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Specialists at Schaeffler’s E-Mobility plant in Szombathely, Hungary have developed a process for recovering rare earth magnets from defective electric motor rotors and reusing them in new ones. Seven people in Szombathely and two in Germany worked on the project, which Schaeffler calls “Pioneering Sustainability.” The magnets are pressed outContinue Reading

VIENNA (AP) — The Assad-era government in Syria was constructing a nuclear reactor that was configured to produce fissile material for possible use in nuclear weapons, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said on Monday. The “configuration” and the “technical features” of the nuclear reactor under construction inContinue Reading

The city will cancel 321 of the company’s automated license plate readers supported by state funding by Sept. 15., The city will cancel 321 of the company’s automated license plate readers supported by state funding by Sept. 15., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading

OpenAI’s rollout of its GPT-6 Astra model ran into early access issues after paying ChatGPT users were unable to use the system shortly after launch, prompting CEO Sam Altman to apologize and say the release had been “messy.” “First, sorry for the messy rollout,” OpenAI CEO Sam Altman acknowledged theContinue Reading

You might not know it from looking, but Gmail is jam-packed with time-saving tricks. Some of ’em are right there in front of your face, if you know how to find ’em — while others require a teensy bit of under-the-hood tinkering to activate. But all of ’em are builtContinue Reading

Recently, I was asked by a friend and colleague if I were interested in speaking together at a conference. I was pleasantly surprised because I hadn’t contributed much to the project they were presenting, but I expressed interest. We met to discuss the presentation, and that’s when I learned theContinue Reading

When I go back home and talk to people in the tech industry, or any other industry for that matter, about what I do and the topics I’m involved in daily, I’m usually met with bemusement at the idea of an Open Source Programs Office (OSPO). The concept of aContinue Reading

Firefox’s new ‘Nova’ redesign will be enabled for all users in Firefox 157, due the end of September – barring any last minute hiccups, of course. Mozilla’s engineers have been working on Nova since March. The original pitch was for rounded UI elements, floating toolbars, framed web content no longerContinue Reading

Some see Sean Westwood’s prize-winning 2025 study as a warning sign., Some see Sean Westwood’s prize-winning 2025 study as a warning sign., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading

SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil’s top electoral court set new standards for what it will consider to be artificial intelligence -generated deepfakes in political advertising, a move aimed at curbing misinformation and manipulation ahead of October elections. The court issued the ruling late Tuesday in a case involving opposition candidateContinue Reading