Tuesday, 28 July 2026
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Leading AI models (even Grok) are all a bunch of leftist punks
AI seems to have a liberal bias
Jensen puts his thumb on the scales against open-weights fearmongering
American AI flag bearers get in line, at least on paper
AMD PMF Testing Tool Slated For Linux 7.3
Looking to be added to the Linux kernel source tree for the upcoming Linux 7.3 cycle is test_amd_pmf, a small testing application for exercising the AMD Platform Management Framework (PMF) interfaces and dumping various system data points...
Microsoft lays out a buffet of Windows goodies for JavaScript Developers
Just don’t call the WinRT projection for Node.js a lock-in
Impostor Chinese models pretend they're Claude
Researchers find GLM and Kimi can adopt Claude's identity, but the evidence stops short of proving distillation
Microsoft's solution to AI security: more AI and more acronyms
MDASH stuffed with MAI-Cyber-1-Flash and a side of GPT-5.4
5th Circuit blocks Texas law requiring websites to filter "harmful" speech
Age verification is okay, but filtering is preempted by Section 230, judges find.
Verizon touts $1B dark fiber deal for Google data centers as first of many
Telecom expects AI revenue from dark fiber deals and retrofitted data centers.
Experts warn current Starship heat shield tech is a "dead end" for rapid reuse
NASA has not made substantial investments in thermal protection research for decades.
Judge Rejects Google's Attempt to DMCA Its Way Out of Being Scraped
Article URL: https://www.techdirt.com/2026/07/27/judge-rejects-googles-attempt-to-dmca-its-way-out-of-being-scraped/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49073513 Points: 186 # Comments: 71
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ChatGPT starts blocking direct requests to copy an author's style
New behavior capturing a writer's "broad qualities" could have legal implications.
MAI-Cyber-1-Flash inside MDASH
Article URL: https://microsoft.ai/news/introducing-mai-cyber-1-flash-inside-mdash/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49072361 Points: 200 # Comments: 107
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Decathlon Germany adds Wero payment option to decathlon.de website
Article URL: https://www.sgieurope.com/e-commerce/decathlon-germany-launches-wero-payment-on-its-website/122397.article Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49072310 Points: 287 # Comments: 201
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Mysterious 16-Tile & 32-Tile AMX Implementations Talked Up For More Performance
Last October on Phoronix we were first to point out there being some mysterious intrigue around a new x86 implementation from a "corporate entity other than Intel/AMD" with the developer involved not elaborating on the matter. Now that same developer has posted another semi-cryptic message to the Linux kernel mailing list to talk about 16-tile and 32-tile Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX)…
Fwupd 2.1.7 Released With Many Bug Fixes
Fwupd 2.1.7 is out today as the newest update to this open-source firmware updating utility that pairs with the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) for offering a nice firmware upgrade story on Linux systems...
Tech giants link hands to praise open AI models after OpenAI - Hugging Face attack
The Open Security AI Alliance says the Hugging Face/OpenAI mess proves frontier labs can't be trusted to properly secure sensitive systems
Activist charged with felony after giving border agent "duress code" that wiped his phone
The government says destroying his own data during an airport interrogation was illegal.
Cassette simulator rewinds digital audio to a more analog time in hiss-tory
Is there a simulator for the wail when you realize your precious one-off bootleg has just been chewed up?
Exploiting Volvo/Eicher's fleet platform to gain control over all users/vehicles
Article URL: https://eaton-works.com/2026/07/27/my-eicher-hack/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49070756 Points: 109 # Comments: 34
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Framework Laptop 13 Pro review: Much better battery, much worse price
Framework's latest modular laptop trades one set of problems for another.
AI has changed data architecture, but storage hasn't caught up
SPONSORED FEATURE: AI's hunger for data outstrips storage smarts, leaving GPUs famished
Framework Laptop 13 Pro: Aiming To Be One Of The Best Upgradeable Linux Laptops
Back in April, Framework Computer announced the Framework Laptop 13 Pro as a ground-up re-design of their modular/upgradeable laptop. This new Framework Laptop 13 Pro features a much larger battery (74Wh), LPCAMM2 memory support, a full CNC aluminum chassis, haptic touchpad, and a new power-optimized touch display. Paired with the very efficient Intel Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" SoCs, the…
Paged Out #9 [pdf]
Article URL: https://pagedout.institute/download/PagedOut_009.pdf Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49070138 Points: 142 # Comments: 20
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What public health professionals can learn from anti-vaccine storytelling
Sometimes, compelling stories beat medical evidence.
