Sunday, 05 July 2026
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FEX 2607 Optimizing For Yet-To-Be-Released ARM 256-bit SVE2 Hardware
The FEX Emulator that allows running Linux x86/x86_64 software on ARM64 (AArch64) systems, including the likes of Wine / Valve's Steam Play (Proton) for Windows gaming on ARM, is out with its newest monthly feature release. The Valve-backed project for running x86_64 games and other software on ARM for the upcoming Steam Frame and other more typical ARM Linux systems has been baking more…
Google Books (or similar) all book scans – $200k bounty (2025)
Article URL: https://software.annas-archive.gl/AnnaArchivist/annas-archive/-/work_items/234 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48786838 Points: 205 # Comments: 96
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Review: Supergirl is not the disaster its low box office suggests
It’s a pretty good movie, but it needed to be a great movie to thrive in an oversaturated superhero market.
Meta data center water discharges suspended for contaminating water supply
Article URL: https://www.tomshardware.com/tech-industry/data-centers/cheyenne-suspends-data-center-fill-and-flush-and-closed-loop-discharges-after-meta-contractor-contaminated-its-reuse-water-system Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48786782 Points: 155 # Comments: 50
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Leaking YouTube creators' private videos
Article URL: https://javoriuski.com/post/youtube Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48786781 Points: 351 # Comments: 175
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Linux DRM Scheduler Patches Yield Massive Improvement For Job Submission Latency
A set of patches to the Linux kernel's Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) scheduler that is shared among different kernel graphics drivers is showing the potential of delivering much lower job submission latency when the system is loaded with many runnable CPU processes...
Potential session/cache leakage between workspace instances or consumer accounts
Article URL: https://github.com/anthropics/claude-code/issues/74066 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48785485 Points: 243 # Comments: 116
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4K @ 60 FPS USB Video Capture Finally Becomes Less Problematic On Linux
One area of Linux hardware testing I haven't explored much in many years has been modern USB video capture for the lack of said hardware. The last time I did much video capturing on Linux was during the Hauppauge PCI card days. It turns out though that USB video capture of 4K 60 FPS content has been a pain point under Linux but is finally smoothing out with newer versions of the Linux kernel...
Phoronix Premium Summer Sale To Help Support Linux Hardware Testing
For those that missed Phoronix turning 22 years old last month when running a special to help support the site, a few readers mentioned recently they missed out on seeing the deal in time. Paired with the US Independence Day holiday and summer sales elsewhere, now through 10 July is a Phoronix Premium summer sale if wishing to view the site ad-free while supporting the daily open-source/Linux…
GNOME Lands ext-background-effect-v1 Support For Background Blur Effect
Added to the Wayland Protocols repository back in May of 2025 was the ext-background-effect-v1 protocol for background blur that had been under discussion since early 2024. The initial focus is on being able to apply a blur effect on a window's background or otherwise a specified screen region. GNOME 51 has now merged support for ext-background-effect-v1 with the latest Mutter code...
Explanation of everything you can see in htop/top on Linux (2019)
Article URL: https://peteris.rocks/blog/htop/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48784777 Points: 336 # Comments: 43
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When the ability to smell goes away
Disturbances in this critical sense are often linked to problems with brain health.
A martian rock has lots of carbon on it, and it's not clear why
Biology could explain the find, but there are other potential explanations.
Linux 7.3 Adding More Graphics PCI IDs For Intel Nova Lake S
In addition to this week's drm-intel-next pull request beginning to lay out the Intel kernel graphics driver changes for Linux 7.3, the first drm-xe-next pull request was sent out on Friday. Intel Nova Lake enablement remains the hot area for the Intel GPU driver code...
Linux 7.2-rc2 Raising The Default RISC-V 64-bit CPU Limit To 256 Cores
A post merge-window change that landed in Linux Git overnight ahead of tomorrow's Linux 7.2-rc2 release is bumping the default limit on the number of supported CPU cores for RISC-V 64-bit. Now by default Linux will support up to 256 cores with RISC-V 64-bit kernel builds...
Confidential computing's core trust mechanism is broken. The fix may not exist
Attested TLS: the handshake that can't prove who's on the other end
KWin Compositor In KDE Plasma 6.8 Drops Support For Desktop OpenGL
Along with releasing Plasma 6.7.2 this week, KDE developers continue to be quite busy working on new features and improvements for the Plasma 6.8 release while also furthering along fixes for future Plasma 6.7 point releases...
