A clutch of new features are available in Dynamic Music Pill, the slick now playing and media controller extension for GNOME Shell. The “big” new addition is lyrics support. When you listen to a track with synced lyrics in a compatible player, you can view those lyrics by opening theContinue Reading
The growing share of electric vehicles and the expected increase in EV sales this year amid soaring gasoline prices are reducing the revenues for the U.S. Highway Trust Fund, which pays for America’s roads. Most of the revenue for the fund comes from the 18.4% per gallon federal gas tax…Continue Reading
KDE Plasma’s two classic themes, Oxygen and Air , are making a comeback. A group of KDE contributors is actively restoring both ahead of the Plasma 6.7 release, which is scheduled for June 16, 2026. Both themes trace their roots back to the KDE 4 era. Oxygen shipped as theContinue Reading
If you did not know already, Puter is an operating system that runs inside a web browser. It is open source and you can self-host it if you like. It has everything you would expect in a desktop. A file system, app store, text editor, IDE, video player, etc. TheContinue Reading
Linux offers a lightweight, simple operating system for your aging hardware. The post How to rescue an old laptop by installing Linux on it appeared first on Popular Science…Read MoreContinue Reading
If you want a modern operating system on an older computer, the general recommendation has long been to replace Windows with some version of Linux. And with Ubuntu being one of the most popular distros, many have turned that way over the years. But that may not be the topContinue Reading
New Rowhammer attacks on Nvidia GPUs enable full system compromise by manipulating memory, exposing risks in shared environments despite limited real-world use…Continue Reading
The most dramatic brightening was in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. Study also shows light loss in warzones including Ukraine and Lebanon., The most dramatic brightening was in sub-Saharan Africa and Southeast Asia. Study also shows light loss in warzones including Ukraine and Lebanon., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
A Linux version of Little Snitch, the iconic network monitoring tool for macOS, has been released. Little Snitch for Linux is written in Rust and uses eBPF for kernel-level traffic interception (this lets sandboxed code run inside the Linux kernel without modifying it). The tool shows processes on your machineContinue Reading
HPQ Silicon has reported that 21700 cylindrical cells made with Novacium’s GEN4 silicon-based anode material achieved an average discharge capacity above 6,600 mAh, with a record cell reaching 6,696 mAh at 319.9 Wh/kg gravimetric and 906.2 Wh/L volumetric energy density, under standard industry test conditions (0.1C discharge, 4.2–2.5 V, 25Continue Reading
Purem by Eberspächer is bringing its high-strength steel battery housing to the European EV market, following the start of series production in China at volumes exceeding 100,000 units per year from the second half of 2026. The company will present the technology at AABC Europe 2026 in Mainz, Germany, fromContinue Reading
To ‘minimize disruption,’ Bezoscorp offers a 20% discount on new hardware you didn’t want Updated Amazon is rewarding long-time Kindle users by ditching support for aging devices, though it is trying to “minimize disruption” for existing customers by dangling a 20 percent discount for new models along with an eBookContinue Reading
When you think about the graphics card in your gaming laptop or desktop, the first thought is probably about performance, maybe power draw or efficiency. It probably isn’t whether or not it’s a security risk. But a newly developed attack uses the super-fast memory in a GPU as a means of gaining elevated privileges inContinue Reading