LibreOffice 26.2 has been released with multi-user’ database support, improved Excel clipboard compatibility and a new x86-64-v2 hardware baseline for Linux users. The Document Foundation’s first major release of 2026 focuses on performance, interoperability and file formats, i.e., fixing the things that actually get in your way, rather than tackingContinue Reading
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Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or your podcast app of choice — or go straight to the RSS feed. In this week’s round-up ofContinue Reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Amazon sales surged 14% during the fourth quarter, helped by strong holiday spending and a better-than-expected growth in its prominent cloud computing unit. But shares fell 11% in after hours trading on Thursday as investors appeared to be spooked by the Seattle-based tech company’s plans toContinue Reading
Researchers say they are seeing a surge in sophisticated scams with AI-generated “deep fake doctors.” , Researchers say they are seeing a surge in sophisticated scams with AI-generated “deep fake doctors.” , from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
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A new version of the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B has been (quietly) introduced. The key difference? It now uses a dual-RAM configuration. The Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5 adopts a dual-RAM configuration to ‘improve supply chain flexibility’ and manufacturing efficiency, per a company product change notice document.Continue Reading
Commercial EV and mobile charging firm Xos has expanded its Hub lineup with three new capacity options to deliver fast mobile charging across Classes 1-2 through to heavy-duty fleet operations. The 210 kWh, 420 kWh and 630 kWh configurations are designed to make rapid-deployment charging infrastructure accessible to fleets ofContinue Reading
CharIN has validated comemso’s EVCA (Electric Vehicle Communication Analyzer and Simulator) as a Conformance Test System for DC EVSE (Charging System Basic and Extended) under the CharIN Conformance Testing System (CCTS) program. comemso reports that this validation matters because it is intended to confirm standard-compliant, reproducible test results that supportContinue Reading
Two AI giants shake market confidence after investment fails to materialize…Continue Reading
Linda E. Grimm Johnson Space Center Office of Communications Feb 04, 2026 NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston and the University of Texas System (UT System) announced the signing of a collaborative Space Act Agreement on Jan. 9, 2026. The agreement expands research and workforce development partnership opportunities across NASA centers and UT System facilities.Continue Reading
February 5, 2026 4 min read Add Us On Google Add SciAm Astronauts are flying to the moon for the first time since 1972, and scientists are preparing specialized space suits for the next milestone—landing there By K. R. Callaway edited by Lee Billings An AxEMU (Axiom Extravehicular Mobility Unit) space suit for NASA’s ArtemisContinue Reading
LONDON (AP) — In France, civil servants will ditch Zoom and Teams for a homegrown video conference system. Soldiers in Austria are using open source office software to write reports after the military dropped Microsoft Office. Bureaucrats in a German state have also turned to free software for their administrativeContinue Reading