This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Heather Honey, a high-profile denier of Traitor 47’s loss in the 2020 election, has been appointed to a senior position in the U.S. Department of Homeland Security in which she’ll help oversee the nation’s election infrastructure. Honey is a protege ofContinue Reading
Flux Power has announced a $1.2 million order from a major North American airline for its G80 lithium-ion energy systems integrated with the SkyEMS software platform. The G80 solution combines hardware and software in a single platform to deliver real-time data on fleet performance, asset health, and maintenance requirements. FluxContinue Reading
China-based UNEX EV has agreed with DiDi Mobility Information Technology, a subsidiary of the ride-hailing firm DiDi Global, to deploy EVs using U Power’s UOTTA battery-swapping technology for ride-hailing and car rental services in Mexico. The companies have signed a letter of intent to promote the sales of UNEX EV’sContinue Reading
Nudists from the American Association for Nude Recreation (AANR) are not happy with Elon Musk’s SpaceX and have protested the company’s proposed use of the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Some of the concerns raised by local residents about the impacts include hearing damage and flight delays, but the factorContinue Reading
ZTE, MyRepublic Indonesia, and MetaX launched a zero-cost FAST TV solution for emerging markets, Read MoreContinue Reading
Mastercard, American Express, Coinbase, and PayPal sign up at launch Google has given the go-ahead to a plan that lets AI agents make purchases on your behalf and, on Tuesday, released its Agent Payments Protocol (AP2) to make it happen. The system comes with touted safeguards that are intended toContinue Reading
Nothing says ‘circular economy’ like Microsoft stranding 400 million PCs on International E-waste Day European e-waste campaigners are calling on EU leadership to force tech vendors to provide 15 years of software updates, using Microsoft’s plan to end Windows 10 support next month — which may make an estimated 400Continue Reading
Beware the meeting room zombies Beware the meeting room zombies. We don’t mean you when you’re listening to a colleague reading out a 100-slide PowerPoint presentation, but some expensive Microsoft meeting room hardware that may be obsolete in a few short weeks.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Imagine if we traded in fingerprints for tongue prints. Kues / Shutterstock The world is full of oddities. Some are delightful; others are just plain strange. But every single one reminds us how much there still is to learn. Here are 29 weird facts that’ll make you do a double-take. 1. Your Tongue Print IsContinue Reading
A close-up image of asteroid Ryugu. A new analysis of samples from the space rock hints that flowing water once coursed through its interior. (Image credit: ISAS/JAXA, CC BY 4.0 , via Wikimedia Commons) Scientists in Japan now believe that liquid water once flowed through the heart of the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu, after researchers detectedContinue Reading
The parents of teenagers who killed themselves after interactions with artificial intelligence chatbots are planning to testify to Congress on Tuesday about the dangers of the technology. Matthew Raine, the father of 16-year-old Adam Raine of California, and Megan Garcia, the mother of 14-year-old Sewell Setzer III of Florida, areContinue Reading
ATLANTA (AP) — It seems like a terrible time to build an electric vehicle plant in the United States, but Rivian Automotive leaders say they’re confident as the company starts long-delayed work on a $5 billion facility in Georgia. The money-losing California-based company breaks ground Tuesday east of Atlanta despiteContinue Reading
Order leaves thousands of students without transportation Friday and complicates the electric vehicle company’s efforts to revive its businessContinue Reading