Firefox 155 is out, the first to arrive as part of the browser’s new twice-monthly release schedule. This update brings Firefox’s AI-powered Smart Window browsing mode to users in the USA, Canada and France. It’s opt-in (for now), requires a Mozilla account and is powered by a choice of AIContinue Reading
Apple CEO Tim Cook becomes chairman of the company board tomorrow, with John Ternus taking over the top job in Cupertino. Both men followed in the footsteps of visionary Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, and both have found they must build their own definition of success. The past is a guide, but not a templateContinue Reading
She’s distracted and distant, perhaps unsurprising following her encounter with a new digital deity…Read MoreContinue Reading
China’s electric vehicle (EV) giant BYD saw its earnings jump 30 per cent in the three months from April to June, ending a five-quarter losing streak as buoyant overseas sales and premium models enhanced its net margin and profitability. The Shenzhen-based carmaker, also the world’s largest EV builder…Continue Reading
Nvidia has reportedly agreed to buy Hugging Face, the popular open-source AI hub, for $12.9 billion in a move that would let Nvidia both protect its chip empire and jump back into the cloud business…Continue Reading
The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope separates from its SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket about 30 minutes after launch on Aug. 30, 2026. (Image credit: NASA) NASA’s next big space telescope has left Earth, but it’s not ready to start observing the heavens just yet. The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope launched yesterday (Aug. 30), ridingContinue Reading
The four members of NASA’s SpaceX Crew-13 mission to the International Space Station display their mission plaque inside a training mockup of a space station module. From left: Commander Jessica Watkins and Pilot Luke Delaney, both from NASA, and Mission Specialists Joshua Kutryk of the Canadian Space Agency and Sergey Teteryatnikov of Roscosmos. (Image credit:Continue Reading
After an initial suspension in summer 2026, Delta Air Lines has now permanently deleted its routes from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Houston’s George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH), Memphis’ Frederick W. Smith International Airport (MEM), and St. Louis Lambert International Airport (STL). Each of these routes last operatedContinue Reading
An Airbus A320 belonging to LATAM has veered off the runway in wet weather, leaving the aircraft stuck in the mud. The aircraft had just arrived in Cascavel (CAC) after a flight from Sao Paulo (GRU) when it lost control in the rain and a reported thunderstorm, making conditions lessContinue Reading
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. In April 2026, a federal grand jury returned indictments charging the Southern Poverty Law Center with wire fraud, bank fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. The indictment alleges the SPLC, a nonprofit legal advocacy group, secretly funneled moreContinue Reading
Zack Bartel is a developer who switched to Linux full time and hasn’t really looked back at his earlier daily driver, macOS, as something he would return to. There is, however, an exception. Continuity. That is Apple’s catch-all term for how iPhone, iPad, and Mac talk to each other. ItContinue Reading
If you’re wondering why you can’t do a directly upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 from 24.04 yet, despite the Resolute Raccoon’s first point release being live, there is a reason. Canonical’s Oliver Reiche said in the mailing list announcement for Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS that upgrades will be delayed by a few weeksContinue Reading
Microsoft on Friday reported that a glitch is causing Windows to tell users that Microsoft Defender Antivirus is turned off when it is in fact fully functional, a bug that the vendor says it is working to fix. Consultants say that this advisory raises a major concern in that itContinue Reading