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Monday January 5, 2026. 01:49 AM
North Dakota passed a law last May to promote development of rare earth minerals in the state. But the law's language apparently also includes two fake mineral names, according to the Bismarck Tribune, 'that appear to be inspired by coal company lawyers who worked on the...
America's electric car subsidies expired at the end of September, notes Bloomberg. Yet in those last three months, 'while fully electric cars and trucks made up 10% of all auto sales in the US... another 15% of transactions were for hybrid vehicles.' The EV market is slowing ...
Sunday January 4, 2026. 11:36 PM
Here it is — Betty Boop's first appearance, which became public domain on Thursday. It's a 60-second song halfway through a longer cartoon about a restaurant titled Dizzy Dishes. (The first scene makes it clear this is a restaurant of anthropomorphized animals — which...
'The ancient evolution of fish mouths could help solve a modern source of plastic pollution,' writes ScienceAlert. 'Inspired by these natural filtration systems, scientists in Germany have invented a way to remove 99 percent of plastic particles from water. It's based on how ...
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Independent: Candida auris, a type of invasive yeast that can cause deadly infections in people with weakened immune systems, has infected at least 7,000 people [in 2025] across 27 U.S. states, according to data from the...
'Microsoft is hoping that Windows can once again serve as the platform where it all takes off,' reports GeekWire: A new framework called Agent Launchers, introduced in December as a preview in the latest Windows Insider build, lets developers register agents directly with...
Last June the Trump organization announced sales of a $499 'T1' smartphone with a gold-colored case. But though they originally were scheduled for release in August, this week a customer service representative for the wireless carrier told CBS News the device will be pushed...
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Linux news site Linuxiac: Archboot, a guided, user-friendly, menu-driven installer for Arch Linux that automates much of the traditional manual installation process (while still allowing advanced users to intervene when...
The Wall Street Journal profiles 'the startup that is now one of a handful of chip makers nipping at the heels of Nvidia.' Furiosa's AI chip is dubbed 'RNGD' — short for renegade — and slated to start mass production this month. Valued at nearly $700 million based on its...
The New York Times checks in on U.S. university researchers and start-ups trying to create domestic rare-earth processing facility: There is too little money to be made in rare earths for the elements to be of much interest to mining giants, so the challenge of...
Reddit 'has overtaken TikTok as Britain's fourth most-visited social media service,' reports the Guardian: The platform has undergone huge growth over the last two years, with an 88% increase in the proportion of UK internet users it reaches. Three in five Brits online now...
An anonymous reader shared this report from Electrek: Tesla has released a new video showing a Tesla Semi truck charging at a massive 1.2 megawatts (MW), finally giving us a clear look at the charging speeds that will enable long-haul electric trucking...> Tesla claimed the...
An AI chatbot to answer probate questions from Alaska residents 'was supposed to be a three-month project,' said Aubrie Souza, a consultant with the National Center for State Courts told NBC News. 'We are now at well over a year and three months, but that's all because of...
Remember how California's government negotiated a 2024 deal where Google contributed millions to California's local newsrooms to offset advertisers moving to the search engine? 'A year after it was cemented — and billed as a model that could succeed where entire countries...
Saturday January 3, 2026. 11:45 PM
An anonymous reader shared this report from Neowin: Offline Windows activation has been possible to do using the phone. However, it looks like Microsoft has quietly killed off that method as users online have found that they are no longer able to activate the OS using it......
Why did the U.S. invade Venezuela and capture its leader Nicolás Maduro? 'If you asked ChatGPT about it this morning, it told you that youâ(TM)re making it up,' Wired reported Saturday: WIRED asked leading chatbots ChatGPT, Claude, and Gemini the same question a little...
'Starlink is beginning a significant reconfiguration of its satellite constellation focused on increasing space safety,' announced Michael Nicolls, Starlink's vice president of engineering: 'We are lowering all Starlink satellites orbiting at ~550 km to ~480 km (~4400...
'While a growing number of U.S. employers are mandating workers return to the office five days a week,' reports the Washington Post, 'some companies say AI is saving them enough time to launch or sustain a four-day workweek. 'More companies may move toward a shortened...
CNBC reports that U.S. airlines have 'canceled hundreds of flights to airports in Puerto Rico and Aruba, according to flight tallies from FlightAware and carriers' sites.' JetBlue, Southwest, and American Airlines were among the multiple airlines showing cancelled flights,...
86 aircraft were affected by an incident in Denver,and 256 more in Dallas-Fort Worth, America's Federal Aviation Admistrationtold the Washington Post: The pilots flying into Denver International Airport could tell something was wrong. In urgent calls to air traffic...
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