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July 1st, 2026 03:58 PM

Star Wars: The Old Republic - SWTOR In-game Events for July 2026.

Scattered Spider Hackers Plead Guilty on Day 1 of Trial

June 23rd, 2026 04:12 PM

Two men pleaded guilty in the United Kingdom this week to criminal charges stemming from an August 2024 cyberattack that crippled Transport for London, the entity responsible for the public transport network in the Greater London area. The duo were key members of a prolific cybercrime group known as Scattered Spider, and their guilty pleas came on the first day of what was expected to be a six-week trial. Owen Flowers (left) 18, and Thalha Jubair, 20. Image: UK National Crime Agency (NCA)....

Linux 7.3 To Overcome "Significant Bottleneck" For Small I/O With PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSDs

July 1st, 2026 04:06 PM

While the Linux 7.2 feature merge window ended just days ago and the better part of two months now before v7.2 will be released as stable, there are already features beginning to accumulate that will target the Linux 7.3 cycle. The most exciting change I've seen to kick off that dance ahead of Linux 7.3 is addressing a "significant" bottleneck affecting small direct I/O performance with speedy storage such as PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSDs...

Gemini Spark Is Now Available on Mac, but Is It Worth the Risk?

July 1st, 2026 04:00 PM

Mac users can now call on Google's agentic AI, Gemini Spark, to automate tasks on their desktop and bridge the gap between Google Workspace and their local apps and files. But you should still be cautious when granting Gemini access to your data and workflows, as AI agents can introduce security risks. Google first announced Spark at I/O 2026 back in May, promising a rollout to the Gemini macOS app at some point this summer. That time has come—the AI agent is now available in beta for Google...

Deprecate `previousStageJobs` from GraphQL

July 16th, 2026 12:00 AM

The previousStageJobs field in the GraphQL CiJob type is deprecated and will be removed in GitLab 20.0. No server-side alternative is required because the GitLab UI no longer needs previousStageJobs to calculate dependencies.

Two people unfold banner atop Empire State Building in apparent marriage proposal stunt

July 1st, 2026 05:30 PM

Sign displaying message of peace was seen on the New York landmark after two people climbed to top of the skyscraperAn elaborate apparent marriage proposal unfolded atop the Empire State Building’s spire on Wednesday – above the level where the general public are permitted to go – after two people climbed to the pinnacle of the New York City landmark.The two people, both wearing black clothing and who appeared to be masked, also unfurled a large black banner at the top of the iconic...

Firefox is adding Vulkan video decoding for Nvidia GPUs

July 1st, 2026 02:10 PM

Firefox is adding hardware-accelerated Vulkan Video decoding, saving Nvidia users on Linux the hassle of manually configuring the nvidia-vaapi-driver package. The change will be included in Firefox 153, out July 21, but it will not be enabled by default – not to start with. Instead, users will be able to flip a pair of preferences in about:config to try it out, with the awareness that there may be hiccups and edge cases (especially on devices with hybrid graphics, mentioned further...

Krafton to pay out bonuses to Unknown Worlds Entertainment, CEO Ted Gill resigns

July 1st, 2026 11:45 PM

Gill was fired from the Subnautica 2 studio last year before his reinstatement in March.

Purism launches supersized 16-inch laptop for buyers who put privacy before price

July 1st, 2026 10:59 AM

Purism has launched the Librem 16, a privacy-focused Linux laptop with a 16-inch display and hardware controls designed to disable potentially intrusive components. The machine runs Coreboot firmware and disables Intel's Management Engine. Founder and CEO Todd Weaver told The Register about doing this back in 2017. Purism also offers privacy-centric smartphones. The new laptop has two hardware kill switches located in the strip between the keyboard and the screen hinge. One of them...

This '80s Nostalgia Game Is So Calming, People Say They Play It Instead Of Meditating

July 1st, 2026 05:31 PM

It's soooooooooooo calming.View Entire Post ›