proton-drive-client-is-(finally)-coming-to-linux

Proton has confirmed it is working on a Proton Drive client for Linux desktops. The announcement slipped out as part of a broader platform update. Proton has rebuilt Drive around a new shared SDK, with a single codebase powering its official apps on Windows, macOS, iOS, Android and web (ratherContinue Reading

Kaleidoscopic meteorite could be a piece of a ‘lost world’ from the early solar system — Space photo of the week

When imaged with cross-polarized light the angrite meteorite NWA 12774 shimmers like a rainbow kaleidoscope. A new study suggests that the space rock, first discovered in 2019, could be a fragment from a long-lost protoplanet from the early solar system. (Image credit: CU Boulder/John Kashuba) Quick facts What it is: NWA 12774, a 16-ounce (454Continue Reading

funniest/most-insightful-comments-of-the-week-at-techdirt

This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is an anonymous comment offering a theory about ICE’s addiction to masks: Let me suggest a different reason… Let’s say that all of those J6 dumbfucks who livestreamed their crimes, and who now have received pardons for acting like trailerContinue Reading

handbrake-fixes-2-pass-encode-crashes,-webm-on-linux

A new version of HandBrake, the open-source and cross-platform media conversion tool, is available to download. HandBrake 1.11.2 is a maintenance update in the current 1.11.x stable release, which was released in March 2026 and added DNxHR and ProRes encoder support, and an AMD VCN AV1 10-bit encoder compatible withContinue Reading