Wine 11.14 Brings WoW64 Mode To FreeBSD, Icon Support In Start Menu
Wine 11.14 was tagged today as the newest bi-weekly development release of this open-source software for running Windows games and applications on Linux, macOS, and other platforms… ⌘ Read more
Paramount Agrees to Postpone Warner Bros. Merger Until June 2027
Paramount Skydance has agreed to postpone its $111 billion Warner Bros. Discovery merger until five days after an antitrust trial or June 1, 2027, whichever comes first. The agreement with a 12-state coalition led by California effectively shelves the deal for months while states argue it would reduce competition in cable and theatrical markets. Va … ⌘ Read more
US Accuses American of Allegedly Wiping His Phone Using a ‘Duress’ Password During Border Search
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The U.S. Justice Department is prosecuting an American for allegedly providing U.S. border authorities with a passcode that wiped the contents of his phone, according to an indictment and media reports. This is thought to be the first … ⌘ Read more
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Tell me which one of those “plus” icons on this screenshot you can click and which one is just decoration.
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@movq@www.uninformativ.de Since you ask, it must be only the one in the title bar, but not the one below. :-( Let me suggest Newsboat to you: https://newsboat.org/
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@lyse Hats are back, aren’t they? Lots of people wearing hats these days, like, the big ones. 🤔
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@movq@www.uninformativ.de Not sure, I very rarely see people wearing cowboy hats. They’re a great protection against the sun in my opinion. Even as a child, I always loved their looks, but I only wear them in summer for that particular reason. Unfortunately, they’re too cumbersome to carry around not on your head. And they don’t combine with bicycle helmets or head rests.
About one and a half decades ago, I made two hats myself. Sadly, they both turned out to be failures.
Haha, now that you mention the aliens, I cannot unsee them anymore. :-D
Debian Considering General Resolution Over LLM Usage In The Project
Debian developers are discussing a general resolution whether to permit AI large language model (LLM) usage within the Debian software project… ⌘ Read more
AMD ROCm Committed To Six Week Release Cycle Moving Forward
One of many interesting takeaways from this week’s AMD Advancing AI event in San Francisco was word that ROCm will be on a rigid six week release cycle moving forward… ⌘ Read more
Roku Raises Prices of Streaming Devices By Up To 60%
Roku has raised prices on several streaming devices, blaming memory and component shortages tied to the AI data-center boom. The Roku Ultra jumped from $100 to $150 and the basic Streaming Stick rose from $30 to $40. The Desk reports: In a phone call with The Desk on Friday, a Roku executive said the company made the tough decision to raise prices on its streaming hardwa … ⌘ Read more
Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta Warn Against ‘Premature Restrictions’ of Open-Weight Models
Nvidia, Microsoft, Meta, Palantir, and more than 20 other tech companies signed an open letter urging policymakers not to impose “premature restrictions” on open-weight AI models, warning that broad limits could “stifle competition or drive innovation overseas.” CNBC reports: They wrote that open-weight models st … ⌘ Read more
Tell me which one of those “plus” icons on this screenshot you can click and which one is just decoration.
FFS.
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Skipped a meeting and went for a stroll this arvo because my head was aching due to tension caused by lack of physical activity. That was a very good decision: https://lyse.isobeef.org/waldspaziergang-2026-07-23/
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@lyse@lyse.isobeef.org Hats are back, aren’t they? Lots of people wearing hats these days, like, the big ones. 🤔
06.jpg looks like it’s from another planet. 😅
Anthropic’s New Opus 5 Model Rivals Fable 5 For Half the Price
Anthropic has released Opus 5, a new Claude model that it says comes close to its higher-end Fable 5 model at half the price while improving on Opus 4.8 in knowledge work, coding, and scientific research tasks. “At the same time, Anthropic says it has managed to make the model more resistant to being tricked,” notes Engadget. Additionally, the company says … ⌘ Read more
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@david@daiwei.me You better stick to your doctor’s prescription of mowing three times a week.
