FOSS Weekly #25.52: Free eBook, Linux in 2026, New Distros of 2025 and a Lot More Before the Year Ends
Gifts for you, gifts for us. Merry Christmas!
Christmas Comes Early With elementary OS 8.1 Release
Based on Ubuntu 24.04 LTS with Secure Session as default and many other improvements.
Alcohol consumption plays a major role in India’s mouth cancer burden
Even a low daily intake of alcohol–just 9 g or around one standard drink-is linked to a 50% heightened risk of mouth (buccal mucosa) cancer
Restoring brain energy balance reverses Alzheimer’s disease in mouse models
For over a century, Alzheimer’s disease (AD) has been considered irreversible. Consequently, research has focused on disease prevention or slowing, rather than recovery.
Artificial intelligence improves risk stratification in oropharyngeal cancer
A team led by investigators at Mass General Brigham and Dana-Farber Cancer Institute has developed and validated an artificial intelligence (AI)–based noninvasive tool that can
Photos: A Venezuelan family Christmas – from the US dream to poverty
More than 7.7 million Venezuelans have fled economic collapse, but many are now returning home to face bleak realities.
Turkiye and Libya intensify probe into deadly plane crash near Ankara
Search teams find site of crash that killed Libyan army chief and seven other people, including three crew members.
Brazil’s jailed ex-President Bolsonaro undergoes ‘successful’ surgery
Bolsonaro’s operation addressed a painful double hernia; doctors anticipate five to seven days of hospitalisation.
‘It’ll never be the same’: Bondi Beach attack shatters life for Australia’s Jewish residents
SYDNEY — The sense of anger is palpable among members of the Jewish community in and around Bondi Beach as it reels from the attack
Video shows dramatic airlift rescue after flooding
Video shows dramatic airlift rescue after flooding
‘Un-American’: Trump’s ‘soulless goons’ accused of major violation with ‘savior’ statement
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem was in the hot seat on Christmas after her department released a statement that numerous observers flagged as a violation
‘I will break you!’ Gloves come off as two major anti-Trump ex-insiders fight each other
Two former Trump insiders who are now activists against the president turned against one another in the run-up to Christmas. Soviet-born Lev Parnas, who worked
California storm blamed for at least 2 deaths with possibly more heavy rain, mudslides
Southern California is bracing Thursday for another powerful storm system that could cause more flooding and mudslides, a day after heavy rain and gusty winds
King Charles says unity in diversity will help ‘right triumphs over wrong’ in giving 4th Christmas address
King Charles’s annual Christmas Day message highlights the importance of unity in diversity as wars and tensions put communities around the world under strain.