Ubuntu 26.04 LTS’s minimal cloud images have been missing curl – accidentally, it turns out, so Canonical has put it back. Curl is a commonly-used command-line tool for fetching files from remote servers. It’s called on in countless install scripts, CI pipelines and one-liners you’ve no doubt pasted into yourContinue Reading
Anthropic has launched an investigation into what went wrong during a recent test of three models that left a trio of companies accidentally hacked. The company was testing how well Claude Opus 4.7, Claude Mythos 5, and an internal test model could find hidden information about fictional companies in simulatedContinue Reading
Apple has had to introduce a quota on security researcher reports because its systems are being overwhelmed by low-quality warnings generated by AI. It’s a classic illustration of the rule of unintended consequences: a technology meant to help us has become a barrier to getting things done. After all, not onlyContinue Reading
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Starling is a new open source Linux desktop environment. One developer built it by directing Claude for about six months, ending up with a working desktop that boots into its own session with a compositor and window manager. Don’t think of this as a themed shell bolted onto GNOME orContinue Reading
We round up the key feature sets of Linux Kernel 6.18. Linus Torvalds released Linux Kernel 6.18 on November 30, 2025. This is the last mainline kernel of the year and is expected to become the 2025 Long Term Support (LTS) kernel. It brings many new features and hardware updatesContinue Reading
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BOSTON (AP) — eBay Inc. agreed to pay almost $50 million to a Massachusetts couple who said former employees of the company targeted them with threats and bizarre anonymous deliveries — including live insects, a funeral wreath and a bloody pig Halloween mask, according to settlement details released Tuesday. TheContinue Reading
Times are literally changing and Ubuntu’s keeping pace – well, kinda. In November, most of Canada will turn its clocks back an hour, but the Western Canadian province of Alberta won’t. It’s decided to stay on daylight saving time permanently rather than fall back to standard time. Meanwhile, in September,Continue Reading
Many automakers are fitting new cars with NACS (SAE J3400) charging ports instead of the more traditional CCS ports. For road trips, this allows drivers to use Tesla Superchargers without an adapter, but most EV owners will need to replace their home chargers if they buy a new NACS-equipped EV.Continue Reading
The Australia electric vehicle market reached USD 21.06 Billion in 2025 and is projected to reach USD 221.02 Billion by 2034, growing at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 28.80% from 2026 to 2034…Continue Reading
Check in for a roundup of the hottest Linux app release that landed in July 2026 (and not just hot because of the temperatures last month). Major updates last month included the Firefox 153 release, with container tabs confusing those who’ve had them for ages. It also finally rounded windowContinue Reading
The Hubble Space Telescope’s detailed view of 200 million stars in the Andromeda galaxy. (Image credit: NASA, ESA, Benjamin Williams (UWashington), Zhuo Chen (UWashington), L. Clifton Johnson (Northwestern); Image Processing: Joseph DePasquale (STScI)) Quick facts What it is: Andromeda galaxy (M31) Where it is: 2.5 million light-years away, in the constellation Andromeda When it wasContinue Reading