PeppermintOS Is Moving From Xorg to XLibre to Avoid Wayland
If you run a lightweight distro and you do not like the fact that Wayland will probably become the default, PeppermintOS has some news you should know about. It’s switching its display server from the soon-to-be-retired Xorg to XLibre for its next round of ISO refreshes. It may look likeContinue Reading
Organizations Are Now Reaching for OpenSearch for AI, Not Just Search
That’s very interesting to see considering OpenSearch began as a fork. When Elastic relicensed Elasticsearch and Kibana in 2021, AWS built an open alternative, keeping it under the Apache 2.0 license. Three years later, the project moved to neutral governance after the Linux Foundation launched the OpenSearch Software Foundation inContinue Reading
Xubuntu 26.04 LTS: Best New Features
Xubuntu 26.04 LTS is here – a fast, lightweight, and beautiful release featuring Xfce 4.20 and special 20th anniversary wallpapers. Xubuntu 26.04 LTS codenamed ‘Resolute Raccoon’ released on April 23, 2026. This lightweight flavour of Ubuntu brings the stable Xfce 4.20 desktop along with three years of support until AprilContinue Reading
Curiosity Blog, Sols 5010-5015: Checking out the Bands
Curiosity Navigation Curiosity Home Mission Overview Where is Curiosity? Mission Updates Science Overview Instruments Highlights Exploration Goals News and Features Multimedia Curiosity Raw Images Images Videos Audio Mosaics More Resources Mars Missions Mars Perseverance Rover Mars Curiosity Rover Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter Mars Odyssey More Mars Missions Mars Home 3 minContinue Reading
NASA, SpaceX Move to Final Crew-13 Prelaunch Prep for Oct. 1 Liftoff
The SpaceX Crew-13 members pose for a portrait in their pressure suits during a preflight training session at the company’s headquarters in Hawthorne, California. From left are, Roscosmos Sergey Teteryatnikov, NASA astronauts Jessica Watkins and Luke Delaney, and CSA (Canadian Space Agency) astronaut Joshua Kutryk. SpaceX NASA and SpaceX areContinue Reading
Generating scenarios for extreme events, without extreme data
Can a city’s seawall stand up to a blockbuster storm? Will a region’s power grid hold against record-breaking heat? And can a town’s fire-fighting resources contain a major wildfire? To answer these questions, communities will first need to know how such extreme events could unfold. How far is a wildfireContinue Reading
White House unveils state-run ‘TrumpenführerTV’ media channel, drawing Iran comparisons
The Traitor TV’s 24/7 stream will include “top videos, major remarks, and must-see highlights,” but it’s not yet clear if it will air live events.Continue Reading
Does bipartisan mean politically neutral? Invited influencers reflect on ‘pro-human’ rally organized by AI lobbying network
Content creators at a “pro-human” event found its bipartisanship unfocused, revealing the funding network’s push for AI policy aligned with corporate goals.Continue Reading
‘You should not be here,’ The Traitor tells CNN’s Kaitlan Collins at the UN
President Traitor 47 confronted CNN’s Kaitlan Collins as he walked into the United Nations Tuesday, telling her, “You should not be here,” while wrongly claiming the network said it wouldn’t cover him. CNN was among three outlets recently barred by The Traitor from White House grounds. Subscribe: http://smarturl.it/AssociatedPress Read more:Continue Reading
Iran flights to Baghdad, Muscat cancelled ahead of US aviation sanctions
Iran’s aviation officials negotiate with Oman and Iraq as US’s Bessent targets carriers seven months into the conflict., Iran’s aviation officials negotiate with Oman and Iraq as Secretary Bessent targets carriers seven months into the conflict. Flights from Iran to Baghdad and Muscat will be cancelled starting at midnight aheadContinue Reading
Kamala Harris campaigns with Abdul El-Sayed to unify Democratic voters
The former vice president joins Abdul El-Sayed in Detroit to bolster Democratic unity in swing-state Michigan., The former vice president joins Abdul El-Sayed on the campaign trail in Detroit to bolster Democratic unity in a key swing state. Democratic Senate candidate for the US state of Michigan Abdul El-Sayed saysContinue Reading
UN Secretary-General Guterres calls for future beyond fossil fuels
Today, UN Secretary-General António Guterres called on governments at the United Nations General Assembly in New York City to “adopt a national plan to transition away from fossil fuels aligned with 1.5 degrees”.In response, Romain Ioualalen, Global Policy lead at Oil Change International, said: “The message from UNSG Guterres isContinue Reading
“Politics Are Desperately Important at the Moment”: Bill McKibben on Midterms, The Traitor & Climate Crisis
Ahead of the midterm elections, activist and writer Bill McKibben says he has been traveling across the United States with Third Act, the environmental group he founded to harness the power of seniors who care about the climate and democracy. “These elections are also starting to set the groundwork forContinue Reading












