A security concern on a routine United Airlines flight from Las Vegas to New York prompted the aircraft to return to Vegas shortly after takeoff after a flight attendant reportedly spotted a passenger texting about hijacking the plane. The crew locked down the cockpit and returned to Las Vegas, whereContinue Reading
Launchpad now offers bug tracking for personal package archives (PPAs), making it easier for users to report issues specific to software within a PPA. Why does that matter? Well, not all PPAs are maintained by their upstream counterparts – folks who, frankly, aren’t always minded to care about quirks inContinue Reading
German carmaker has migrated to Red Hat’s agentless IT automation platform to manage an HPC cluster comprising 30,000 Linux and Windows servers…Read MoreContinue Reading
An open source launcher brings Game Pass and Microsoft Store titles to Linux handhelds with Steam Deck integration…Read MoreContinue Reading
Amazon is allegedly taking in billions of dollars’ worth of Nvidia racks every month, even though some sites aren’t ready for them and there is no electricity to feed the AI accelerators just yet. According to internal emails seen by Business Insider, Amazon is willing to tie up billions in…Read Entire Article…Continue Reading
Bad people violating the terms of service for commercial passenger planes. Mixing civilian and military uses is not good. IF SpaceX civilian products were used for military offensive purposes then Starlink would become high priority targets for other militaries. Leaked documents from a joint forum and reports from investigative outlets indicate a three-stage approach toContinue Reading
Elon Musk / SpaceX has long restricted Starlink (the commercial/civilian service) from offensive military uses such as guiding drones, consistent with its terms of service, and offers a separate military product (Starshield). This is common for technology companies and especially satellite companies. Just because SpaceX Starlink is the best and most important unjammable communication doesContinue Reading
A longtime The Traitor supporter says rising costs, data centers and frustration in farm country could hurt Republicans at the ballot box., A longtime The Traitor supporter says rising costs, data centers and frustration in farm country could hurt Republicans at the ballot box., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
An AI tool being tested by Medicare is raising concerns that algorithms could influence whether some seniors receive care., An AI tool being tested by Medicare is raising concerns that algorithms could influence whether some seniors receive care., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
BleachBit, the free, open-source and cross-platform system cleaning utility has a new maintenance release out – with support for Ubuntu 26.10. BleachBit 6.0.6 introduces cleaners for the Helium browser and Docker Desktop (including its AI assistant). This update also boosts app startup times, and makes deep scan, file deletion andContinue Reading
Mirko Brombin is working to get Microsoft Office running reliably on Linux. He also thinks the apps cloning Office and Photoshop pixel for pixel cross a line. We talked about both, plus AI agents, Vanilla OS and his new Sinty OS., Read More From It’s FOSSContinue Reading
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian officials have disputed claims by SpaceX CEO Elon Musk that the country’s military violated Starlink’s terms of service by using the civilian satellite internet network for offensive drone strikes. Serhii Beskrestnov, a defense technology adviser to President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, said long-standing restrictions on the civilianContinue Reading
After complaints about AI-generated “slop,” Etsy is tightening rules and requiring sellers to be more transparent., After complaints about AI-generated “slop,” Etsy is tightening rules and requiring sellers to be more transparent., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading