The golden age of language was a few thousand years ago
A few millennia ago, people worldwide may have spoken or signed up to 10 times as many languages as they do today.
Month: July 2026
Collabora Online Turns 10, Refusing to Hand Over Your Data to Someone Else's AI
Collabora Productivity has spent the past decade proving that an open source office suite can compete directly with Microsoft 365 and Google Workspace without asking
FOSS Weekly #26.30: Vocalinux, My Computer, Alacritty Terminal, TDF Against Microsoft and More Linux Stuff
Ready for another round of latest happenings in Linux world? Here, we go. Vocalinux 0.14 beta adds custom recording shortcuts, fixes Wayland text injection on
Ford is switching from Google to Apple Maps for its next-generation EVs
Ford will use Apple Maps as the built-in navigation system for its next generation of electric vehicles, replacing the Google-based software it has run since
Musk says Optimus will be the hardest product Tesla has ever scaled
Elon Musk told investors on Tesla’s second-quarter earnings call that Optimus will be “the hardest product to scale manufacturing that we’ve ever made at Tesla,”
Study reveals how DNA misfolding causes congenital heart disease
Congenital heart disease is the most common birth defect, affecting approximately 1 in 100 babies born each year. One of the many causes for this
New model holds promise as a non-invasive, low-cost tool for MAFLD screening
Metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) represents a predominant cause of chronic liver disease, underscoring the demand for accessible, non-invasive diagnostic tools.
Researchers link genome folding to gene activity and brain tissue organization in Alzheimer’s
Researchers from Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science, the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine and the University of Washington shed new light on
A Shrinking Safety Net
The Host Julie Rovner KFF Health News @jrovner @julierovner.bsky.social Read Julie’s stories. Julie Rovner is chief Washington correspondent and host of KFF Health News’ weekly
A Death Revives Concerns About Police Brutality Six Years After National Reckoning
SIKESTON, Mo. — Not everyone at Lloyd Gilmore’s funeral knew him well. One woman, who had ironed her clothes two days in advance, said she
How the Houthi Red Sea blockade will impact the world
The Houthis’ blockade of Bab al-Mandeb threatens a vital global trade route.
Arab and Muslim countries condemn Israeli storming of Al-Aqsa Mosque
Israeli settlers’ storming of Islam’s holy site fuels ‘hatred’ and obstructs lasting peace, joint statement says.
Is this Italy’s ‘George Floyd moment’?
The death of Moroccan-born Abderrahim Fakir after he was restrained by police in Bologna has sparked protests.
Crews Move Artemis IV Liquid Hydrogen Tank
Crews at NASA’s Michoud Assembly Facility in New Orleans transport the 130-foot-tall liquid hydrogen tank out of a production cell inside the main factory building into