All Hail Electrification. But Let’s Talk About the Hard Part.
The IEA and climate negotiators want to set a target for shifting the economy to run on electricity. Upfront costs are just one of the obstacles. By Dan Gearino If one form of energy becomes the cheapest, most secure and cleanest, you’d probably adjust your economy to use more ofContinue Reading
Ubuntu 26.10 ships with a Rust-based OpenPGP
Ubuntu 26.10 includes a Rust-based OpenPGP implementation, with plans to phase out GnuPG in a future release. Sequoia PGP is part of the default seed, with the rust-sequoia-sq package in the main repository, officially supported by Canonical. It’s said to provide a “modern, and memory-safe” reimplementation of the OpenPGP cryptographicContinue Reading
Memory squeeze set to tighten through 2028, Micron says
The global memory shortage that has driven up the cost of servers, storage and PCs through 2026 will get worse in 2027 and 2028, according to memory maker Micron Technology. “We expect memory and storage supply-demand conditions to be much tighter in calendar 2027 and 2028 than they were inContinue Reading
ServiceNow launches standalone AI service desk to provide support in Teams, Slack, and email
ServiceNow has a new take on the service desk: Flow by ServiceNow, a standalone AI product that allows users to get help via chats in Microsoft Teams, Slack, or a Flow web app, or by email, rather than having to leave what they’re doing to open a helpdesk ticket. FlowContinue Reading
Live updates: Senate heads out for midterm recess; The Traitor off to Texas, Oklahoma
Senators began to file out of Washington Thursday for a multiweek recess while sitting on a collection of outstanding legislation — including the unfinished farm bill, FISA authorization, annual defense authorization bill and 12 appropriations bills. Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is leaving it all for the lame-duck Congress after November’s midterms…Continue Reading
Why you may not be feeling the good news from the latest inflation report
A key inflation measure watched by the Federal Reserve rose less than expected last month. But it doesn’t take into account the rising cost of food and fuel.Continue Reading
US ends 12-year Iraq operations after ousting ISIS
This marks the second time U.S. troops have withdrawn from Iraq. They left the first time in 2011, after Saddam Hussein’s capture.Continue Reading
FACT CHECK: Jonvic Remulla did not say Marcoses are ‘sure to be jailed’ after 2028
Claim: Department of the Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jonvic Remulla said President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. and his son, House Majority Leader Sandro Marcos, would be jailed if a member of the Duterte family becomes president in 2028. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: A viral quote card featuresContinue Reading
FACT CHECK: Quote card of Mark Zuckerberg threatening DICT, House with lawsuit is fake
Claim: Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said he would slap the Philippines’ Department of Information and Communications Technology (DICT) and the House of Representatives with a lawsuit. Rating: FALSE Why we fact-checked this: A quote card attributed to Zuckerberg, dated September 17, reads: “U.S. government nga nahihirapan sakin e tapos kayoContinue Reading
Kilauea volcano LIVE: Eruption in Hawaii
Live view as Kilauea, Hawaii’s most active volcano, erupts. #hawaii #volcano #usa #liveContinue Reading
HIV prevention drug hailed as breakthrough, but who gets access?
Lenacapavir, a twice-a-year injection could transform HIV prevention, but it will not be available to all., A medicine injected just twice a year could transform the fight against HIV. In a 2024 clinical trial involving more than 2,000 young women in South Africa and Uganda, no participants who received lenacapavirContinue Reading
UK PM Burnham says Iran likely behind RAF base incident: Is there evidence?
UK, US and Israeli officials point to Iranian involvement but remain tight-lipped on details., British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has said the UK’s security services have “strong indications” of Iranian involvement in the incident at a British Royal Air Force (RAF) station near Fairford this week in which five menContinue Reading
Woman’s Hour
Episode details Radio 4 , 01 Oct 2026 , 57 mins Cornell University rape investigation, Tributes to Esther Rantzen, Sunbeds Woman’s Hour Available for over a year New York state prosecutors say they will reopen a criminal inquiry into the alleged rape of a woman at Cornell University in 2024.Continue Reading