Actor James McAvoy has said he was in consideration to portray a younger version of Jean-Luc Picard for a planned Star Trek television prequel, a project that never moved forward. The role was originated by Patrick Stewart, who later returned to the character in 'Star Trek: Picard.'
gizmodo.com
· 2026-10-18
The MusicBrainz Picard team has released version 3.0 of its open-source music tagging tool. The update migrates the application from Qt5 to Qt6, introduces a redesigned plugin system, adds customizable columns with scripting support, and improves cover art handling and ISRC submission.
blog.metabrainz.org
· 2026-10-05
Physicist NÃckolas de Aguiar Alves of the Federal University of ABC revisited the 'Picard Maneuver' from Star Trek: The Next Generation's episode 'The Battle,' in which Captain Picard jumps to warp speed and stops abruptly to create a visual double image that confuses an enemy ship. Working through the relativistic math, he found the tactic holds up better than the show's writers likely realized, tying it to real physics involving objects moving faster than a medium's speed of light.
arstechnica.com
· 2026-09-10