OptiScaler Client 1.0.6 adds Heroic Games Launcher support, experimental gamepad support, FSR 4.1.1 for older GPUs
OptiScaler Client is a modern, high-performance desktop utility designed to simplify the installation, management, and update of the OptiScaler mod.
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SteamVR Beta 2.17.7 brings improvements to wired headset support on Linux / SteamOS
VR on Linux has quite a number of sore spots but it seems Valve do continue to improve it, with the latest SteamVR Beta hopefully making it a lot nicer.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/steamvr-beta-2-17-7-brings-improvements-to-wired-headset-suppor … ⌘ Read more
XBOX PC and Game Pass coming to Linux with the ‘Xodus’ project
One big thing missing for Linux right now is support for XBOX PC and Game Pass, but we might not be waiting forever on that thanks to the ‘Xodus’ project.
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GE-Proton 11-4 brings lots of controller improvements
The community maintained compatibility layer GE-Proton 11-4 is out now, and with it there’s a whole lot of fixes and improvements for controllers.
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The Roboguard Revolution Is Short-Circuiting
alternative_right shares a report from 404 Media: Robotics companies promise that video-camera-toting security robots can deter and detect crime. But many companies are rethinking the approach after a trail of canceled contracts and questions about whether the artificial intelligence-powered bots are meeting the needs of businesses and local governments. Proof News found evidence … ⌘ Read more
Taxi Drivers Rarely Die of Alzheimer’s
An anonymous reader shares a report from The Conversation, written by Hatim Sharif, a civil and environmental engineer who has “spent more than two decades staring at maps” and spatial data. Sharif finds one connection especially fascinating: the link between spatial reasoning and why taxi drivers seem to have lower rates of Alzheimer’s. From the report: Taxi and ambulance drivers are less likel … ⌘ Read more
🤣 Total Eclipse of the Heart (Literal Version) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl9pzyv3-20
@movq@www.uninformativ.de @david@daiwei.me @thecanine@twtxt.net Yeah, I’m with you. It is just a tool, but it’s a tool that burns rainforests and boils lakes when you use it, owned by some incredible awful human beings, and built on the backs of an increasing number of crippling mass-scraping campaigns. These costs are just too high.
I have to use it at work, but it’s “the new norm” in software, so I’m hoping to use it just enough to get by until either 1) the bubble pops (and we don’t have to use it anymore) or b) I retire. And actually, 1) happened for a minute back in June when M$ increased the prices of tokens, so it’s certainly possible it could happen again.
All that having been said, I think the technology itself has some interesting uses, and I’m looking forward to the day when I can host some open source models on local hardware. But I can wait.
And yes, the site is unreadable on mobile, which is kinda wild for 2026. 🦆
Open-Source NVIDIA “Nova” Driver Sees More Functionality For Linux 7.3
Sent to DRM-Next this week was the DRM Rust core and driver changes targeting the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window. There continues to be a lot of DRM core infrastructure work happening for Rust integration plus two leading Rust DRM drivers of Nova for open-source NVIDIA GPU support as the successor to Nouveau and then Tyr as the in-development Arm Mali driver… ⌘ Read more
Cyber Vulnerability Sweep Picks Up Royal Navy Drones Sending Data To China
A routine security assessment found that cameras aboard Royal Navy Kraken unmanned surface vessels were sending “heartbeat” signals to an IP address in China. “A thorough investigation found no evidence of MoD data or systems being accessed, compromised or transmitted externally,” said a Ministry of Defense spokesperson. “Our … ⌘ Read more
A Data Breach At Shipping Giant Ceva Logistics Is Rippling Across Banks, Retailers, Steam Gamers, and Beyond
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Ceva Logistics, one of the world’s largest shipping and logistics giants, has been hacked. Several companies that rely on Ceva for shipping their products to their customers say that their personal information w … ⌘ Read more
Valve Slowly Expands SteamOS Support On Non-Valve Hardware
Valve is continuing to broaden SteamOS support beyond its own hardware, with the latest beta adding “initial gamepad support” for a few recent gaming handhelds and improving compatibility for a few others. Ars Technica reports: Those newly supported handhelds include MSI’s Claw 8 EX AI+, the extremely expensive, extremely powerful handheld built around I … ⌘ Read more
First Rival Android App Store Arrives In the US Play Store
Aptoide has become the first third-party Android app store available directly through Google Play in the U.S. “The change is a direct result of Google’s litigation with Epic, which saw a judge rule in 2024 that the Play Store would have to open up to third-party stores,” notes The Verge. The change makes rival storefronts far easier to discover and install, potent … ⌘ Read more
I am a bit split on this, don’t think there’s any real use for AI in things like art, at absolute most getting a reference to compare with multiple non-AI ones, or possibly some animation in between frames, if it ever gets better at making those. Would not rely on it for any of my personal projects, more than maybe a quick search that would have previously been done on Stack Overflow, but if I work somewhere and they demand it be used similarly to how it is described on this site, considering the current IT job market, I’d probably take the slop bullet, over being unemployed.
