City’s’ Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and Adam Nagaitis on learning to love the Motherland in Apple TV’s soviet space race spin-off (interview)

Ruby Ashbourne Serkis and Adam Nagaitis star in Apple TV’s “Star City” (Image credit: Apple TV) The titular cosmonaut training facility in Apple TV’s ” Star City ” is a hive of duplicity, all scrutinized by the KGB’s surveillance team and its small army of monitoring minions. One of the main couples in Apple TV’sContinue Reading

Satellite-boosting spacecraft inside air-launched rocket | Space photo of the day for June 12, 2026

Katalyst Space’s LINK robotic servicing satellite awaits encapsulation inside a Northrop Grumman Pegasus XL on June 8, 2026, at NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia. (Image credit: NASA/Ron Beard) NASA is fast-tracking a mission to launch a spacecraft that will attempt to boost another one of the agency’s science satellites into a higher orbit beforeContinue Reading

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The community is hard at work on something new. You may have noticed that it’s been quiet here on Opensource.com lately. That’s because there’s a new project in the works, and while there aren’t many specific details to announce yet, there’s plenty to talk about. What better way to startContinue Reading

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Over the past few years, virtual events have thrived. In-person events are back now, but it’s important to keep in mind that virtual events didn’t just come out of nowhere. Many of us were actually doing a lot of different online events even before they became popular. Many communities heldContinue Reading