icewm-40.0-released:-a-lightweight-boost-for-linux-desktops

Sleek window manager, IceWM 4.0.0 is out with improvements and updates. IceWM is a standards-compliant window manager designed for simplicity and performance. It is fully keyboard-driven, with features like Alt+Tab switching that feel intuitive right out of the box. This 4.0.0 release improves those strengths while adding refinements that enhanceContinue Reading

gimp-3.2-issues-third-release-candidate-with-fresh-fixes

GIMP 3.2 RC3 is now available for testing, giving users an opportunity to try the image editor’s upcoming features ahead of the stable release. As this is the third (and likely final) release candidate before GIMP 3.2 launches, the focus is on refinement. The developers say RC3 delivers “a numberContinue Reading

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On 27 January 2026, Anne Applebaum—Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Autocracy, Inc., a book arguing that autocratic systems survive through elite complicity, selective blindness, and the willingness of respectable institutions to look away—delivered a lecture on autocracy at Oxford’s Blavatnik School of Government and publicly thanked the school’s benefactor, Len Blavatnik,Continue Reading

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Exclusives Four Ukrainian combat veterans sent to NATO drills ended up teaching 13 armies how drone war actually works. New details from Hedgehog 2025 show Ukraine’s Nemesis crew improvised everything — because nobody on NATO’s side had a plan. Ukraine’s most wanted worker is 60 years old. War flipped whoContinue Reading

shutdown-of-hormuz-strait-raises-fears-of-soaring-oil-prices

Consumers are set to pay higher prices, but US producers could benefit, analysts say., The United States and Israel’s war with Iran has spilled over into the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most critical energy chokepoints, prompting a surge in oil prices. Shipping through the strait, which carriesContinue Reading