Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Leads Over Windows 11 In Creator Workstation Performance
Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Leads Over Windows 11 In Creator Workstation Performance The past few weeks I have been testing out the new HP Z6 G5 A workstation desktop PC. It's a beast in being powered by the AMD…
Supreme Court Hears Case On How To Label Risks of Popular Weed Killer…
Supreme Court Hears Case On How To Label Risks of Popular Weed Killer https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/04/28/0421237/supreme-court-hears-case-on-how-to-label-risks-of-popular-weed-killer?utm_source=r…
Electrical current might be the key to a better cup of coffee
Electrical current might be the key to a better cup of coffee University of Oregon scientists repurposed battery-testing tool to better measure coffee's flavor profile https://arstechnica.com/science/…
AMD's Lemonade SDK 10.3 Now 10x Smaller By Getting Rid Of Electron
AMD's Lemonade SDK 10.3 Now 10x Smaller By Getting Rid Of Electron Lemonade as the open-source local AI server backed by AMD and supported across AMD CPUs / GPUs / NPUs on Windows and Linux is out wit…
Despite proposed science cuts, NASA boss says 'We haven't canceled anything yet'
That 'yet' is sure doing a lot of heavy lifting if the budget for science is slashedNASA administrator Jared Isaacman has appeared before the US House Appropriations Committee to explain the proposed …
Have I Been Pwned claims Pitney Bowes hit by 8.2M email address leak
Names, phone numbers, physical addresses also included in Shiny Hunters alleged data dumpLogistics technology company Pitney Bowes, which makes franking machines for US postage, is the latest scalp cl…
GM's Super Cruise passes a billion driven miles since 2017
GM's Super Cruise passes a billion driven miles since 2017 The hands-free, eyes-on driver assist only works on geofenced highways. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/04/gms-super-cruise-passes-a-billio…
Rural America is resisting the surge in data center construction
Rural America is resisting the surge in data center construction Many rural communities are viscerally opposed to AI infrastructure. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/rural-america-is-resisting-the-s…
Sovereign Tech Agency Launches New Initiative To Help Open Standards
Sovereign Tech Agency Launches New Initiative To Help Open Standards Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency (Sovereign Tech Fund) has provided critical financial resources to open-source software projects an…
Brussels orders Google to share Android's AI sandbox with the other kids
DMA enforcers want rival assistants to get same deep device access as GeminiThose pencil pushers at the European Commission are drawing up measures to ensure Google opens up its Android smartphone pla…
Tenstorrent’s Galaxy Blackhole AI servers escape the event horizon
RISC-V-based systems pack 32 Blackhole accelerators in a 6U, $110K chassisTenstorrent on Tuesday announced the general availability of its Galaxy Blackhole AI compute platform.…
GCC 16's Improved Error Messages, Experimental HTML Output
GCC 16's Improved Error Messages, Experimental HTML Output GCC 16.1 as the first stable version of the GCC 16 compiler is releasing as soon as later this week if all goes well. Among the many improvem…
Fedora 44 Released For Living On The Leading-Edge Of Linux Innovations
Fedora 44 Released For Living On The Leading-Edge Of Linux Innovations Fedora 44 is officially released for providing the very latest Linux innovations with GNOME 50 being the default desktop of Fedor…
UK.gov's DCMS to new CDIO: migrate from Google to Microsoft, overhaul ERP, build a team
£125k and a pension await whoever can herd 6 departments onto single platform without losing will to liveLater today, prospective candidates will log onto a UK government call to convince themselves t…
Microsoft Outlook for iOS still down and out for many after 'service change'
Sign-in failures, unexpected sign-outs... just another day for usersUsers of Microsoft Outlook on iOS are continuing to experience outages more than 24 hours after glitches first surfaced, despite Mic…
Two men charged over series of arson attacks on 5G masts
Pair accused of creating literal flame war as bonkers conspiracy theories growTwo men face charges over a series of arson attacks on 5G masts spanning two years following a Police Service of Northern …
Start with the sensors, then design the rest: How Zoox built its robotaxi
Start with the sensors, then design the rest: How Zoox built its robotaxi The bidirectional design has some clear advantages for a working taxi. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/04/start-with-the-sen…
The Silent Frequency That Makes Old Buildings Feel Haunted…
The Silent Frequency That Makes Old Buildings Feel Haunted https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/04/28/0413216/the-silent-frequency-that-makes-old-buildings-feel-haunted?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Neanderthal brains measure up to ours—literally
Neanderthal brains measure up to ours—literally The differences between our brains and Neanderthals' were likely cosmetic. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/04/neanderthal-brains-measure-up-to-ours…
Proton 11.0 Beta 2 Updates VKD3D-Proton
Proton 11.0 Beta 2 Updates VKD3D-Proton Following the release of Proton 11.0 Beta 1 from two weeks ago that updated against Wine 11.0, this heart to Valve's Steam Play is now out with a second beta re…
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