commentary First they were accused of eating cats. Now Haitian immigrants must face violence back home Published September 3, 2026 9:00AM (EDT) Protest against the termination of Temporary Protected Status for the Haitian community, Foley Square in New York City, Aug. 28, 2026. (Charly Triballeau/AFP via Getty Images) The StateContinue Reading
Ahead of the November midterm elections, Republican officials in the third most populous county of Texas have voted to slash the number of polling sites by nearly one-third. Tarrant County, which includes Fort Worth, will have just 224 polling sites for 1.3 million voters. The change was approved in aContinue Reading
Audacity 4.0 has been released with a new Qt user interface, a new clip editing model and project file format – as well as a swathe of smaller improvements. The Qt port of Audacity is more than a superficial – some would say much-needed – facelift, as the toolkit switchContinue Reading
Microsoft’s text suggestion feature will now be turned off by default in both Word and Outlook, reports The Register. The text suggestions attempt to predict which words or phrases the user intends to type in advance. According to Microsoft, some users appreciate the feature, while others find the suggestions distracting.Continue Reading
A serious vulnerability was recently discovered in Exchange Server 2016, Exchange Server 2016, and Exchange Server Subscription Edition (SE). The vulnerability is designated CVE-2026-62911 and can be exploited by hackers to gain full access to affected systems, according to Bleeping Computer. Microsoft has released security patches to address the vulnerabilityContinue Reading
A newly discovered microbe living inside ancient stromatolite communities may offer a rare look at how complex life first emerged. Researchers captured the first direct images of an Asgard archaeon physically connected to a bacterium, with the two microbes appearing to exchange nutrients and other compounds. Scientists think similar partnershipsContinue Reading
On August 4, 2026, a major update to Eyes on the Solar System was released that included full Mars terrain. Now you can land on the surface of Mars and explore the entire planet if you are on a desktop or laptop computer. To use the feature anywhere in theContinue Reading
The Roscosmos Progress 92 cargo spacecraft is photographed in March 2026 from the International Space Station as it flies into an orbital sunset 267 miles above Earth’s surface. Credit: NASA NASA will provide live coverage of the launch and docking of a Roscosmos cargo spacecraft carrying about three tons ofContinue Reading
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BepiColombo’s Mercury arrival begins (Official ESA broadcast) – YouTube Watch On The BepiColombo mission is finally getting ready to arrive at its exotic destination. BepiColombo launched in October 2018 and took a long, looping and highly circuitous route toward Mercury our solar system’s innermost planet. That journey is now nearly over, and the mission isContinue Reading
Still from a Blue Origin animation showing its Mars Telecommunications Network orbiter at the Red Planet. (Image credit: Blue Origin) Blue Origin will build NASA’s next Mars orbiter. The agency announced on Tuesday (Sept. 1) that it has selected Jeff Bezos ‘ spaceflight company to develop the $700 million Mars Telecommunications Network (MTN), which isContinue Reading