Feds Greenlight Construction of Advanced Nuclear Reactors in Texas
The project, a partnership between chemical giant Dow and nuclear startup X-energy, is intended to kickstart a new nuclear era. By Dylan Baddour The Nuclear Regulatory Commission this week issued a permit for construction of four next-generation nuclear reactors at a petrochemical complex on the rural Gulf Coast of Texas. Continue Reading
Will Jensen Huang plead the fifth before Congress? | On Balance
Dmitri Alperovitch, an author and think tank executive, tells “On Balance” the spy scandal that toppled Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is only getting started. “There’s going to be hearings. Jensen Huang is going to be forced to testify. I predict right now he’s going to probably take the Fifth becauseContinue Reading
Democrat’s top priorities: lowering costs and banning stock trading, Rep. says | On Balance
Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz tells Leland Vittert that Democrats will focus on lowering costs, protecting health care and restoring assistance programs when they take control of the House. She also discusses plans for a congressional stock trading ban that would include the president and executive branch officials, amid renewed scrutinyContinue Reading
With every rainfall, Gaza risks losing access to power and healthcare
Heavy rains flood shelters, damage solar power systems and threat essential healthcare services., Deir el-Balah, Gaza Strip – As the rain intensified, 65-year-old Abu Sajed rushed to place buckets and pots strategically around his modest room in central Gaza. The stone walls and tarpaulin roof offered little protection to his makeshiftContinue Reading
Microsoft hit by global outages: What happened and why?
Outlook, Teams and Copilot remain disrupted in 74 countries as Microsoft reports ‘marginal success’ in fixing outage., Microsoft says it has had only “marginal success” in restoring its most widely used workplace services, more than 12 hours after a global outage knocked out Outlook and disrupted Teams and Copilot forContinue Reading
‘He’s An Open Nazi, But …’ Cruz Says Nick Fuentes Got It Right On Israel Criticism
The Texas Republican is no fan of Nick Fuentes — but he said the avowed white nationalist streamer was right to claim mounting criticism of Israel was being fomented by “foreign countries and the left.”, Read MoreContinue Reading
Traitor 47 Jr.’s Advisory Contract With Kalshi Ends Over Polymarket Conflict
Such platforms face the prospect of heightened scrutiny in Congress., Read MoreContinue Reading
Terawatt opens four new fleet EV charging depots
Terawatt Infrastructure, a full-stack charging infrastructure platform for autonomous and electric fleets, has announced four new heavy-duty EV charging depots—two that are now in operation, and two more that are scheduled to go live this quarter. Terawatt acquires, develops and operates purpose-built depots for autonomous vehicles, heavy-duty logistics and commercialContinue Reading
BorgWarner to supply a new high-voltage inverter for a global automaker’s future EVs
BorgWarner has won an award to supply a new high-voltage traction inverter for a global automaker’s future battery-electric vehicle programs. The award extends BorgWarner’s existing inverter supply business to the automaker’s next generation of EVs. The new inverter platform uses BorgWarner’s power module technology and a simplified design architecture. BorgWarnerContinue Reading
Running Android apps on Ubuntu is now surprisingly easy
Ubuntu doesn’t run Android apps and games natively, but Waydroid is an open-source effort that lets you use them – and it’s really easy to setup on Ubuntu. Earlier this year, Waydroid was finally packaged in Debian. That puts it a simple apt install away on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS andContinue Reading
Microsoft struggles to get M365 services back online after widespread outage
If you’re struggling to send or receive emails, you’re not alone. Microsoft has been unable to fully restore Microsoft 365 more than 13 hours after an Exchange Online failure took down Outlook and spread to Teams, SharePoint, Copilot and parts of the company’s security tooling, and it said overnight thatContinue Reading
Chilean senators back proposal to ban online gambling
Chilean senators announced about two backed amendments that will prohibit online betting, challenging the government’s plan to license and tax private operators. The two amendments were approved by Senate Economy Committee with three votes to one, with one abstention. Both would block a regulated private online gambling market but propose different penalties…Continue Reading
DOJ Says Maybe She Wasn’t a Spy as It Tries to Clean Up Nvidia Mess
U.S. intelligence officials reportedly concluded Alice Huang—the woman whom Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had an affair with—is a Chinese government spy one year ago . But now, when pressed for further answers, the Justice Department is suggesting that she might not have been a spy at all. “When did theContinue Reading











