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Remember that bit in The Godfather where Al Pacino runs off to Sicily? Now imagine That Bit in a game. Because that's what the latest entry in the Mafia series delivers.

Turkish exchange is the latest victim of a recent spate of major crypto thefts

Turkish cryptocurrency exchange BtcTurk is halting all deposits and withdrawals amid fears that blockchain bandits succeeded in significantly compromising its hot wallets.…

It's just four weeks since singer Ben Ofoedu walked down the aisle with aesthetics expert Vanessa Brown in a lavish ceremony costing £100,000 and they couldn't sound happier.

The Office of the Commissioner of Canada Elections (OCCE) has revealed in its annual report that it will "explore the use" AI and emerging technologies to see how they will shape the government body's approach for the next year. From a report: Commissioner Caroline Simard's office didn't outline ways it might adopt AI. In its outlook, the OCCE expected to use funding announced in January 2025 to secure the tools needed for addressing the "challenges of today's electoral environment." This included staffing roles dictated by its new structure and reflected "ongoing modernization efforts," but no further details. The Commissioner is an independent officer who ensures the government, political parties, and others honour both the Canada Elections Act and Referendum Act. This includes core aspects like financing, nominations, campaigning, and advertising. More recently, the OCCE has been addressing rising issues with AI, including election disinformation facilitated by bots, AI-generated images, and deepfakes (AI-generated videos that resemble real people in false scenarios).

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There are plenty of Essex stars in the Strictly Come Dancing cast this year

Giving an insight into how she had spent the school holidays with her children so far, Helen shared a montage of clips to Instagram on Thursday.

Shocking video has captured dozens of balaclava-clad bikers popping wheelies and riding without helmets close to The Stag pub in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire.

The scores will, undoubtedly, be a cause for celebration for many, as parents of the youngsters now gearing up for university look for the perfect gift to mark the milestone occasion.

by George Whittaker

For decades, the humble terminal has been one of the most unchanging parts of the Linux desktop. Text streams flow in monochrome grids, and while the underlying libraries have evolved, the experience has remained more or less the same. Ubuntu, however, is preparing to rewrite this narrative. The distribution is adopting Ptyxis, a fresh terminal emulator designed for modern computing, and one of its standout qualities is that it leans on the GPU for rendering rather than relying solely on the CPU.

This shift is more than cosmetic. It represents a rethink of how command-line tools should perform in an era of container-heavy development, high-DPI displays, and demanding workloads. Let’s unpack what makes Ptyxis a different breed of terminal, why Ubuntu is betting on it, and what it means for everyday users and power developers alike.

The Origin Story of Ptyxis

Ptyxis is not an accidental side project. It was initially prototyped under the name GNOME Prompt by Christian Hergert, a well-known GNOME contributor also behind GNOME Builder. Early experiments showed there was space for a terminal designed from scratch with today’s GNOME ecosystem and GPU pipelines in mind.

To avoid conflicts with existing software, the project was later rebranded as Ptyxis. The application has since matured rapidly, and major distributions such as Fedora and Ubuntu have committed to it. Ubuntu introduced it in experimental form in 24.10, and by the upcoming Ubuntu 25.10 “Questing Quokka”, it is expected to replace the aging GNOME Terminal as the default choice.

A New Kind of Terminal Experience GPU Acceleration as the Core

Traditional terminals typically rely on CPU-bound rendering stacks, often through libraries like Cairo and Pango. This works fine until you throw thousands of lines of log output or try to run full-screen text-based UIs that push rendering to its limits. Ptyxis sidesteps these bottlenecks by shifting the drawing work to the graphics processor, taking advantage of Vulkan or OpenGL backends supplied by GTK4.

The result is immediately noticeable: smooth scrolling, responsive updates, and consistent performance even with massive amounts of text on screen. It’s not just about speed, either, offloading rendering to the GPU reduces CPU strain, leaving headroom for the processes you’re actually running.

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It could have implications for parts of historic Essex which were adopted into Greater London

At a hearing held at Essex Coroner's Court on Thursday, coroner Michelle Brown formally named a man who was found in Castle Park last month.

SIXTH Forms across the Braintree district celebrated their students achievements this morning, with the collection of A Level results.

The broadcaster, 65, will be joined by a familiar face as the latest GB News guest presenter in a shock hosting shake-up.

Growing rumours of a 'rift' between Katie and Princess have been growing in recent weeks after Katie didn't appear at Princess' 18th birthday party.

British woman Helen Green had no idea she was pregnant - until she ended up having a baby when she went to the toilet while on holiday in Canada.

The youth wing of a German political party has put forward a cheeky and audacious proposal to buy the entire Spanish island of Mallorca. 

According to US researchers, who tracked more than 100 older adults, the cells give people younger immune systems.

Lily James lifted the lid on her love life in a very sexy shoot for Who What Wear magazine.

The lifeless bodies of Jeferson Sagaz, 37, and Ana Silva, 42, were discovered at the Dallas Motel in the Brazilian city of São José on Tuesday.

Ohad Ben Ami was held captive for 491 days in a tunnel in Gaza where he was starved and endured physical and psychological abuse.