'Coyote vs. Acme' Beats Ridley Scott's Newest Movie

September 5th, 2026 03:20 AM

Inverse shares a movie success story from last weekend: Coyote vs. Acme debuted to $15.9 million at the box office, beating out iconic director Ridley Scott's latest sci-fi adventure, The Dog Stars. This success has only continued since, and the worldwide box office currently sits above $22 million. Strong reviews and word-of-mouth are sure to keep viewers coming in, especially during the holiday weekend. What's impressive is Coyote vs. Acme had a limited marketing campaign that includes...

The 2024 presidential alternative many voters will want

September 1st, 2026 01:00 AM

KDE Plasma 6.8 Lands Windows-Like Auto-Scrolling, Lower vRAM Usage For Breeze Theme

September 4th, 2026 09:00 PM

It's been an exciting start to the month of September for KDE Plasma developers with continuing to land last minute improvements for Plasma 6.8 ahead of its official release in mid-October...

Friday, September 4, 2026 Shipping Announcements

September 4th, 2026 10:16 PM

Friday, September 4, 2026 Shipping Announcements

`--master` option for `gitlab-ctl patroni failover` and `switchover`

September 17th, 2026 12:00 AM

The --master option of the gitlab-ctl patroni failover and gitlab-ctl patroni switchover commands is deprecated and will be removed in GitLab 20.0. Both commands accept --leader as of GitLab 19.4, which matches the option name that patronictl uses. To migrate, replace --master with --leader in scripts and runbooks that call these commands. The option accepts the same value: the name of the current leader node. Until removal, --master keeps its behavior and prints a deprecation warning.

Ubuntu 24.04 splits firmware packages for faster updates

September 4th, 2026 02:31 PM

Firmware updates on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS have got smaller, as Canonical has backported the split Linux firmware packages it introduced in 26.04. To make the change in noble, the linux-firmware package is now a meta-package that pulls in all of the individual firmware packages. Functionally, nothing changes; all installs get the full whack. The binary blobs the distro uses are now split across 18 vendor-specific sub-packages: Some non-default firmware was already available to install as a...

Amazon EC2 R9g and R9gd instances powered by AWS Graviton5 processors are now generally available

August 31st, 2026 07:53 PM

Today, Amazon EC2 R9g and R9gd instances are generally available, powered by AWS Graviton5 processors. R9g instances are memory-optimized and deliver up to 25% better compute performance compared to Graviton4-based R8g instances, powered by the most energy efficient processor AWS has ever built. R9g instances are ideal for memory-intensive workloads including databases, in-memory caches (Valkey, Redis, MemCached), real-time big data analytics, Linux-based workloads including containerized and...

Stranded Deep 2 brings survival to the desert wilderness

September 4th, 2026 10:21 AM

Revealed during the Steam survival crafting fest recently, we're getting another dose of survival in Stranded Deep 2.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

Telltale Brings Five-Chapter Sci-Fi Adventure 'The Expanse' To Switch

September 5th, 2026 03:00 AM

Update: Limited Run Games physical release announced.:The famous narrative game studio Telltale, known for series such as Sam & Max, has this week surprised fans with the release of The Expanse: A Telltale Series Deluxe Edition on the Switch eShop.Read the full article on nintendolife.com

This modern North Carolina home is peacefully perched in the Blue Ridge Mountains

September 4th, 2026 07:05 AM

This spectacular modern mountain home, designed by MossCreek in partnership with Going Green Builders, is perched on a hillside above the Blue Ridge Mountains, near the Pisgah National Forest, in Rosman, North Carolina. The Perch features a bold interplay of stone, glass, wood, and corrugated metal. The 3,175-square-foot residence (Main Level 1,736 square feet and […] The post This modern North Carolina home is peacefully perched in the Blue Ridge Mountains appeared first on One Kindesign.

Security advisories: CVE-2026-80212 and CVE-2026-80213

August 27th, 2026 12:00 AM

Two vulnerabilities have been discovered in the resolv gem bundled with Ruby. They have been assigned the CVE identifiers CVE-2026-80212 and CVE-2026-80213. We recommend upgrading the resolv gem. CVE-2026-80212: Memory exhaustion through malicious DNS responses An application that resolves a hostname an attacker can influence, such as a webhook target or a user-supplied URL, can be made to consume memory without bound. The attacker points a domain at a name server they control and returns...