Friday, 10 July 2026
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AI slop writing has taken over the internet, particularly LinkedIn and X
One in four long-form social media posts appear entirely AI-generated, with nearly half of those on Microsoft's and Elon's platforms involving AI in some form
Patch for Windows Defender 0-day could allow attackers to fill hard disk
The feud between NightmareEclipse and Microsoft shows no signs of resolving soon.
Allstate accuses Broadcom of auditing it because it quit VMware, CA
Broadcom accuses Allstate of dodging VMware audits.
Humanoid robots controlled by surgeons did world-first operation on live pigs
Preclinical trial is testing the feasibility of humanoid robots in surgery.
Judge doesn't like Elon Musk settlement with SEC, but says court can't block it
Judge reluctantly approves $1.5M settlement with SEC over Twitter stock violation.
OpenAI may have made a fatal misstep in copyright fight with news orgs
OpenAI may be sanctioned for hiding, deleting ChatGPT logs in NYT copyright fight.
Graviton5 CPU Benchmarks: 30% Geo Mean Improvement Over Graviton4
After originally announcing Graviton5 last December, recently AWS finally made the M9g and M9gd instances generally available as the first featuring these new in-house ARM server processors for the EC2 cloud. Graviton5 makes use of Arm Neoverse-V3 cores compared to Neoverse-V2 with Graviton4, support up to 192 cores, and feature a higher 3.3GHz clock speed compared to 2.8GHz on the…
AI tool scours the web for job openings, preps your resume and cover letter
Searching for work sucks; AI combs the internet and sucks it all up. Combine the two and let 'er rip with this Python project
OpenMandriva claims disgruntled admin trashed repos after community bust-up
Linux distro accuses former contributor of deleting years of work and pushing a package that could have broken installs
SAP makes it easier for customers to shop for legacy product support, ending EU antitrust probe
Vendor drops reinstatement fees and caps back-maintenance charges ahead of the ECC support cliff
Outlook for Mac bug makes font choice a purely decorative feature
Monospaced code snippets among the reported casualties
EU 'Chat Control' snoopfest returns after vote to kill it falls short
Opponents won the count but missed the 360-seat threshold needed to stop the interim CSAM-scanning rule
Wayland 1.26 RC1 Released With New Event To Help Ensure Correct Pointer Coordinates
In addition to Weston 16 nearing release and its release candidate out today, the Wayland 1.26 release candidate was just issued with a few notable changes on top of the more typical bug fixing...
Surprised doctors find 10-inch worm in man's groin during elective surgery
Oddly, it wasn't the first time this had happened to the man.
KDE Plasma users face a dire omen of change: 6.6.6 arrives
6.7 is now current, and in 6.8 you're getting Wayland whether you like it or not
Canonical Managed Kubeflow lands on Azure
PARTNER CONTENT: Why platform teams are swapping DIY Kubeflow for Canonical's managed service
Conspiracies and regrets abound in Dune: Part Three trailer
"You promised me that you would never take power in your name."
Ruf debuts new flat-eight engine at Goodwood
The 4.8 L eight-cylinder generates more than 1,000 hp and 1,000 Nm, Ruf says.
Brown says AI make student brain no work good, teacher should help use it better
Take-home midterm row sharpens fears that the tools are dulling minds and easing cheating
UK.gov withholds £10M payment from Capita over pensions project fiasco, as dispute continues
After CEO promised 'flagship use-case' for AI, retired scheme members still struggling to make ends meet, MPs hear
Proposed Linux Patch For A Brief Delay To Match PCI Spec Will Hopefully Address Some Bugs
Going back to February there was a bug report around the xHCI controller dieing on resume from s2idle when using an AMD Ryzen AI Max+ "Strix Halo" Framework Desktop. In turn all USB devices behind the xHCI controller are lost on resume, but unbinding and binding the driver can restore the functionality without a reboot. After months of back and forth communication, it looks like a solution has…
Free Waymo rides in California? You can thank a regulatory quirk.
