The Linux kernel project has spent quite some time navigating the use of AI tools, and the response usually has been somewhere between “figure it out yourself” and “we’ll get back to you.” Late last year, at the 2025 Maintainers Summit, Sasha Levin pushed for some documented consensus, and whatContinue Reading
Benchmarking contract lays groundwork for renegotiating £774M software agreement NHS England is spending £46,000 on “benchmarking” as it gears up for what looks like the next round of negotiations behind one of the UK public sector’s biggest software deals.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Just before the Artemis II crew passed behind the moon, they captured this image of a crescent Earth setting on the moon’s limb. (Image credit: NASA) Quick facts What it is: “Earthset” as seen by the crew of NASA’s Artemis II mission Where it is: 4,070 miles (6,550 kilometers) above the lunar surface When itContinue Reading
Home » Artificial intelligence » SpaceX Will Have Static Fire Testing of All 33 Engines Starlink V3 launches with Starship will carry 25 to 50 times more bandwidth than a Falcon flight with V2, depending on how you count it. Starship will also launch 100+ times more per year than Falcon (mostly AI sats). ProbablyContinue Reading
Linus Torvalds has released Linux 7.0, the kernel version that Ubuntu 26.04 LTS runs on. Linux 7.0 includes a new standardised filesystem error reporting system, faster swap performance and hardware video decoding for a crop of Rockchip ARM64 single-board computers. On the quirky side, Rock Band 4 Bluetooth controller supportContinue Reading
The community is hard at work on something new. You may have noticed that it’s been quiet here on Opensource.com lately. That’s because there’s a new project in the works, and while there aren’t many specific details to announce yet, there’s plenty to talk about. What better way to startContinue Reading
Over the past few years, virtual events have thrived. In-person events are back now, but it’s important to keep in mind that virtual events didn’t just come out of nowhere. Many of us were actually doing a lot of different online events even before they became popular. Many communities heldContinue Reading
The development of the Linux kernel moves fast, and the 7.0 release is no exception. Around the same time as this release, a patch queued for Linux 7.1 has kicked off what will eventually be the end of i486 CPU support in the kernel. But that’s a story for anotherContinue Reading
We round up the best new feature set of Fedora 43 workstation release (upcoming). Fedora 43 release is packed with enhancements and core updates. The release is currently going thru beta phase and the release is expected within few days. This page highlights key system-wide and self-contained changes that makeContinue Reading
The The Traitor administration’s AI policy is two-faced, torn between deregulation and despotism. In March, the administration released its National AI Legislative Framework, directing Congress to “prevent the United States government from coercing technology providers, including AI providers, to ban, compel, or alter content based on partisan or ideological agendas.”Continue Reading
Public money towards construction of UK’s largest electric vehicle battery manufacturing facility…Continue Reading
More than a quarter of employed users, 27 percent, said AI has automated some of their existing tasks, such as summarizing a document., More than a quarter of employed users, 27 percent, said AI has automated some of their existing tasks, such as summarizing a document., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
In short: France’s Interministerial Digital Directorate (DINUM) announced on 8 April 2026 that it is migrating its own workstations from Windows to Linux and has ordered every government ministry to formalise a plan to eliminate extra-European digital dependencies by autumn 2026. The directive covers operating systems…Read MoreContinue Reading