Private mission to save NASA’s Swift space telescope fails

Artist’s illustration of Katalyst Space Technologies’ LINK spacecraft meeting up with NASA’s Swift space telescope in Earth orbit. (Image credit: NASA) NASA is calling off the effort to save its Neil Gehrels Swift Observatory after a private rescue spacecraft couldn’t overcome its own problems in orbit. LINK, the specialized probe from Katalyst Space that NASAContinue Reading

gimp-is-(finally)-working-on-a-new-project-file-format

A new project file format is in the works for GIMP, as the existing one can’t handle larger, complex projects. Since 1997, the famed FOSS image editor has used the binary .xcf format to save projects so layers, effects and anything else can be edited and adjusted again – which doesn’tContinue Reading

foss-weekly-#2634:-stillos-review,-kernel-7.2-released,-pine-trouble,-beautifying-gnome,-terminal-multiplexers-and-more

LightDM 1.33.0 is out after a four-year gap, now under community maintainership rather than Canonical’s. Two new maintainers, one behind Ubuntu Cinnamon Remix and the other a long-time Fedora and openSUSE contributor, have stepped up. Nitrux has given a name to what it’s been building since dropping Plasma for HyprlandContinue Reading

webinar:-a-new-solution-for-flame-retardant-tapes-in-ev-and-energy-storage-applications

As EV adoption accelerates, battery safety is more important than ever. In this presentation, we introduce Mactac CleanTape® FR, a portfolio of non-halogenated flame-retardant adhesive tapes designed to help manufacturers improve battery pack safety while addressing critical engineering and assembly challenges. Join us to explore EV battery fire risks, keyContinue Reading

dynamic-icons-gnome-extension-adds-2-new-styles,-yaru-fixes

You can bring Ubuntu’s clock, calendar and weather app icons to life with the Dynamic Calendar, Clocks and Weather Icons [Reborn] 1 GNOME Shell extension – which has been updated with new icon styles. The extension already has Yaru, Adwaita, Paprius, Big Sur and other icon styles built-in (the dynamicContinue Reading

apple-to-openai:-go-to-your-room

Apple’s latest filing in its ongoing fight with OpenAI makes it sound as if Apple legal is so frustrated at the arguments the AI firm is making that it’s begun swatting them away like a parent might dismiss a child. Apple v. OpenAI: The story so far If you’ve notContinue Reading