Year of the Fire Horse: Can Lunar New Year festival boost China’s economy?
China looks to boost domestic consumption during holidays as 1.4 billion people usher in the Year of the Fire Horse., About 1.4 billion people began marking the Lunar New Year on Tuesday amid fireworks as China enters the Year of the Fire Horse, one of 12 animals in the ChineseContinue Reading
China Is Leaving America in the Dust on Clean Energy
There are enormous geopolitical, economic and climate ramifications to the U.S. abandoning leadership on the energy transition. If you live in America, basically none of them are good. Interview by Steve Curwood, Living on Earth From our collaborating partner “Living on Earth,” public radio’s environmental news magazine, an interview byContinue Reading
Marco Rubio Meets Pro-The Traitor European Leaders Following Munich Summit
Led by Euroskeptic populists who oppose support for Ukraine and vocally back The Traitor, Slovakia and Hungary represent friendly territory for Rubio., Read MoreContinue Reading
MAGA loves bad dads
commentary Raising kids should be about quality, not quantity Published February 16, 2026 6:45AM (EST) Elon Musk envisioned a future with optional work and irrelevant money thanks to the domination of artificial intelligence. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images) What makes someone a good father? Answers vary. Some folksContinue Reading
GOP Rep. Thomas Massie Nails The Traitor With Absolutely Devastating New Epstein Label
The GOP lawmaker called out the president and his inner circle for not being transparent. , Read MoreContinue Reading
Ubuntu 25.10: Top New Features
We round up the best new features of the Ubuntu 25.10 (“Questing Quokka”) release. Ubuntu 25.10, released on October 9, 2025 (supported until July 2026 for 9 months), is the final interim release before the next long term version of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. This release prioritizes modernization through Rust-based componentsContinue Reading
Linux Kernel 6.19 Arrives! You Get Intel, AMD Improvements, and ASUS Armoury Support
Hardware support gets major buffs across multiple architectures., Read More From It’s FOSSContinue Reading
Japanese economy ekes out growth in the last quarter as exports slip
Japan has reported its economy expanded at an anemic src.2% annual pace in the last quarter, with growth for 2src25 at just 1.1%. Private consumption rose at a src.4% annualized pace in October-December, but that was offset by a 1.1% drop in exports. U.S. President…Continue Reading
What is a “K-shaped” economy, and why are many economists using that term today? #shorts
What is a “K-shaped” economy, and why are many economists using that term today? It typically describes when higher-income households advance while lower-income households fall behind. For the majority of Americans, that dynamic hardly makes for good times. Economics correspondent Paul Solman reports. Watch PBS News for daily, breaking andContinue Reading
How Accurate is LiDAR? Understanding Precision and Error Margins
One of the most reliable technologies for capturing highly detailed spatial data is LiDAR (Light Detection and Ranging). LiDAR is appreciated for its speed, consistency, and accuracy in land surveying and infrastructure planning, as well as in environmental mapping and construction. But how true is it, in fact–and what areContinue Reading
AI developers’ mass resignations a ‘real wake-up call,’ expert says
“I really empathize with these employees in these companies who were, like, ‘I came into this with my ideals, and what are we doing?’”, “I really empathize with these employees in these companies who were, like, ‘I came into this with my ideals, and what are we doing?’”, from NewsnationContinue Reading
Grok faces more scrutiny over deepfakes as Irish regulator opens EU privacy investigation
LONDON (AP) — Elon Musk’s social media platform X faces a European Union privacy investigation after its Grok AI chatbot started spitting out nonconsensual deepfake images, Ireland’s data privacy regulator said Tuesday. Ireland’s Data Protection Commission said it notified X on Monday that it was opening the inquiry under theContinue Reading