Java 26 with JVM optimizations, HTTP/3, and finally no Applet API

The current OpenJDK 26 is strategically important and not only brings exciting innovations but also eliminates legacy issues ...
The Independent

EU entry-exit system: ‘Just run that past me again …’

As you will know if you have been following the saga of the EU entry-exit system, more and more British travellers are becoming subject to the digital borders scheme for the Schengen area, which is ...
PlayStation LifeStyle

New PS5 System Update Rolling Out in Beta But There’s a Catch

Sony is emailing out codes for a new PS5 system software update beta for February 2026, less than two weeks after the last firmware update. Players started receiving emails just before the weekend, ...
MLB

Red Sox go all-in early on ABS challenges

This story was excerpted from Ian Browne's Red Sox Beat newsletter. To read the full newsletter, click here. And subscribe to get it regularly in your inbox. FORT MYERS, Fla. -- With the Automated ...
The Big Issue

My children were out of school for more than a year as we fought to get them SEND support

As part of the Big Issue’s series on the special educational needs and disabilities (SEND) system, Elizabeth Padilla shares her experience of struggling to get support for her two children, who are ...
Smithsonian Magazine

Astronomers Discover an Exoplanet in the Wrong Place, Hinting at a Planetary System That Was Born ‘Inside Out’

Planetary systems in the Milky Way galaxy tend to follow a particular pattern: rocky planets toward the center, closest to the host star, and gas planets toward the exterior. That’s how planets are ...