At the US Open, tennis itself fights for the attention
The tournament wanted influencers and spectacle. Players and fans are discovering what happens when they get them Published September 5, 2026 1:15PM (EDT) Influencers are quickly filling up the seats at one of the hottest events this week — the U.S. Open. Some players and fans say they’re ruining theContinue Reading
Nvidia acquires Hugging Face in push for open-source technology
Nvidia said it will pay $12.93 billion for Hugging Face’s platform, which hosts more than 3 million models and 500,000 datasets., Nvidia said it will pay $12.93 billion for Hugging Face’s platform, which hosts more than 3 million models and 500,000 datasets., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
I benchmarked GPU performance on Windows vs. Linux, and the driver tax was unbelievable
Windows has more than just extra overhead…Read MoreContinue Reading
Nvidia’s PAIR software turns idle home computers into a local AI cluster
Nvidia has introduced a new software tool for jumpstarting an explosion in local inferencing infrastructure. The Personal AI Router (PAIR) project is open-source software designed to link different computer systems, even different computer operating systems, into a custom AI cluster where chatbots, AI agents, and other compatible LLM applications share…Read Entire Article…Continue Reading
Watch Isar Aerospace try to make history today with launch from Norway
Isar Aerospace’s second Spectrum rocket launches from Andoya Space Center in Norway on Sept. 5, 2026. (Image credit: Isar Aerospace) No rocket had ever reached orbit from Western European soil — until today. The German company Isar Aerospace launched its Spectrum rocket from Andøya Space Center in northern Norway today (Sept. 5) at 4:12 p.m.Continue Reading
This Week In Space podcast: Episode 226 — Who Owns The Moon?
Who Owns the Moon? – Capitalism and Property Rights in Space – YouTube Watch On On Episode 226 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Dr. Rainer Zitelmann to discuss the history of capitalism and how it applies to our future in space. Capitalism — and a strong profitContinue Reading
There’s a new record number of 401(k) millionaires as retirement savings hold at all-time highs
Retirement savings hovered at record highs in the second quarter, pushing the number of 4src1(k) millionaires to a record as investors focused on their long-term goals despite persistent anxiety about the broader economy, Fidelity Investments said Thursday…Continue Reading
GNOME Sushi gets a GTK4 revamp, new features
Sushi, the spacebar preview utility for Nautilus file manager, has been ported to GTK4 for GNOME 51. For anyone unfamiliar with it, Sushi is like Quick Look on macOS: you highlight a file (image, music, video, document, etc) in Nautilus, press the spacebar and an instant preview of its contentContinue Reading
Hurricane Lowell threatens Hawaiian islands with life-threatening surf
Hurricane Lowell is expected to create life-threatening conditions even as it’s forecast to sidestep the major Hawaiian islands west of the archipelago by Monday night., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
Civil Servants Sworn in at NASA Ames
New civil servants and guests pose for a group photo with NASA and center leadership in the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC) 8src-by-12src-foot test section, N221 on Aug. 24, 2src26. The civil servants were sworn-in the same day in the largest swearing-in ceremony ever hosted at NASA’s Ames Research Center in California’s Silicon Valley sinceContinue Reading
America Is Betting Big on a New Generation of Small Nuclear Reactors
Governments worldwide are racing to develop small modular reactors (SMRs) as part of their plans for a nuclear power renaissance, with significant progress being seen in recent years. However, the United States appears to be leading the way in nuclear microreactor development, with significant investment in the technology recently announced by the U.S…Continue Reading
9/11 survivor describes being buried alive twice after the towers collapsed
Joe Torrillo, a former New York City Fire Department lieutenant, joins “NewsNation Prime” to share his harrowing experience at Ground Zero. He miraculously was pulled from the rubble of the South Tower with critical injuries, only to be covered again in debris when the second building collapsed. “I ended upContinue Reading
‘People laughed at me’: Indian youth cleans up a trash-filled river
A 21-year-old student in India’s Madhya Pradesh has single-handedly cleaned up a trash-filled river., ‘People laughed at me’: Indian youth cleans up a trash-filled river NewsFeed A 21-year-old student in India’s Madhya Pradesh, popularly known as ‘Bittu Tabahi’, has single-handedly cleaned up a trash-filled river. Despite ridicule, health risks andContinue Reading