Ubuntu 26.04, the much anticipated LTS upgrade to 25.10 and 24.04, is here. This release promises to be one of the more daring and potentially revolutionary releases in quite some time, delivering on many much-awaited features, and laying the foundation for the next generation of Ubuntu and its derivatives. Still,Continue Reading
Lubuntu is an official Ubuntu flavor that uses LXQt as its default desktop environment. It is one of the lighter options in the Ubuntu family, built around keeping resource usage low without stripping out the things people actually need from a desktop, and part of what makes it appealing isContinue Reading
Here’s are the quick steps on how you can upgrade to the Fedora 43 version. Fedora 43 is officially available for download and the upgrade channels are now available. This release brings the latest and greatest GNOME 49 desktop for workstation editions, refinements to KDE Plasma desktop and more updates.Continue Reading
Won’t somebody think of the children not being hit by a load of building materials? On Call Delivering excellent tech support can sometimes require heavy lifting, a feat The Register celebrates each Friday with a new instalment of On Call – the reader-contributed column that shares your stories of hoistingContinue Reading
Pro line gets new naming convention and some serious upgrades Dell’s upcoming 2026 commercial laptops won’t leave recent buyers kicking themselves – but they do bring meaningful upgrades, including a thinner Pro 7, larger batteries, and improved thermals.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
I’ll just clear up that up, shall I? Microsoft veteran Raymond Chen has shared another nugget of Windows lore – what Windows 95 did when installers stomped on its system files.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Flagship phone scores 5/10 from iFixit as the parts that break most often remain firmly out of reach Samsung’s Galaxy S26 Ultra has once again scored a middling 5/10 from iFixit, suggesting that while the company knows how to build a repairable phone, it still won’t quite follow through.…, ReadContinue Reading
A handful thrive, most scrape by as companies make billions off their code Opinion Time and again, I see people begging for companies with deep pockets to fund open source projects. I mean, after all, they’ve made billions from this code. You’d think they could support the code’s creators andContinue Reading
Grab your diary and jot down the date, as Ubuntu 26.10 ‘Stonking Stingray’ is going to be released on 15 October, 2026. The Ubuntu 26.10 release date and those of other notable milestones in the next development cycle have now been shared by Canonical but, given the nature of development,Continue Reading
UK-based perovskite PV specialist Oxford PV has joined a British research project to develop electric vehicle-integrated solar technologies. …Continue Reading
Norwegian ferry operator Boreal has ordered twenty P-12 electric hydrofoil vessels from Sweden’s Candela Technology. The new vessels will speed up commuting along Norway’s fjord-lined coast, where water travel is an essential part of daily transport. Norway has many electric ferries in operation, but electrifying hurtigbåtar, the high-speed passenger vesselsContinue Reading
H55 has delivered the first batch of its Adagio battery modules to Smartflyer, to be integrated into the SFX1 hybrid-electric aircraft currently in its Proof of Concept Demonstrator phase. The delivery moves the SFX1 program from component-level validation into full system integration and testing. The Adagio modules have completed allContinue Reading
ACLU attorneys fear the use of facial recognition technology could be invasive to Americans and migrants alike., ACLU attorneys fear the use of facial recognition technology could be invasive to Americans and migrants alike., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading