I found the Linux app store nobody mentions and it has more packages than Flathub
2026-06-07
Flathub isn’t the biggest game in town…Read MoreContinue Reading
Brave is charging $60 for a version of its browser that removes the features you probably never wanted
2026-06-07
Brave says its new “Origin” package delivers a premium web experience, but the one-time fee applies to all supported platforms except Linux. The San Francisco-based company developed Origin in response to user demand, pitching it as a fast, private browsing tool, and a new way to financially sustain the broader…ReadContinue Reading
Your Excel formulas are silently breaking your data—here’s how to fix them
2026-06-07
Published Jun 7, 2026, 9:46 AM EDT Tony Phillips is an experienced Microsoft Office user with a dual-honors degree in Linguistics and Hispanic Studies. Prior to starting with How-to Geek in January 2024, he worked as a document producer, data manager, and content creator for over ten years, and loves making spreadsheets and documents in his spareContinue Reading
Kaleidoscopic meteorite could be a piece of a ‘lost world’ from the early solar system — Space photo of the week
2026-06-07
When imaged with cross-polarized light the angrite meteorite NWA 12774 shimmers like a rainbow kaleidoscope. A new study suggests that the space rock, first discovered in 2019, could be a fragment from a long-lost protoplanet from the early solar system. (Image credit: CU Boulder/John Kashuba) Quick facts What it is: NWA 12774, a 16-ounce (454Continue Reading
Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
2026-06-07
This week, our first place winner on the insightful side is an anonymous comment offering a theory about ICE’s addiction to masks: Let me suggest a different reason… Let’s say that all of those J6 dumbfucks who livestreamed their crimes, and who now have received pardons for acting like trailerContinue Reading
HandBrake fixes 2-pass encode crashes, WebM on Linux
2026-06-07
A new version of HandBrake, the open-source and cross-platform media conversion tool, is available to download. HandBrake 1.11.2 is a maintenance update in the current 1.11.x stable release, which was released in March 2026 and added DNxHR and ProRes encoder support, and an AMD VCN AV1 10-bit encoder compatible withContinue Reading
Virginia man wants to sell neighborhood to data centers for $500M
2026-06-07
Mital Gandhi is trying to convince his neighbors to sell their homes to data center developers for $4.4 million., Mital Gandhi is trying to convince his neighbors to sell their homes to data center developers for $4.4 million., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
This dev’s personal website is a working GNOME 2 desktop
2026-06-07
Reliving the glory days of the GNOME 2 desktop is but a browser tab away – well, kinda. The personal website of Benny Powers, a software developer at Red Hat, is not a traditional vertical column of text. Nor is it a slop-soup of purple gradients, rounded glassy cards andContinue Reading
BYD is developing humanoid robots, according to source
2026-06-07
Chinese electric vehicle giant BYD is developing humanoid robots, according to a person familiar with the matter cited by Chinese media outlet Yicai on Wednesday. The report follows recent comments from BYD Executive Vice President Li Ke, who confirmed in an interview that the company is working on humanoid robotics…Continue Reading
The Surprising Reason Behind Cargo Airlines Hoarding Aging Boeing 747 Freighters
2026-06-07
The Boeing 747 is an icon of aviation, but it’s a five-decade-old airframe that seats just slightly more passengers than a Boeing 777-300ER while flying about as far, and doing so with four engines rather than two. It doesn’t offer airlines anything that can’t be done by a more fuel-efficientContinue Reading
It’s Back: Why The F-117 Nighthawk Is Flying Again
2026-06-07
The Lockheed F-117 Night Hawk is a later Cold War icon and is famous for being one of the most closely guarded black box projects. It was the first operational stealth, or more accurately, low-observable, combat aircraft. The F-117 was a harbinger of things to come.Continue Reading
Sky is not falling with AI implementation, labor secretary says
2026-06-07
Sonderling said employers are expected to use artificial intelligence to supplement their operations and will be looking for AI-literate employees., Sonderling said employers are expected to use artificial intelligence to supplement their operations and will be looking for AI-literate employees., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
The Single Biggest Reason Why ProtonMail is Killing My Productivity
2026-06-07
I use ProtonMail for all official communication related to It’s FOSS. Around 2020, I took their Visionary plan and switched from Google Workspace for the @itsfoss.com emails. The bundled offer of email, VPN, calendar, drive and password manager is a good ecosystem in its own. I am happy with theirContinue Reading