Nintendo Takes Down Switch Emulators, Mod Chip Firmware in Massive GitHub DMCA Sweep
Nintendo has issued four DMCA takedown notices targeting two Nintendo Switch emulators, Yuzu and Citron Neo, along with mod chip firmware such as Picofly, SX Core and HWFLY. As a result, 144 repositories containing firmware used to circumvent the console’s copy protections have been removed by GitHub and rep … ⌘ Read more

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Former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang Had a Relationship With a Second Employee
Reuters reports that former Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang had an intimate relationship with a third woman (source paywalled; alternative source ), an unnamed Nvidia employee. The revelation follows reports of two other extramarital affairs: one with Nvidia VP Kimberly Powell and another with Alice Huang, whom U.S. intelligence reportedly sus … ⌘ Read more

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Singapore Says US Not Helpful On Investigation Into Suspected Spy’s Company
Singapore says U.S. authorities provided limited assistance in its investigation of Megaspeed, the company run by Alice Huang, the Chinese businesswoman whom U.S. intelligence suspects is a Chinese spy and whose relationship with Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has drawn scrutiny. According to Singapore, authorities held Alice Huang’ … ⌘ Read more

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Microsoft Outlook Goes Down Nationwide [UPDATE]
Microsoft is suffering a major Microsoft 365 outage that’s disrupting Outlook, Teams, Copilot and SharePoint for users across the Americas, with more than 129,000 problem reports logged on Downdetector shortly after the disruption began. Microsoft blames the connectivity problems on an unexpectedly large number of unavailable servers that overloaded the remaining infrastructure. … ⌘ Read more

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Google Pushes Privacy Angle As Gemini-Powered Smartglasses Debut
Google is launching its first Gemini-powered smart glasses, with Samsung supplying the computing hardware. Given their built-in 12-megapixel camera, Google is emphasizing privacy protections, including a tamper-resistant recording light, automatic face redaction, and restrictions on real-time facial recognition and livestreaming. The company also … ⌘ Read more

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Iconic First Image of Black Hole Holds Up To Scrutiny
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Conversation: On April 10 2019, the Event Horizon Telescope (EHT) Collaboration revealed the first picture of a black hole. The object is at the centre of a galaxy known as M87, about 55 million light-years away. The iconic ring structure instantly became one of the most recognized scientific images of the modern era. It … ⌘ Read more

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Critical Apache HTTP/2 Flaw Could Let Unauthenticated Attackers Execute Code Remotely
A critical flaw in Apache HTTP Server’s HTTP/2 module could allow unauthenticated attackers to remotely execute code and potentially take control of affected server processes. Tracked as CVE-2026-119618, the vulnerability affects Apache HTTP Server 2.4.55 through 2.4.70 when HTTP/2 is enabled and is fixed … ⌘ Read more

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AMD Zen 6 SMT Proves Very Advantageous Even For 256 Core EPYC 9996
With the now-shipping AMD EPYC 9006 “Venice” SP7 server processors sporting up to 256 Zen 6© cores per socket, or 512 cores in a 2P configuration, you may be wondering if Simultaneous Multithreading (SMT) is still worthwhile on these increasingly high core count processors. Long story short, SMT on AMD Zen 6 is still definitely worthwhile from a performance and power perspective. I was curious myself and ran some benchmarks to explore the SMT impact … ⌘ Read more

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Jensen Huang Resigns As Nvidia CEO
Jensen Huang has stepped down as CEO of Nvidia after 33 years leading the company, with CFO Colette Kress taking over as interim CEO while the board searches for a permanent replacement.

“The Board has full confidence in Colette and the leadership team, and we expect the company’s operations, customer commitments and product roadmap to continue without interruption,” said board chair Harvey Jones in a release … ⌘ Read more

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PostgreSQL Sees New Releases For 52 Security Vulnerabilities, 140+ Bug Fixes
PostgreSQL 18.7, 17.12, 16.16, 15.20, 14.25, and 19 RC2 all released today due to 52 new security issues being disclosed… ⌘ Read more

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Khronos To Explore New High Level API For Remote Offloading
The Khronos Group, the industry consortium responsible for OpenGL, OpenCL, Vulkan, and other industry standard APIs has formed an exploratory group to evaluate the possibility of a high-level remote offloading API… ⌘ Read more

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ReactOS Gets Working Floppy Disk Support, VMware 3D Acceleration & SMP Progress
ReactOS as the open-source operating system project working on Microsoft Windows driver and application compatibility had a pretty successful 2026. Following two hackfests, a lot of new features have landed recently for ReactOS and some others are nearing the finish line… ⌘ Read more

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NVIDIA NvRoot & ForgePtr Vulnerabilities Published For Linux Driver, 25 More Coming
In addition to Jensen Huang resigning, coincidentally the embargo just expired on the first two of 25 more NVIDIA graphics driver security vulnerabilities coming. ForgePtr and NvRoot are particularly volatile for those renting GPU slices in the cloud… ⌘ Read more

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NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang Resigns
Following reports of two extramarital affairs, one with an alleged Chinese spy and the other with a VP that is a direct report to him, Jensen Huang is no longer CEO of NVIDIA… ⌘ Read more

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Linux 7.5 To Improve Support For Old ASUS Transformer Hybrid Laptops/Tablets
For those that happen to have ASUS Transformer devices as the roughly decade old convertible/hybrid 2-in-1 laptop/tablet computers, the Linux 7.5 kernel in 2027 is improving support for these aging systems powered by either NVIDIA Tegra or Intel Atom SoCs… ⌘ Read more

