Although it’s named after the last frontier, Alaska Airlines is based in Seattle, and it’s the largest carrier serving the Pacific Northwest. In addition to its hub in Seattle Tacoma International Airport, Alaska Airlines maintains a significant presence in Alaska via its hub in Anchorage Ted Stevens International Airport, andContinue Reading
London Heathrow Airport (LHR) is one of the busiest international airports in the world, yet it is also one of the most tightly regulated when it comes to aircraft noise. Despite handling 83.9 million passengers and 474,029 aircraft movements in 2024, Heathrow remains legally capped at 480,000 annual air transportContinue Reading
Porterville Unified School District (PUSD), which serves communities in California’s Central Valley, is developing a comprehensive solar, battery energy storage, microgrid and EV fleet charging project, in partnership with ForeFront Power, a developer of renewable energy solutions, and The Mobility House (TMH), a charge management provider. The PUSD Zero-Emission TransportationContinue Reading
(TestMiles) – ChatGPT 5.6 could change how you buy a car by helping compare prices, trims, financing, dealer add-ons, and used-car risks. Buying a car has become so complicated that many shoppers need a translator before they need a test drive. The window sticker is only the beginning. After thatContinue Reading
Meta has pulled the plug on a feature of a recently launched AI tool following criticism that it made Instagram accounts fodder for use in creating AI-generated images. The move on Friday came less than a week after the parent of Instagram and Facebook rolled out Muse Image, its firstContinue Reading
Support for Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka” ends 9 July 2026 – which is this week. If you’re still using it, you can upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS directly to keep receiving updates. Ubuntu 25.10 was released in October 2025. As an ‘interim release’ the desktop edition it receives only 9 months ofContinue Reading
1 min read Early Career Faculty (ECF) 2025 Awards Loura Hall Jul 10, 2026 Back to ECF Home Advanced Diagnostics for High-Enthalpy Test Facilities Simulating Spacecraft Atmospheric Entry Damiano Baccarella University of Tennessee, Knoxville Application of Resonance Enhanced Multi-Photon Ionization Diagnostics to the Characterization of Arcjet Flows Ciprian Dumitrache Colorado State University Ultrafast Laser DiagnosticsContinue Reading
China’s long march to reusable rocketry hits another milestone The inaugural launch and first-stage booster recovery of China’s Long March 10B rocket intensifies the nation’s spaceflight rivalry with the U.S. By Lee Billings edited by Sarah Lewin Frasier China’s Long March 10B rocket blasts off from the Wenchang Commercial Space Launch Site in the islandContinue Reading
DELTA State government is set to purchase 50 Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) buses, acquire electric vehicles and construct an ultramodern mega bus terminal in Asaba as part of efforts to improve public transportation in the state. The post Delta to purchase 50 CNG buses, electric vehicles…Continue Reading
The long-rumored layoffs at Xbox have come and they are massive. We just recently discussed the mess that Microsoft’s Xbox division has become. An internal email that was sent to staff by CEO Asha Sharma laid out just how bad things were, essentially preparing the staff for the forthcoming staffingContinue Reading
I have been gaming on Linux more than usual lately; that’s part due to my main gaming rig being out of reach and part me wanting to play more on this platform than Windoze. I played a few indie games to pass the time and eventually went looking for newContinue Reading
Most microcontroller boards on the market today rely on Python, usually in the form of MicroPython or CircuitPython. If you’ve ever wanted something leaner without giving up that no-compile, REPL-driven workflow, Lua is the option worth considering. But then most microcontroller boards are not built for Lua even if youContinue Reading
Anthropic has released a beta of its Claude desktop app for Linux, launching alongside an apt repo Ubuntu users can add for ongoing updates. According to the official docs, Claude desktop for Linux offers “the same Chat, Cowork, and Claude Code experience as macOS and Windows: parallel sessions, visual diffContinue Reading