Nvidia raised concerns with Taiwanese political officials after prosecutors charged one of its managers in a chip smuggling case, Bloomberg reported. It cited people familiar with the matter. Nvidia’s representatives said they disagreed with the charges against the manager, surnamed Chang, the people said. They also said he should not be under investigation…Continue Reading
When NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft visited Uranus and Neptune in the 1980s, it discovered something extraordinary. Unlike Earth, which has a relatively orderly magnetic field with clearly defined north and south poles, both distant planets possess strangely distorted and dramatically tilted magnetic fields. For decades, scientists have struggled to explain why. Now, researchers believe theyContinue Reading
SpaceX’s core challenge has always been making orbital launch cheap, reliable, and routine through reusability—first with Falcon 9’s first stage, and now with fully reusable Starship. This has driven engine design, recovery systems, heat protection, regulatory navigation, manufacturing scale, and business model. Here’s a breakdown of the key things they needed to do, with highlightsContinue Reading
A new beta of Blanc , the AI-built web browser, is available for testing – and this one is built directly on Chromium. Current versions of Blanc use castLabs’ Electron fork, which includes Widevine so sites like Netflix work. But Electron only includes enough Chromium to display web pages, andContinue Reading
In 2023, McKinsey set up a lab and timed more than 40 of its own software developers on routine tasks, with and without generative AI tools. With the tools, they documented code in 50% of the usual time, wrote new code in slightly under 50% and refactored existing code inContinue Reading
The Federal Aviation Administration has ordered inspections of certain Boeing 787 Dreamliners, warning that sealant defects could create a spark inside the tank during a lightning strike, potentially triggering a fuel tank explosion. The airworthiness directive will take effect next month and covers specific 787-8, 787-9 and 787-10 aircraft identifiedContinue Reading
Every takeoff begins with a carefully managed increase in engine power, but the way an aircraft starts moving can vary. In a static takeoff, the aircraft remains stationary while the engines are brought to the required stabilization setting before the takeoff roll begins. A rolling takeoff, meanwhile, allows the aircraftContinue Reading
Elon Musk first proposed the idea of orbital data centers as a potential solution to the rising energy demands of AI., Elon Musk first proposed the idea of orbital data centers as a potential solution to the rising energy demands of AI., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Maybe the trouble started with the AI billionaire and the Silicon Valley chaos that followed talk of his infidelity, including with an alleged Chinese spy. Or maybe it was the Microsoft outage that, depending on how you looked at it, either cast millions of frustrated workers adrift or spared themContinue Reading
The petition had attracted more than 115,000 signatures as of Saturday afternoon…Continue Reading
Chinese luxury electric vehicle (EV) brand Maextro is moving closer to a tie-up with Italian marque Maserati, which would result in co-developed models intended to challenge the likes of BMW and Mercedes-Benz globally, according to industry sources. Maextro, backed by technology giant Huawei Technologies, aimed to enlist Maserati’s design capabilities…Continue Reading
Go Eve, a joint University College Dublin (UCD) and Imperial College London spin-off company, has secured £750,000 in funding from Innovate UK and private investors for an 18-month project to develop the next version of DockChain, its patented distributed DC fast charging technology. DockChain uses a distributed charging model, underContinue Reading
Canonical is giving Ubuntu Pro users early access to AI-generated patches for known security flaws, available through a new opt-in archive called Edge. To get fixes out faster to customers and users, the company has built a multi-agent system called Surge to backport fixes for vulnerabilities in ‘userspace’ software packages.Continue Reading