Qualcomm QCE Driver On The Chopping Block With ~48x Slower Than Armv8 Crypto Extensions
A few days back I wrote about upstream Linux kernel developers marking the Qualcomm crypto accelerator driver as “broken” and “harmful” due to its slow performance, history of bugs, and other limitations. Now this Qualcomm Crypto Engine “QCE” driver might be removed outright from the Linux kernel source tree after discovering it’s even worse than anticipated… ⌘ Read more
Imagination PowerVR Driver Marking BXM-4-64 MC1 GPU As Supported In Linux 7.3
Sent out today was the weekly round of drm-misc-next patches of new Direct Rendering Manager feature material ready to be queued in DRM-Next ahead of the Linux 7.3 merge window… ⌘ Read more
John C. Dvorak, an Early and Influential Technology Journalist, Dies At 80
Longtime Slashdot reader sandbagger shares the passing of John C. Dvorak, an early and influential technology journalist for PC Magazine. He was 80. Talking Biz News reports: Aric Mackey writes, “Widely recognized for his profound impact on the technology industry, John’s career spanned decades of rapid digital evolution. He was … ⌘ Read more
Stripe Eyes $10 Billion Deal For AI Model Marketplace OpenRouter
An anonymous reader quotes a report from PYMNTS.com: Stripe is in talks to buy OpenRouter, an artificial intelligence (AI) startup that could sell for roughly $10 billion, according to The Wall Street Journal. The move would mark a significant step outside payments for a company that processes transactions for much of the internet. It also lands while … ⌘ Read more
Astronomers May Have Discovered First Moon Outside Our Solar System
Astronomers studying the star system CD-35 2722 may have found the first known moon-like object outside our solar system. The classification is unusually tricky, however, because it orbits a brown dwarf rather than a planet, making it clearly an “exosatellite” but forcing scientists to rethink where the line between planet, moon, and fai … ⌘ Read more
The massive Project Zomboid ‘Build 42’ update confirmed for July 29
The incredibly detailed zombie survival game Project Zomboid is set to level up in a huge way with the proper release of Build 42 on July 29th.
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Ubuntu Linux Looking To Get Rid Of /etc/debian_version Historical Artifact
Ubuntu Linux has shipped /etc/debian_version that is carried over from upstream Debian and in turn just indicating the Debian Sid development version from which the packages are arrived. Besides it being inaccurate, /etc/os-release has been the long preferred standard for reading the OS release information. Thus finally Ubuntu developers are looking at dropping the /etc/debian_version file… ⌘ Read more
Fedora 45 Looks To Begin Phasing Out In-Kernel Crypto Userspace API
Going along with the upstream Linux 7.2 kernel deprecation of AF_ALG and Linux 7.3 to further restrict this interface for letting user-space programs interact directly with the Linux kernel crypto API, Fedora 45 is looking to follow and help support this transition… ⌘ Read more
AMD Advancing AI 2026: Open, Open-Source & More Open-Source
At this week’s AMD Advancing AI 2026 event, “AI” was mentioned thousands of times in talks and in demos. As expected. Beyond that, the other term likely most heard during the event was “open”… Not particularly new for AMD with their long history of open-source efforts but I’d wager at this year’s AMD Advancing AI 2026 event they were more acutely bringing up open-source, open ecosystems, and open standards. Certainly seemed like an uptick in “open” men … ⌘ Read more
Weather the Swarm is a fun looking co-op action roguelite with destructible terrain
A fun looking sci-fi solo / co-op roguelike with fully destructible environments, Weather the Swarm set to release in 2027.
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007 First Light has Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM removed
That was fast? 007 First Light only released back at the end of May, and it appears that Denuvo Anti-Tamper DRM has now been removed.
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Snapdragon X Elite Laptop Experience Still Lackluster On Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
At the end of last year when checking out the latest Linux experience on the Snapdragon X Elite it was a disappointing affair. The performance had regressed and overall a more headache-inducing experience than just running a modern AMD Ryzen AI or Intel Core Ultra laptop on Linux. Given the recent release of Ubuntu 26.04 LTS, I’ve been re-testing the Acer Swift 14 AI laptop with Snapdragon X Elite SoC to see how its performing under … ⌘ Read more
Humans Can Learn To Echolocate In Just 10 Weeks, and It Rewires the Brain
alternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: A study published in PLOS One in 2021 by researchers from Durham University in the UK showed that with 10 weeks of training, both blind and sighted people could learn to echolocate using verbal clicks. While the technique is already used by a number of people with impaired v … ⌘ Read more
Beam Eye Tracker app adds Linux and macOS support in Beta
The highly rated Steam app Beam Eye Tracker just recently released a public Beta for their impressive looking eye-tracking app for gaming.
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MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls appears to block SteamOS / Linux
MARVEL Tōkon: Fighting Souls has an Open Beta available and sadly they seem to have blocked SteamOS / Linux from playing due to anti-cheat.
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@david@daiwei.me Thank you! They were so busy, my camera got dizzy: 
Valve’s Steamworks SDK v1.65 brings changes for Steam Machine, Steam Frame and Steam Deck
Valve have updated the Steamworks SDK for games to integrate Steam features - overhauling checks for Steam Machine, Steam Frame and Steam Deck and more.
