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  What the Linux desktop really needs to challenge Windows As Torvalds pointed out in 2019, is that while some major hardware vendors do sell Linux PCs – Dell, for example, with Ubuntu – none of them make it easy. There are also great specialist Linux PC vendors, such as System76, Germany’s TUXEDO Computers, and the UK-based Star Labs, but they tend to market to people who are already into Linux, not disgruntled Windows users. No, one big reason why Linux hasn’t taken off is that there are no maj...

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  Microsoft using wetlands and native gardens to 'camouflage' data center sites by blending them into nature — critics blast the 'biomimicry' effort as 'lipstick on a pig' amid a 20-year gas power deal

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  Internet shutdown in Iran is now the longest in world history

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  Meta’s AI agent Muse gives out user’s home address without permission, sending buyer to his house

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  UK workers spend nearly £1 billion of their own money on AI for work, Deloitte finds One is six workers in Britain is paying for an AI tool to help them do their job, at ​a total cost of nearly £1 billion ($1.4 billion) a year of ‌their own money, according to research published by Deloitte.

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  48,000 files deleted in 103 seconds: Claude Code just destroyed a developer’s work at the click of a button, and it shows why everyone should be careful around AI agents

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  Used EV sales spike alongside gas prices

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  Windows users keep losing files to OneDrive, and many don't know why When Windows users suddenly discover that their files have vanished from their desktops after interacting with OneDrive, the issue often stems from how Microsoft’s cloud service integrates with the operating system. The automatic, near-invisible shift to cloud-based storage has triggered strong reactions from users who find the feature unintuitive and, in some cases, destructive to their local files.

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  Ted Cruz Says He Prefers ‘American Killer Robots’ Over Chinese After AI Extinction Warning Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, joined a rapidly growing cohort of lawmakers Wednesday expressing the need for more artificial intelligence restrictions in the wake of dire human extinction warnings from AI researchers—but said U.S. companies needed to be careful not to lose to China in the race to develop artificial intelligence.

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  Muse loses Instagram, X handle to Zuckerberg's New AI agent The band Muse has surrendered its Instagram and X handles to Meta after the release of its new AI agent, Muse. The English rock band Muse has been renamed on Instagram and X from “Muse” to “museband.” Despite the band Muse having had its Instagram account since 2012 and its X account since 2008, it has seemingly surrendered the handle to Mark Zuckerberg’s newest AI agent.

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  ‘We have had enough’: thousands of University of Sydney staff walk off the job over AI and job security

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  Kansas cities sue residents over petitions seeking to block large data centers

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  GrapheneOS says Google is making life harder for rival operating systems and devices

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  Extreme weather phenomena are being recorded in recent days, with weather conditions resembling winter, as many areas of the country were “dressed” in white, despite being in early May. Just before the start of the summer season, temperatures have plummeted due to a cold front invasion, with readings even dropping below zero.

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  US healthcare marketplaces shared citizenship and race data with ad tech giants

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  Australian activist Zack Schofield says crew of Gaza-bound aid flotilla was beaten by Israeli sailors

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  GrapheneOS refuses to comply with new age verification laws for operating systems — group says it will never require personal information

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  Altman’s remarks in his tweet drew an overwhelmingly negative reaction. “You’re welcome,” one user responded. “Nice to know that our reward is our jobs being taken away.” Others called him a “f***ing psychopath” and “scum.” “Nothing says ‘you’re being replaced’ quite like a heartfelt thank you from the guy doing the replacing,” one user wrote.

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  The world’s largest particle accelerator now has an important new mission: heating thousands of homes. The Large Hadron Collider at CERN has begun to funnel the waste heat from its cooling system to a new residential and commercial area in the nearby French town of Ferney-Voltaire, with the new linkup expected to be able to heat several thousand homes at once.

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