Ubuntu works reasonably well out of the box, but a fresh installation still leaves plenty of room for improvement. A few tweaks, some essential software, and a handful of lesser-known settings can help you get a more comfortable, productive, and personalized desktop experience from day one. In this guide, let’sContinue Reading
Alexis Wilkins, who is engaged to FBI Director Kash Patel, says she realized she was part of a larger effort to divide Americans after online attackers targeted her., Alexis Wilkins, who is engaged to FBI Director Kash Patel, says she realized she was part of a larger effort to divideContinue Reading
Any time a company looks to start selling shares on Wall Street, it’s required to disclose potential risks for investors. In the case of artificial intelligence giant Anthropic, that has included the possibility that its products could threaten nothing less than humanity itself. The risks laid out by the SanContinue Reading
Battery developer Greater Bay Technology (GBT) has begun series production of all-solid-state battery cells at its plant in Nansha, Guangzhou, on 1 GWh of converted lithium-ion capacity. China has published GB/T 48093.1-2026, a standard that defines a solid-state battery. Under the standard, an opened cell is baked for six hoursContinue Reading
The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (Metro) has exercised its second-year option under a five-year contract for 500 buses with New Flyer of America. The latest order includes 75 Xcelsior hybrid buses and 25 Xcelsior CHARGE NG battery-electric buses. Metro serves 4 million residents in a massive sprawl covering WashingtonContinue Reading
Every operating systems needs somewhere to put the files you delete (and give you chance to rummage through to find the ones you want to keep). But, if you’re a Brit using Ubuntu, the name of that place varies based on where you look. It seems Ubuntu’s UK English translationContinue Reading
The general status quo in the US (and largely within the global airline industry) is that the low-cost carrier business model involves selling only economy seats, while premium cabins are reserved for full-service airlines. In the US, however, there have been some interesting developments, as domestic first class cabins haveContinue Reading
A recent United Airlines flight from the Cayman Islands to Texas faced a double emergency onboard when the Boeing 737 MAX 9 had issues with its landing gear deploying. This then led to the burning of excess fuel, and the pilots identified that they had just 10 to 12 minutesContinue Reading
KYIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukraine’s military has begun using specialized aerial rescue drones to evacuate wounded soldiers from the battlefield, carrying two stranded troops to safety near the Russian border in the first such operations, an elite military unit said Monday. The newly developed StarGate drone, a six-rotor aircraft fittedContinue Reading
Microsoft has offered 60,000 employees, or about 27% of its global workforce, voluntary buyouts as the software giant spends heavily on artificial intelligence. The company’s voluntary exit offer was available to eligible employees in Canada, India, the United Kingdom and the United States, the company’s Chief People Officer Amy ColemanContinue Reading
Jordan Hubbard started FreeBSD in 1993 with two others, and he has now built Daemonarchy with help from OpenAI’s GPT AI model. The name plays on Omarchy, with the BSD daemon taking the place of Arch as the base. As for Omarchy, it has grown considerably since we initially coveredContinue Reading
Firefox 159 is out, with a fresh set of improvements and some Linux-specific fixes. Now that Mozilla’s browser hews to a faster release cadence, with two releases a month rather than one, some changelogs may look minor on their own, as they’re smaller, if more frequent slices. So what’s changed?Continue Reading
I’ve spent more than 20 years talking about technology and how it can improve people’s lives. For most of that time, I was optimistic about the future. I still believe tech can make our lives better. But I’m increasingly concerned that companies building technology have stopped asking whether it actuallyContinue Reading