Open Source New Year Almanac: What Does 2026 Hold for You? 🗓️
2026-01-08
Step into 2026 with your personalized open source forecast!, Read More From It’s FOSSContinue Reading
Tesla loses world’s biggest electric vehicle maker title as sales fall for 2nd year
2026-01-08
Tesla lost its crown as the world’s bestselling electric vehicle maker on Friday as a customer revolt over Elon Musk’s right-wing politics and stiff overseas competition pushed sales down for a second year in a row…Continue Reading
JetBlue Facing Wrongful Death Lawsuit After Man Allegedly Suffered Stroke Inflight
2026-01-08
The estate of John Allen Fletcher has filed a lawsuit against JetBlue Airways as well as ABM Aviation following his tragic death after flying to Palm Beach International Airport (PBI). Filing claims that cabin crew ignored obvious stroke symptoms upon touchdown, as did airport employees, allowing the massive stroke toContinue Reading
Aer Lingus Evaluates Manchester Base Closure Once Transatlantic Operations Cease
2026-01-08
Aer Lingus may soon cease operations of its UK subsidiary in Manchester. As reported by Irish Independent, the Irish airline has paused ticket sales for all transatlantic flights originating or terminating in Manchester from March 31, 2026. While it’s stopped short of confirming a base closure, the pause on ticketContinue Reading
‘Anthem’ Shuts Down January 12th And, Poof!, There Goes All That Creative Culture
2026-01-08
When I get on my little soapbox and begin preaching about the importance of video game preservation, particularly when it comes to publishers shutting down servers required to play the game, I often get as a response a dismissal of games as not important enough to worry about. That sentimentContinue Reading
NASA, in a rare move, cuts space station mission short after an astronaut’s medical issue
2026-01-08
NEW YORK (AP) — In a rare move, NASA is cutting a mission aboard the International Space Station short after an astronaut had a medical issue. The space agency said Thursday the U.S.-Japanese-Russian crew of four will return to Earth in the coming days, earlier than planned. NASA canceled itsContinue Reading
From climbing vacuums to cyber pets: Some highlights of CES 2026
2026-01-08
LAS VEGAS (AP) — CES 2026 offered a glimpse of a future that feels straight out of a sci-fi movie: bendable screens, paper-thin TVs and cars and gadgets that can think for themselves as they get to know you and your family’s wants and needs. As Nvidia CEO Jensen HuangContinue Reading
With GeForce Super GPUs missing in action, Nvidia focuses on software upgrades
2026-01-08
Nvidia’s only GeForce announcements this year were about software improvements…Continue Reading
AOSP on a diet plan as Google halves Android code drops
2026-01-08
Two a year is for your own good, Mountain View insists Google has confirmed there will be two code dumps to the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) per year, down from the four developers have become accustomed to.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Electric cars no more likely to flatten you than the noisy ones, study finds
2026-01-08
Recent collision data points to comparable injury rates across modern vehicle types Electric cars are no more of a danger to pedestrians than conventional vehicles, according to new research.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Bose SoundTouch End of Life Gets Less Painful With Public API Release
2026-01-08
The API documentation opens the door for developers to build their own control apps (hopefully open source ones)., Read More From It’s FOSSContinue Reading
20% of Linux Kernel Bugs Hide for More Than 5 Years
2026-01-08
Study of 20 years of kernel history finds bugs hide for 2+ years on average, some for decades., Read More From It’s FOSSContinue Reading
Donut Lab says its all-solid-state battery will be used in a production electric motorcycle this year
2026-01-08
Solid-state batteries are a hot topic in the EV world—they theoretically off higher energy density compared to traditional lithium-ion batteries, as well as an improved safety profile and other advantages. Many, many companies are working on SSBs, and automakers are testing them, but we haven’t yet seen large-scale deployment ofContinue Reading