Will the Next James Bond, Please Stand Up?

November 7th, 2026 02:45 PM

Amazon's still continuing its search for James Bond, now it appears several A-list actors have entered the running.

Global menu extension puts app menus in GNOME’s top panel

November 6th, 2026 05:43 PM

A new global menu extension for GNOME Shell was released this week, and unlike ones you may might tried (and given up on) in the past, this one seems to work well. Earlier global menu efforts have been scuppered by Wayland, API changes and the fact that many modern Linux apps no longer ‘export’ menus, leaving the top panel empty for most apps. This one has menus for 292 well-known app and, by installing an optional companion tool, allows apps like GIMP and Shotwell to display their full apps...

How to use your old tablet to build a live streaming setup

November 7th, 2026 03:30 PM

You don't always need to buy new products just to start live streaming. This app lets you reuse an old tablet as the centerpiece of your setup.

Kitty 0.50 Picks Up Where You Left Off After a System Restart

November 6th, 2026 12:17 PM

kitty is a GPLv3-licensed, GPU-based terminal emulator for Linux and macOS that uses OpenGL for rendering and is written in C, Python, and Go.It can organize work into tabs and windows across seven layouts, supports small terminal programs called kittens that can be used to extend it, and can be controlled from the shell.v0.50, its newest release, can bring back your open windows after a logout on Linux and macOS.Kitty 0.50kitty now saves every OS window, tab, and window with its scrollback...

Microsoft Re-Releases KB5002934 for Excel 2016 After a Later Update Broke Copy and Paste Again

November 7th, 2026 03:33 PM

Microsoft has re-released the KB5002934 update for Excel 2016 after a later update brought back a bug that breaks copy and paste in some workbooks. According to the updated KB5002934 support page, the new release moves Excel 2016 to build 16.0.5574.1006 and fixes a paste failure that returned in build 16.0.5574.1005.The bug affects workbooks that contain conditional formatting. In those files, paste operations might fail. Microsoft first broke copy and paste in Excel in September, shipped a...

Oregon’s Hobbit House at Dragonfly Knoll Is Straight Out of the Shire

November 7th, 2026 08:20 AM

Archer & Buchanan Architecture designed this enchanting getaway cottage in the spirit of a J.R.R. Tolkien Hobbit House, set on a 27-acre countryside property in Mosier, Oregon, about an hour east of Portland in the Columbia River Gorge. Known as the Hobbit House at Dragonfly Knoll, it sits on the edge of a steep hillside […] The post Oregon’s Hobbit House at Dragonfly Knoll Is Straight Out of the Shire appeared first on One Kindesign.

We the People Finally Turn on Trump

November 7th, 2026 12:00 PM

A Norma Desmond crash-out to end all crash-outs.

Want to Rent an Internet Address at the White House?

November 5th, 2026 04:36 AM

Several staffers at the White House are using computers or mobile devices equipped with residential proxy services that render their internet address available for others to rent, security experts warned today. One of the proxy services is a Russian company whose founder’s web hosting business was ground zero for cyberattacks against election systems in Arizona and Illinois in 2016. The security firm Layer3 Intel said it detected multiple residential proxy nodes beaconing out from the...

How computer game Worms went from classroom to classic

November 6th, 2026 06:21 AM

Creator Andy Davidson speaks to the BBC about how he created a game that sold 70 million copies.

UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra review: 8-bays backed by Intel Core 7 150U power

November 7th, 2026 03:00 PM

We test the UGREEN NASync DXP8800 Ultra: A beastly 8-bay server that swallows multi-stream 4K HDR transcoding and active VMs without breaking a sweat! Read more...