The first point release to Zorin OS 18 is now available for download, arriving six months and some 3.3 million downloads after the original launch. Zorin OS 18.1 is a point release update. It’s still based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS-based but adds a variety of desktop refinements, updated software andContinue Reading
It wasn’t all that long ago that GOP legislators were collectively stonewalling a clean reauthorization of Section 702. Three years ago, these legislators were seeking to end the FBI (and other IC components’) access to Americans’ communications via “backdoor” searches of the NSA’s supposedly “foreign facing” collections. It wasn’t thatContinue Reading
Operation Epic Fury, the US military offensive in Iran, has had numerous objectives. Foremost among them is the degradation or all-out destruction of Iran’s nuclear facilities, which, according to numerous experts, was headed toward a nuclear weapons capability. Additional objectives were to destroy stockpiles of ballistic missiles and the meansContinue Reading
Welcome to my 204th weekly routes article! As always, the purpose of this article is to discuss a small selection of subjectively exciting services. Five mini-stories were chosen this week; all the routes launched or restarted between April 7 and 14.Continue Reading
Back in 2005, a bug report was filed by Kjetil Kjernsmo, then running KDE 3.3.2 on Debian Stable. He wanted the ability to have each connected screen show a different virtual desktop independently, rather than having all displays switch as one unit. Over the years, over 15 duplicate reports piledContinue Reading
Amazon is dropping support for Kindle older models from 20 May, 2026, meaning owners of pre-2013 models will be unable to download new books or set up a device that has been factory reset — deregistering a device will effectively ‘brick’ it. While no company can support all of theirContinue Reading
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Home » Space » SpaceX Starship V3 Has Successful Static Fire SpaceX had a successful static fire for the V3 Starship (starship 39). All 6 engines fired for the full duration. The Booster 19 was delayed til tomorrow. Full-duration static fire for the first time on Starship V3 pic.twitter.com/Q1HZIX53HB — SpaceX (@SpaceX) April 15, 2026Continue Reading
“These accounts will more closely align content access, communication settings, and parental controls with a user’s age,” Roblox said., “These accounts will more closely align content access, communication settings, and parental controls with a user’s age,” Roblox said., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
More American workers are experimenting with artificial intelligence in their jobs, but skepticism is still widespread. New Gallup polling finds that while more employees are using AI frequently in their work, there’s been an uptick in alarm that new technologies will replace their jobs. Many workers who are not usingContinue Reading
Sponsored by Churod Electronics. Increased battery density is the endgame of all cutting-edge battery design, improvements cannot come at the expense of safety or cost limitations. The question then becomes how to push the envelope in a safe and cost-effective way. Monitoring the state-of-health of cells is at the topContinue Reading
VEV has completed the installation of 5 MW of high-power DC charging infrastructure across three Maritime Transport logistics depots in the UK—one of the largest heavy goods vehicle charging deployments in the country. Eighteen DC chargers with individual unit capacities ranging from 100 kW to 400 kW are now inContinue Reading
iFixit opens Apple’s budget system, discovers something missing from MacBooks: replaceable components Apple’s latest MacBook may be cheap, but it also comes with something modern MacBooks haven’t offered in years: a fighting chance of being repaired.…, Read MoreContinue Reading