thailand-cambodian-clashes-force-100,000-into-shelters-on-thai-border

Families huddle in makeshift shelters, carrying few belongings, as artillery echoes prompt fears of an uncertain future., Desperate evacuees, huddled on plastic mats in a sports hall in Thailand, have described fleeing from thunderous artillery bombardments as heavy fighting has escalated between Thailand and Cambodia. The worst fighting in moreContinue Reading

a-tiny-dinosaur-bone-just-rewrote-the-origin-of-bird-flight

A tiny, overlooked wrist bone called the pisiform may have played a pivotal role in bird flight and it turns out it evolved far earlier than scientists thought. Fossils from bird-like dinosaurs in Mongolia reveal that this bone, once thought to vanish and reappear, was actually hiding in plain sight.Continue Reading

uber-inks-six-year-robotaxi-deal-with-lucid

Uber has announced a partnership with Lucid under which the companies plan to deploy more than 20,000 robotaxis over the next six years. Autonomous vehicle startup Nuro will develop the self-driving technology that Lucid will use in its robotaxis, which will be “purpose-built just for the Uber platform,” as UberContinue Reading

cosmic-desktop-alpha:-hands-on-and-review

We did a test run of the maiden alpha release of the System76’s Rust-based COSMIC desktop. System76, the company behind the Pop!_OS Linux distribution, has announced the first official alpha release (Epoch 1) of the COSMIC desktop environment. This new version of COSMIC is written in Rust and is beingContinue Reading

‘Ready to build the future’ — NextStar Energy employees ratify first Unifor contract

Canada’s first large-scale electric vehicle battery cell plant now also has its first collective bargaining agreement after 88 per cent of workers voted in favour of ratifying the contract Sunday. The one-year agreement includes a five-per-cent wage increase and certifies Unifor and Local 444 as the exclusive bargaining agent for employees at the facility…Continue Reading