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Touring broadcast studios at Conservative conference in Manchester, Kemi Badenoch played down a poll suggesting nearly two-thirds of members would support a pact.

No fraud monitoring and no apology after miscreants make off with medical, financial data

Florida-based Doctors Imaging Group has admitted that the sensitive medical and financial data of 171,862 patients was stolen during the course of a November 2024 cyberattack.…

Matthew White, 30, and Benjamin Brazil , 38, stole the car before smashing it into the glass front of Brooklands Jewellers in West Byfleet, as stunned onlookers watched.

A father-of-four died just days after being told the back pain put down to old age was due to stage four rectal cancer.

For many of us, the very mention of electric shock (or electroconvulsive) therapy (ECT) conjures up dark thoughts of locked wards, nightmares and Boris Karloff movies of the 1950s.

Rising sea levels could plunge more than 100 million buildings underwater, scientists have warned.

Chamiah Brindley, known as Miah, became trapped in the attic room on the third floor of her family home in the Mowmacre area of Leicester in the early hours of the morning of September 10, 2024.

Julia Wandelt and her supporter Karen Spragg also discussed rummaging through Kate and Gerry McCann's rubbish in an attempt to find something the could take a DNA sample from.

The 27-year-old was charged with the alleged display of a flag in support of proscribed terrorist group Hezbollah at a London gig last November.

Brits have been left 'petrified' after discovering hundreds of harlequin ladybirds 'crawling' on their homes this week.

Upon inserting a local card into the ATM, the usual withdrawal amount of 20 to 60 euros was displayed on the screen. Whereas the American credit card offered amounts ten times higher, at 600 euros.

It's the perfect time to start using retinoids - here's an explanation of which one is right for you.

Savers are making rash decisions with their money as the spectre of the Budget next month looms, experts warn.

AmiMoJo writes: The Irish Government's basic income scheme for artists is set to become a permanent fixture from next year, with 2,000 new places to be made available under Budget 2026. Minister for Culture Patrick O'Donovan has secured agreement with other government departments to continue and expand the initiative, which had previously operated on a pilot basis. Participants in the scheme receive a weekly payment of $379.50. The pilot programme, launched in 2022, provided basic income support to 2,000 artists and creative arts workers across Ireland. It aimed to support the arts sector's recovery following the COVID-19 pandemic, during which many artists experienced significant income loss due to restrictions on live performances and events. The scheme provides unconditional, regular payments to eligible artists and creative workers, allowing them to focus on their practice without the pressure of commercial viability. It is not means-tested and operates independently of social welfare payments. An independent evaluation of the pilot, published earlier this year, found that recipients reported increased time spent on creative work, reduced financial stress, and improved well-being.

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Lotus Bowker, 15, had gone to swim in the River Wyre in Lancashire with three friends after being repeatedly warned by his parents not to visit the area because he couldn't swim.

When Lynn McCarthy began to notice unusual bruising on her legs and her energy levels plummeting, she attributed the symptoms to being a busy mother to two schoolgirls.

There are plenty of reasons why people are drawn to the attractions of village life - from the sense of community and the tranquillity of the setting, to the ducks on the green and slow pace of life.

by George Whittaker Introduction

Android has long been focused on running mobile apps, but in recent years, features aimed at developers and power users have begun pushing its boundaries. One exciting frontier: running full Linux graphical (GUI) applications on Android devices. What was once a novelty is now gradually becoming more viable, and recent developments point toward much smoother, GPU-accelerated Linux GUI experiences on Android.

In this article, we’ll trace how Linux apps have run on Android so far, explain the new architecture changes enabling GPU rendering, showcase early demonstrations, discuss remaining hurdles, and look at where this capability is headed.

The State of Linux on Android Today The Linux Terminal App

Google’s Linux Terminal app is the core interface for running Linux environments on Android. It spins up a virtual machine (VM), often booting Debian or similar, and lets users enter a shell, install packages, run command-line tools, etc.

Initially, the app was limited purely to text / terminal-based Linux programs; graphical apps were not supported meaningfully. More recently, Google introduced support for launching GUI Linux applications in experimental channels.

Limitations: Rendering & Performance

Even now, most GUI Linux apps on Android are rendered in software, that is, all drawing happens on the CPU (via a software renderer) rather than using the device’s GPU. This leads to sluggish UI, high CPU usage, more thermal stress, and shorter battery life.

Because of these limitations, running heavy GUI apps (graphics editors, games, desktop-level toolkits) has been more experimental than practical.

What’s Changing: GPU-Accelerated Rendering

The big leap forward is moving from CPU rendering to GPU-accelerated rendering, letting the device’s graphics hardware do the heavy lifting.

Lavapipe (Current Baseline)

At present, the Linux VM uses Lavapipe (a Mesa software rasterizer) to interpret GPU API calls on the CPU. This works, but is inefficient, especially for complex GUIs or animations.

Introducing gfxstream

Google is planning to integrate gfxstream into the Linux Terminal app. gfxstream is a GPU virtualization / forwarding technology: rather than reinterpreting graphics calls in software, it forwards them from the guest (Linux VM) to the host’s GPU directly. This avoids CPU overhead and enables near-native rendering speeds.

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Judges for the 2026 Fish and Chip Takeaway of the Year title have narrowed the choices down to the top 20 in the UK.