Microsoft Defender for Endpoint leaves some Linux boxes defenseless after update
One bug disabled the security service on restart, another blocked installation on hardened RHEL systems
Tech sector pours $1T into AI and sends customers the bill
History's biggest infrastructure build-out is pushing up hardware and software prices, analyst says
British Army finds a new eye in the sky after Watchkeeper woes
Tekever AR5 drone regarded as more up-to-date answer to provide battlefield surveillance for soldiers
OpenAI's Hugging Face debacle makes a great case for open models
If you think OpenAI and Anthropic are the only ones with these capabilities, think again
Ubuntu To Provide Virtualization HWE Stack For Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Ubuntu has long provided hardware enablement "HWE" stacks for Ubuntu LTS releases to provide a newer kernel and Mesa drivers and more for better supporting new/modern hardware on the long-term support Ubuntu Linux releases. With Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, Canonical will also now be providing a virtualization HWE stack for shipping newer virtualization / confidential computing features...
Microsoft seeks Supreme Court lifeline in pre-owned license battle
£270M ValueLicensing case remains mostly paused while Redmond pursues permission to appeal
How is the Bun Rewrite in Rust going?
Article URL: https://lockwood.dev/ai/2026/07/27/how-is-the-bun-rewrite-in-rust-going.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49067854 Points: 423 # Comments: 321
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Artist sues AI meme generator for selling deeply personal comic as ad template
Meme generator may have screwed up by using templates in outputs, expert says.
AMD "Low Power" CPU Core Type Patches Queued Ahead Of Linux 7.3
Last month I wrote bout new AMD Linux patches introducing a new "low power" CPU core type as an alternative to their standard performance cores and dense efficiency cores. That work now is poised to land with the upcoming Linux 7.3 kernel...
Wayfire Wayland Compositor Closing In On v1.0 Release
The Wayfire modular and extensible Wayland compositor formerly used by default on Raspberry Pi SBCs is nearing its v1.0 release. Wayfire 0.11 was released on Sunday for this Compiz-inspired, wlroots-powered compositor with that being their hopeful last planned version before Wayfire 1.0 releases...
Libsm64: Mario 64 as a library for use in external game engines
Article URL: https://github.com/libsm64/libsm64 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49067352 Points: 165 # Comments: 20
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FreeBSD Developing New NTSYNC Driver For Accelerating Windows NT Sync Primitives
The FreeBSD project published today their Q2-2026 status report that highlights all of their interesting open-source development initiatives for the past quarter. A lot is happening including FreeBSD seeing an AMD ROCm port and also their own NTSYNC driver being created...
Digital sovereignty is real in Europe. The UK? Not so much
Trump's unpredictability is pushing governments and businesses toward open source while Britain remains glued to US tech
Removing React.js from the codebase and adapting Htmx for UI interactivity (2023)
Article URL: https://misago-project.org/t/removing-reactjs-from-the-codebase-and-adapting-htmx-for-ui-interactivity/1267/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49067301 Points: 199 # Comments: 147
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NVIDIA & Others Form The Open Secure AI Alliance
NVIDIA and more than two dozen other companies have started the Open Secure AI Alliance for helping to keep open-source AI models secure. The other founding members range from Microsoft to Adobe, IBM, Red Hat, SpaceX, OpenClaw, Palantir, and others...
The roller coaster works, but the Six Flags kiosk has gone off the rails
Would you like an error with your terror?
VLC for Unity now supported on Linux
Article URL: https://code.videolan.org/videolan/vlc-unity Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49066928 Points: 143 # Comments: 39
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FOSS smashed one Microsoft monopoly. After 20 years of failure, it's time to smash another
Word up
Modern email can be built from borrowed parts
Article URL: https://en.andros.dev/blog/d7ed8b07/modern-email-can-be-built-from-borrowed-parts/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49066639 Points: 162 # Comments: 91
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Google goes it alone with a new cybercrime crew taxonomy
So much for Microsoft and CrowdStrike’s plans for consistent names across the industry
Manager showed off his DOS prowess – with a command that wiped data
Never believe a suit who says they're handy with tech
Kimi-K3 on HuggingFace
Related: Kimi-K3 Technical Report [pdf] - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49070985 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49065752 Points: 1274 # Comments: 500
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SpaceX just about nails Starship test flight 13
Super Heavy booster had a super heavy landing, but other reusability tech did the trick
Foxconn drops VMware, adopts hyperconverged upstart Arcfra for workloads including AI
PLUS: New CEO for Infosys; China fines Trip.com; India demands GitHub remove Jack Dorsey's distributed social network; And more!
Linux 7.2-rc5 Released: "Once More We Have Quite A Massive -rc5"
In working toward releasing the stable Linux 7.2 kernel in less than one month's time, out today is Linux 7.2-rc5 to ship this week's latest bug/regression fixes and help facilitate more testing of this in-development kernel version...
First teaser for Apple TV's Neuromancer debuts at SDCC
Plus Mike Flanagan's Carrie teaser, trailers for Dark Matter S2 and Matchbox the Movie , and Marvel news.
GNU Binutils 2.47 Released With More RISC-V Extensions, New Options
Along with this weekend's release of GNU C Library 2.44, the GNU Binutils 2.47 release is also now available for this important set of binary utilities common to Linux systems and other platforms with the GNU toolchain...
