Someone Should Maybe Do Something About the AI Apocalypse, Right?
In the theater, there’s an old saying about “Chekhov’s gun” that basically goes like this: If the playwright shows the audience a gun in the first act, you are locked into a certain plot inevitability—that gun will go off in the final act. It usually ends badly. This week, aContinue Reading
Yemen’s Houthis seize strategic Mayun Island in Red Sea
Yemen’s Houthis have seized the strategic Mayun Island as they cement control over the Bab al-Mandeb Strait., Yemen’s Houthis seize strategic Mayun Island in Red Sea NewsFeed Yemen’s Houthis have seized the strategic Mayun Island (also known as Perim Island) as they cement control over the Bab al-Mandeb Strait. TheContinue Reading
‘We started to plummet’: Turbulence rocks Turkish Airlines flight
Video shows passengers screaming as turbulence rocked a Tunisia-bound Turkish Airlines flight., NewsFeed Video shows passengers screaming as turbulence rocked a Tunisia-bound Turkish Airlines flight. The plane was diverted to another airport after three landing attempts at Tunis-Carthage International Airport. ‘On the third attempt, we started to plummet’, a passengerContinue Reading
Some dentists say more young people are grinding their teeth – are you one of them?
Image source, Getty Images Image caption, Nearly one in four people are thought to have bruxism, although most are unaware they grind their teeth By Ruth Clegg Health and wellbeing reporter Ella can’t remember when she first started grinding her teeth at night, but she can vividly recall the excruciatingContinue Reading
Watch first naval battle in history fought entirely by drones: Ukrainian uncrewed boat spots, fires on, and sinks Russian one in Black Sea
For the first time, two unmanned boats have fought a battle at sea, and the Ukrainian one sank its Russian rival. The Ukrainian Defense Intelligence has spotted a Russian drone in the Black Sea, and a Sargan-3000 naval drone armed with a remote-controlled machine-gun turret opened fire and destroyed it,Continue Reading
“There is real hunger there”: Oleshky, occupied town in Ukraine’s Kherson Oblast, turned 942 this week. Behind Russian blockade, its people eat roadside grass
In the occupied town of Oleshky in Kherson Oblast, people are foraging for grass and picking through bombed-out basements for anything to eat, Natalia Soboleva, an Odesa volunteer who tracks the town, says, Espreso reports. The city turned 942 years old this week and marked the day, as it hasContinue Reading
The 60-year-old Unix design choice that made the Linux desktop a mess
A heritage of dumb terminals and 1980s workstations still leaves Linux rooted in text tools and unconventional window behaviors…Read MoreContinue Reading
These obscure Linux utilities solve problems you didn’t know you had
If you have an unusual requirement, there’s probably a free Linux app that will cater to it…Read MoreContinue Reading
GM, Ford Turn EV Battery Bust Into Energy Storage Bet
The biggest U.S. legacy automakers look to turn the losses from their underutilized electric vehicle battery capacity into a new profitable business to seize the soaring demand for battery storage energy systems. GM and Ford, which, due to poor demand, have written down billions of U.S…Continue Reading
Space Telescope Interferometer to Image Exoplanet Continents
A NASA NIAC project will try to Mapping Alien Continents using formation-flying optical interferometer. Two hierarchical nullers ~100 km apart that first suppress the host star by ~10¹⁰ in visible light, then combine the leftover planet light as a Michelson interferometer. That baseline gives an angular resolution of order 1 µas at 500 nm. AnContinue Reading
NASA Super Light Solar Sail Project Will Be 12-40 Times Lighter and Faster
NASA Advanced innovation study will try to enable the next generation of solar sails featuring very high characteristic acceleration–potentially up to 2 mm/s²–and large effective areas exceeding 10,000 m², to support future ultra–high delta-V missions. These advanced solar sails would significantly transform space exploration and utilization, making possible a range of missions currently beyond theContinue Reading
Grayscale Says US Crypto Rules Can Advance Without CLARITY Act
U.S. crypto regulation is becoming clearer even as the CLARITY Act faces an uncertain path through Congress, according to Grayscale. Stablecoin legislation and agency initiatives are advancing, though several changes remain proposals rather than final rules. Grayscale Sees Regulatory Progress Beyond CLARITY Crypto businesses could gain clearer fundraising and trading rules even if Congress failsContinue Reading
The race for space solar
The space economy could be worth as much at $2 trillion by 2src4src – according to a recent report by professional services provider PwC. The cisLunar orbit, between the earth and the moon, is particularly promising. But all of it requires power and, as it has for decades…Continue Reading