From Iran to Gaza and Lebanon, assassinations have repeatedly removed figures capable of negotiating an end to conflict., In international politics, it is often assumed that wars end when the fighting becomes unbearable and the parties turn to diplomacy. But diplomacy requires interlocutors — figures with the standing to negotiateContinue Reading
Miracle-wm v0.11.0 gains a fancy new overview mode inspired by GNOME Shell. For those unfamiliar with miracle-wm, it’s a tiling window manager built around the Wayland compositor Mir, created to be a “hackable and flashy” alternative to other tiling WMs, like hyprland and sway. The overview mode gives users anContinue Reading
Browsing the web on Android sure ain’t what it used to be. Earlier this week, we talked about how the Vivaldi web browser is bringing support for Chrome extensions to Android. Vivaldi has the same Chromium code foundation as Chrome but with lots of extra features and options. I’ve beenContinue Reading
Troye Sivan has left fans agog after sampling a Madonna classic and getting involved in some raunchy renaissance antics on his brand new single “Party”. The Australian pop star, 30, released the breathless dance track on Thursday (17 September), complete with one of the stand-out music videos of the year,Continue Reading
NASA has selected SpaceX to provide launch services for the agency’s StarBurst mission, a small satellite designed to investigate neutron star mergers and the origins of short gamma-ray bursts. StarBurst will launch aboard a Bandwagon rideshare mission on a Falcon 9 rocket from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in FloridaContinue Reading
This side-view image of McGetchin crater encompasses an area about 1.5 miles wide. Credit: NASA The moon may look desolate and calm, but a lot happens on that dusty landscape. With zero atmosphere, space rocks of all sizes regularly bombard the lunar surface. Most of the debris is microscopic, but astronomers estimate around 140 coffeeContinue Reading
As human-caused climate warming destabilizes high mountain regions, the threat of rock-ice avalanches and other glacial hazards grows., Read MoreContinue Reading
HANOI, Vietnam (AP) — Heavy rain caused flooding across parts of northern Vietnam on Thursday, disrupting travel, inundating homes and pushing several rivers above dangerous levels, authorities and state media said. Rain has fallen across northern and north-central Vietnam this week, with some areas receiving more than 5src centimeters (19.7 inches…Continue Reading
Indonesia says vessel will be used to aid disaster relief across the archipelago., Indonesia says vessel will be used to aid disaster relief across the archipelago, but its arrival comes amid drive to upgrade the military. Indonesia has welcomed the delivery of its first-ever aircraft carrier with a military ceremonyContinue Reading
This is a breaking news story., DEVELOPING STORY, At least eight people were also injured in the country’s third deadly school shooting since June. At least three people, including a 16-year-old suspected gunman, have been killed and several injured in the latest deadly shooting at a school in the Philippines.Continue Reading
Mozilla and Mistral have announced a partnership that brings the Mistral Small 4 model to Firefox Smart Window, the browser’s AI-powered window that lets users chat their way through a web browsing session. Both companies portray this as pushback against a browser ecosystem increasingly dominated by a few large companies.Continue Reading
GNOME is still the initial desktop environment for most people who step into the world of Linux, trying their first distribution. I say that because the mainstream picks like Ubuntu and Fedora Workstation both ship it by default, bringing new users directly into the GNOME ecosystem. While we are seeingContinue Reading
Royal families of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Abu Dhabi will own nearly 50% of the equity of a merged Paramount-Warner Bros. Discovery, Read MoreContinue Reading