Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. To get extended episodes withContinue Reading
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AB Download Manager is an open-source download accelerator and manager, like IDM but without the price tag. Available for Windows, macOS, and Linux, it supports download acceleration, queue management, and pause/resume support through a clean interface. It can also detect and download videos, audio, and non-encrypted HLS streams from supportedContinue Reading
NASA’s Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory is falling out of space. NASA has a daring plan to save it with a spacecraft built by Katalyst Space. (Image credit: NASA) WALLOPS ISLAND, Va. — For over 20 years, NASA’s Swift space observatory has been conducting prolific science in orbit, hunting for signs of gamma-ray bursts — theContinue Reading
The first study dedicated to researching menstruation in microgravity will be launched by Virgin Galactic. (Image credit: Virgin Galactic) One new mission is setting out to study menstruation in microgravity for the first time ever. Forty-six years ago, NASA engineers asked Sally Ride if 100 tampons was the right amount to send with her forContinue Reading
Delta Air Lines is giving Scotland supporters a send-off to remember at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) as the Tartan Army prepares to move south for the next stage of its World Cup journey. Following Scotland’s two matches in Boston, the airline is turning selected flights from Boston to MiamiContinue Reading
Pinpointing exactly where the most military air traffic flies in the world typically corresponds to armed conflicts and humanitarian crises. However, a number of the busiest are located in the continental United States, where there is an overlap between large bases that belong to the Air Force, Navy, or Marines.Continue Reading
Waymo is recalling thousands of robotaxis after some of its self-driving vehicles drove into freeway construction zones., Waymo is recalling thousands of robotaxis after some of its self-driving vehicles drove into freeway construction zones., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Neighbor Hari Doue said residents were told the generators were temporary. That was more than a year ago., Neighbor Hari Doue said residents were told the generators were temporary. That was more than a year ago., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
In April, Jon Seager of Canonical laid out the company’s plan for handling AI in Ubuntu. The framework split things into two groups, implicit AI that quietly improves what you already use and explicit AI that are features you’d actually summon on purpose. Back then, Jon gave speech-to-text and text-to-speechContinue Reading
NOVONIX has delivered a mass production qualification sample—a “C-sample” in automotive supply chain terms—of its synthetic graphite anode active material (AAM) to Panasonic Energy, marking a significant step toward establishing a US-sourced battery anode supply for Panasonic’s cell manufacturing. NOVONIX says this is the first known synthetic graphite AAM C-sampleContinue Reading
CP FOTON recently held a launch event in Bangkok, Thailand, to introduce its new eView Connect electric van. The eView Connect is equipped with CATL’s third-generation liquid-cooled battery, which features a 2C charging rate. The eView Connect is available with two battery capacity options—50 kWh and 67 kWh—and supports bothContinue Reading
Scientists have uncovered compelling new evidence that early human ancestors, likely Homo erectus, were deliberately bringing fire into Wonderwerk Cave in South Africa as far back as 1.79 million years ago. The post Evidence of Fire Use by Early Humans May Date Back Nearly 1.8 Million Years appeared first onContinue Reading