NASA’s Artemis II moon mission faces the final hurdle—coming home After a hectic eight days in space, the Artemis II crew—and the many NASA personnel supporting their journey—are ready for the mission’s final milestone By Meghan Bartels edited by Claire Cameron The Artemis II crew on April 7. NASA NASA has launched four astronauts onContinue Reading
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In this week’s roundup ofContinue Reading
Linus Torvalds created two of the most widely used tools in modern computing: the Linux kernel and Git. Git, of course, is a version control system primarily used by programmers. But Theena makes a strong case that Git and plain text are the best tools a writer can use. NotContinue Reading
Another morning, another moderately (but pleasantly) surprising move in the Linux development storyline. In the big 2026, Linux is definitively fixing its support for the GD-ROM driver, which is used by Sega Dreamcast. Sega what? For context, Sega Dreamcast is a gaming console made by Sega and released in 1999.Continue Reading
Volvo Construction Equipment has started serial production of its A30 Electric and A40 Electric articulated haulers at its Braås facility in Sweden, becoming the first manufacturer to bring electric articulated haulers of this size into serial production. The A30 Electric has a 29-tonne payload; the A40 Electric handles 39 tonnes.Continue Reading
This transformation is occurring globally, and axial flux technology is the answer. Across on-highway, off-highway, marine, and industrial equipment sectors, the path to decarbonization is rarely linear. Real-world duty cycles, infrastructure limitations, cost pressures, and regulatory diversity mean that a single powertrain solution cannot meet every operational need. Hybrid systemsContinue Reading
A new version of Miracle-wm, a tiling window manager built around the Wayland compositor Mir, has been released with a new WebAssembly plugin system and Rust API. Developer Matthew Kosarek, an engineer at Canonical who created miracle-wm as a personal side project, says the new plugin system in v0.9 releaseContinue Reading
ATHENS, Greece (AP) — Greece became the latest European Union country to unveil plans for a total social media ban for kids 15 and under in a move the country’s prime minister said aims to pressure the 27-member bloc into formalizing EU-wide age restrictions. The new law will target socialContinue Reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Journalist Kara Swisher begins her new, six-part CNN series about longevity and health in an interesting location — a cemetery. It’s the final resting place of her father, who died in 1968 at just 34. Swisher was only 5, and his sudden death had a deepContinue Reading
Memory costs were already through the roof – now freight’s spiking too, and budget systems face extinction America’s war with Iran is jacking up the pressure on computing markets already struggling with memory shortages and component cost inflation, meaning buyers should brace themselves for even higher prices this year.…, ReadContinue Reading
We round up the best new features of the upcoming fedora 44 workstation edition release. Fedora 44 is planned for release between April 14-21 2026 in this month. This significant release brings the latest and greatest GNOME 50 to Workstation, Linux kernel 6.19, and many practical updates across desktops andContinue Reading
APT, or Advanced Package Tool, is the package manager on Debian and its derivatives like Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and elementary OS. On these, if you want to install something, remove it, or update the whole system, you do it via APT. It has been around for decades, and if youContinue Reading
I have been gaming (not to be confused with gambling ☠️) for quite some time now. In that time, I have seen my fair share of gaming-centric platforms, storefronts, and applications, ranging from the genuinely useful to the elaborate solutions to problems that nobody really had. Opera is a nameContinue Reading