A Sunflower’s View of Totality
The Moon slid between the Sun and Earth to produce a stunning celestial show visible from Spain in August 2026.
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Doctors, Medical Associations Already Giving A Giant Middle Finger To Trump’s Vaccine EO
As expected, this didn’t take very long. Earlier this week we pointed out that Donald Trump supplanted RFK Jr. as the world’s most infamous anti-vaxxer when...
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CesiumAstro buys semiconductor specialist to boost constellation plans
CesiumAstro is acquiring semiconductor specialist Jariet Technologies, adding more in-house capabilities behind the phased-array antenna specialist’s plans for a future communications constellation. The post CesiumAstro buys...
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Removing Microplastics from Soil with Tumbling Magnetic Flakes
While in aquatic environments microplastics can be filtered out relatively easily, in soil it’s much harder to get to these microscopic particles. While you can certainly...
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Trump declares 100 percent tariffs on many drones and all aircraft parts
The United States has already banned future foreign drones from entering the United States unless their companies kiss the ring - as well as routers, robots,...
Read moreAMD GAIA 0.23 Delivers Ability To Install/Run AI Agents From The Terminal
AMD's GAIA open-source AI software built atop Lemonade for serving as an AI companion for emails, a Bash coding agent, and other AI agent skills is...
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Reproducible Builds (diffoscope): diffoscope 328 released
The diffoscope maintainers are pleased to announce the release of diffoscope version 328. This version includes the following changes: [ Chris Lamb ] * Don't require...
Read moreFriday Five — August 14, 2026
TechZine: Red Hat tames the open source AI chaosThe AI ecosystem is still in its infancy. This is evident from the regular releases of immature, yet...
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A Rare Extragalactic Stellar Stream Reveals Hidden Dark Matter
Scientists have discovered a rare star formation hidden in a distant galaxy, unlike anything seen before beyond the Milky Way. What’s more, the discovery offers a...
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Apple and Epic argue over how much Apple should get from purchases made outside the App Store
In a new filing in its long-running legal dispute with Epic Games, Apple has proposed a structure that would allow it to collect fees on digital...
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