Schaeffler to supply dual inverters powered by onsemi’s SiC for PHEV pickup trucks in North America
Schaeffler announced that it will supply a dual inverter, featuring silicon carbide (SiC) technology from its onsemi, for use in a plug-in hybrid (PHEV) pickup truck platform in the North American market. The contract covers nearly one million units over its lifetime, with series production scheduled to begin by theContinue Reading
Webinar: Powering the next generation of battery manufacturing with new twin-screw extrusion
From the lab to gigafactory, twin-screw extrusion (TSE) is highly beneficial in battery research and development due to its ability to produce superior electrode quality. This method is recognized for its effective distributive and dispersive mixing capabilities, resulting in homogeneous electrode materials with excellent dispersion of all ingredients. Twin-screw extrusionContinue Reading
Minisforum MS-R1: 12-Core Linux ARM Workstation for AI and VMs
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
Mapped: Big Food’s Routes to Influence at COP30
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
Archaeologists may have finally solved Peru’s strange “Band of Holes” mystery
In Peru’s mysterious Pisco Valley, thousands of perfectly aligned holes known as Monte Sierpe have long puzzled scientists. New drone mapping and microbotanical analysis reveal that these holes may once have served as a bustling pre-Inca barter market—later transformed into an accounting system under the Inca Empire., Read MoreContinue Reading
Science and Technology for the Era of LIFE 2025
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
Windows 11 26H1 is coming … for new processors only
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
De-duplicating the desktops: Let’s come together, right now
Here come old FlatPak, it comes grooving up slowly… opinion The tendency of Linux developers to reinvent wheels is no secret. It’s not so much the elephant in the room, as the entire jet-propelled guided ark ship full of every known and unknown member of the Proboscidea from Ambelodon toContinue Reading
Big Tech’s control freak era is breaking itself apart
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
Trans furry e-sports star SonicFox just ‘ratioed’ LibsofTikTok on X
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
Charli XCX Channels Gothic Glam in ‘House’ with The Velvet Underground’s John Cale
Charli XCX is diving deep into the gothic with “House,” her haunting new collaboration with The Velvet Underground’s John Cale. The track, written for Emerald Fennell’s upcoming adaptation of Wuthering Heights , marks a bold new chapter for the Brat era pop provocateur. A Dark, Elegant Sound “House” trades Charli’sContinue Reading
The Ecological Cost of AI Is Much Higher Than You Think
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
Go, Pack, Go: What It Means to Root for the People’s Team
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