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Ubuntu 26.10 completes the distro’s move to Rust-based core utilities, with the commands previously held back due to security issues now migrated to memory-safe versions. cp, mv and rm were held back on their GNU versions in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS due to a crop of TOCTOU (time-of-check to time-of-use) issues that needed to be fixed in the uutils versions. Continue Reading

On this day in space! Sept. 13, 2007: Japan launches Kaguya spacecraft to the moon to map the lunar surface in HD

On Sept. 13, 2007, Japan launched the Kaguya spacecraft on a mission to the moon. Formally known as SELENE, which is short for SELenological and ENgineering Explorer, it was Japan’s second moon mission. Kaguya launched from Tanegashima Space Center on a Japanese H-IIA rocket and looped around the Earth twice before heading to the moon.Continue Reading

James Webb Space Telescope discovers the rings of tiny solar system body Chariklo are changing

(Main) Illustration of the small solar system body Chariklo (Inset) artist’s impression of the JWST (Image credit: L. Maquet, Observatoire de Paris/NASA/ESA) Using the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), astronomers have discovered that the ring system of a tiny solar system body is even more interesting than they knew. The object in question is CharikloContinue Reading

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Whatever wasn’t already going poorly for Flock Safety is just going to keep getting worse. Data collected by privacy activist group Secure Justice pointed out what Flock already knows: it’s losing customers at an unprecedented rate. More than 214 cities and counties have dropped Flock since 2021. More than 90Continue Reading

Bridgestone offers 4th EV tyre free for World EV Day

Electric vehicles are awesome, their ongoing costs are dramatically cheaper than ICE vehicles, but there’s one maintenance cost you can’t avoid.. tyres which are rarely cheap. Typically EVs weigh more than comparable-sized vehicles thanks to their high capacity battery packs, and combined with instantaneous torque from the electric motor(s…Continue Reading

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The University at Buffalo, a New York State flagship university with 30,000 students, recently added eight new 40-foot battery-electric transit buses to its UB Stampede fleet, which serves some 16,000 passengers each day. The university undertook the project in collaboration with campus transportation provider WeDriveU and fleet electrification specialist Zenobē.Continue Reading