Former British consul Vincent Fean says Israel is acting unlawfully by demanding the UK close its consulate., Israel’s deadline to close UK consulate in East Jerusalem nears NewsFeed Former British consul Sir Vincent Fean says Israel is acting unlawfully by demanding the UK close its East Jerusalem consulate in theContinue Reading
commentary Forget Iran — the defense secretary is focused on forcing his religion on everyone else Published October 7, 2026 6:45AM (EDT) Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announces a new Office of Religious Affairs as he gives a State of the Force address at Marine Corps Base Quantico on Sept. 30,Continue Reading
Canonical has changed how Ubuntu 26.10 boots on system with Secure Boot enabled, in an effort to reduce the attack surface of the boot process. Ubuntu 26.10’s signed build of GRUB, which is only used on systems if Secure Boot is turned on, no longer supports /boot on Btrfs, XFS,Continue Reading
Cisco is adding AI agents to Webex group chats so colleagues can assign them work and share the results, part of a wider revamp of the Webex app. Announced at the WebexOne conference Wednesday, users will soon be able to @mention agents in Webex “spaces” to help schedule meetings, takeContinue Reading
The plague, a rare bacterial infection known for its deadly impact in 14th-century Europe, still exists today, Read MoreContinue Reading
Los Angeles truckers agonize over $8 diesel prices, Read MoreContinue Reading
Eritrea dismisses allegation as Ethiopia’s pretext for more war., Eritrea dismisses allegation as Ethiopia’s pretext for more war. Eritrean soldiers have been seen driving through a northern town inside Ethiopia, witnesses tell the Reuters news agency, days after the neighbouring countries severed ties. At least two witnesses told Reuters theyContinue Reading
Ukraine says Russia launched a massive overnight barrage of 130 drones, 48 cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, NewsFeed Ukraine says Russia launched a massive overnight barrage of 130 drones, 48 cruise missiles and ballistic missiles, with air defences intercepting 161 targets. At least 24 people were killed across several regions,Continue Reading
Twelve Days That Shook the Middle East: Origins of a Genocide is the new book by Al Jazeera senior political analyst Marwan Bishara discussing the crucial 12 days between Benjamin Netanyahu’s October 7 speech and Biden’s “rare” Oval Office speech on October 19. “October 7 was bloody, and it wasContinue Reading
Learn what’s new in the LibreOffice 26.8 release across Writer, Calc, Impress and the rest of the suite. LibreOffice 26.8 was released on 26 August 2026 for Windows, macOS and Linux. The updates are heavier on Writer than on Base or Draw, which is the usual pattern. The useful workContinue Reading
How does an operating system that isn’t proprietary or powered by the Linux kernel manage to run Docker, you ask? Well, it would need features like namespaces and cgroups. That’s exactly what Vinix did, adding its own implementations of those plus overlayfs and seccomp, allowing the stock Alpine Linux DockerContinue Reading
Since 2022, Google’s Open Source Software Vulnerability Reward Program (OSS VRP) has been the path for outside researchers to get paid for reporting security flaws in the company’s open source code, including projects like Flutter, Angular, Go, and Fuchsia. With an announcement on X, they have now decided to discontinueContinue Reading
Months after revealing its Surface Laptop Ultra, Microsoft has announced that the Nvidia RTX Spark-equipped device will launch on October 16th. Pricing starts at $2,599 for the base configuration, featuring an 18-core CPU, 24GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage. The Surface Laptop Ultra ships with a 15-inch HDR touchscreen display with up to 2,000Continue Reading