State agency's delay could mean free robotaxi rides in company’s new Ojai vehicle for a few months.
Microsoft closes book on Nightmare Eclipse's RoguePlanet zero-day
Weeks after the exploit code dropped, Redmond has finally ships a fix for the Defender zero-day
The newest entrant in the military’s launch competition isn't actually a launch company
"I think it's fair to say that Phase 3 did not contemplate this."
Linux Prepares For New USB-C Security Feature On Lenovo ThinkPads
Newer Lenovo ThinkPad systems feature a security feature called USB-C Security Restricted Mode that is in the process of being wired up for reporting under Linux...
Speedier type checks in TypeScript 7.0 as first stable Go release ships
10X faster build times could force Slack developers back to their keyboards
Britain's cloud habit has become a billion-pound risk
24-hour outage in key AWS region could leave UK firms nursing massive losses, researchers claim
Microsoft to switch off OWA Light after nearly two decades
Nobody needs a simple web client for Exchange, do they?
MPs tell NHS to start packing Palantir's bags ahead of 2027 contract break
Health committee calls out public mistrust, shaky evidence, and highlights alternatives
Payloads used to dictate the terms of launch. That's finally changing.
"The Starship Pez dispenser demonstrates very smart industrial design and scale."
Accenture admits to 'isolated matter' after crook tries to flog alleged 35GB haul
Consulting giant says it has 'remediated ... source' after crook claims to offer source code, keys, and cloud creds for sale
Initial Patches Posted For Booting The Apple M4 On Linux
With the Linux 7.2 kernel there is initial support for booting the Apple M3 SoC on Linux but it's not yet functional for end users with just booting to a simple console. There are now Device Tree files posted for booting the Apple M4 on Linux but also not yet useful for any typical Apple Mac/MacBook usage on Linux...
AMD Ryzen AI Halo Box RGB LED Driver Inches Closer To The Mainline Kernel
The AMD Ryzen AI Halo mini PC powered by Ryzen AI Max+ "Strix Halo" began shipping this week. It features very nice Linux support out-of-the-box with the Debian-based Ryzen AI Developer Platform operating system. For those wishing to run their own x86_64 Linux distribution, one of the only caveats in the Linux support is quite small...
Zlib-rs 0.6.6 Released With Updated Zlib API Support
Zlib-rs 0.6.6 was just released by the Trifecta Tech Foundation. Just weeks after the prior release with a fix for Intel Raptor Lake and bringing new SIMD optimizations, zlib-rs 0.6.6 is about delivering updated Zlib API compatibility...
Ubuntu emphasizes Arm64 support – and gets Rustier
Even so, it has some issues with the Rust coreutils
Windows 95 detected installers by looking for magic words and hoping for the best
If your name's not on the list, you're... probably not a setup program
Scientist models way to make sure no one's violating the ban on nuclear weapons in space
There is a long-standing international treaty in place but we can't be the only ones side-eyeing world's current crop of politicos
Thief posed as Wi-Fi fixing hero, then stole priceless trophy
If people think you are doing a legitimate job, you can get away with anything
Suspecting AI cheating, Ivy League prof ordered an in-person final; scores fell 50%
AI cheating leads to "a failed society," professor says.
Lawsuit: Man used Grok to make 7K sex images of stepdaughter, then shot himself
More young girls sue X over Grok CSAM; X accused of shielding child predators.
Judge rejects Kalshi attempt to override New York state gambling laws
Kalshi tried to ignore gambling laws on its prediction market, NY governor says.
Google pays $250K for Linux vulnerability allowing guest VM escapes
Both vulnerabilities allow untrusted users to gain root privileges.
Redox OS Gets GTK3 Backend For Orbital Desktop, Fractional Scaling & USB Gamepads
The open-source, Rust-based Redox OS platform had a very eventful June with many new features implemented and more software ported over to run on this from-scratch operating system...
Aussie gov't tells volunteers to throw out thousands of functioning test routers
But the devices could "easily be reflashed."
