bambu-lab-has-been-violating-agplv3-for-years,-sfc-says

The GNU Affero General Public License version 3, or AGPLv3, is one of the strongest copyleft licenses in the open source world. Published by the Free Software Foundation in 2007, it requires that any software built on an AGPLv3-licensed project must make its complete source code available under the sameContinue Reading

canonical-to-shut-ubuntu-pastebin-after-18-years-of-service

Canonical will decommission its long-running text-hosting service Ubuntu Pastebin on May 31. The company is pulling the plug as part of a broader “infrastructure modernization and migration project”, according to Canonical Community Engineer Aaron Prisk. Ubuntu Pastebin works similarly to GitHub’s Gist, albeit without the revision history. It’s been availableContinue Reading

france’s-terrible-copyright-law,-hadopi,-is-not-quite-dead

One of the best demonstrations that an obsession with protecting copyright’s intellectual monopoly drives politicians insane is the French law known as Hadopi, an acronym for ‘Haute Autorité pour la diffusion des oeuvres et la protection des droits sur internet’ (High Authority for the Dissemination of Works and the Protection ofContinue Reading

qantas’-project-sunrise-delayed-again-as-“supply-chain-issues”-plague-airbus-a350-1000ulrs

The highly anticipated ultra-long-range (ULR) Airbus A350-1000 in development to join Qantas’ fleet is facing another delay due to undisclosed “supply chain issues,” according to Airbus. Bloomberg News reported early Monday that the first A350-1000ULR is expected to arrive in early 2027, slipping past the original delivery targetat the endContinue Reading

cinnamon-desktop-is-getting-its-own,-native-screenshot-tool

Linux Mint developers are building a new screenshot utility for the Cinnamon desktop, ahead of its next major release. The home-grown tool will give users more options when taking screenshots and will “accommodate the differences between CSD (Client Side Decoration) and SSD (Server Side Decoration) windows” to provide ‘cleaner’ lookingContinue Reading

cinnamon’s-new-screenshot-tool-fixes-app-window-shadow-quirks

Linux Mint developers are building a new screenshot utility for the Cinnamon desktop, ahead of its next major release. The home-grown tool will give users more options when taking screenshots and will “accommodate the differences between CSD (Client Side Decoration) and SSD (Server Side Decoration) windows” to provide ‘cleaner’ lookingContinue Reading

China launches ‘human artificial embryos’ to space in bid to see whether reproduction is possible off-world

China has become the first nation to send “human artificial embryos” to space in a bid to better understand how microgravity and cosmic radiation may affect human reproduction. The results could have big implications for our ability to set up self-sustaining colonies on the moon and Mars . The embryo-like structures, made from living humanContinue Reading