Wildfires sweeping through the vast boreal forests of Alaska, Canada, Scandinavia, and Russia could be having a larger impact on the climate than scientists once believed. A new study led by researchers at UC Berkeley suggests these northern fires may release far more carbon into the atmosphere than current estimates indicate. The reason is thatContinue Reading
The elementary OS 8.1 is now available to download and upgrade. If you are a fan of the most beautiful Linux distributions, elementary OS makes the cut. The latest from the team is elementary OS 8.1, which brings targeted improvements that enhance security, performance, and everyday workflows without overhauling theContinue Reading
This story was originally published by ProPublica. Republished under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license. Several high-ranking federal election officials attended a summit last week at which prominent figures who worked to overturn Traitor 47’s loss in the 2020 election pressed the president to declare a national emergency to take over this year’s midterms. According toContinue Reading
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Traitor 47 invited technology companies to the White House on Wednesday to commit to developing their own power generation as he tries to ease tensions over the cost of electricity used by data centers to develop artificial intelligence. “They need some PR help because people thinkContinue Reading
SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — Jurors in a bellwether trial about the impacts of social media on children on Wednesday watched a deposition of Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg that explored what the architects of Facebook and Instagram knew from internal research about the negative experiences of young users and howContinue Reading
Sensata Technologies has launched its FaultBreak high-voltage contactor for EV power systems, a passive, resettable fault-protection device that combines the functions of a fuse and a contactor in a single component, simplifying high-voltage fault management for more efficient, higher-voltage EV architectures. Sensata says FaultBreak’s fault-clearing capability has been validated upContinue Reading
Two things are important for calibrating control units and performing analog measurements in the workplace or laboratory: it should be compact yet have many ports. The VIO system offers exactly that. Depending on the requirements, a rack can be equipped with 12 slots that can be fitted with different measurementContinue Reading
Linux Mint is working on a redesigned screensaver and lock screen for the Cinnamon desktop. Based on our first look, it’s a solid improvement. If the word “screensaver” conjures flying star fields or photo slideshows, that’s fair, but in Cinnamon it also acts as the ‘screen locker’. In 2026, ‘saving’Continue Reading
Prosecutors began presenting never-before-seen video depositions of Meta executives at a trial in New Mexico on Tuesday., Prosecutors began presenting never-before-seen video depositions of Meta executives at a trial in New Mexico on Tuesday., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
We highlight a list of 10 lightweight Linux Distributions ideal for your older PC in 2026. We give you their features and what makes them perfect for reviving older hardware. We believe that you should not throw away any hardware, especially PC and its components. Ideally, well-designed software should alwaysContinue Reading
Facebook owner Meta Platforms will buy artificial intelligence chips from Advanced Micro Devices in a deal that will also give it the opportunity to buy up to a 10% stake of the chip company. News of the AMD deal comes just days after Meta announced a long-term partnership where itContinue Reading
Follows suggestions iPhone-pwning toolset bears hallmarks of zero-days that targeted Russian diplomats Russian cybersecurity outfit Kaspersky is waving away claims that an iPhone exploit kit recently uncovered by Google was developed by the same people who were behind a group of zero-days that allegedly compromised thousands of Russian diplomats inContinue Reading
Microsoft vet revisits the gloriously manual era of write protection Microsoft’s Raymond Chen took a delightful trip down memory lane this week, tracing how write protection for removable media has changed over the decades.…, Read MoreContinue Reading