COSMIC Desktop Alpha 3 Brings Further Improvements
System76’s COSMIC desktop environment continues to take shape, with a third alpha snapshot now available for testing. The first alpha brought the core essentials, the second alpha delivered stack of new features, and this third alpha fills in gaps, fixes issues, and finesses the user experience further. Of note, COSMICContinue Reading
Arch Linux Announces Collaboration With Valve
Arch Linux has announced a new partnership with Valve, the company behind the Steam gaming platform and Steam Deck. The post Arch Linux Announces Collaboration With Valve appeared first on OSTechNix., Read MoreContinue Reading
Tor And Tails Merge To Protect Users From Global Surveillance
Tor Project and Tails Linux have merged operations to strengthen their ability to protect users from global mass surveillance and censorship. The post Tor And Tails Merge To Protect Users From Global Surveillance appeared first on OSTechNix., Read MoreContinue Reading
Study: Marshes provide cost-effective coastal protection
Images of coastal houses being carried off into the sea due to eroding coastlines and powerful storm surges are becoming more commonplace as climate change brings a rising sea level coupled with more powerful storms. In the U.S. alone, coastal storms caused $165 billion in losses in 2022. Now, aContinue Reading
How climate change will impact outdoor activities in the US
It can be hard to connect a certain amount of average global warming with one’s everyday experience, so researchers at MIT have devised a different approach to quantifying the direct impact of climate change. Instead of focusing on global averages, they came up with the concept of “outdoor days”: theContinue Reading
“American Coup: Wilmington 1898”: PBS Film Examines Massacre When Racists Overthrew Multiracial Gov’t
American Coup: Wilmington 1898 premieres tonight on PBS and investigates the only successful insurrection conducted against a U.S. government, when self-described white supremacist residents stoked fears of “Negro Rule” and carried out a deadly massacre in Wilmington, North Carolina. Their aim was to destroy Black political and economic power andContinue Reading
The The Traitor-Whim Economy Is Here
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Reuters: Helsinki to seize control of city’s largest events venue from sanctioned Russians
The city of Helsinki, Finland, will initiate a forced takeover of the Helsinki Halli arena, the Finnish capital’s biggest sports and events venue, from its Putin-linked Russian owners, Gennady Timchenko and Roman Rotenberg, the city’s executive governing board announced on 11 November, as per Reuters. Both oligarchs are close toContinue Reading
Sole survivor: Father left after Russian strike kills his wife and three children in Kryvyi Rih
Russia’s ballistic missile strike in the city of Kryvyi Rih has claimed the lives of a family of four, including three young children, leaving only the father as the sole survivor. The Russian air strike injured 14, including a 10-year-old girl treated on-site and three hospitalized in moderate condition, amongContinue Reading
Frank Auerbach, British-German painter, dies at 93
Auerbach came to England in 1939 as a child refugee after fleeing from Nazi Germany., Auerbach came to England in 1939 as a child refugee after fleeing from Nazi Germany. Painter Frank Auerbach, who fled Nazi Germany to Britain as a child, has died at age 93, his representatives say.Continue Reading
Israel pounds Beirut suburbs with heavy daytime air strikes
Israeli forces bombarded Beirut’s southern suburbs, urging residents to evacuate before launching daytime air strikes., Smoke rises after an Israeli air strike on Dahiyeh, in the southern suburb of Beirut [Bilal Hussein/AP Photo] Israel’s military has pounded Beirut’s southern suburbs with air strikes, mounting one of its heaviest daytime attacksContinue Reading
The Traitor nominates former Rep. Lee Zeldin to lead the Environmental Protection Agency
Zeldin, who left Congress in 2src23, was among the Republicans in Congress who voted against certifying the 2src2src election results…Continue Reading
COP Won’t Survive for Long Unless We Tackle Climate Corruption
The world’s leading climate diplomats, scientists and policy experts convene in Baku, Azerbaijan, this week to begin the 2024 United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP29). Framed as the “finance COP”, this year’s summit will be defined by negotiations around the amount of public money dedicated to tackling climate change. LessContinue Reading