A near-miss between an American Airlines jet and an American Eagle regional aircraft occurred on Thursday, when one flight mistakenly believed it had runway clearance, while a Boeing 737 was on its final approach to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA). The incident, which occurred around 7:00 PM on Thursday,Continue Reading
Many frequent flyers will have experienced at least one go-around in their lives. However, the rarity of this event makes it deeply unsettling, as you can immediately tell that something has gone wrong. Go-arounds are not random events, but they occur when several factors converge, leading air traffic control orContinue Reading
Vehicle-to-grid (V2G) technology is gradually making the transition from pilots to commercial applications. At the moment, a few automakers, including GM, Ford and Nissan, offer bidirectional charging features, but these require proprietary charging hardware, and are limited to applications such as backup power (V2H). True V2G functionality requires a utilityContinue Reading
Sponsored by Chroma. Lithium-ion batteries face increasingly severe challenges regarding safety and lifespan under high-rate charging. One of the most critical concerns is the phenomenon of lithium plating—when the charging current is too high or the temperature is too low, lithium-ions fails to intercalate effectively into the anode and insteadContinue Reading
Some Linux desktop environments were developed over decades, others in just a few years. Starling , which made the rounds online this week, claims to have been built by just one person in six months using AI coding tools. What’s more, a preview build is available as a .deb toContinue Reading
Walking around Dubai, it’s hard to believe a war is still going on in neighboring countries. No missiles have struck the city, and it was clear during a recent visit that local residents are keeping to their routines. The biggest public worry, as it has been in many parts ofContinue Reading
As newspapers move online, the buildings that once housed their printing presses need new occupants. The Minnesota Star Tribune has just sold its old printing plant on the edge of Minneapolis to the aptly named property developer Legacy Investing, which plans to create a new data center there. has foundContinue Reading
Anthropic said it notified the three organizations impacted in the breaches., Anthropic said it notified the three organizations impacted in the breaches., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
The passion from Emporia residents opposed to the zoning change has been growing., The passion from Emporia residents opposed to the zoning change has been growing., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Kitty is a popular terminal emulator that supports many modern features. Focused on power users, it offers a wide range of customization that other terminals often lack. For example, it includes a functional image display protocol and smooth cursor animations. I have shown Kitty tweaking in the past, and inContinue Reading
Open source projects have mostly split into two camps on AI. Some keep a human in the loop, letting contributors use whatever tools they want as long as they take responsibility for the result. Others have gone further and banned AI-generated contributions outright, no matter who reviews them. GCC hasContinue Reading
Mosaic brings automatic tiling to GNOME Shell, but without asking you to use it permanently. Turn it on when you want windows to arrange themselves, turn it off when you want floating windows back. The extension works with GNOME 45 and up, adding a toggle to Quick Settings to enableContinue Reading
Google has used AI tools to detect and patch 1,072 vulnerabilities in versions 149 and 150 of its Chrome browser, the company announced in a blog post. That’s more vulnerabilities patched than in the previous 23 updates combined, according to Bleeping Computer. One vulnerability detected by AI had been presentContinue Reading