Astrophysicists Puzzle over Webb’s New Universe
Article URL: https://www.quantamagazine.org/astrophysicists-puzzle-over-webbs-new-universe-20260702/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48783948 Points: 168 # Comments: 103
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The bottleneck might be the air in the room
Article URL: https://blog.mikebowler.ca/2026/07/03/co2-and-decision-making/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48783117 Points: 705 # Comments: 404
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NASA says it will isolate volunteers from the outside world for a year
There might also be a downside
Maybe you should learn something
Article URL: https://www.marginalia.nu/log/a_135_learn/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48782435 Points: 386 # Comments: 180
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GNOME Mutter GPU Reset Recovery Becoming A Reality
While typically quite rare encountering a GPU reset under Linux in most conditions, currently if encountering one under GNOME your session gets wiped out. But thanks to a Google Summer of Code "GSoC" project this year, GNOME's Mutter compositor is finally seeing real GPU reset recovery handling...
GNOME 51 Alpha Released With Numerous Enhancements
In working toward the stable GNOME 51 desktop release due out in September, today marks the alpha release of GNOME 51...
Leanstral 1.5: Proof abundance for all
Article URL: https://mistral.ai/news/leanstral-1-5/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48780801 Points: 342 # Comments: 93
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Performance per dollar is getting faster and cheaper
Article URL: https://www.wafer.ai/blog/glm52-amd Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48780417 Points: 337 # Comments: 132
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UPower 1.91.3 Fixes Behavior To Avoid Degrading Your Laptop Battery Faster
The UPower abstraction layer used for power management on Linux systems, especially laptops and desktops, is out with an important fix today to avoid inadvertently falling back to the laptop battery "fast" charging mode on some laptops that in turn could degrade your laptop battery faster...
David Potter, the man who put Psion in the palm of your hand, logs off at 82
Physicist, philanthropist, and pioneer of pocket computers, SSDs, smartphones… and duvets
Amazon Leo constellation nears 400 satellites as broadband launch looms
Online emporium's Starlink rival says it will start service later this year as another 29 birds reach orbit
Vulkan Adds Extension For OCP's Microscaling MX Formats To Help Machine Learning
Vulkan 1.4.356 is out today and it's interesting for the lone new extension debuting: VK_EXT_shader_ocp_microscaling_types. The VK_EXT_shader_ocp_microscaling_types is for enabling the Open Compute Project's Microscaling MX data types to help with machine learning workloads with Vulkan...
Coreboot + AMD openSIL On MSI Ryzen Motherboard Now Works With Windows 11
With 3mdeb's Dasharo port of AMD openSIL and Coreboot running on the Gigabyte EPYC motherboard, 3mdeb engineers have been devoting more time to their bring-up of Coreboot+openSIL on the MSI PRO B850-P consumer motherboard for desktop AMD Ryzen. They now even have Microsoft Windows 11 working atop this open-source firmware alternative along with other features implemented...
AdaptHealth says attackers sweet-talked their way into cloud systems and stole patient data
Third-party contractor compromise exposed health information and insurance billing passwords
Rocket Report: Indian startup nears first launch; SpaceX's millenary milestone
NASA awarded Rocket Lab deals for three dedicated launches using the company's Electron rocket.
Startup targets datacenters with 3D-printed nuclear reactor module
Fancy a thorium microreactor capable of delivering up to 30 MWe of juice for up to 30 years?
Rust Coreutils cp Ended Up Breaking Ubuntu Image Builds With Latest Incompatibility
While the Rust Coreutils offers better memory safety than GNU Coreutils due to being written in the Rust programming language, subtle incompatibilities continue to be spotted in the Rust Coreutils implementations of the different commands. The latest coming to light this week was the Rust Coreutils cp command breaking Ubuntu image builds due to differences in argument handling...
NetNut cracked as Google and FBI target 2 million-device botnet
Other residential proxy brands may rely on the same network
Inside the Luddite festival harnessing Gen Z’s rage against Big Tech
New York City’s Summer of Ludd festival is teaching people how to live offline.
Intel Prepares More Nova Lake Graphics/Display Enablement For Linux 7.3
On Thursday Intel sent out their first batch of Intel kernel graphics driver changes of new feature material targeting the Linux 7.3 kernel. This first batch of drm-intel-next for v7.3 continues to focus heavily on lining up Nova Lake's Xe3P integrated graphics/display support...
Despite the darkness, I still see signs of hope in America
It's difficult to pinpoint the moment in my life where America started to lose the plot.
Visiting the stars (and planets, and telescopes) in VR
Walkthrough experience includes visits to stars, exoplanets, and observatories.
Wing Commander IV and the FMV future that never quite was
C:\ArsGames takes a look at the time Chris Roberts more or less made a whole movie.
NVIDIA VR-NVL BMC Device Tree Being Upstreamed For OpenBMC Support
NVIDIA's latest Linux kernel mailing list patches are for providing the Device Tree for the baseboard management controller (BMC) of their Vera Rubin VR-NVL server platform. With the Linux kernel patches and also for U-Boot, it's part of the upstreaming effort for supporting the open-source OpenBMC software on their latest hardware...