TikTok users don't have as much agency over their FYPs as they think
The "not interested" feature is your friend, but users must intentionally and constantly curate their FYPs
US seeks cheaper hunter-killer drones after Iran destroys $1B worth of Reapers
US military drone losses in Iran war spur Pentagon call for cheap replacements.
Miami-based City Labs achieves a first for commercial nuclear power in space
"The BOHR mission serves as a pathfinder for future nuclear-powered spacecraft."
Google updates Android Bench with new LLMs, but Gemini still lags behind
Android Bench is evolving, and developers can help guide that process.
LibreOffice 26.8 Beta Released For Improving This Free Software Office Suite
The Document Foundation today announced the first beta release of the LibreOffice 26.8 open-source office suite set for its stable debut in August...
OpenMandriva GitHub Disrupted & Nefarious Package Push In Sabotage Attempt
The OpenMandriva project put out a statement today concerning an attempted distribution sabotage effort. Part of the OpenMandriva GitHub repository was deleted and there was an empty package push made to OpenMandriva's Cooker repository in trying to obsolete all GNOME and COSMIC packages...
Single vs. Dual Channel Memory Performance With The Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus
Given today's pricing environment around system memory, a Phoronix Premium supporter recently requested some benchmarks to quantify the performance difference from single to dual channel memory. In considering a new computer build, he is contemplating whether to go for a single stick of DDR5 memory until memory prices hopefully subside in the future. For those in a similar boat, here are some…
Intel Sunsets Quantum Intrinsics & Other Open-Source Projects This Week
Intel has formally archived some more of their now-unmaintained open-source projects this week...
AMD ZenDNN 6.0 Brings Many Improvements For Accelerating Inference On Ryzen/EPYC CPUs
AMD ZenDNN 6.0 released today as a significant update to this open-source deep neural network library for helping to accelerate inferencing on AMD Zen processors from Ryzen to EPYC...
Wayland No Longer Considered Experimental For Linux Mint's Next Cinnamon Release
The Linux Mint distribution has published their June development summary that most notably includes work on Cinnamon's Wayland support where it's now ready to graduate...
Linux 7.3 To Make It Easier To Disable Syscall User Dispatch
Introduced to the Linux kernel nearly six years ago was the Syscall User Dispatch feature to help with Linux gaming. Specifically, Syscall User Dispatch was developed to help Windows games run on Linux more efficiently. While it was upstreamed in Linux 5.11 for more efficiently intercepting system calls from Windows software under Wine, now in the name of security there are patches working their…
XWayland 24.1.13 Released To Fix Two More Security Issues In The X.Org Codebase
Two more security issues were made public today concerning the X.Org Server codebase and in turn XWayland also being affected...
Proton 11.0-1 Released To Advance Valve's Steam Play For The Best Linux Experience Yet
Proton 11.0-1 was just released as stable as the newest major version of this downstream of Wine that powers Valve's Steam Play to provide for a great Windows gaming experience across conventional Linux systems plus the popular Steam Deck and brand new Steam Machine...
AMD Linux Graphics Driver Working To Clear Out All Of Its BUG()s
AMDGPU kernel driver maintainer Alex Deucher of AMD sent out a set of 30 patches today working on clearing out all of the BUG() usage within this Linux kernel graphics driver...
NVIDIA Upstreams Initial Rigel CPU Core Support Into GCC Compiler
That didn't take long... Mere minutes after NVIDIA confirmed some basic Rosa CPU details and its "Rigel" CPU core, merged to the upstream GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) codebase is initial enablement on the NVIDIA Rigel core...
Razer Certifying Their First Laptop For Linux: Razer Blade 18 RZ09-0582
Razer is a brand synonymous with gaming and finally in 2026 they are in the process of certifying their first laptop for Ubuntu Linux. This laptop going through Ubuntu Linux certification is the Razer Blade 18 RZ09-0582 and it offers incredible performance with the Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus processor and GeForce RTX 5090 graphics but with that also comes a very high price tag.