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Minisforum, a Chinese company famed for selling range of mini PCs, has launched an affordable ARM-based mini workstation with UEFI boot, making it easier to run Linux distributions without the need for custom firmware or bootloaders. The MS-R1 is designed for local inference tasks, Android VM containers in Docker andContinue Reading

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In the city of Belém, at the mouth of the Amazon rainforest, Brazil has kicked off the COP30 climate conference, a summit framed as a pivotal moment to reduce emissions and keep the Paris Agreement alive. More than 50,000 people are expected to attend, from heads of state to civilContinue Reading

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ExEP … Meetings/Events Science and Technology for the… ExEP Home Overview Team Missions Science Overview Decadal Surveys ExoExplorers Technology Technology Overview Needs and Gap Lists Strategic Astrophysics Technology (SAT) Awards ExEP Technology Colloquium Series In-Space Servicing and Assembly (iSSA) Segmented Coronagraph Design and Analysis (SCDA) Starshade Technology Development Starshade ExoplanetContinue Reading

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It’s OK to look: New Canary channel build supports specific silicon while 26H2 remains the main 2026 update Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11 version 26H1 is coming, but only with changes to support “specific silicon” – possibly Qualcomm’s latest chips due next year – meaning ordinary users are unlikelyContinue Reading

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AI slop, The Traitor tantrums, and zero humans answering phones Opinion  When the first generation of microcomputers landed on desktops, they promised many things. Affordability, flexibility, efficiency, all the good things still selling IT to this day. Mostly, though, they offered control.…, Read MoreContinue Reading

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Non-binary furry fighting games fanatic SonicFox has fulfilled a dream: ratioing LibsofTikTok. The American esports player, whose real name is Dominique McLean, confronted the notoriously anti-LGBTQ+ social media account, operated by right-wing pundit Chaya Raichik, which has targeted educators, influencers and academics who have voiced pro-LGBTQ+ views. Several posts haveContinue Reading

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On Nov. 5, construction will start outside the Taiwanese city of Taichung on the world’s most advanced semiconductor plant, known as Fab 25. Owned and operated by the Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co., Fab 25 is expected to churn through 100,000 metric tons of water a day to produce the state-of-the-artContinue Reading

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When it was ratified in 1970, the National Football League’s constitution and bylaws included an explicit mandate that each team have only a single owner, or at most a small group of owners, at least one of whom must hold a one-third stake in the team. The constitution also apparentlyContinue Reading

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This article was originally published by the Texas Observer, a nonprofit investigative news outlet and magazine. Sign up for their weekly newsletter, or follow them on Facebook, X and Bluesky. Between mid-October and early November, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) and federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) signed a pair of agreements thatContinue Reading