"KVM Chainsaw" Expected To Hit Linux 7.3 For Dealing With God Data Structure
A patch series that appears destined for the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window is what's dubbed the "KVM Chainsaw" as a major code clean-up in dealing with the kvm_mmu "god data structure"...
User Frustrations Over The "Tragic State of FreeBSD Audio/Sound" Support
Besides the FreeBSD graphics and WiFi drivers lagging behind Linux and other operating systems, the FreeBSD audio driver support and handling of audio streams with FreeBSD on the desktop can be problematic depending upon the hardware/system. One of the most active mailing list threads this week in the FreeBSD camp was over the "tragic state" of FreeBSD audio/sound support...
Auto-CPUFreq 3.1 Adds Monitoring Mode To GUI, New Configuration Options & Fixes
Auto-CPUFreq is one of the open-source projects striving to be a CPU speed and power optimizer for Linux systems to improve battery life without making any real compromises to the user experience. Out today is v3.1 as the newest feature release of Auto-CPUFreq...
Realtek RTL8723B/RTL8723BS Trying To Be Tacked On To The RTW88 Linux Driver
Since 2017 in Linux 4.12 has been the Realtek rtl8723bs WiFi driver where it was introduced into the staging area and remains there nearly a decade later. The rtl8723bs driver for this Realtek 802.11n WiFi SDIO driver has seen a lot of code cleaning over the years and all these years later still is needing lots of code clean-ups from unnecessary code abstractions to dealing with malicious WiFi…
Linux 7.2-rc5 Fixing Longstanding Bug In IPv4 Networking Over Firewire
Firewire still isn't dead yet on Linux. Current plans call for maintaining IEEE-1394 Firewire on Linux at least through 2029 and with today's Linux 7.2-rc5 kernel release is a fix for those wanting to leverage IPv4 networking over Firewire...
Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 Released With Support For Notches & Rounded Corners
Following last month's beta release, Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 is now available as the latest feature release for this Ubuntu 24.04 LTS derived mobile operating system for select smartphones and tablets...
SDCC teaser gives us our first good look at Blade Runner 2099
Also: Forging the One Ring in Rings of Power S3 teaser; new Lanterns trailer; Spaceballs: The New One panel.
SpaceX eyes tower catch for next Starship after auspicious end to 13th flight
SpaceX will likely attempt to catch Starship back at the launch pad on its next flight.
Fedora Working To Establish Conflict of Interest Policy
Posted this week is a draft copy of the Fedora Conflict of Interest policy being worked on for dealing with identifying, disclosing, and managing any actual, actual, or perceived conflicts of interest within the Fedora Project...
With help from data, art museums are reframing the visitor experience
Museums are embracing data-driven curation and a shifting technology landscape.
Kiwi Menu Continues Bringing macOS Vibes To GNOME
Kiwi Menu as the macOS-inspired quick menu option for the GNOME Shell desktop is continuing to enhance its macOS-esque experience on GNOME...
Big Tech accused of stonewalling European social media researchers
Researchers say TikTok, X, and Meta aren't providing data they're legally required to.
GNU C Library 2.44 Released With /etc/tunables.conf, More Optimizations
GNU developers today released GNU C Library "glibc" 2.44 as the newest feature release for this critical library to modern Linux systems and other platforms...
Watching Go's new garbage collector move through the heap
Article URL: https://theconsensus.dev/p/2026/07/19/observing-gos-garbage-collector-old-and-new.html Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49045474 Points: 126 # Comments: 11
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Wildfire forces evacuation of NASA's Deep Space Network complex in Spain
"Any potential damage will be assessed when it is safe to do so."
Paramount/WBD merger delayed for months as states' lawsuit moves toward trial
“Halting this merger while our case proceeds is a critical victory," NY AG said.
Canadian legislator reads out apparent LLM response in floor speech
"Here’s a more natural, flowing version of that section..."
Anthropic's Opus 5 is about token efficiency, not a capability leap
Models are improving quickly, but the cheaper options are often good enough.
Roku raises streaming stick prices by up to 60 percent
Roku blames RAM shortage after CEO called it "great" for business in May.
RFK Jr.'s handpicked committee approves manufacture of peptides he uses
There's no human safety or efficacy data, but that no longer seems to matter.
Judge rebuffs Trump admin demand for phone records from NYT reporters
"We can quash the subpoenas, or you could withdraw the subpoenas,” judge told US.
Glue bonds to nonstick surfaces and wipes clean with ethanol
Article URL: https://cen.acs.org/materials/adhesives/glue-bonds-nonstick-surfaces-wipes-clean/104/web/2026/07 Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49020993 Points: 133 # Comments: 67
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The computer that helped win World War II
Article URL: https://spectrum.ieee.org/colossus-computer-ieee-milestone Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49012309 Points: 151 # Comments: 63
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