AI features are coming to Ubuntu in 2026, though Canonical has made clear that the distro is not becoming an AI product. In a community post, Jon Seager, VP of engineering at Canonical, says the company is “ramping up its use of AI tools in a focused and principled manner”Continue Reading
There’s been a flood of new state laws placing restrictions on 3D printing that are driven by sloppy moral panics about 3D printed guns (and a desire by large manufacturers to dominate the market), but are so ignorantly and broadly written that they do more harm than actual good. NewContinue Reading
The MinIO GitHub repository was recently archived on April 25, 2026. But the thing is, it had been archived before, back in February, then briefly unarchived, and now it’s locked again. Whether MinIO flips the switch again is anyone’s guess, but it doesn’t really matter at this point. The messageContinue Reading
HONG KONG (AP) — China on Monday blocked U.S. tech giant Meta’s acquisition of the artificial intelligence startup Manus, in an unexpected move to reverse a deal that apparently aroused Beijing’s concerns about the transfer of advanced technology. In a one-line statement, China’s National Development and Reform Commission, the country’sContinue Reading
NEW TAIPEI CITY, Taiwan (AP) — A court in Taiwan sentenced a former employee of Japanese computer chip equipment maker Tokyo Electron to 10 years in prison on Monday in a landmark case over trade secrets of the island’s leading chipmaker TSMC. Tokyo Electron was also fined 150 million newContinue Reading
If the next three Version 3 Starship flights go as planned. Flight 12 in May is the V3 rocket debut with in-space Raptor relight. Flight 13 will have orbital insertion and possibly initial commercial V3 Starlink deployments. Flight 13 should have booster recovery and if things go good a Starship catch attempt. Flight 14 couldContinue Reading
Watch Live! SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy launches for the first time since 2024 – YouTube Watch On SpaceX’s brawny Falcon Heavy rocket is about to fly for the first time in a year and a half, and you can watch the action live. SpaceX’s Falcon Heavy rocket launches NASA’s Europa Clipper mission from Florida on Oct.Continue Reading
There was only one ESC from sneaky screenshots and fake BSODs Who, Me? Welcome to another instalment of Who, Me? It’s The Register’s Monday column that shares your stories of mistakes, occasional malice, and how you came out the other side.…, Read MoreContinue Reading
Investment in new lithium supply is threatening to tip the global market for the battery metal into a deficit, beginning as early as this year. The warning comes from Canaccord, which noted that the supply of lithium has tightened considerably, even as demand for electric vehicles has weakened…Continue Reading
By the end of 2026, Gartner anticipates 40% of enterprise applications will integrate AI agents. A dramatic increase from today’s single-digit adoption, right? It strongly signals a move past mere experimentation. For CXOs, the focus is no longer whether AI can work, but how it is deployed through structured enterpriseContinue Reading
While Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL) has long been the world’s busiest airport by passenger numbers, Chicago O’Hare International Airport (ORD) takes the top spot when ranked by aircraft movements. A key reason behind this paradox is the increased use of regional jets at O’Hare, with feeder services allowing passengersContinue Reading
The United States military operates some of the longest runways on Earth, and the numbers tell the story: the longest exceed 15,000 feet (4,500 meters)! These extraordinary lengths are not about scale for its own sake; they are driven by aircraft performance limits, safety margins, and mission demands, ranging fromContinue Reading
A new vulnerability dubbed Pack2TheRoot could be exploited in the PackageKit daemon to allow local Linux users to install or remove system packages and gain root permissions. …Read MoreContinue Reading