ubuntu-25.10:-top-new-features

We round up the best new features of the Ubuntu 25.10 (“Questing Quokka”) release. Ubuntu 25.10, released on October 9, 2025 (supported until July 2026 for 9 months), is the final interim release before the next long term version of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. This release prioritizes modernization through Rust-based componentsContinue Reading

how-accurate-is-lidar?-understanding-precision-and-error-margins

One of the most reliable technologies for capturing highly detailed spatial data is LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging). LiDAR is appreciated for its speed, consistency, and accuracy in land surveying and infrastructure planning, as well as in environmental mapping and construction. But how true is it, in fact–and what areContinue Reading

Honda’s EV Bet Is Costing the Company Billions

The costly mistake of investing too much, too soon in EVs is not a phenomenon felt only by North American automakers. Japanese companies may have been more reserved in their foray into electric vehicles, but that did not make them immune as every carmaker invested in EV development and tooled up plants to make them…Continue Reading

This giant metal dome will hide a truly colossal telescope mirror | Space photo of the day for Feb. 16, 2026

The Extremely Large Telescope’ss 80-meter-tall dome takes shape in the Atacama Desert. (Image credit: ESO/G. Vecchia) The European Southern Observatory has released a new view of the Extremely Large Telescope (ELT), as its colossal outer dome nears completion at Cerro Armazones in Chile’s Atacama Desert. What is it? Captured in December 2025, the newly releasedContinue Reading

Deepest views from James Webb and Chandra telescopes reveal a monster object that defies theory — Space photo of the week

The large protocluster JADES-ID1, as seen by the James Webb Space Telescope (background) and Chandra X-ray Observatory (blue). (Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXC/CfA/Á Bogdán; Infrared: NASA/ESA/CSA/STScI; Image Processing: NASA/CXC/SAO/P. Edmonds and L. Frattare) QUICK FACTS What it is: A young cluster of galaxies, JADES-ID1 Where it is: 12.7 billion light-years from Earth When it was shared:Continue Reading