A file manager is one of the most basic tools a Linux distribution comes with, and desktop environments ship their own, such as Nautilus on GNOME, Dolphin on KDE Plasma, and Nemo on Cinnamon. It is where people browse folders, move and rename files, preview what is inside them, andContinue Reading
For most of its life, Linux has been built around one simple assumption. There’s a box; it has CPUs, memory, and devices, and the kernel manages them. Clusters exist, of course, but they’ve mostly been a problem for the layers above the OS, i.e., schedulers, orchestrators, distributed frameworks. AI infrastructureContinue Reading
UNIX baggage and inconsistent distro choices make everyday file actions feel like a chore of templates and terminals…Read MoreContinue Reading
On Oct. 13, 1773, a French astronomer named Charles Messier discovered the ” Whirlpool Galaxy,” also known as Messier 51, or M51. Charles Messier was scanning the sky for objects that could confuse comet hunters when he catalogued the galaxy as M51. However, Messier wasn’t able to see the spiral structure, and he didn’t identifyContinue Reading
The iconic Galileo shuttlecraft in its new bay at the Star Trek Tour (Image credit: Adam Schneider/Star Trek Tour) Nostalgia is a hell of a thing, especially when it comes to sci-fi. For “Star Trek” fans wanting to mark the franchise’s 60th anniversary this year, a geeky pilgrimage to upstate New York should be onContinue Reading
Western Sydney Airport (WSI) will be Australia’s first major greenfield airport in more than half a century when it opens later this month. Besides Sydney Kingsford Smith Airport (SYD), the new site promises to drastically increase capacity around one of Australia’s most populous cities.Continue Reading
The newest ATR 72-600 for Air Tahiti is embarking on an extraordinary six-day journey from France to French Polynesia, covering approximately 14,455 miles (23,263 km) and visiting nine airports along the way. Registered F-OPFO, the aircraft is no ordinary regional turboprop, featuring an exclusive 26-seat, all-business-class cabin designed for wealthyContinue Reading
Modern insulated gate semiconductor switches such as Si- and SiC-MOSFETs and Si-IGBTs are far easier to use than the bipolar junction transistors and GTO (Gate Turn-Off) thyristors of decades past. A primary reason is that they are all controlled by a voltage applied to a control terminal—the gate—that looks likeContinue Reading
Swedish transport company Einride was an early pioneer in the development of autonomous electric trucks—the company has a cabless autonomous truck that has been running in pilots for several years. However, the company hasn’t put all its electric eggs in the autonomous basket—it operates a large heavy-duty EV charging siteContinue Reading
A new version of free, open-source productivity suite ONLYOFFICE is out, bringing more than a thousand bug fixes and an expanded set of AI features. ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors v10.0 is billed as a “fully rebuilt app”, and the developers warn those upgrading from earlier versions that not all of theirContinue Reading
New market research from Counterpoint Research shows that global smartphone sales fell by 20% in the third quarter of this year compared with the same period a year ago. This is the lowest level for a third quarter since 2012. The decline is attributed to the ongoing shortage of memoryContinue Reading
Microsoft has launched Decision-1, an AI model that returns probabilities for predefined answers, allowing software applications to use its outputs directly instead of processing a free-form response from a large language model (LLM). The model targets tasks such as classifying requests, prioritizing incidents, and checking AI-generated responses. Microsoft says itContinue Reading
The device has a facial recognition feature that can identify up to six specific users., The device has a facial recognition feature that can identify up to six specific users., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading