CDC Warns of Rising Threat of Drug-Resistant Germs
The CDC estimates that 19 drug-resistant pathogens cause 9.7 million infections and more than 50,000 deaths annually in the U.S., with resistance continuing to outpace development of new treatments. “The agency considers this problem to be one of our most urgent public health threats,” reports NBC News. From the report: The report is the CDC’s first comprehensive assessm … ⌘ Read more

Greenhouse Gas Levels Set Records In 2025, UN Says
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CBS News: Greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere rose to record highs in 2025, locking in climate impacts that will persist for centuries, the United Nations said on Tuesday. Levels of the three main greenhouse gases – the climate-warming carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide – all rose to unprecedented figures in 2025, … ⌘ Read more

Wine Merges Support For MESA_map_buffer_client_pointer To Improve WoW64 32-bit OpenGL
An initiative led by CodeWeavers this year has come to fruition for improving OpenGL support with WoW64 for bettering Windows 32-bit application/game support while using 64-bit system libraries… ⌘ Read more

Ford’s Most Affordable EV Will Offer Built-In Bidirectional Home Charging
Ford’s upcoming $28,350 Fathom electric truck will include a built-in inverter capable of supplying up to 10 kW of AC power to a home, bringing bidirectional charging to a significantly cheaper EV. Owners will still need additional Ford home hardware for features like outage backup and peak-rate energy management, but the com … ⌘ Read more

@maurice-renck.de@maurice-renck.de Oh, snap! You just described most of the websites I’ve ever built (except I prefer terminal green over orange/yellow 😁).

Of course, I’ll be the first to admit that I have precisely zero design skills, I just like writing HTML.

Growing List of Firms Object to OKX-ICE Tokenized Stock Plans
Intel, Oracle, IBM and IonQ have joined a growing list of companies objecting to having tokenized versions of their shares traded through OKX and Intercontinental Exchange’s blockchain venture, bringing the total number of objections to 26. About 37% of the companies on OKXICE’s original list have now opted out, according to CoinDesk. From the report: … ⌘ Read more

Code-Execution Flaw In UEFI Firmware Threatens Most Servers On Planet Earth
Ars Technica’s Dan Goodin reports: Defenders across the world face the burden of responding to yet another botched code-execution vulnerability, this time in boot-time firmware used by most of the world’s server vendors and data centers. The vulnerability, with a severity rating of 9.5 out of 10, resides in the TianoCore EDK I … ⌘ Read more

Linux 7.4 Introduces DMA-BUF Support To I/O Path With IO_uring
Merged today for the ongoing Linux 7.4 merge window is the infrastructure for enabling DMA-BUF support in the kernel’s I/O path with the wonderful IO_uring framework… ⌘ Read more

Google’s Genie 4 World Model Adds Audio, More Realistic Worlds
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Google DeepMind released its newest world model, Genie 4, in research preview on Tuesday. The latest model generates the most photorealistic and interactive worlds yet, allowing users to type prompts mid-simulation to change the scene. The model also generates real-time audio that matches the simulat … ⌘ Read more

Raspberry Pi Zero 3 W & Raspberry Pi 4 Model A Surface In Linux Kernel Patches
It looks like a next-generation Raspberry Pi Zero is about to surface, the long-awaited Raspberry Pi Zero 3 W. And in an interesting twist in these times amid high PC component costs and supply chain constraints, a Raspberry Pi 4 Model A… ⌘ Read more

Anduril Partners With Qualcomm to Build Laptops On US Soil
Longtime Slashdot reader fadethepolice writes: Anduril, arguing that its manufacturing capabilities are directly applicable to laptop manufacturing, is starting a project for a fully 100% U.S.-sourced laptop. The computer will use a Qualcomm Snapdragon SoC. I did not see any information about the OS, but I’m assuming that, given the type of processor, this w … ⌘ Read more

Apple’s Foldable iPhone Duo Draws Early Complaints of the Screen Cracking
Apple has acknowledged an inner-display defect affecting a small number of its new $1,999 iPhone Duo foldables after customers reported hearing a crunch while unfolding the device before cracks, lines and other display failures appeared along the crease. Apple is replacing affected phones and investigating the problem.

