A theme going on many years here at Techdirt has been the idea that separating content and advertising, as was the traditional model, makes far less sense in the modern era. Audiences are no longer captive in the way they used to be, with many ways to skip advertising. EntertainmentContinue Reading
“The use of the word artificial makes intelligence sound fake,” the president said., “The use of the word artificial makes intelligence sound fake,” the president said., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
“The FAA should not use my constituents as guinea pigs for an unproven AI air traffic control system,” Beyer said Monday., “The FAA should not use my constituents as guinea pigs for an unproven AI air traffic control system,” Beyer said Monday., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
The OpenShot video editor is now available on the Canonical Snap Store. An official snap package of the Qt-based editing tool went live today (22 September). The new snap is already available to install via App Center on all supported Ubuntu releases, though a Deb package is carried in theContinue Reading
A Linux distro that’s as close to a Windows replacement as possible…Read MoreContinue Reading
MSI details new compact desktop PC with 128 GB RAM and Nvidia RTX Spark A few months have passed since MSI presented the EdgeMesa N AI+. Unveiled during Computex 2026, the mini-PC is one of several that leverage Nvidia’s new RTX Spark platform. As we discussed at the time, the EdgeMesa N AI+ also boastedContinue Reading
On September 1, US Air Force B-52H Stratofortress bombers landed at Royal Australian Air Force Base Tindal. The arrival looked like routine training at first glance. What it truly represents is that the newly expanded airfield is becoming the primary alternative to a long-standing bomber. The USAF can no longerContinue Reading
Many passengers experience take-off as a familiar sequence: the engines roar to life, the aircraft accelerates down the runway, takes off, and climbs steeply. However, it is often just as noticeable when the aircraft suddenly levels off while still at a relatively low altitude. In the United States, a commonContinue Reading
If you run a lightweight distro and you do not like the fact that Wayland will probably become the default, PeppermintOS has some news you should know about. It’s switching its display server from the soon-to-be-retired Xorg to XLibre for its next round of ISO refreshes. It may look likeContinue Reading
That’s very interesting to see considering OpenSearch began as a fork. When Elastic relicensed Elasticsearch and Kibana in 2021, AWS built an open alternative, keeping it under the Apache 2.0 license. Three years later, the project moved to neutral governance after the Linux Foundation launched the OpenSearch Software Foundation inContinue Reading
Xubuntu 26.04 LTS is here – a fast, lightweight, and beautiful release featuring Xfce 4.20 and special 20th anniversary wallpapers. Xubuntu 26.04 LTS codenamed ‘Resolute Raccoon’ released on April 23, 2026. This lightweight flavour of Ubuntu brings the stable Xfce 4.20 desktop along with three years of support until AprilContinue Reading
Fleet operators need charging infrastructure that can keep pace with changing schedules, growing vehicle counts, and demanding operating environments. Join Lincoln Electric to explore how the Velion® line of DC fast chargers help fleets achieve reliable, flexible charging through dynamic power sharing and energy optimization. With the ability to charge up to four vehicles simultaneously,Continue Reading
EV charger design consultancy Versinetic is launching two charge controller boards for manufacturers of AC chargers. CongaEEL is a power controller board and MinnoRay is a communications and controller board. Two CongaEEL boards can pair with a single controller to build a dual-socket charger, so each socket doesn’t need itsContinue Reading