Linux 7.2-rc2 BPF Code Being Hardened Against JIT Spraying Attacks
Some post-merge-window code changes merged overnight ahead of Linux 7.2-rc2 this weekend is hardening the kernel's BPF code against JIT spraying attacks...
AI bills are baffling the C-suite after shift to usage-based pricing
KPMG finds nearly a third of execs struggle to understand costs as companies rethink deployments
Linux Preparing To Retire Its 32-bit MSR Interfaces
Currently measuring in at 32 patches, SUSE engineer Juergen Gross has been leading the effort to end the Linux kernel's usage of their 32-bit model specific register (MSR) interfaces so the more modern 64-bit interfaces can be exclusively used. This allows for better code unification and cleaning up the MSR code...
EU appears to find datacenter emissions easier to offset than lobbyists
Report says proposed rewrite gives operators more freedom to shop around for a greener grade
Databricks unifies OLTP and OLAP, depending on what counts as a copy
LTAP architecture does some clever engineering beneath a debatable marketing pitch
User swore hacker called General Failure had invaded his PC
Maybe they were looking for Private Data
Failed blockchain project ends with big fine for fibs about it being on track
A final humiliation for Australia’s Securities Exchange and its attempts to run a bourse on distributed ledgers
Amazon’s Mechanical Turk to stop accepting new customers – and not even AI can save it
Workers who use OG crowdsourcing platform say AWS is closing accounts
In a volatile world, a consistent sustainability policy is critical
SPONSORED FEATURE: ZTE unveils 2025 milestones
ReactOS Implements First Windows NT6 System Call In Step Toward Vista Compatibility
The ReactOS project that is striving to be the "open-source Windows" with Windows driver and software binary compatibility hit another milestone today. ReactOS to date has primarily targeted Windows NT 5.2 as the architecture from Windows XP and Windows Server 2003 but with an eye toward Windows NT 6.0 for Windows Vista and later compatibility with software. ReactOS has now landed their first…
Dev says Google warned him about account hijack – then charged him $11,000 anyway
Left hand, meet right hand
Startup sues Palo Alto Networks' Koi Security, saying an AI-hallucinated report falsely linked it to Chinese espionage
MeetingTV wants to see the evidence
Nvidia floats double-dipping datacenter financing scheme
What's better than getting paid once? Getting paid twice of course
Fedora 45 Considering x86_64 Shadow Stack Usage By Default
A change proposal under consideration for Fedora Linux 45 would enable x86_64 Shadow Stack usage by default in the name of better security on modern Intel and AMD systems...
Companies that add more AI also add more people
But doing so doesn't necessarily meet business needs
Newly discovered PamStealer isn't your typical macOS malware
The discovery underscores the increased effort being poured into Mac infostealers.
Smooth AI criminal drives 'first' end-to-end agentic ransomware attack
Don't count on the LLM to return your data - even if you pay up
FAA proposal: Supersonic airliners can fly over US cities if they’re quiet
New US rules would legalize quiet supersonic flights without the sonic boom.
SoftBank enters the rent-a-GPU race as America looks for support for AI training
Japanese giant needs to find some use for that 10 GW US server farm it is building
Ars Live recap: When are the big rockets NASA desperately needs going to be ready?
I have not seen anyone put out a date for a new rocket, and actually hit it.
Plex debuts 5-year membership pass for $250
Plex is pushing customers to newer features and more frequent payments.
Africa CDC confirms Marburg case in Uganda as Ebola outbreak rages
Early reports indicate there may be another case, but spread is thought to be localized.
Artificial cell manages a few rounds of cell division
It only works for a few divisions thanks to a lot of added materials.
Google loses long-running appeal of record EU fine, will have to cough up $4.7 billion
The EU went after Google for the practice of bundling its search engine and browser with Android.
Trump gets OpenAI to offer US 5% stake, far lower than Sanders’ target
Insiders say Sam Altman is in active talks with the Trump administration.
Musk’s X poses “serious risk to Americans’ privacy,” advocates warn FTC
FTC urged to reject Elon Musk’s bid to end X monitoring amid AI concerns.
Tesla sales increase by 25% in Q2 2026
Deliveries outstripped production, suggesting Tesla has cleared some inventory.
Woman's hip replacement disintegrates, causing severe metal poisoning
Doctors find grey fluid and dead, metallic flesh inside poisoned woman's hip.
Google’s AI buildout drove 37% increase in electricity use in 2025
Google tries balancing AI data center emissions with clean energy efforts.
Postgres data stored in Parquet on S3: LTAP architecture explained
Article URL: https://www.databricks.com/blog/lakebase-ltap-rethinking-database-storage Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48745855 Points: 145 # Comments: 50
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