Canonical has changed how Ubuntu 26.10 boots on system with Secure Boot enabled, in an effort to reduce the attack surface of the boot process. Ubuntu 26.10’s signed build of GRUB, which is only used on systems if Secure Boot is turned on, no longer supports /boot on Btrfs, XFS,Continue Reading
Cisco is adding AI agents to Webex group chats so colleagues can assign them work and share the results, part of a wider revamp of the Webex app. Announced at the WebexOne conference Wednesday, users will soon be able to @mention agents in Webex “spaces” to help schedule meetings, takeContinue Reading
Learn what’s new in the LibreOffice 26.8 release across Writer, Calc, Impress and the rest of the suite. LibreOffice 26.8 was released on 26 August 2026 for Windows, macOS and Linux. The updates are heavier on Writer than on Base or Draw, which is the usual pattern. The useful workContinue Reading
How does an operating system that isn’t proprietary or powered by the Linux kernel manage to run Docker, you ask? Well, it would need features like namespaces and cgroups. That’s exactly what Vinix did, adding its own implementations of those plus overlayfs and seccomp, allowing the stock Alpine Linux DockerContinue Reading
Since 2022, Google’s Open Source Software Vulnerability Reward Program (OSS VRP) has been the path for outside researchers to get paid for reporting security flaws in the company’s open source code, including projects like Flutter, Angular, Go, and Fuchsia. With an announcement on X, they have now decided to discontinueContinue Reading
Months after revealing its Surface Laptop Ultra, Microsoft has announced that the Nvidia RTX Spark-equipped device will launch on October 16th. Pricing starts at $2,599 for the base configuration, featuring an 18-core CPU, 24GB of RAM, and 512GB of storage. The Surface Laptop Ultra ships with a 15-inch HDR touchscreen display with up to 2,000Continue Reading
On one hand, it’s great to see a ruling like this. On the other hand, it’s not going to set any precedent, not even in its own jurisdiction. But it does push this conversation forward, judicially speaking, which means other cases reliant on ALPR tech have some new reference materialContinue Reading
LONDON, United Kingdom, October 1, 2026, ZEX PR WIRE — Tesla’s European sales recovery showed further signs of progress in September, with new vehicle registrations increasing in several major markets and giving investors another data point on demand for the electric vehicle maker. Registrations rose 61.9% year over year in France…Continue Reading
Sponsored by Southwire. By Kevin Wahl, Lead Consulting Engineer, CableTechSupport Services, Southwire Company. In a previous article, we explored how Cable in Conduit (CIC) can help simplify installations by combining cable and conduit into a single factory-assembled system. However, traditional cable pulling still remains the most common installation method usedContinue Reading
Norwegian battery materials company Vianode and Italian battery cell manufacturer FAAM have demonstrated that graphite from FAAM’s anode production scrap can be recycled into anode-grade graphite. The two companies are expanding the collaboration to scale the process toward industrial deployment and integrate more recycled graphite into battery production. In aContinue Reading
Recently, I was asked by a friend and colleague if I were interested in speaking together at a conference. I was pleasantly surprised because I hadn’t contributed much to the project they were presenting, but I expressed interest. We met to discuss the presentation, and that’s when I learned theContinue Reading
When I go back home and talk to people in the tech industry, or any other industry for that matter, about what I do and the topics I’m involved in daily, I’m usually met with bemusement at the idea of an Open Source Programs Office (OSPO). The concept of aContinue Reading
Are you a Windows fan? Do you like getting sneak peeks at features before they’re released to the public? Microsoft created its Windows Insider Program for you. The program made its debut in October 2014 with the release of the Windows 10 technical preview. It provided a way for enthusiasticContinue Reading