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Cybersecurity CEO Indicted For Allegedly Scamming Millions From Ransomware Victims
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ProPublica: A Florida man who was the subject of a 2019 investigation by ProPublica was indicted last month on federal charges that he defrauded clients of his ransomware data recovery firm. According to the Justice Department, the man, Zohar Pinhasi, told customers he cou … ⌘ Read more

KDE Fixes 15 Year Old Bug Over Inaccurate Notifications When Copying Files To USB Drives
A long-standing KDE bug is set to be resolved with next month’s KDE Frameworks 6.32 release… ⌘ Read more

Apple Updates MacBook Pro With M6 Chips
Ahead of the touchscreen MacBook Pro expected to debut tomorrow, Apple has refreshed its standard 14-inch MacBook Pro with the new M6 processor, promising up to 20% faster multithreaded performance, improved power efficiency, and more powerful on-device AI capabilities. The Verge reports: Announced this morning through a press release, the new 14-inch MacBook Pro features three Thunder 4 USB-C … ⌘ Read more

Bullet Banshee puts a survivor-like spin on classic shoot ‘em up action
Bullet Banshee is a vertical-scrolling shoot ‘em up that blends in the survivor-like bullet heaven mechanics for upgrades to great effect.

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In China, the AI Bubble Has Already Burst
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: While global tech stocks teeter, in China they have already crashed as lofty valuations collapse under worries about AI demand and curbs on Chinese exports. The meltdown, tanking the mainland STAR50 index of AI and semiconductor leaders by 40% in less than four months and vaporizing some $480 billion in market value, is an ill omen for wobbly world … ⌘ Read more

Pavee OS: Ikey Doherty’s New Daily-Driver Desktop Distro Being Built Atop Barney
Back in September Ikey Doherty of Solus Linux and Serpent OS notoriety as well as being a former Intel Clear Linux developer announced Barney as his planned showcase for how to “properly” build a modern Linux distribution in 2026+. Today he’s provided an update on this Barney distro tooling effort as well as announcing Pavee OS as his planned daily-driver desktop distribution built atop it… ⌘ Read more

KDE Plasma 6.8.2 Released With Dozens Of Additional Bug Fixes
Debuting two weeks ago on the 30th anniversary of the KDE project was the Plasma 6.8 desktop with many exciting improvements. Last week it was succeeded by Plasma 6.8.1 with dozens of bug fixes and this week now brings Plasma 6.8.2 with yet more bug fixing… ⌘ Read more

Kingdom Come: Deliverance developer Warhorse Studios hit by cyberattack
Another recent incident, Kingdom Come: Deliverance developer Warhorse Studios revealed they’ve been hit in a cyberattack.

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Luanti (formerly Minetest) reveal a major ContentDB security incident
The team behind Luanti (formerly Minetest), just recently announced a security incident with their ContentDB system.

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AMD EPYC Zen 6 PML Support, ARM64 On s390 Merged For Linux 7.4 KVM
The many Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) improvements have been merged for Linux 7.4 to deliver a number of new features for different server processors… ⌘ Read more

Insane fever-dream retro FPS ‘Divine Frequency’ is out in Early Access
Divine Frequency is a new GZDoom / UZDoom powered FPS fever dream, one where you get to experience the total collapse of reality.

