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GNOME’s window snapping is pretty basic, which is why extensions like  Tiling Shell  exist to fill the gap for Linux users managing multiple windows on their screens. The v17.3 update arrived this weekend with a focus on improving edge-tiling behaviour with a set of new edge tiling modes to control what happens whenContinue Reading

Chinese space tourism startup eyes 2028 for 1st crewed mission, signs celebrity for future flight

Blue Origin’s New Shepard vehicle launches six people to suborbital space on Dec. 20, 2025. Beijing-based company InterstellOr aims to launch similar space tourism missions starting in 2028, and actor Johnny Huang Jingyu has booked a seat. (Image credit: Blue Origin) A Chinese space firm is booking passengers for its suborbital tourism flights and hasContinue Reading

This Week In Space podcast: Episode 195 — Remembering Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia

Remembering Apollo 1, Challenger, and Columbia – NASA’s Week of Remembrance with Gerry Griffin – YouTube Watch On On Episode 195 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik talk with Gerry Griffin, former Apollo Flight Director and Director of the Johnson Space Center, about NASA’s spaceflight tragedies. This episode is a remembranceContinue Reading

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Microsoft is taking a cue from Linux with its new Command Palette Dock proposal for PowerToys, which lets Windows users add a second panel to their desktop complete with widgets, flexible positioning and custom theming. That is functionality standard across most Linux desktop environments (and has been for decades), andContinue Reading

SpaceX Applies to FCC for 1 Million AI Satellites in Space

Home » Artificial intelligence » SpaceX Applies to FCC for 1 Million AI Satellites in Space SpaceX has applied to build orbital data centers in space using up to 1 million AI inference satellites. The application references that this will be a first step to creating a Kardashev 2 civilization. A Kardashev civilization uses allContinue Reading