It was just a week or so ago that we were talking about the absurd situation in Knox County, Tennessee, where local government used Tennessee’s book-banning laws to remove the book Roots from school libraries. Yes, this is the book by Alex Haley that spawned the 1970s miniseries of theContinue Reading
Canonical has released the first monthly snapshot of Ubuntu 26.10 ‘Stonking Stingray’. This is the first of 4 planned testing builds in the lead up to the final, stable release of Ubuntu 26.10 on 15 October, 2026. Utkarsh Gupta announced the release on the Ubuntu developer mailing list, noting thatContinue Reading
BunsenLabs Carbon released with latest Debian 13 base and Wayland support. If you appreciate a minimal yet functional desktop environment, BunsenLabs has released its latest version, Carbon, based on Debian 13 “Trixie”. This release builds on the legacy of CrunchBang Linux, offering a pre-configured Openbox setup that’s easy to customize.Continue Reading
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An illustration of a SpaceX and xAI concept for a mass drive on the moon. (Image credit: SpaceX/xAI) A new report stresses the strategic and security implications of placing mass drivers on the moon — essentially electromagnetic catapults — by arguing that these launchers could serve as valuable first strike weapons systems. According to theContinue Reading
Graphite One has secured a site in Conneaut, Ohio for its planned Active Anode Materials facility. The site offers direct access to Lake Erie and the Great Lakes shipping corridor, multi-line CN rail connectivity and an existing on-site substation. The company aims to complete construction in Q4 2027. Phase OneContinue Reading
Is there room in the market for another Class 8 electric truck? Well, legacy OEMs such as Volvo, Daimler Truck and Traton all make electric trucks, but they seem more interested in lobbying and litigating to stall the EV transition than competing in the electric truck market, while upstarts suchContinue Reading
The world’s largest low-cost carrierSouthwest Airlines could be set to introduce its own ‘true first class’ in less than five years. This was suggested by the airline’s Chief Executive Officer, Bob Jordan, at the Bernstein 42nd Annual Strategic Decisions Conference at the Hilton Midtown, New York.Continue Reading
Simple Flying’s latest podcast is live and ready for you to enjoy! Hosted by Senior Editor Channing Reid, the 293rd episode is now available for your listening pleasure.Continue Reading
Ohio joins a handful of other states considering changes to its tax breaks on data centers., Ohio joins a handful of other states considering changes to its tax breaks on data centers., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading
The PC industry is once again on the brink of a pivotal moment in history—or so appears to be the case, given the rumors about Computex next week. In particular, the internet anticipates the launch of Nvidia’s N1X, an Arm-based APU expected to marry ferocious CPU performance with equally knockout GPU chops…Continue Reading
The Steam Deck OLED has been largely off the shelves since mid-February, being among the casualties of the RAM and storage shortage that has been driving up prices across consumer tech since late 2025. It recently came back on May 27, just not at the prices everyone was hoping for.Continue Reading
SystemRescue 13.00 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS and Many Useful Improvements. SystemRescue 13.00 is now available. This is a significant update to the popular Arch-based live Linux distribution that many of us use for system repair and data rescue tasks. If you work with broken systems, need to recoverContinue Reading