Aggregator

Although I take pride in my body, for the past two decades I've unconsciously been fueling one of the most unhealthy habits there is - and you might be too.

A fictional memo set in June 2028, published by short seller Citrini Research, wiped roughly $10 billion off Indian IT stocks in a single trading session on February 24 and sent the Nifty IT index down as much as 5.3% -- its worst single-day fall since August 2023 -- on the argument that AI coding agents have collapsed the cost advantage of Indian developers to the price of electricity. The index has shed more than $68 billion in market value in February alone, its worst month since 2003. But the core claim that India's entire $205 billion software export industry rests on cheap labor is roughly 15 years out of date, an analysis argues, custom application maintenance alone accounts for about 35% of a typical Indian IT firm's revenue, per HSBC, and enterprise platforms require deterministic outputs that probabilistic AI systems cannot wholesale replace. HSBC estimates gross AI-led revenue deflation for the sector at 14-16%, a measured headwind rather than an extinction event. The story adds: 24 years of software export data that has never posted a decline, $200 billion in annual revenue, partnerships with the very AI labs whose products are supposed to be the instrument of the sector's destruction, possibly a new $1.5 trillion market category emerging at the intersection of services and software, and the largest U.S. corporates in the middle of mapping their entire workforces into process architectures that require technology partners to modernise. I think India's IT is going to be fine.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

This institutional inertia combined with a widespread reluctance to admit mistakes adds to victims' trauma and the 'cycle must stop', a report by Baroness Amos says.

Video footage shows the 36-year-old reversing his Mazda into the front lobby of the Gołębiewski Hotel in the popular ski resort of Karpacz.

The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have been seemingly snubbed by the King and Crown Prince of Jordan during their whistle-stop pseudo-royal tour of the Middle East.

Lisa Rinna has accused one of her former co-stars of being Hollywood's 'biggest bully' in her new book, You Better Believe I'm Gonna Talk About It.

by George Whittaker

The Armbian project has released Armbian 26.02, the latest update to the lightweight Linux distribution designed specifically for ARM and RISC-V single-board computers (SBCs). Known for its stability and hardware optimization, Armbian continues to evolve with improved hardware support, new desktop options, and updated core components in this release.

A Linux Distribution Tailored for SBCs

Armbian is built on top of Debian or Ubuntu, providing optimized system images for single-board computers such as Orange Pi, Banana Pi, and ODROID devices. The project focuses on stability, performance, and long-term maintenance for embedded and development boards.

With the 26.02 release, the developers continue that mission by refining support for modern hardware platforms and improving the overall software stack.

Powered by Linux 6.18 LTS

One of the biggest upgrades in Armbian 26.02 is the transition to Linux kernel 6.18 LTS, which brings improved driver support, performance enhancements, and better compatibility for newer SBC hardware.

The newer kernel helps ensure that Armbian remains compatible with evolving chipsets while maintaining stability across its supported devices.

New Board Support

This release expands Armbian’s hardware ecosystem with support for several new boards, including:

• SpacemiT MusePi Pro

• Radxa Rock 4D

• Orange Pi RV2

• ODROID M2

These additions reflect Armbian’s ongoing focus on supporting emerging ARM and RISC-V development boards used by hobbyists, developers, and embedded system builders.

Desktop Improvements

Armbian 26.02 also introduces expanded desktop options:

• RISC-V XFCE desktop images for supported RISC-V systems

• Restored KDE Neon desktop builds

• Updated desktop targets based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS

These changes give users more flexibility when choosing between lightweight environments or more full-featured desktop setups.

Enhancements to Armbian Tools

The Armbian ecosystem itself has also received improvements. The Armbian Imager utility, used to flash OS images to SBC storage devices, now features:

• Faster image decompression

• Code signing for improved security on macOS and Windows

• AI-assisted translation support

• A new settings panel with additional developer options

Go to Full Article

Its worried the much beloved building is falling into a complete state of disrepair

The Fish Inn, on St John's Road, has been named one of the UK’s top 10 takeaway fish and chip shops for 2026.

Essex County Council is the only top-tier authority in Eastern England not proposing the maximum 4.99% council tax rise for 2026/27, new analysis shows.

The Fish Inn, on St John's Road, has been named one of the UK’s top 10 takeaway fish and chip shops for 2026.

Essex County Council is the only top-tier authority in Eastern England not proposing the maximum 4.99% council tax rise for 2026/27, new analysis shows.

Owls Hill Surgery, in Terling is part of the Witham-based Fern House Surgery group.

Ricky Taylor suffers from a form of spinal arthritis which makes it difficult for him to walk and causes him 'extreme fatigue'.

New passport rules were introduced for the British dual citizens yesterday, February 25, and the regulations have caused chaos for some travellers hoping to visit the UK.

New research has found that aspirin does not provide a quick or guaranteed way to prevent bowel cancer and carries immediate risks of serious bleeding.

New York state has filed a lawsuit against Valve alleging that randomized loot boxes in games like Counter-Strike 2, Team Fortress 2, and Dota 2 amount to a form of unregulated gambling, letting users "pay for the chance to win a rare virtual item of significant monetary value." From a report: While many randomized video game loot boxes have drawn attention and regulation from various government bodies in recent years, the New York suit calls out Valve's system specifically for "enabl[ing] users to sell the virtual items they have won, either through its own virtual marketplace, the Steam Community Market, or through third-party marketplaces." The vast majority of Valve's in-game loot boxes contain skins that can only be resold for a few cents, the suit notes, while the rarest skins can be worth thousands of dollars through marketplaces on and off of Steam. That fits the statutory definition of gambling as "charging an individual for a chance to win something of value based on luck alone," according to the suit. The Steam Wallet funds that users get through directly reselling skins "have the equivalent purchasing power on the Steam platform as cash," the suit notes. But if a user wants to convert those Steam funds to real cash, they can do so relatively easily by purchasing a Steam Deck and reselling it to any interested party, as an investigator did while preparing the lawsuit.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Keir Starmer spoke about his government's plans at the Walbottle Academy Campus as part of what has been billed a 'cost-of-living tour'.

Valdo Calocane, 34, is serving an indefinite hospital order for the deaths of three members of the public in Nottingham in 2023. An inquiry is looking into the failures that left him free to kill.

Brothers Aman, 36, and Gavin Deshi, 33, won the 38th iteration of the UK's official fish and chip competition.