Information column from Alaska Public Media: The National Renewable Energy Laboratory, a federal research organization devoted to renewable energy development for half a century, has undergone a significant transformation. The word “renewable” has been stripped from its name, and it will now be known as the National Laboratory for Renewable Energy, or more informally, the […]

The US Supreme Court is poised to engage in a thought-provoking debate regarding the president’s authority to fire agency officials, a discussion that will put the conservative justices’ commitment to originalism to the test. At the heart of this matter lies the case of Slaughter, which revolves around the question of whether Congress can impose […]

Meta is contemplating significant cuts to its Reality Labs unit, specifically the division focused on developing the metaverse. Three employees with insider knowledge revealed that the company is not abandoning its metaverse ambitions, but rather, plans to reallocate funds saved from these potential cuts into its augmented reality glasses. The glasses, co-branded with Ray-Ban and […]

In the outskirts of Memphis, a new development is taking shape, one that promises to bring a surge of renewable energy to the city’s growing tech landscape. Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, xAI, is planning to build an 88-acre solar farm near its Memphis-based data center, Colossus 1. The proposal, filed with the Memphis and […]

Valve, the tech giant behind Steam, has been secretly fueling a revolution in gaming, one that could transform phones into full-fledged gaming machines. In a recent, in-depth interview with The Verge, Valve revealed its involvement in major open-source projects, aimed at making Windows PC games compatible with ARM chips. This architecture, commonly found in phones, […]

The potential closures at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland have sparked concerns about the ripple effects on collaborating organizations, including the Kennedy Space Center in Florida. The Goddard Engineers, Scientists and Technicians Association has sounded the alarm about the impact of ongoing building closures and workforce reductions on the center’s work. Goddard Space […]

Antigravity Launches Revolutionary 8K 360-Degree Camera Drone Antigravity has officially launched its highly anticipated A1 drone, touted as the “world’s first” consumer aerial drone with inbuilt 360-degree video capture (Mashable, 2023). The release comes a month earlier than its previously scheduled January 2026 release date. According to Mashable, the A1 drone is designed to make […]

Robot dogs are already a bit creepy. But slap on a hyper-realistic image of a tech billionaire’s face and have them literally crap out a piece of AI-generated art and you’re left with something that would make Black Mirror producers shudder. “What if the act of looking at art were no longer a one-way encounter, […]

Published by The Manila Times: Doginal Dogs, a pioneering project on the Dogecoin blockchain, is redefining the boundaries of Web3 leadership, driven by the visionary co-founders Christian Barker, known as Bark, and David Chaboki, known as Shibo. This innovative endeavor has transcended its origins as a free-mint NFT collection of 10,000 digital dog characters, evolving […]