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World’s First Wave Power Generator Receives Certification For Regular Use
“The Norwegian certification agency DNV has certified the commercial wave-driven power generator Corpower C4 for regular use,” writes Longtime Slashdot reader Qbertino. “German news site heise.de has a detailed write-up. See a CGI video of the power station and its internals, as well as the company’s website [at their respec … ⌘ Read more
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Kind of hmm
Testing offline posting …
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@prologic@twtxt.net Seems to work? 🧐
Google Adds Selfie Video As a Log-In Option
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Engadget: You’ll now be able to use selfie videos to log into your Google account. It has long been possible to log into Google using your face, via your phone’s face unlock or if your passkey login uses biometrics for verification. This is yet another option to get into your account using your face to authenticate your identity, which could be esp … ⌘ Read more
Oracle Signs 10-Year Software Contract With Pentagon Worth Up To $7 Billion
Oracle has signed a 10-year Pentagon contract worth up to $7 billion to provide on-premises software, licenses, maintenance, and consulting for branches of the military. CNBC reports: The contract covers the use of Oracle software in on-premises data centers for branches of the military, the U.S. intelligence community … ⌘ Read more
Microsoft Responds to LG Monitors Installing McAfee Ads On Windows
LG is removing a McAfee pop-up ad from its LG Monitor App Installer after criticism that some LG monitors were silently installing the app through Windows Update and showing ads on every boot. Microsoft says LG agreed to disable the McAfee pop-up, but the broader issue remains: Windows allows certain peripheral companion apps to install autom … ⌘ Read more
Skipped a meeting and went for a stroll this arvo because my head was aching due to tension caused by lack of physical activity. That was a very good decision: https://lyse.isobeef.org/waldspaziergang-2026-07-23/
AMD EPYC Zen 7 “Florence” Confirmed With ACE, Next-Gen Memory
After announcing the AMD EPYC 9006 “Venice” processors today at AMD Advancing AI 2026, Lisa Su ended her keynote by confirming EPYC Zen 7 “Florence” details as well as EPYC Zen 8 “Ravenna” being in development… ⌘ Read more
I’m not a fan of light shows but that’s a cool UFO! https://youtu.be/DbSmUCCR9Es
Valve puts up a Proton 11.0-2 Release Candidate for testing
Valve have put up a Release Candidate to test the upcoming Proton 11.0-2 update, to fix up more issues found with Windows games on SteamOS / Linux.
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AMD Announces ROCm.AI As AI-Driven Platform For Developers
In addition to Instinct MI455X and Helios launching along with the new AMD EPYC 9006 “Venice” processors, AMD used their annual Advancing AI day to announce ROCm.AI as an AI-driven platform for developers… ⌘ Read more
AMD EPYC 9006 Venice Announced & Looks Poised To Be A Grand Slam
While AMD EPYC 9005 “Turin” launched just under two years ago, it has aged remarkably well. It is one of the few CPU generations in my past 22 years of Linux hardware reviews/benchmarking that has still captivated me two years on in finding still typically industry-leading performance across varying workloads, exceptional reliability, and all around a very robust platform. Today though at AMD Advancing AI 2026, Lisa Su formally announced EPYC 9006 “Ve … ⌘ Read more
AMD Launches Instinct MI455X, Helios AI Rack
Lisa Su at AMD Advancing AI 2026 just launched the new Instinct MI455X GPUs and the Helios rack… ⌘ Read more
FreeBSD Ports Currently Frozen Due To A Very Large Commit
The FreeBSD project issued a statement today over the FreeBSD Ports repository having been frozen for the past two days. The freeze is not due to a malicious compromise but rather a very large commit breaking things… ⌘ Read more
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Dang it, @david@daiwei.me, you blew my cover!
I was raised without a TV, so I don’t miss it one bit. My parents just didn’t by a new one after their super old black and white device died. Looking after a baby was maybe spare time activity enough for them. :-P
When there was some super cool program I wanted to watch, like a James Bond movie, I visited my grandma. Sure, it sometimes was a pity that I could not join yesterday’s TV series discussions with my classmates, but oh well. I survived that. Building stuff with Lego or playing outside was all I really wanted.
Apart from a few really good programs, there’s sooooo much trash, non-stop ads and the like. Even as a kid, I was very disgusted by all that. But I have to admit that visting somebody with a TV and watching a good show was usually a highlight. These days, I can easily waste all my time and more on YouTube. :-/
Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 set to arrive August 25
Some explosive co-op action is coming our way, with Aliens: Fireteam Elite 2 getting an August 25th release date announced today.
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Advertise in ChatGPT | Hacker News Seriously?! 😳 wut da actual fuq?! 😱
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@movq@www.uninformativ.de @klaxzy@klaxzy.net Same situation here.
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Data protection, @dce@hashnix.club! :-D
This revealed another bug in my client that I still need to fix at some point. Inserting an empty set of messages failed with an SQL logic error. Whoops. I didn’t think about that corner case.
Fedora 45 Atomic Desktops Look To Allow For Web-Based Remote Installations
One of the latest change proposals filed for Fedora Linux 45 is for supporting web-based remote installations of Fedora Atomic Desktop images… ⌘ Read more