Luigi Mangione pleads guilty to killing health insurance CEO Brian Thompson
“I shot Mr. Thompson, and he died,” the 28-year-old said Published August 14, 2026 2:28PM (EDT) Luigi Mangione appears for his arraignment at Manhattan Criminal Court on December 23, 2024 in New York City. (Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images) Nearly two years ago, Brian Thompson, the CEO of UnitedHealthcare, was shot andContinue Reading
Add multiple picture widgets to your Ubuntu desktop
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
August’s Patch Tuesday is a monster: 751 fixes, with an exploited Windows flaw
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 brings Copilot apps together ahead of ‘super app’ overhaul
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
Sights & sounds of Grou Tyme Festival
Ahead of National Acadian Day, we checkout a concert on the Halifax Waterfront as part of le festival Grou Tyme. Subscribe to CTV News to watch more videos: https://www.youtube.com/ctvnews Connect with CTV News: For live updates and latest headlines visit: http://www.ctvnews.ca/ For breaking news, fast, download the CTV News App:Continue Reading
More than 100 drones detected near Romania in four days, NATO jets scrambled seven times
More than 100 drones were detected near Romania over the past 96 hours, with NATO fighter jets scrambled seven times in response to the increased aerial activity, Romanian Defense Minister Radu Miruță said, according to Antena 3 CNN. The figures come as Romania faces a growing number of drone incidentsContinue Reading
Ukraine’s quiet counteroffensive took 745 square km. Russia’s dead Starlink is how
In six months of unheralded advances, Ukrainian forces liberated a wide stretch of the southeast The collapse of Russian communications turned a local push into a six-month advance Now the Russians may mobilize yet again, so the Ukrainians are digging in and consolidating their gains The scale of Ukrainian forces’Continue Reading
Fave Five: Contemporary Trans M/M Romance
The Prospects by KT Hoffman Build a Boyfriend and Ship Happens by Mason Deaver Second Chances in New Port Stephen by TJ Alexander Stripped and Pumped by K.M. Neuhold Sunset Springs by Kacen Callender (audio) Bonus: Coming in 2027, check out Love and Lake Monsters by TJ Alexander and Reins and Restraint by Page Powars, ReadContinue Reading
New aerial video reveals huge scale of oil spill off Oman
A potential environmental disaster is unfolding off Oman, where a grounded tanker is leaking sanctioned Russian oil., NewsFeed A potential environmental disaster is unfolding off Oman, where a grounded tanker is leaking sanctioned Russian crude oil in a protected marine area. The tanker carrying about 1 million barrels of oilContinue Reading
The Traitor asks US Supreme Court to allow $400m ballroom project to proceed
Appeals court previously ruled that The Traitor administration must seek authorisation from Congress to continue with project., Appeals court previously ruled that The Traitor administration must seek authorisation from Congress to continue with project. The administration of United States President Traitor 47 has asked the Supreme Court to allow constructionContinue Reading
“Mop Up Michigan”: Donavan McKinney on Democratic Socialism, Corporate Money & His Primary Upset
One of the biggest upsets from Democratic primary elections this month was Donavan McKinney’s defeat of two-term Congressmember Shri Thanedar in the House primary to represent parts of Detroit and Wayne County in Michigan’s 13th District. McKinney, a democratic socialist state lawmaker, won on a platform to get corporate moneyContinue Reading
YASA to develop two axial flux motor designs with less or no rare earth
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 buys out GM’s stake in the Indiana battery plant, which will make ESS cells
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