Obviously even in that case, I’d only do this to generate code I can understand, improve and review. I’m definitely not advacating people just put their feet up on the table and let some random combination of “AI agents”, vibecode their entire codebase.
Fedora CoreOS To Enable systemd-oomd & zRAM Swap By Default
Fedora’s CoreOS as their container-optimized operating system will be moving to enable systemd-oomd by default with Fedora CoreOS 45. Additionally, swap on zRAM will be enabled by default too… ⌘ Read more
We played Rummikub and suddenly, it’s nearly two and a half hours later. :-)
Wall Street Giants Partner With Nvidia On $500 Billion AI Financing Deal
Nvidia is working with Wall Street heavyweights on a potential $500 billion financing package for AI infrastructure (source paywalled; alternative source). The consortium includes BlackRock’s Global Infrastructure Partners, Brookfield Asset Management, Goldman Sachs and KKR. The Financial Times reports: The partnership underscores … ⌘ Read more
Five More Lenovo Laptops To Report Fan Sensors With Linux 7.3
In addition to more ASUS motherboards having working sensors with Linux 7.3, this next kernel version will also get several more Lenovo laptop models to be reporting their fan sensor information under Linux… ⌘ Read more
Meta’s ‘Open’ Muse Glimmer Model Can Run On a Single Computer
Meta has released Muse Glimmer, a slimmed-down open-weight AI model designed to run locally on a single GPU for agent tasks such as scheduling, file management, coding, and tool use. The release is based on Meta’s closed Muse Spark 1.2 model and appears to be aimed at attracting developers who want capable AI agents without relying entirely on cloud-hosted … ⌘ Read more
Linux 7.3 Bringing A KCFI Optimization To Benefit Older Intel CPUs
Expected to be merged during the upcoming Linux 7.3 merge window is a Kernel Control Flow Integrity (KCFI) improvement intended to benefit older Intel processors… ⌘ Read more
Taiwan ‘Throttles’ Mobile Internet For First Time During Annual War Games
Taiwan deliberately throttled mobile internet across the Taichung area during its annual Han Kuang war games, “simulating communication disruption in the event of a Chinese attack or natural disaster,” reports Reuters. The drill accompanied air-raid exercises and military rehearsals aimed at defending strategically important areas … ⌘ Read more
AI Assistant Hacks Gym Website In First Known Australian Autonomous Cyber Attack
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ABC News & Headlines: Andrew asked his personal assistant to book him a spot in one of his gym’s coveted morning classes. It was a task he thought was well suited to this particular assistant because the booking form was online and because his assistant was not a person – it … ⌘ Read more
Qt Toolkit To Introduce Edge AI Submodule, Initially For Vision AI With Qt
The Qt Group has been working on various AI integrations for the Qt toolkit in recent times like a QML profiler skill for agentic development to help with performance profiling. They have also worked on Qt AI coding assistants and AI agents in the Qt Creator integrated development environment. Their latest AI use is now preparing to introduce a new module in the Qt toolkit itself for edge AI inferencing… ⌘ Read more
Paramount Promises 30 Film-A-Year Contracts After WBD Acquisition
Paramount is making commitments to major theater chains to release 30 films annually for three years if its Warner Bros. deal goes through. According to Deadline, the written commitment was sent to “at least one of the top two circuits” (specifically Regal but AMC may have also received a written commitment) and includes “an exclusive 4 … ⌘ Read more
Intel Xeon 678X Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 26.04 Performance With The HP Z4 G6i
HP recently launched their Z4 G6i workstation that I have been testing out the past few weeks. The HP Z4 G6i is powered by Granite Rapids WS with the review unit specifically being powered by the Intel Xeon 678X. As the unit shipped with Microsoft Windows 11 Pro and this being the first time I’ve had my hands on Granite Rapids WS, I took the opportunity to run some Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS performance benchmarks to see how th … ⌘ Read more
The author of the Xfce Wayland compositor on LLMs:
https://www.spurint.org/journal/2026/07/llms-and-xfwl4
He openly admits that he’s totally aware of the issues. But he simply doesn’t give a fuck.
