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The Green Party of England and Wales has voted to declare Zionism a form of racism in an unprecedented move at its party conference in Brighton, Middle East Eye has learnt.

The vote by party members on Sunday makes it the first major party in the UK to recognise Zionism as a form of racism - and to back a single democratic Palestinian state with equal rights for all ethnic and religious groups, rather than a two-state solution.

1,022 members voted for the motion while 813 voted against it.

Co-Deputy Leader Mothin Ali told Middle East Eye on Sunday that he was strongly in favour of the motion, unlike Green MPs Carla Denyer and Adrian Ramsay, who criticised it.

"As defined in the motion," Ali said, "Zionism is an ethno-nationalist state. Zionism is resulting in ethnic cleansing, in the belief that one group of people is superior to another."

In Part 1 of this series, I laid out the foundational OpenBSD and Unbound architecture used to reclaim network sovereignty from an LG Smart TV. In Part 2, we saw how the OS holds the App Store hostage. In Part 3, I documented a stateful TCP kill switch that actively terminates Netflix streams if telemetry is blocked.

BRUSSELS — The European Commission has rolled out an alternative to Microsoft Teams — but officials using it aren't impressed, with one describing the tool as “absolute shit.”

The Commission introduced Element Pro over the summer as a “sovereign back-up to Teams,” according to an internal staff memo seen by POLITICO. The platform is intended to provide a fallback for Commission communications if U.S.-based Teams becomes unavailable.

While Teams remains the Commission’s main communications tool, Element Pro is an “internal back-up ... that helps ensure our business continuity” in the event of a “disruption,” the memo says.

But three officials have questioned why the Commission needs the new system — and whether it works well enough to serve as a genuine backup.

“I don’t understand the added value here,” one official wrote on an internal staff message board, seen by POLITICO. Another described the tool as “absolute shit.”

A third official said that, judging matters on how well Element Pro works compared to Teams, the U.S. would “instantly win the war” if it ever decided to switch off its technology. All the officials were granted anonymity to speak freely.

The rollout comes as the Commission seeks to reduce its reliance on U.S. technology amid a broader push for European “digital sovereignty.”

“In recent months, digital sovereignty has become increasingly important,” the Commission told staff in a July memo. “In practice, this means having greater control over our data and systems so that we can reduce risks and limit disruption to our work, wherever possible.”

The Commission hosts the Element system on its own infrastructure rather than relying on Microsoft’s cloud. That gives the institution greater control over its communications data and systems.

“That is not the case with Teams, where all we have is a guarantee that Microslop will not peek inside,” a fourth official wrote, presumably referring to Microsoft, in internal communications viewed by POLITICO.

Element is a U.K. company whose software is used by governments and public-sector organizations in Europe. The application works much like Teams, allowing staff to hold “audio and video calls with Commission colleagues, send and receive files, and create dedicated ‘rooms’ for projects and conversations, much like chats and channels in M365 Teams,” according to the Commission memo.

The Commission is not alone in reducing reliance on U.S. technology. Earlier this year, France announced that millions of civil servants will stop using American video-conferencing tools, including Microsoft Teams and Zoom, by 2027 and switch to a homegrown alternative. Austria's military also replaced Microsoft Office with the German-made LibreOffice last year. The Commission hosts the Element system on its own infrastructure rather than relying on Microsoft’s cloud. | Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images

Element CEO Matthew Hodgson told POLITICO in a call using Element software that the Commission is still trialing it.

“Obviously there are going to be some teething issues,” he said, adding there will always be “cognitive dissonance” when switching to a new app, if only because the “buttons” are in a different place. He noted that the United Nations and NATO also use Element Pro.

“Change is always painful, particularly if it's a switch from a much-used program like Teams,” he said, adding that Element was supporting the EU throughout the rollout and wanted to hear all feedback, good or bad.

The Commission asked Element not to share certain details with POLITICO regarding its subscription to the software, a spokesperson for the company said.

The Commission did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

US Supreme Court to kick off term with bid by Big Oil to toss climate suits

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LinuxTV is a Debian-based Linux distribution designed for computers connected to a television. Rather than booting into a conventional desktop environment, it starts with a fullscreen launcher intended to be viewed and controlled from across a room.

• https://github.com/guruswarupa/LinuxTV

After 5 years, Minecraft: Java Edition (version 26.3+) can finally run out-of-the-box on the Rockchip RK3588 ARM SoC using a fully open-source graphics pipeline!

My setup:

• Operating system: Vanilla OS 3 Reunion (Linux kernel 7.1)
• Drivers: Mesa PanVK (Vulkan 1.4)

After 5 years, Minecraft: Java Edition (version 26.3+) can finally run out-of-the-box on the Rockchip RK3588 ARM SoC using a fully open-source graphics pipeline!

My setup:

• Operating system: Vanilla OS 3 Reunion (Linux kernel 7.1)
• Drivers: Mesa PanVK (Vulkan 1.4)

In addition to NVIDIA announcing their Display Config Server project at XDC 2026 in Toronto, at this annual developer's conference they also presented their findings on scientific testing of X.Org vs. Wayland latency.