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Intel Xe Driver Preparing SR-IOV Provisioning For vGPU Profiles
With the upcoming Linux 7.5 kernel cycle the Intel Xe graphics driver is preparing SR-IOV provisioning for vGPU profiles… ⌘ Read more

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Tim Peters, Python User #2 and Prolific Contributor, Dies At 74
Tim Peters, one of Python’s earliest and most influential contributors, died on July 15 at age 74. Known as Python’s second real user, Peters created the Zen of Python and Timsort sorting algorithm while contributing to numerous core components. He also served as a Python Software Foundation director from 2001 to 2014. Adafruit remembers Peters … ⌘ Read more

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Polo Debuts As New Wayland Compositor For MATE Desktop
For those fond of the GNOME 2 forked MATE desktop but wanting to take it into the native Wayland world, Polo 1.0 released today as a new compositor option for modern desktop computing with MATE… ⌘ Read more

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Linux 7.5 To Enable Temperature / Voltage / Power Monitoring For AMD Pensando NICs
The Linux kernel already has network drivers for the AMD Pensando networking hardware while coming for Linux 7.5 is an Ionic HWMON driver to support hardware monitoring with temperature, voltage, and power monitoring for this high-end networking gear… ⌘ Read more

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Power Grids On 5 Continents Pulse Every 60s. Scientists Think They Know Why
“ScienceAlert is reporting that researchers may have finally determined why, for many years, power grids around the world have been pulsing every 60 seconds,” writes longtime Slashdot reader fahrbot-bot. The likely culprit? Uninterruptible power supplies running routine battery checks. From the report: Every minute, some … ⌘ Read more

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Sunken SS United States Set To Become World’s Largest Artificial Reef
An anonymous reader quotes a report from PBS: The historic ocean liner SS United States will be intentionally sunk Wednesday off the coast of the Florida panhandle. Live coverage of the sinking of the SS United States is expected to start at 1 p.m. EST, with the sinking expected at 2 p.m. EST. Watch live in the video player above. In its … ⌘ Read more

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United Airlines Bans AI Agents From Booking Flights On Behalf of Travelers
United Airlines is banning unauthorized third-party AI agents from booking flights, checking in passengers or making account changes on travelers’ behalf. CBS News reports: To make an airline booking, an AI agent requires access to a customer’s personal information, including credentials like payment information. United has a probl … ⌘ Read more

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Jensen Huang Said to Have Had Relationship With Nvidia Executive Who Reports to Him
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is facing scrutiny over an affair with an alleged Chinese spy. Now, The New York Times reports that Mr. Huang also had an extramarital relationship with Kimberly Powell, the company’s vice president of health care and a direct report, raising questions about conflicts of interest and compli … ⌘ Read more

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Nvidia and Jensen Huang Face Shareholder Lawsuit Alleging Investors Were Misled About Spy Affair
Charlotte Web shares a report from the Associated Press: A shareholder has sued Nvidia and its CEO, Jensen Huang, accusing them of deceiving investors in their responses to media reports about Huang’s affair with a purported Chinese spy that threatens national security. […] The ne … ⌘ Read more

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Intel Continues Enabling The GPU D-Series “Crescent Island” Driver Support For Linux 7.5
Intel’s intriguing Crescent Island Xe3P-based AI accelerator hardware now known as the Intel GPU D Series continues seeing a lot of Linux kernel driver activity. The upcoming Linux 7.5 kernel is continuing to build out the support for this upcoming hardware… ⌘ Read more

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New York Forces T-Mobile to End Data Caps On Low-Income Plans
New York has forced T-Mobile to remove a 50GB monthly data cap from its $15 low-income broadband plan after regulators found customers who exceeded the limit had their speeds cut by more than 97%, to just 650 Kbps. “Additionally, the [Office of the Attorney General (OAG)] found T-Mobile restricted [New York’s Affordable Broadband Act (ABA)] plans t … ⌘ Read more

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Ukraine Strikes Cause Permanent Data Loss at Russia’s Yandex Cloud
Russia’s Yandex says 2.84% of customer data has been permanently lost following Ukrainian strikes on data centers in the country. “According to the company, recovery is impossible because of critical damage to equipment and the lack of backup copies on the platform,” reports UNITED24 Media. From the report: Yandex clarified that customers … ⌘ Read more

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Court Says Trump Can’t Use Leaks To Justify Spying On Journalists’ LinkedIn DMs
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Trump administration’s fight to stop suspected leaks of top-secret military information on LinkedIn can’t sweep in “a vast number of confidential sources” of random journalists “who have no conceivable relationship” to the Department of Justice’s investigation, … ⌘ Read more

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Logitech Giving All 7,000 Employees the Day Off to Play GTA 6
Under a new “Logi Game Day” initiative, Logitech is giving all 7,000 of its employees an extra paid day off to play GTA 6 when it launches on November 19. Employees and interns can use the day off anytime over the next year. Tom’s Hardware reports: As for Logitech, the company believes that it’s time for people to move away from the belief that playing … ⌘ Read more

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Apple Is Killing Its Support Community Forum Next Week
Apple is shutting down its Apple Support Community forum on November 20, ending a user-to-user support platform whose history stretches back to the 1998 launch as the Apple Tech Exchange. The forum is already read-only, and Apple has not said whether the nearly three decades of community posts will be preserved or disappear when the site closes. Here’s the full ban … ⌘ Read more

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Amazon’s Ring Unveils Flying Drone and Robot To Patrol Homes and Businesses
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: Amazon’s Ring is going deeper into surveillance with an indoor drone for home monitoring and an autonomous robot designed to patrol businesses. The company on Tuesday unveiled the $250 Ring Drone Cam, a security camera that can fly from room to room, including upstairs, as we … ⌘ Read more

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