You Can Now Run Multiple Linux Kernels on One Machine at Once
Multikernel Technologies has put out mklinux v7.0-mk2, the first public release of the multikernel Linux tree it’s been building since last year. The basic premise of the project is that one physical server can run several independent Linux kernels side by side, each with its own dedicated CPUs and memory.Continue Reading
LibreOffice 26.8 Doubles Down on No AI, Right After Collabora Welcomed It
TDF and Collabora have been at odds since April, when TDF’s Membership Committee kicked out every Collabora staffer and partner in one move, with more than 30 people dropped. That didn’t stop Collabora from shipping a range of new releases, with Collabora Office 26.04 being the most recent one, whereContinue Reading
Future of AI in Ubuntu: Thoughtful Integration via Snap
Canonical is bringing thoughtful, local-first AI to Ubuntu – enhancing accessibility, enabling intelligent agents, and keeping user privacy and open source values at the core. As we move through 2026, large language models (LLMs) and AI tools have become ubiquitous across the tech industry. Adoption varies widely – some projectsContinue Reading
U.N. warns of ‘moral red line’ on killer robots; experts say it’s already been crossed
Autonomous machines have killed humans in recent conflicts, arms experts say., Read MoreContinue Reading
Does salmonella come from salmon?
Up Next. Tracing the deadly path of the Nepal-Tibet flash flood. Video, 00:02:01 Subsection Asia Published 2 hours ago Worker films moment he escapes deadly Nepal floods. Video, 00:00:51 Subsection Asia Published 10 hours ago What caused the Nepal-Tibet flash floods? Video, 00:00:59 Subsection Asia Published 8 hours ago BBCContinue Reading
Exploited Data Workers in the Global South Are “the Secret Ingredient of AI Itself”
Despite being branded as autonomous and self-sustaining, artificial intelligence relies heavily on human labor — an army of data workers all over the world, primarily in the Global South. These workers “are purposely hidden by the companies that produce AI because they are the secret ingredient of AI itself,” saysContinue Reading
Civil Servants Sworn in at NASA Ames
Brandon Torres Navarrete New civil servants and guests pose for a group photo with NASA and center leadership in the National Full-Scale Aerodynamics Complex (NFAC) 80-by-120-foot test section, N221 on Aug. 24, 2026. The civil servants were sworn-in the same day in the largest swearing-in ceremony ever hosted at NASA’sContinue Reading
Julie McEnery: Decoding the Cosmos
Roman Space Telescope Senior Project Scientist – Goddard Space Flight Center There’s a deep intellectual satisfaction in figuring things out; it’s why people do crosswords or jigsaw puzzles, and I get to do that for the universe itself! That is one of the many reasons I have always loved myContinue Reading
9 Things to Know About NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope
NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is set to launch at 7:26 a.m. EDT on Sunday, Aug. 30. While you wait to watch the launch, brush up on some key facts about this wide-view mission. Teams inside the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida encapsulateContinue Reading
NASA Starts Artemis III Engine Install; Boosters, Crew Training Advance
Technicians prepare to transfer the #2 RS-25 SLS (Space Launch System) rocket engine (front) to the work stand with the #3 engine (back) for integration with the Artemis III core stage rocket on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, inside the Vehicle Assembly Building at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. NASA/ClaytonContinue Reading
NASA, Northrop Grumman Complete Cygnus XL Space Station Reboost
Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL cargo craft is pictured installed to the Unity module’s Earth-facing port as the International Space Station orbited 262 miles above the Atlantic Ocean off the coast of South Africa. NASA Northrop Grumman’s Cygnus XL spacecraft today fired its thrusters for 20 mins, 43 seconds boosting the International Space Station’s orbit. The CygnusContinue Reading
‘Starwashing’: The new space race has an environmental problem
As artificial intelligence devours more land and electricity, a new breed of tech companies promises that outer space holds the solutions to our problems on Earth. If data centers are so hard to find a place for down here, why not put them hundreds of miles above the planet instead? Since power demand surges inContinue Reading
Roman Space Telescope Travels to SpaceX Hangar
HQ Web Team Aug 26, 2026 NASA’s Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope, encapsulated in its payload fairing, travels from the Payload Hazardous Servicing Facility to the SpaceX hangar at Launch Complex 39A at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center on Tuesday, Aug. 25, 2026, ahead of mating to a SpaceX Falcon Heavy rocket. Roman’s science instruments areContinue Reading