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Denmark Gives Up On Replacing Microsoft Office With Collabora
Denmark’s Ministry of Digitization reportedly abandoned a pilot to replace Microsoft Office with the open-source Collabora suite less than six months after it began. Tom’s Hardware reports: According to Danish publication Computerworld, the pilot project was launched in 2025 and involved 38 employees, all of whom would start using the British open-sour … ⌘ Read more

Accelerating HTTP Web Servers With In-Kernel eBPF Deliver Up To 4.5x Throughput
An interesting new open-source project born out of university research is Beeper to provide application-layer parsing within the in-kernel eBPF. With an HTTP parser implemented by Beeper in eBPF and providing an in-kernel HTTP cache, the throughput for web servers could be improved by 3x at high rates… ⌘ Read more

Linux’s Modern NTFS Driver Now Supports Alternate Data Streams (ADS)
Merged back in Linux 7.1 was the new NTFS kernel driver implementation for better supporting Microsoft’s NTFS file-system on Linux. Since then new features and improvements have continued to land for this NTFS driver with some more notable additions also coming in Linux 7.4… ⌘ Read more

Build up a party of complete idiots in Outcast Tales, out now and it’s free
Developed by Hardlane Studio and published by Inner Pocket, the story-rich adventure sends players into a post-apocalyptic frontier in search of riches.

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Linux 7.4 Expands Sensor Monitoring For More ASUS & MSI Motherboards, New Minisforum Driver
With the Linux 7.4 kernel there are more MSI and ASUS motherboards with sensor monitoring support along with a variety of other additions to help broaden the selection of supported systems for hardware sensor monitoring under Linux. It’s another busy cycle for the HWMON subsystem… ⌘ Read more

Command a being formed from thousands of leaves in Leafborn
Top marks for some protagonist originality here in Leafborn, with your character made up of a thousands leaves.

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Firefox 159 Released With AMD Linux Graphics Fix For Excessive Memory Use
Firefox 159 is out today as the latest bi-weekly feature release for Mozilla’s web browser… ⌘ Read more

Steam Scream Fest V is here with discounts on spooky games
Steam Scream Fest V has arrived and with it lots of discounts on various different types of games that will make you need fresh pants.

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Classic survivor-horrors Ecstatica and Ecstatica II get re-released with upgrades
Originally released in the late 90s, Ecstatica and Ecstatica II are survival-horror games with a unique style not to be missed.

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Steam Beta makes game invites simpler on SteamOS / Big Picture Mode
Valve released the latest Steam Beta for all supported platforms, with the October 26th update finally making game invites easier.

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Half-Life: Alyx updated to bring Foveated Rendering on desktop
Valve are still adding in improvements to the excellent VR game Half-Life: Alyx, with the latest update out now.

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Industry Executives Knew For Decades That Microplastics Were Infiltrating the Human Body
Susanne Rust of the Los Angeles Times reports (paywalled) that industry executives knew for decades that microplastics were infiltrating the human body. Slashdot reader joshuark shares an excerpt from the report: Scientists today say we’re just beginning to understand the harm that the tiny bits … ⌘ Read more

US Designates Helium As a Critical Material
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the Associated Press: The U.S. designated helium as a critical material on Friday because it’s indispensable for making semiconductors that are essential to energy generation, and the global supply is at risk of disruption, according to the Energy Department. The designation by the Energy Department means that more federal financing will be availab … ⌘ Read more

Initial Support For The Apple M4 & Apple A18 Pro Make It Into Linux 7.4
The many SoC patches have landed within the Linux 7.4 kernel providing support for dozens of new boards as well as a number of new SoCs like the Apple M4 and the A18 Pro as found in the MacBook Neo. The Google Tensor 5 was also finally mainlined along with Pixel 10 devices. Plus some unreleased Qualcomm SoC support rounds out the bunch… ⌘ Read more

Steam Frame VR Headset Sees Mainline Support With Linux 7.4
The mainline Linux 7.4 kernel will be capable of running on the Steam Frame VR headset… ⌘ Read more

PHP2Shell Security Flaws Now Successfully Exploited
The critical PHP2Shell vulnerabilities (CVE-2026-109618 and CVE-2026-109619) have now been successfully exploited in the wild, just days after patches were released and initial exploitation attempts failed. BleepingComputer reports: The malicious activity was caught by Adel Karimi, detection and response lead at Perplexity, whose honeypots recorded evidence of confirmed re … ⌘ Read more