X.Org vs. Wayland latency across different compositors and desktop environments has been a heated topic among passionate Linux desktop enthusiasts. Some argue in favor of classic X.Org delivering the lowest latency while others routinely share their own personal anecdotes and argue in favor of modern Wayland solutions. NVIDIA engineer Kamil Łysik took to a Wayland vs. X.Org latency comparison from key press to presentation. For ensuring accurate measurements, a micro-controller was used along with a light sensor for end-to-end measurements. Paired with software for repeatable and automated testing.

Testing with a NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 graphics card and using the company's R610 driver branch, tests were done on KDE KWin 6.7.4 and GNOME Mutter 49.7 and the X.Org Server tests using v1.21.1.24.

NVIDIA latency Wayland vs. X.Org results

NVIDIA's findings were that the latency results between X.Org and Wayland are very close with it being hard to conclude a clear winner. Some notable takeaways include that XWayland no longer introduces extra frame delays where it had in the past with an extra frame latency. Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) was also measured to "drastically improve" responsiveness and deliver roughly the same latency between both X.Org and Wayland based sessions.

Those interested can find the NVIDIA presentation this X.Org vs. Wayland latency topic embedded above.

Pakistan braces for protest by ex-PM Imran Khan supporters after talks with government fail

Kagi has announced it will stop developing the Orion Browser for Linux and Windows, ending its direct work on these platforms. The good news is that instead of dropping the project, the company plans to open-source both versions so other developers or organizations can keep them going.

For Linux users, this is a big shift for a browser that had just started to show real promise. Orion first came to Linux in early alpha at the start of the year, then officially entered beta in August.

Now, only a few months later, Kagi says the current Linux Beta will keep working, but it will stop getting updates from the company after October 2, 2026. Kagi also warns users not to use the beta as their main browser. The main reason is limited resources.

Kagi says only a small team of developers works on Orion, and the project is funded entirely by Kagi users. Expanding Orion beyond Apple platforms was always a big challenge, especially since the company chose not to use Chromium as its base.

Instead, Orion uses WebKit, which makes it one of the few browsers trying to offer an alternative to the many Chromium-based ones.

Kagi says that keeping a browser running on multiple platforms usually requires either a lot of funding or a big open-source community. Since Kagi has neither, it will now focus its limited resources on Orion for macOS and iOS.

The work done on Linux and Windows will be released as open source instead.

Kagi plans to publish the source code for both versions and share more details within 30 days of the announcement. The company has also reached out to open-source foundations and organizations about possibly taking over the projects in the long term.

However, Kagi makes it clear that it does not plan to be the main maintainer of either open-source project. Any future updates will depend on developers or organizations willing to take over the code.

In short, Orion for Linux’s future depends on what happens after the source code is released and whether a community forms to maintain it. For now, the current beta still works, but without future security updates or maintenance from Kagi, it likely won’t be a good daily browser for long.

For more details, see the official announcement

Kagi has announced it will stop developing the Orion Browser for Linux and Windows, ending its direct work on these platforms. The good news is that instead of dropping the project, the company plans to open-source both versions so other developers or organizations can keep them going.

For Linux users, this is a big shift for a browser that had just started to show real promise. Orion first came to Linux in early alpha at the start of the year, then officially entered beta in August.

Now, only a few months later, Kagi says the current Linux Beta will keep working, but it will stop getting updates from the company after October 2, 2026. Kagi also warns users not to use the beta as their main browser. The main reason is limited resources.

Kagi says only a small team of developers works on Orion, and the project is funded entirely by Kagi users. Expanding Orion beyond Apple platforms was always a big challenge, especially since the company chose not to use Chromium as its base.

Instead, Orion uses WebKit, which makes it one of the few browsers trying to offer an alternative to the many Chromium-based ones.

Kagi says that keeping a browser running on multiple platforms usually requires either a lot of funding or a big open-source community. Since Kagi has neither, it will now focus its limited resources on Orion for macOS and iOS.

The work done on Linux and Windows will be released as open source instead.

Kagi plans to publish the source code for both versions and share more details within 30 days of the announcement. The company has also reached out to open-source foundations and organizations about possibly taking over the projects in the long term.

However, Kagi makes it clear that it does not plan to be the main maintainer of either open-source project. Any future updates will depend on developers or organizations willing to take over the code.

In short, Orion for Linux’s future depends on what happens after the source code is released and whether a community forms to maintain it. For now, the current beta still works, but without future security updates or maintenance from Kagi, it likely won’t be a good daily browser for long.

For more details, see the official announcement

If you read scientific papers, you know how hard it is to keep up with the hundreds of new ones published every day. So I built a private app that learns your interests locally on your phone. Your data never leaves your device, and the app shows you the relevant new papers in your field: computer science, engineering, biology, medicine, chemistry, law and more.

Here's the website and the code under GPL-3.0. I hope you find it useful as much as I do!

https://aftergleam.app/

https://github.com/jakobkreft/Aftergleam

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Iran says Strait of Hormuz will not reopen until conditions are met, says reports