This is (part of) why this whole AI/LLM topic makes me so sad and angry: Many people in tech are such a disappointment. You’re smart and intelligent, but you don’t give a fuck about anything. “It’s just a tool.”
A retro gem returns and rebuilt, Knytt Classic is out now and free
Knytt Classic, a fully rebuilt version of the much loved indie platformer is out today completely free on Steam.
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Chaotic rocket engine numbers-go-up space roguelite ‘Glory On Pluto’ has a fresh demo up
Glory On Pluto is one that completely sucked me in with the initial demo back in May, and the refreshed demo is a good reminder that you need to try it.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/chaotic-rocket-engine-numbers-go … ⌘ Read more
Linux Mint Improves Kernel Management & Setting System-Wide Environment Variables
Linux Mint is out today with their July 2026 status update that highlights all the improvements made to their distribution over the past month… ⌘ Read more
Toxic Underground Fires Are Spreading at California Landfills
Three years ago environmental regulators discovered garbage burning deep inside California’s Chiquita Canyon Landfill, reports the Los Angeles Times. [Alternate URL here.] “Few imagined the calamity that would follow.
“Somehow the landfill’s pollution control system introduced oxygen below, causing decades-old waste to rapidly decompose, generating … ⌘ Read more
Chaotic physics auto battler ‘Auto Ball Arena’ looks like a funny time
Auto Ball Arena is an upcoming chaotic physics auto battler where you put together pieces and then watch the fireworks during auto battles.
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Meta Publishes Muse Glimmer As 30B Open Agentic Model
The Meta Superintelligence Labs announced this morning they have released Muse Glimmer as their next large language model featuring 30 billion parameters for always-on local agent workflows. Muse Glimmer features open-source model weights under an Apache 2.0 license… ⌘ Read more
CachyOS gets improved handheld detection in the August release
CachyOS is one of the most popular Linux distributions and they’ve released their August release with lots of bug fixes and a few new features.
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Minor Optimization Coming For AMD Athlon XP Era Systems Running Linux
A minor performance optimization is on the way to the Linux kernel for roughly two decade old CPUs that have SSE but lack SSE2. Among those CPUs to benefit are the AMD Athlon XP series, some early Sempron models, and some Intel Celeron and Pentium III models… ⌘ Read more
Apple M1 Series SoCs To See ~1 Watt Power Savings With Linux 7.3
In addition to Linux 7.3 slated to receive initial Apple M3 Pro / Max / Ultra SoC support, this next version of the Linux kernel is also set to bring some minor power savings for the Apple M1 series that remains the best supported Apple Silicon on Linux… ⌘ Read more
Old SGI Drivers Being Removed In Linux 7.3 Over Security Concerns
On top of various other Linux drivers for old hardware being removed due to noise generated by AI/LLM coding agents, there are more examples coming with Linux 7.3 as some old Silicon Graphics (SGI) drivers are being removed from the mainline Linux kernel over security concerns… ⌘ Read more
Valve emailed about a cyberattack against their shipping partner CEVA Logistics in Europe
If you ordered hardware from Valve in Europe recently, some of your details may have unfortunately been leaked.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/valve-emailed-about-a-cyberattack-against-their-shipping-partner-ceva-logistics-i … ⌘ Read more
26 more games join GeForce NOW during August 2026
NVIDIA have announced the next set of games coming to their cloud gaming service GeForce NOW for August 2026.
