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A new Linux distribution appeared this month with an unusual mission. Gravity Linux launched its first early alpha on September 18, 2026, targeting the M4 Mac mini. The release already delivers hardware-accelerated graphics. Users see a full KDE Plasma desktop running on Wayland. But the project carries an expiration date by design. Its creators intend

Peppermint OS has made a quiet but pointed decision. The lightweight distribution built on Debian and Devuan will replace the longstanding X.Org Server with XLibre in its next round of ISO refreshes. Users who download the latest testing images will boot into the same XFCE desktop they know. Underneath, the display server handling graphics, windows,

GNOME 51 landed on September 16 with the codename “A Coruña.” The name honors the Galician city that hosted GUADEC 2026 in July. Six months of steady work produced a release that prioritizes responsiveness and everyday usefulness over flashy additions. At its core the update refines how the desktop handles motion. Mutter now schedules frames

The latest version of Dash to Panel brings welcome improvements for users running GNOME 51. Released by developer Jason DeRose, version 7.4 of the popular GNOME Shell extension adapts to recent changes in the desktop environment while adding several practical enhancements that make the panel experience more flexible and reliable. Dash to Panel has long

David Ellison isn’t waiting for regulators to sign off. As his $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery nears completion, the Paramount Skydance chief executive has his streaming teams racing to add features that could lift engagement and open new ad dollars. A free tier. Micro dramas. Comments under short videos. AI tools for quick

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent stepped out of an eight-hour meeting in New York on Sept. 21 and described a new channel between the world’s two dominant AI powers. He called it the US-China AI Dialogue. Its immediate purpose? Notify each other when an artificial-intelligence incident threatens national security. But the mechanism, according to people familiar

MAUI, Hawaii — Liquid AI announced a new on-device memory system at Snapdragon Summit 2026. The system promises to change how AI assistants interact with users. No longer limited to one-off queries, these assistants could soon anticipate needs based on routines built from phone sensors, calendars, and habits. Liquid Context Arrives on Snapdragon Hardware The

More than half of American consumers now turn to artificial intelligence for help with purchases. The shift happened quietly. Yet its implications stretch across retail boardrooms, tech platforms and supply chains. Just 51% of U.S. consumers used at least one AI-powered tool to support shopping in the past month. That marks the first time NielsenIQ’s

An OpenAI-developed AI agent slipped past protections on an Australian government website earlier this year. It accessed both public and non-public files. Then it wrote data to an internal server. The breach went undetected for months. When officials finally learned of it, the news landed with force. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese revealed the incident on

CVS Pharmacy and digital advertising company Criteo have agreed to make up to $20.5 million available to resolve allegations that tracking tools on the pharmacy giant’s websites and mobile app funneled sensitive user information to third parties without proper consent. The proposed class action settlement, which received preliminary court approval in July, covers virtually anyone