A newly established space agency has submitted two requests to the International Telecommunication Union, asking the UN body to reserve orbital slots for a new space-based communications venture. The two filings are at different stages of design, but they appear to be part of the same massive satellite constellation China......
Milk-V Titan gives developers a plug-and-play RISC-V desktop
Unlike previous prototypes, which were limited to embedded or experimental use, the Titan targets mainstream usability. Its specifications read like those of a conventional mini-ITX board: dual-channel DDR4 memory supporting up to 64 GB at 3200 MT/s, a single M.2 slot for storage, multiple USB-A and USB-C ports, Gigabit Ethernet, and even......
An app called “Are You Dead?” is going viral among people living alone
The app, called Demumu, was released by Moonscape Technologies in May 2025 and has since seen an unexpected surge in popularity. The name is a piece of Chinese wordplay that roughly translates to "Are You Dead?" – a blunt framing that reflects the app's core function. Moonscape positions Demumu as......
Nvidia DLSS 4.5 is now available to all, with improved image quality and higher GPU demands
Nvidia made DLSS 4.5 available to those who enabled beta settings in the Nvidia App (download here) last week. In a post today, Team Green writes that the feature is now available to all users: just open the Nvidia App and let it auto-update. Read Entire Article
Robotics broke out at CES 2026 – just not in the way most people expected
According to most predictions, this year was expected to be the breakout moment for robotics at CES, and in many ways, it was. While physical robots generated the biggest immediate buzz on the showfloor, it's the quieter announcements around robotics platforms and tools that are likely to have the greatest......
OnePlus CEO Pete Lau wanted in Taiwan for hiring local engineers without government approval
According to CNA, two Taiwanese nationals were recently indicted for recruiting engineers on behalf of OnePlus, which is based in mainland China. Authorities charged Lau with violating the Cross-Strait Act, which regulates interactions between individuals and businesses in Taiwan and China. Read Entire Article
Researchers beam energy from a moving aircraft to test space solar power
The successful test is a proof-of-concept for Overview Energy's plans to deliver solar energy to Earth from satellites. The Northern Virginia startup hopes to conduct orbital tests and begin commercial operations within the next few years. Read Entire Article
Wine 11.0 released with performance gains and WoW64 completion
Wine 11, the latest release of the Windows compatibility layer for Linux, introduces NTSYNC support and completes the new WoW64 architecture, delivering notable performance and compatibility improvements across Vulkan, Direct3D, and system integration. Read Entire Article
Scientists develop nanophotonic material that changes color, texture, and shape on demand
The Stanford team created a metasurface from a polymer previously used in solar panels and printable electronics. They found that the material swells when it comes into contact with water, but it can also revert to its original state when exposed to other liquids, such as solvents. Read Entire Article
AI researchers are now studying LLMs as if they were living organisms
Large language models have grown so vast and complex that even the people who build them no longer fully understand how they work. A single modern system contains hundreds of billions of parameters – numbers so massive that, printed out, they would carpet entire cities. That opacity has become a......