The Volvo VNL, a heavy truck purpose-designed for North American roads
Blindspot cameras and radars, a more efficient engine, and lower-drag cab all help. Enlarge / America sends five times more freight by truck than rail, so it's important to start making those trucks more fuel efficient and safer......»»
Scholar of white supremacy visits all 113 places where Confederate statues were removed, says Richmond gets it right
In a symbolic rebuke of the American South's racist history, an old Confederate monument now has a meaningful new life, four years after it was toppled in Virginia......»»
MacWeb announces cloud hosting support for the new Mac mini M4
MacWeb, a leader in bare-metal Mac cloud services, has announced its latest lineup of dedicated offerings powered by Apple’s new M4 and M4 Pro chips. Designed with developers and IT professionals in mind, these new services bring speed, flexibility.....»»
Horizon3.ai NodeZero Insights enables executives to visualize changes in their security posture
Horizon3.ai launched NodeZero Insights, a platform designed for security leaders, CIOs, CISOs and practitioners. This new solution delivers real-time dashboards to measure, track and strengthen an organization’s security posture over time. NodeZero.....»»
The death of a robot designed for autistic children proves Apple"s on-device AI is the right path
The Moxie robot that used cloud processing for a large language model was designed to be a companion and education tool for autistic children, and it's being unceremoniously shut down by the owners. This absolutely insensitive and destructive move pr.....»»
Links between gender stereotypes and American patriotism date from the Cold War, but weren"t true then either
In 1959, at the opening of the American National Exhibition in Moscow, in front of a model American kitchen full of appliances, Vice President Richard Nixon and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev sparred over the advantages of the two countries' econom.....»»
SecureAuth protects sensitive information with biometric continuous identity assurance
SecureAuth is releasing biometric continuous identity assurance (BCIA). This ability is designed to safeguard a company’s sensitive information for the duration of a user’s session — providing additional protection from emerging threats.....»»
21 years since its inception, GNU Shepherd 1.0.0 is released
GNU Shepherd is a service manager designed to oversee the system’s daemons. It functions both as an “init” system (PID 1) and as a tool for unprivileged users to manage per-user daemons. GNU Shepherd GNU Shepherd supports various da.....»»
Neosync: Open-source data anonymization, synthetic data orchestration
Neosync is an open-source, developer-centric solution designed to anonymize PII, generate synthetic data, and synchronize environments for improved testing and debugging. What you can do with Neosync Safely test code with production data: Anonymize s.....»»
SpaceX video shows awesome power of Starship rocket in new fire test
SpaceX has performed a static fire test of the mighty Super Heavy booster ahead of the seventh test flight of the Starship rocket......»»
This tiny electric truck could be the most affordable yet
Looking for an electric truck, but don't want to spend much? The tiny Telo MT1 could be the cheapest electric truck yet......»»
Skyhigh Security strengthens data protection for Microsoft Copilot
Skyhigh Security announced the expansion of its purpose-built data protection capabilities to secure Microsoft Copilot, the fastest-growing AI solution in the enterprise. This latest milestone underscores Skyhigh Security’s commitment to enabling s.....»»
SpaceX’s Starship megarocket is getting ready to fly again
SpaceX has shared an image of its Super Heavy booster standing tall on the launchpad ahead of the Starship's seventh test flight......»»
Workplaces need to do a better job at supporting menstruating workers, says researcher
Menstrual leave employment policies allow employees experiencing painful menstrual cycle-related symptoms or illnesses, such as dysmenorrhea (painful periods) and menorrhagia (heavy bleeding) to take time off work......»»
Gurman: Apple-designed 5G modem coming to 2025 iPhones will be worse than Qualcomm’s
Apple’s long-in-the-works project to build its own cellular modem is about to see the light of day. As multiple reports have indicated in the past, select 2025 iPhone models will carry the Apple 5G modem—but thanks to a new report, now we know it.....»»
Apex the $45M stegosaurus is on display in New York. Here"s what scientists hope to learn about it
The most expensive dinosaur fossil ever discovered will be on view in New York starting this weekend, American Museum of Natural History officials announced Wednesday......»»
3D scans of giant hailstones reveal surprising discoveries that could help predict future storms
Hailstones are formed during thunderstorms, when raindrops are propelled into very cold parts of a cloud, where they freeze. Once the particles are heavy enough, gravity pulls them back towards Earth. As they plummet, they grow into hailstones, which.....»»
Scientists counted 49 ways Australia is destroying the ecosystems we hold dear—but there is hope
Australia's ecosystems face an unprecedented crisis. From rainforests in the continent's north to the alpine bogs and fens of the alps, ecosystems are being pushed towards collapse......»»
American Primeval trailer: Netflix explores American West in survival thriller
The hardships and butality of the American frontier in 1857 are explored in the first trailer for American Primeval, Netflix's upcoming limted series......»»
Hybrid statistical technique for predicting extreme weather events in South Florida
An innovative technique for predicting extreme weather events in South Florida has emerged from researchers at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering. The innovation specifically addresses the challenges of forecasting extreme heat and heavy rainfall......»»
"Exceptional" wildfires across Americas in 2024: EU monitor
Severe drought stoked rampant wildfires across North and South America this year and churned up record carbon pollution in Bolivia, Nicaragua and the Pantanal wetlands, according to new data from Europe's climate monitor......»»