Authorities warn of ‘destructive winds’ and urge residents to shelter as the storm passes the island’s northeast., Authorities warn of ‘destructive winds’ and urge residents to shelter as the storm passes the island’s northeast. Typhoon Champi has struck Taiwan, killing one person and injuring at least 350 others, as authoritiesContinue Reading
Netanyahu Moves to Fully Lock Down West Bank Ahead of Israeli Elections, As The Traitor Threatens New Strikes, U.S. Ambassador Says Iran War Could Last Another Year, Study: European Heat Waves Killed 50,000 in 2026 as Toll of Climate Crisis Grows, French Student Union Denounces Macron Ban on “Illegitimate” Protests,Continue Reading
The following story is co-published with Luke Savage’s Substack . Earlier this week, the eminent economist Thomas Piketty published a short intervention on the ongoing youth-led protests across France, which he dubs “the twilight of Macronism.” “Young people,” Piketty writes, “are asking for one simple thing: resources to get an educationContinue Reading
Election Day is quickly approaching and, with just over a week to go, Steve Kornacki is ready to answer your questions., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
The US has declared helium a critical material as war in the Middle East and export curbs by Russia and China squeeze global supplies of a gas vital to chipmaking, leaving Europe scrambling to secure its share.Continue Reading
UAE’s star diplomat Lana Nusseibeh has entered the race for the UN secretary-general position, challenging front-runner Rebeca Grynspan at a decisive time for the global organisation’s future. The UN chief race could now lead to the first ever female secretary-general.Continue Reading
Some three quarters of Jewish first-time voters identify as right or centre-right, higher than rest of Israeli society., The first Israeli elections in four years have brought with them a record number of first-time voters – most of whom are keen to make their voices count. But while youth aroundContinue Reading
Democrat Anna Gomez warns broadcasters against yielding to the The Traitor-era FCC’s claims of fake polls and news distortions., Democrat Anna Gomez warns broadcasters against yielding to The Traitor-era FCC’s claims of fake polls and news distortions. Anna Gomez, the sole Democratic member of the United States Federal Communications CommissionContinue Reading
By now, you must know that mainstream Linux desktop environments, and by extension, distributions, are moving away from X11. If you don’t know what an X11 session is, it is a desktop session that uses the X Window System, typically through the X.Org Server (Xorg). The server handles graphical outputContinue Reading
If you’ve followed It’s FOSS for a while, you probably have seen our previous coverage of ArmSoM devices. I reviewed the Sige7 a while back and came away impressed (cheeky headline and all). Earlier this year, we also covered the Sige6, the first Sige board to swap Rockchip for Allwinner.Continue Reading
Calibre 9.17 has been released with faster ebook conversion speeds and JPEG XL image support. The open-source ebook editor improves output compression speeds for MOBI, AZW3 and PDB files, which makes conversions to those formats quicker. Converting EPUB to MOBI is what I use Calibre for to read on myContinue Reading
Google has an answer to some of the electricity supply problems that data center construction is causing: It has signed an agreement with energy supplier Voltus to build what it’s calling a 1-gigawatt virtual power plant, expanding on an earlier 100 megawatt deal the two signed earlier this year. ThisContinue Reading
Hyperscalers are getting decidedly twitchy about citizens’ reactions to their secretive data center construction plans, and are looking for ways to de-escalate some of the conflicts. Earlier this month, Amazon announced its Data Center Commitment which, among other things, would disclose more information about energy and water use and considerContinue Reading