What’s Up: July 2026 Skywatching Tips from NASA
A predawn Moon-and-planets meetup, a returning comet, a great chance to see the Milky Way, and Saturn’s rings at a new angle. Skywatching Highlights Transcript An...
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[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for July 2, 2026
Inside this week's LWN.net Weekly Edition: Front: Xsnow protestware; Git 2.55; Rhombus; kernel hardening; More LSFMM+BPF coverage; 7.2 merge window; Secure Boot certificate expiration; Ceph and...
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Valhalla's Things: A Pair of Hair Towel Wraps
Posted on July 2, 2026 Tags: madeof:atoms, craft:sewing, FreeSoftWear Many months ago I had been ordering some furniture from IKEA1 and on one of those orders...
Read moreIntroducing Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.4
Red Hat OpenShift Service Mesh 3.4 is generally available with Red Hat OpenShift and Red Hat OpenShift Platform Plus. Based on the Istio, Envoy, and Kiali...
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July is a little light on the big new game releases, but your co-op horror Discord gang will be feastin'
If you've ever wanted to run a haunted business into the ground with your friends, I have good news.
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The Best July 4 Grill and Griddle Deals: Weber, Traeger, Recteq
Fourth of July weekend is the last great grill and griddle sale of the summer, including $250 off my favorite pellet smoker.
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No-Drill Sailing Kit for a Canoe
The first known use of humans using wind to perform mechanical work with machines dates back to ninth-century Persian windmills. But if we count sailing vessels...
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'They refuse to offer a meaningful alternative': Game preservation leader agrees that piracy is the only preservation option for a discless future
The future of preservation is, as usual, on the PC.
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Apple’s entry-level MacBook Pro could be up for a redesign
Apple is working on a "revamped" version of its entry-level MacBook Pro that it could launch as soon as the first half of 2027, Bloomberg reports....
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Linux App Release Roundup (June 2026)
June was sweltering, but the summer heat didn’t slow down open-source software developers. Last month delivered a wave of app updates, including the release of Firefox...
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Report links Starliner problems to overconfidence and unrealistic schedules
A new report links the long-running technical problems with Boeing’s CST-100 Starliner commercial crew vehicle to a combination of overconfidence, unrealistic schedules and NASA’s lack of...
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The funeral for PlayStation discs has begun
Cody Spencer, the co-owner of the small games retail chain Pink Gorilla Games, put it well when I asked about the impact of Sony's recent announcement...
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