Millions of computers are heading towards a security crisis as Microsoft plans to end support for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025. 32 million devices — roughly 65 percent of household computers in Germany — are still running the aging operating system. In the DACH region, including Austria and Switzerland, Read more…
“We’re going straight to Mars. The Moon is a distraction,” Elon Musk posted Thursday on X.com. Ars Technica’s senior space editor points out that “These are definitive statements that directly contradict NASA’s plans to send a series of human missions to the lunar south pole later this decade and establish Read more…
Electric vehicles are expected to outsell cars with internal combustion engines in China for the first time next year, it’s a historic inflection point that puts the world’s biggest car market years ahead of western rivals. China is set to smash international forecasts and Beijing’s official targets with domestic EV Read more…
Politico asked an “array of thinkers — futurists, scientists, foreign policy analysts and others — to lay out some of the possible ‘Black Swan’ events that could await us in the new year: What are the unpredictable, unlikely episodes that aren’t yet on the radar but would completely upend American Read more…
China’s commerce ministry has proposed export restrictions on some technology used to make battery components and process critical minerals lithium and gallium, a document, opens new tab issued on Thursday showed. If implemented, they would be the latest in a series of export restrictions and bans targeting critical minerals and Read more…
Britain recorded its cleanest electricity generation in 2024, with carbon dioxide emissions falling to 124g per kilowatt hour, down from 419g in 2014, according to analysis by Carbon Brief released Thursday. Renewables, including wind, solar and biomass, provided 45% of the country’s power, while total low-carbon sources reached 58%. Gas Read more…
Samsung is set to debut its new Odyssey 3D monitor at CES 2025, reviving the glasses-free 3D experience that manufacturers pushed on consumers over a decade ago. While details remain limited, the monitor reportedly utilizes a lenticular lens, stereo cameras, and AI to convert 2D content into lifelike 3D visuals, Read more…