PostgreSQL 18 eyes analytics boost and distributed future Summary PostgreSQL 18, due for general availability in September 2025, introduces an asynchronous I/O subsystem and UUID v7 support to sharpen analytics…
Microsoft doing light work with Analog Optical Computer prototype Summary Microsoft Research in Cambridge has revealed a new prototype Analog Optical Computer (AOC) that uses light to perform mathematically intensive…
Summary Linux Mint 22.2 (codename “Zara”) is a point release based on Ubuntu 24.04.3 that brings a modest refresh to the Cinnamon desktop and several usability tweaks, but the most…
Europe’s Jupiter supercomputer hits exascale threshold at inauguration Summary The Jupiter supercomputer at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre near Köln was officially inaugurated with its Booster module surpassing the exascale threshold…
Amazon’s Project Kuiper Strikes Its First Satellite Internet Deal With an Airline Summary Amazon’s Project Kuiper has signed its first airline partner, JetBlue, to deliver satellite-powered in-flight Wi‑Fi. The Verge…
Amazon’s Project Kuiper Strikes Its First Satellite Internet Deal With an Airline Summary Amazon’s Project Kuiper has signed its first airline agreement with JetBlue to provide satellite‑powered in‑flight Wi‑Fi. Amazon…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary A multinational, first-of-its-kind research expedition (Expedition 501) has recovered freshwater from beneath the Atlantic seabed…
Summary Amazon’s Project Kuiper has secured its first airline agreement with JetBlue to provide satellite-based in‑flight Wi‑Fi. Amazon demonstrated an “enterprise‑grade” terminal reaching just over 1 Gbps in a speed…
First Brain-Wide Map of Decision-Making Charted In Mice Summary A large, multi-lab collaboration has produced the first brain-wide map of decision-making activity in mice, tracking over 620,000 neurons across nearly…
Scientists Tap ‘Secret’ Fresh Water Under the Ocean, Raising Hopes For a Thirsty World Summary A first-of-its-kind global expedition (Expedition 501) drilled up to 1,289 feet into the seabed 20–30…
