GameStop's unsolicited $55.5 billion bid for eBay faces skepticism over financing, as the retailer's market cap is four times smaller than eBay's.

Reddit blocks mobile web users with a persistent app-download overlay, forcing many to either install the app or lose access, sparking backlash over user control and accessibility.

Kaspersky reveals a supply chain attack on Daemon Tools, compromising installers signed with official certificates. Thousands infected, 12 targeted with follow-up payloads.

Linux Mint releases new HWE ISOs with Linux 6.17 kernel to fix compatibility with latest hardware, due to longer dev cycle. Project lead Clement Lefebvre confirms ongoing updates.

April 2026 brings major Linux app updates: Kdenlive performance boost, VirtualBox improvements, Firefox 150 with GTK emoji picker and split tabs, and a GIMP bug fix.

Canonical confirms a cross-border DDoS attack has disrupted Ubuntu websites, Snap Store, and Launchpad. APT repos and ISO downloads remain available via mirrors. Recovery ongoing.

gThumb 4.0 alpha brings a radical GTK4 redesign, Vala rewrite, and new features like WEBP support and a censor filter.

Kagi's Orion for Linux v0.3 beta now includes a content blocker and download manager, moving closer to feature parity with macOS. Available for testing.

Coursera's report shows women's GenAI enrollments rose from 32% to 36% globally, with enterprise learners reaching 42%. Latin America and Asia lead progress, while developed English-speaking nations lag.

Coursera launches first learning agent for Microsoft 365 Copilot, embedding trusted content into chat for just-in-time skill development and AI adoption.

Kazakhstan renews Coursera partnership to provide for-credit courses and AI training, reaching 235,000+ students and promoting Kazakh language in online education.

Microsoft and Coursera launch 11 new Professional Certificates across AI, data, and development, expanding their portfolio by 50% to address the growing demand for job-ready skills in generative AI, data systems, and software engineering.

Coursera launches new specializations with university and industry partners, focusing on AI, technical, finance, sales, and leadership skills to meet employer demand for job-ready credentials.

Discover how scorpions reinforce their pincers and stingers with metals like zinc, iron, and manganese through evolution, not accident, based on recent research.

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MIT's virtual violin is a physics-based simulator that models string vibrations in real time. It helps luthiers explore design variations and understand the acoustics of historic instruments like Stradivaris.

Django's explicit framework design is gaining favor among developers for long-term project maintainability, as opposed to Rails' convention-over-configuration.

Developers propose adding cheat sheets, categorized options, and summaries to Unix man pages, inspired by rsync, strace, and Perl examples, to improve usability.

tcpdump and dig man pages now include beginner-friendly examples, enhancing usability for new users. Key flags like -v with -w highlighted.

Developer reveals method to test Vue components directly in browser using QUnit and window._components, avoiding Node.js entirely.