Quantum-Resilient Cryptography in the openSUSE Ecosystem
It is with great joy that I officially announce the release in the openSUSE family (Leap and Tumbleweed) of the new package focused on cryptography resistant...
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Valve Confirms Ongoing Steam Deck 2 Development—A Long Wait Remains
With Valve today officially announcing pricing and availability for the Steam Controller, it was only a matter of time before people started asking questions about the...
Read moreJury selection in Musk v. Altman: ‘People don’t like him’
On Monday, the courtroom battle between Elon Musk and Sam Altman over alleged broken promises at OpenAI started, as usual, with jury selection. The only tricky...
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‘Stop Killing Games’ Got Its EU Parliament Hearing
Progress may be slow, but it’s still progress. While I’ve been talking about the importance of video game preservation as a function of our own overall...
Read moreJava News Roundup: OpenJDK, Oracle Critical Patches, Open Liberty, Testcontainers, IntelliJ IDEA
This week’s Java roundup for April 20th, 2026, features news highlighting: updates on OpenJDK JEPs; JDK 27 release schedule finalized; the Oracle Critical Patch Updates for...
Read moreRavi Dwivedi: A day trip to Vienna
On the 7th of September 2025, my friend Dione and I had a day trip to Vienna — the capital of Austria. We were attending a...
Read moreWhy Solid State Batteries Short
Solid state batteries, we are told, are the new hot battery technology that will replace lithium-ion batteries. Soon. Not that we haven’t heard that before. One...
Read moreSome Musk v. Altman Jurors Don’t Like Elon Musk
Musk’s lawsuit challenges OpenAI’s evolution under Sam Altman. But during jury selection, several potential jurors voiced negative views of Musk himself.
Read moreRed Hat’s Stratis Storage 3.9 Released With Online Encryption/Decryption/Reencryption
It’s crazy to realize it has been ten years already since Red Hat abandoned their Btrfs plans for Red Hat Enterprise Linux and dropped it, which...
Read morePut it in pencil: NASA’s Artemis III mission will launch no earlier than late 2027
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman told lawmakers on Monday that SpaceX and Blue Origin, the agency’s two lunar lander contractors, say they could have their spacecraft ready...
Read moreSteam Controller Australian price revealed ahead of May 5 release
The trackpad-laden gamepad launches next week.
Read moreGoogle is testing AI chatbot search for YouTube
Google is trying out an AI Mode-like search experience for YouTube. The company is now testing “a new way to search on YouTube that feels more...
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