Skydance Offers Buyouts, Gives 5-Day RTO Order
Skydance, as it begins integrating Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery, is offering voluntary buyouts to some employees and imposing a five-day-a-week office requirement. Layoffs are also expected as the company targets more than $6 billion in annualized cost savings within three years. Variety reports: The new program was outlined by chairman and CEO David Ellison and co-CEO Ynon Kreiz … ⌘ Read more

Linux 7.4 Preps CXL For Very Neat Dynamic Capacity Devices “DCD”
The Compute Express Link (CXL) subsystem changes were merged today for the Linux 7.4 kernel. The fun work this cycle is preparing to support Dynamic Capacity Devices… ⌘ Read more

Firefox Tries to Bring Back the Internet’s ‘Good Old Days’
Mozilla launched a new ad campaign for Firefox that leverages early internet nostalgia in a bid to win back users who switched browsers. “Today’s internet tracks you, interrupts you, and asks for permissions it already took. But it wasn’t always that way, and it’s not how it’s supposed to work,” writes Mozilla CEO Anthony Enzor-DeMeo in a post on LinkedIn. “It’ … ⌘ Read more

Instagram Chases YouTube With a Push For Longer, Widescreen Videos
Instagram is testing a new longform, horizontal video format called “Features” as it pushes further into YouTube territory and expands its presence on TVs. The Verge reports: Instagram boss Adam Mosseri has been against doing longform video on the platform “for a long time,” he says in a six-and-a-half-minute video (here’s the widescr … ⌘ Read more

KMSCON 10.1 Released With Support For Per-Monitor Configurations
KMSCON as the user-space terminal emulator targeting Linux DRM/KMS interfaces as an alternative to the in-kernel VT now is able to individually configure monitors in multi-monitor setups. Plus a variety of other improvements with today’s KMSCON 10.1 release… ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de Oh shit! Well, I’m glad it was detected and put out quickly.

Walter Koenig, Chekov On Original ‘Star Trek,’ Dies At 90
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from CBS News: Walter Koenig, the actor who played Pavel Chekov in the original “Star Trek” series and several movies, has died, his rep confirmed to CBS News. He was 90. Koenig died Sunday night at his home in the North Hollywood neighborhood of Los Angeles, talent rep Zachery McGinnis said in a statement. … ⌘ Read more

Highway Thieves Are Spoofing GPS To Steal Millions In Data Center-Bound Cargo
Highway thieves have stolen more than $100 million in data center equipment since June, employing increasingly sophisticated tactics such as forging driver IDs and spoofing GPS tracking systems. NBC News (paywalled) reports that thieves have “made away with more than $100 million in data center freight.” Ars Technica repo … ⌘ Read more

Intel IPU8 Support Upstreamed In Linux 7.4 For Nova Lake Laptops
The media subsystem changes have been merged for the Linux 7.4 kernel. Most notable is Intel IPU8 support being introduced for the next-gen image processing unit in high-end Nova Lake laptops.. ⌘ Read more

KWin-Type Introduced To Address KDE Wayland Usability Gap For Auto-Typing Text
Open-source developer Jason Donenfeld known for his work on WireGuard announced today the release of kwin-type. KWin-type is a new Wayland-compatible program for auto-typing text from the standard input under the KWin Wayland compositor… ⌘ Read more

Apple Updates the iPad Mini With a Larger OLED Display
Apple has unveiled a redesigned iPad Mini with a larger 8.5-inch OLED display, an A20 Pro chip, twice the peak brightness and slimmer bezels while maintaining roughly the same footprint. It starts at $699 ($200 more than its predecessor) and will be available November 6. The Verge reports: Despite having a slightly bigger display than the 8.3-inch screen on its pre … ⌘ Read more