Linux Mint 22.3 "Zena" is Officially Available Now! Introduces Two New Apps
2026-01-13
A fresh menu, troubleshooting tools, and other improvements arrive in this point release., Read More From It’s FOSSContinue Reading
Arnold Clark Charge deploys fifty 150 kW EV charging hubs in Scotland.
2026-01-13
EV charging network Arnold Clark Charge has deployed more than 50 ultra-rapid charging hubs in Scotland. The network was launched in 2024 as part of a £30-million investment by UK-based family-run car retailer Arnold Clark. The hubs, located at Arnold Clark branches across the country, are all open to theContinue Reading
Intrepid, Aquatech and Adionics complete test work at battery-grade lithium carbonate project in Utah
2026-01-13
US potash producer Intrepid, water and process technology provider Aquatech and French lithium extraction firm Adionics have completed test work to produce battery-grade lithium carbonate from by-product brine at Intrepid’s Wendover, Utah potash facility. The test results demonstrate the ability to convert Intrepid’s Wendover brine and achieve a lithium extractionContinue Reading
Cyberpunk 2077 and Red Dead Redemption 2 tested at 4K Ultra on SteamOS and Windows 11, offering a snapshot of Linux gaming in 2026
2026-01-13
Last year, we reported that the Linux desktop attained a 5% share of the US desktop market for the first time. And there are good reasons behind this surge in popularity , especially among gamers. Additionally, one notable member of the Notebookcheck team recently wrote about ditching Windows 11 inContinue Reading
I tried out North Korea’s leaked OS so you don’t have to
2026-01-13
Linux, but not open-source…Read MoreContinue Reading
Is Solid-State Finally Here? We Dive into the Verge TS Pro’s “World’s First” Battery Tech
2026-01-13
On the opening day of CES 2026, we covered the splashy debut of the Verge TS Pro electric motorcycle, powered by what’s claimed to be the world’s first application of a true solid-state battery in a road-legal production electric vehicle. The high points of this solid-state…Continue Reading
Plucky startup Bolt Graphics still wants to use RISC-V to compete with Nvidia, AMD in AI and beyond — and given CUDA’s port on RISC-V, there may be something there
2026-01-13
Bolt Graphics is betting on RISC-V and CUDA compatibility to challenge Nvidia and AMD with a radically different GPU design focused on AI and rendering…Continue Reading
‘Backward and upward and tilted’: Spaceflight causes astronauts’ brains to shift inside their skulls
2026-01-13
What effects do spaceflight have on the astronaut brain? (Image credit: Wang, Odor, et al.) Spaceflight doesn’t just change your perspective — it shifts the actual position of your brain inside your skull, a new study reports. Many of us know about the famed ” overview effect, ” which describes how a trip to theContinue Reading
ISS astronaut medical evacuation latest news: Crew-11 astronauts prepare for SpaceX Dragon departure
2026-01-13
Refresh 2026-01-13T20:38:50.728Z Crew-11 astronauts are ‘go’ for Jan. 14 medical evacuation from ISS (Image credit: NASA) The four astronauts of SpaceX’s Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) are officially “go” to return to Earth on Wednesday (Jan. 14). Mission managers gave the go-ahead for undocking today (Jan. 13), NASA officials announced in anContinue Reading
Ubuntu 26.04 Undergoes ‘Mass Rebuild’ of All Archive Packages
2026-01-13
If you run Ubuntu 26.04 development builds as your main and noticed an above-average number of updates in recent days, don’t be excited: there aren’t stacks of new features landing – at least, not ones you can see. Rather, Ubuntu engineers are doing a “mass rebuild of all source packages”,Continue Reading
Run a virtual conference using only open source tools
2026-01-13
The Fedora Design Team discovered that using open source tools to run a virtual conference can be quite effective by hosting the first Creative Freedom Summit in January 2023. In this article, I’ll share some background on the conference, why using open source tools to run it was important toContinue Reading
5 open ways to help UX designers and developers collaborate better
2026-01-13
Ideally, designers have a good relationship with their product team and users. However, the relationship between designers and developers is more difficult to build and maintain. The lack of a close relationship makes it difficult to solve problems or improve. In my experience, the open source Open Decision Framework can overcomeContinue Reading
The Traitor gives green light to Nvidia H200 chip exports to China
2026-01-13
Nvidia will first need to certify there are enough H200s in the U.S., Nvidia will first need to certify there are enough H200s in the U.S., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading