COSMIC desktop update adds new system monitor app
A new update to System76’s COSMIC desktop is now rolling out with a new system monitoring tool and a fresh set of fixes and fine-tuning. COSMIC Epoch 1.1.0 also sees the developers behind the Rust-based desktop opting to “[increment] the minor version regularly in order to allow for mid-release patchContinue Reading
Headlines for June 23, 2026
Top Negotiator Says Iran Will Permanently Manage Strait of Hormuz, Pentagon Seeks $80 Billion in Additional Iran War Funding, Israeli Forces Kill 2 In Lebanon After Iran Warns Continued Attacks Could Scuttle Ceasefire, U.N. Commission of Inquiry Finds Israel Is Committing Genocide by Killing Gaza’s Children, “Not Afraid to StandContinue Reading
NYC Pride urged to ban hospitals that stopped providing care for trans kids
Grand marshals past and present have signed a letter demanding that New York City Pride bans hospitals that stopped providing healthcare for trans kids from participating in the event. Trans advocacy group Gender Liberation Movement published the letter, which was addressed to NYC Pride’s Board of Directors and Leadership, onContinue Reading
Purchased With Blood and Lies
Another Memorial Day: boasts, insults, “self-defense strikes,” cheap clichés from a “Secretary of War” prattling about dead boys “delivered from the battlefield into the arms of a loving Lord and savior.” Spare us. And maybe revisit the war to end all wars, which didn’t – its “infinity of waste” andContinue Reading
Scott Hoying and Mark Hoying Welcome Baby Girl With a Delightfully Theatrical Name Reveal
Leave it to Scott Hoying and Mark Hoying to turn a baby name announcement into a full-blown musical production. The couple officially introduced their newborn daughter, Birdie James Hoying, on Instagram with an elaborate original song dedicated entirely to one very important question: what do you name the child ofContinue Reading
Zohran Mamdani’s picks take key House primaries amid a broad battle over Democrats’ direction
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani and key allies secured major wins in Tuesday’s congressional primaries as they looked to build on his 2025 victory by expanding the power and presence of the democratic socialist movement in Washington., Read More NBC NewsContinue Reading
MAO Anime Announces 2nd Part Opening Song by Boy Group 20th Century
Former V6 members perform new MAO opening song “Bokura ga Uwagaki suru Sekai,” 26 years after “CHANGE THE WORLD” opening song for Inuyasha anime…Read MoreContinue Reading
SpaceX Starfall and Future Human-rated Versions
Starfall is SpaceX’s new uncrewed disk-shaped cargo return capsule (launched on its first demo flight today, June 23, 2026, aboard a Falcon 9). It is a flat, low-profile vehicle (~3.1 m diameter × 0.75 m tall) designed for rapid, high-volume return of up to ~1,000 kg of payload from orbit — especially for in-space manufacturingContinue Reading
SpaceX Has Successful Starfall Demo
Home » Energy » SpaceX Has Successful Starfall Demo Today SpaceX deployed and demonstrated the Starfall low cost capsule return system. This a demo of a new vehicle that will enable affordable, routine access to the microgravity environment for scientific research and in-space manufacturing. After demonstrating controlled flight, the spacecraft will splash down in theContinue Reading
NASA Testing Advanced Capabilities for Moon, Mars Rovers
On a bleak stretch of the Colorado Desert in Southern California, a compact four-wheeled rover recently trundled about 16 miles (26 kilometers) with minimal intervention from the team of engineers trailing it. Called ERNEST (Exploration Rover for Navigating Extreme Sloped Terrain), this prototype is being used by NASA to advance both robotic autonomy and theContinue Reading
Is political polarization dangerous? Study provides clearer answers
In recent years, political polarization has received considerable attention, not least as an explanation for developments in the United States…Continue Reading
Spain’s Internet Blocks Have A Flimsy Legal Basis, While Lacking Both Oversight & Accountability
Afew weeks ago, Walled Culture wrote about Hadopi, France’s infamous copyright enforcement mechanism. The so-called “graduated response” – aka “three strikes and you are out” – has been around for over 15 years now, has cost French taxpayers a fortune, and has never achieved any of its aims. As the WalledContinue Reading