Last year, we reported that the Linux desktop attained a 5% share of the US desktop market for the first time. And there are good reasons behind this surge in popularity , especially among gamers. Additionally, one notable member of the Notebookcheck team recently wrote about ditching Windows 11 inContinue Reading
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On the opening day of CES 2026, we covered the splashy debut of the Verge TS Pro electric motorcycle, powered by what’s claimed to be the world’s first application of a true solid-state battery in a road-legal production electric vehicle. The high points of this solid-state…Continue Reading
Bolt Graphics is betting on RISC-V and CUDA compatibility to challenge Nvidia and AMD with a radically different GPU design focused on AI and rendering…Continue Reading
What effects do spaceflight have on the astronaut brain? (Image credit: Wang, Odor, et al.) Spaceflight doesn’t just change your perspective — it shifts the actual position of your brain inside your skull, a new study reports. Many of us know about the famed ” overview effect, ” which describes how a trip to theContinue Reading
Refresh 2026-01-13T20:38:50.728Z Crew-11 astronauts are ‘go’ for Jan. 14 medical evacuation from ISS (Image credit: NASA) The four astronauts of SpaceX’s Crew-11 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) are officially “go” to return to Earth on Wednesday (Jan. 14). Mission managers gave the go-ahead for undocking today (Jan. 13), NASA officials announced in anContinue Reading
If you run Ubuntu 26.04 development builds as your main and noticed an above-average number of updates in recent days, don’t be excited: there aren’t stacks of new features landing – at least, not ones you can see. Rather, Ubuntu engineers are doing a “mass rebuild of all source packages”,Continue Reading
The Fedora Design Team discovered that using open source tools to run a virtual conference can be quite effective by hosting the first Creative Freedom Summit in January 2023. In this article, I’ll share some background on the conference, why using open source tools to run it was important toContinue Reading
Ideally, designers have a good relationship with their product team and users. However, the relationship between designers and developers is more difficult to build and maintain. The lack of a close relationship makes it difficult to solve problems or improve. In my experience, the open source Open Decision Framework can overcomeContinue Reading
Nvidia will first need to certify there are enough H200s in the U.S., Nvidia will first need to certify there are enough H200s in the U.S., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
The NHTSA reported at least 1,429 incidents involving Waymo vehicles from 2021 to 2025., The NHTSA reported at least 1,429 incidents involving Waymo vehicles from 2021 to 2025., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Powered by the original mobile Linux OS with crowdsourced specs hands on After successful crowdfunding, the latest release of the original handheld Linux distro will power a new handset coming in mid-2026.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Paris Buttfield-Addison literally wrote books on Swift Apple has blocked a long-time developer from his Apple ID after he failed to redeem what support suggested was a dodgy $500 gift card, leaving him unable to work, cut off from personal files, and barred from what he calls his “core digitalContinue Reading