If you remember that desktop picture widget for GNOME I wrote about last year, but found it a bit too basic for your personalisation preferences, you weren’t alone. Another user felt it could lacked enough flexibility, so forked and improved it. Picture Desktop Widget Remake improves on the original. ItContinue Reading
Microsoft’s August 2026 Patch Tuesday closes at 751 CVE entries (across all product families), with 108 rated as critical. One flaw is already exploited, CVE-2026-68820, an elevation of privilege in the Windows WinSock driver (afd.sys). Two more were disclosed but not exploited, CVE-2026-62832 (User Profile Service) and CVE-2026-72971. This security-onlyContinue Reading
Microsoft will bring its two Copilot apps into a unified interface for consumer and work users, part of a wider drive to create a Copilot “super app” that consolidates various features. Until now, Microsoft has offered two Copilot apps across web, desktop and mobile platforms: a simplified, consumer-focused Copilot app,Continue Reading
YASA will develop two axial flux motor designs that reduce or eliminate rare-earth magnet content, under a UK government-funded program called Project Resilience. The grant comes through the DRIVE35 Demonstrate competition, and the work will be delivered from YASA’s UK engineering and development facilities. Heavy-rare-earth-free permanent-magnet designs are the routeContinue Reading
Samsung SDI has acquired the 49.99% stake General Motors held in SynergyCells, the battery joint venture the two companies established in New Carlisle, Indiana. Samsung SDI describes the plant as its first independently operated battery production base in North America. The two also signed a new joint development agreement coveringContinue Reading
The war has spiked diesel prices 50% in some places, and China’s e-truck makers are reaping the benefits., The war has spiked diesel prices 50% in some places, and China’s e-truck makers are reaping the benefits., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
Representatives from labs Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI and Microsoft attended last week’s briefing, according to the sources familiar., Representatives from labs Anthropic, Meta, OpenAI and Microsoft attended last week’s briefing, according to the sources familiar., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
The Australian electric vehicle landscape has transformed rapidly over the past few years. What used to be a market dominated by premium price tags and limited choices has evolved into a fiercely competitive arena where affordability is the primary battleground. Chinese car makers have played a massive role in democratising electric mobility across the country…Continue Reading
OpenAI has lost its AI ethics lead Chloé Bakalar just a year after she joined the company, the Financial Times reported. Bakalar has maintained a silence and has yet to update her LinkedIn profile, but if her departure is confirmed then it will add to the list of OpenAI executivesContinue Reading
Chinese AI company Manus has laid out its plans to operate as an independent company following the reversal of its acquisition by Meta. The US social media company agreed to buy Manus last year but Chinese regulators quickly opened an investigation into the deal, as they were concerned that itContinue Reading
There’s something satisfying about watching a Linux project everyone assumed had quietly died come back with a fresh commit. It happens more often than people expect, and it’s usually worth celebrating when it does. One of those revivals has been the return of LightDM, the display manager Canonical built moreContinue Reading
TheUnited States Air Force has some of the largest and most famousmilitary bases anywhere in the world. But when it comes down to size, the question is which one is ultimately the largest of all the air bases. In this article, we are going to break down the seven biggestContinue Reading
Some Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve squadrons are being retired from flying fighter jets as the US Air Force is recapitalizing its fleet to modernize aircraft, unit missions, and strategic capabilities. This transition is hotly contested by the leadership of Guard and Reserve units as well as lawmakers.Continue Reading