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Return to Castle Wolfenstein RealRTCW brings PS2 maps to the Cursed Sands DLC
Cursed Sands brought over the previously console-exclusive prologue to PC back in May, and now it has expanded to include the PS2 maps as well.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/return-to-castle-wolfenstein-realrtcw-brings-ps2-maps-to-the- … ⌘ Read more
Devolver Digital plan to go private again
After going public with shares back in 2021, it seems the heads of Devolver Digital have realised it’s not a very good fit for an indie publisher.
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ProtonPlus v0.6.0 adds support for Faugus Launcher, improved controller navigation and more
ProtonPlus v0.6.0 is out improving this fantastic manager for all the different community builds of Proton, with new advanced features and general improvements.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/protonplus-v0-6-0-ad … ⌘ Read more
Heroic Games Launcher 2.22.1 brings Proton-CachyOS, controller improvements and more to come
The Heroic Games Launcher just launched a small hotfix with some new features while they work on some bigger stuff still to come.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/heroic-games-launcher-2-22-1-brings-proton-ca … ⌘ Read more
How Accurate Are Flock’s AI-Powered License-Reading Cameras?
Futurism reports:
404 Media revealed that a July 10 audit by the Los Angeles Police Department Office of the Inspector General caught the department’s ALPR cameras generating 161 false stolen-vehicle alerts in just two months — each one ending with officers pulling over an innocent driver. Factoring in 337 alerts which “resulted in the recovery of stolen v … ⌘ Read more
Microsoft Responds to Outcry After Quietly Installing Beta ‘Photos’ App on Enterprise Machines
Microsoft’s cloud storage app OneDrive got a new Photos app in the worst possible way, reports the blog Neowin . “The app is reportedly showing up even on Windows 11 Enterprise machines, despite apparently being a beta application aimed at consumer functionality.”
One admin questioned why … ⌘ Read more
@david@daiwei.me Thank you 🙏
Privacy Backlash Explodes Against Meta’s Smart Glasses
With nearly 70% of the market, “Meta wants its smart glasses to be a big hit,” writes the Los Angeles Times. But after some users found ways to disable the light that warns people they’re being filmed, “the high-tech specs have also turned into a liability, as some are calling the gadget ‘pervert glasses…’”
Some people are using the glasses — which look like a pair … ⌘ Read more
AI Reviews Bring ‘New Normal’ to Linux Release Candidates: Lots of Bug Fixes
Linux Torvalds expects Linux 7.2 should be released next weekend “unless something really bad
pops up,” Torvalds said while announcing today’s release candidate.
But there’s something interesting about Linux 7.2-rc7, writes Phoronix. “By the time the Linux kernel typically hits a -rc7 release things have usually settled qui … ⌘ Read more
Flock Accused of Reactivating Its Cameras Without Notifying a Town
A Massachusetts newspaper reports that officials from the town of Littleton (population: 10,141) “claim that five of Littletonâ™s Flock Safety cameras were switched back on by the company without informing the town…”
Littleton had temporarily disabled the cameras earlier this year, according to the article, but upon discovering the camer … ⌘ Read more
California City Declares State of Emergency After Cyberattack
NBC Bay Area brings news from the small idyllic California town of Suisun City (population: 29,518). The city council “declared a state of emergency Saturday after a cyberattack that shut down computer systems including 911 public safety operations.”
“Malicious software infected and compromised” the East Bay community’s information technology systems b … ⌘ Read more
Linux 7.2-rc7 Released Following Another Exhausting AI-Driven Week
Linux 7.2-rc7 is now available for testing as we close in on the official Linux 7.2 release hopefully next weekend… ⌘ Read more