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Linux laptop running open-source software representing Linux 7.1 kernel release June 2026

Linux 7.1 Is Out — and AI Nearly Broke the Development Process Getting It There

Linus Torvalds shipped Linux 7.1 on Sunday from a different time zone, carrying a new NTFS driver, Intel FRED by default, and Steam Deck audio fixes — but the real story is

June 15, 2026

News·Technology

Google Pixel Drop 2026 tease showing Screen Reactions Gemini Omni video and AI music generation

Google Teases Next Pixel Drop on Amazon Before Announcing It Anywhere Else

Google is quietly advertising its next Pixel Drop through Amazon video ads before making any official announcement, revealing Screen Reactions, Gemini Omni video creation, and AI music generation as the update's centerpiece

June 15, 2026

News·Technology

Dark Phoenix transformation broken in Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 after June 2026 Steam patch

Capcom’s First UMvC3 Patch in Nine Years Killed Dark Phoenix and Broke Every Mod

Capcom pushed the first meaningful update to Ultimate Marvel vs. Capcom 3 on Steam since 2017, and it quietly broke Dark Phoenix through a single-character coding error. The fighting game community's years

June 15, 2026

Entertainment·News·Technology

United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and spokesman Stephane Dujarric at UN press briefing on Iran US MOU Geneva signing

UN Will Not Be at the Table When the Iran-US MoU Is Signed in Geneva on Friday

The United Nations will likely not be present at the June 19 Geneva signing of the US-Iran memorandum of understanding, spokesman Stéphane Dujarric confirmed Monday, an absence that underscores how completely the

June 15, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

A child looks at a smartphone in the dark as France moves to ban social media for under-15s

France and Britain Move on the Same Day to Push Millions of Children Off Social Media

On the same Monday, France and Britain each announced they would cut children off from social media — Macron targeting under-15s by September, Starmer under-16s by spring 2027. The synchronized moves put

June 15, 2026

Government and Politics·News·Technology

Gold bars representing Russia's central bank gold reserve sales and citizen gold purchases in 2026

Russia’s Citizen Gold Rush Meets a 27% Price Crash — and a State That Was Selling All Along

Russian households bought a record 50 tonnes of gold in 2025, trusting financial advisers who called it the safest asset available. Then the price dropped nearly 27 percent, and it emerged the

June 15, 2026

Business·Economy·News

Silicon carbide SiC chips driving global semiconductor shortage and smartphone price rise 2026

The Phone That Cost Twice as Much to Build: How the Chip Crisis Landed on Your Next Smartphone Bill

The Nothing Phone (4a) cost twice as much in memory components by launch day as it did when Carl Pei greenlit it. That doubling is now arriving everywhere — and Europe's Chips

June 15, 2026

Business·News·Technology

European Parliament plenary chamber Strasbourg Turkey Gurlek sanctions vote June 2026

Ankara Calls Brussels to Negotiate Its Minister Off a Sanctions List. Brussels Said No.

An AKP lawmaker called European Parliament's shadow rapporteur to ask what Ankara could do to have Justice Minister Akın Gürlek's name removed from a sanctions demand. The vote comes Tuesday.

June 15, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Trump Wants to Talk to Hezbollah. The US Still Calls It a Terrorist Group.

At the G7 in Évian-les-Bains, Donald Trump said the US needs to have a 'little talk' with Hezbollah to resolve Lebanon — a militia Washington still legally classifies as a foreign terrorist

June 15, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

Trump Leaves the Geneva Question Open as Vance Locks In the June 19 Iran MOU Signing

On the sidelines of the G7 in Évian-les-Bains, Donald Trump declined to commit to attending the Iran MOU signing ceremony in Geneva on June 19, saying he will likely be stateside —

June 15, 2026

Conflicts, Military and War·Government and Politics·News

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Linux 7.1 Is Out — and AI Nearly Broke the Development Process Getting It There

Google Teases Next Pixel Drop on Amazon Before Announcing It Anywhere Else

Capcom’s First UMvC3 Patch in Nine Years Killed Dark Phoenix and Broke Every Mod

UN Will Not Be at the Table When the Iran-US MoU Is Signed in Geneva on Friday

Russia’s Citizen Gold Rush Meets a 27% Price Crash — and a State That Was Selling All Along

The Phone That Cost Twice as Much to Build: How the Chip Crisis Landed on Your Next Smartphone Bill

Ankara Calls Brussels to Negotiate Its Minister Off a Sanctions List. Brussels Said No.

Trump Wants to Talk to Hezbollah. The US Still Calls It a Terrorist Group.

Trump Leaves the Geneva Question Open as Vance Locks In the June 19 Iran MOU Signing

Radical Islam is being appreciated by Indian authorities too

Bangladesh; India’s Biggest Ally or China’s Dragon Nest?

Ahmadis in Bangladesh face fresh threat of persecution

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