AMD Expects To Outsell Intel For the First Time
AMD expects its fourth-quarter revenue to reach roughly $17 billion, potentially surpassing Intel’s projected $15 billion to $16 billion and putting AMD ahead of its longtime rival in quarterly sales for the first time. The milestone is being driven largely by booming demand for Epyc server processors and Instinct AI accelerators, with AMD’s data center business already accountin … ⌘ Read more
GCC 17 Compiler Merges Support For AVX10V1AUX
Landing today into the GCC 17 compiler codebase is initial support for AVX10V1AUX as the auxillary updates to AVX10.1 that are out of the cross-vendor AI Compute Extensions “ACE” initiative between AMD and Intel… ⌘ Read more
UK Social Media Ban May Lock Out More Than 100,000 Teens Without ID
Under the UK’s planned social media ban, more than 100,000 British teenagers aged 16 and 17 could initially be locked out of social media because they lack a passport or driving license that may be needed as a fallback for age verification. The Guardian reports: Ofcom, the UK’s online watchdog, said about 150,000 16- to 17-year-olds do not ow … ⌘ Read more
DoorDash Strikes $17 Billion Deal For US Rival Instacart
DoorDash has agreed to acquire Instacart for about $17 billion as it expands beyond restaurant delivery and deeper into the U.S. grocery market. The deal, expected to close in late 2027 or the first half of 2028, could face regulatory scrutiny over further consolidation in the delivery industry. Reuters reports: DoorDash has offered Instacart shareholders $65 per shar … ⌘ Read more
Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor - Knockout Expansion arrives November 17
The popular bullet heaven survivor-like Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor is set for the Knockout Expansion to arrive on November 17th.
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Here’s 17 upcoming VR games worth keeping eyes on
Got your Steam Frame or any other VR kit and want to follow some interesting upcoming games? Here’s some potentials for you that could be good.
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Free Software Foundation Hosts Free ‘Encryptfest’ Event on Sunday
The Free Software Foundation’s “EncryptFest” today covers both encryption and privacy. The free two-hour event runs from 13:00-15:00 Eastern Daylight Time (17:00-19:00 UTC), and includes:
— A discussion on “bulk surveillance, and how encryption protects personal privacy”
— A short video from renowned cryptographer Bruce Schneier.
— A discussio … ⌘ Read more
Canonical’s Multipass 1.17 Adds Direct Support For Non-Ubuntu Linux Distros
Canonical’s Multipass software is used for orchestrating Ubuntu virtual instances with a single command to launch Ubuntu VMs across Windows, macOS, and Linux. Multipass 1.17 was released today and they are now offering direct support for enabling non-Ubuntu Linux distributions as well… ⌘ Read more
GNOME Mutter Lands Improvement For Reducing GPU Work While In Power Savings Mode
Stemming from a bug report one month ago with GNOME 51 over high GPU usage while the monitor is sleeping, a set of 17 patches were merged today for addressing this issue… ⌘ Read more
Woman Arrested After Blocking Delivery Robot to Protest Job Displacements
A Philadelphia newscast reports on a grey-haired lady who allegedly refused to move out of the path of a delivery robot as a form of protest because “I know they’re taking the jobs of human delivery workers.”
She was arrested, but says her actions were protected speech:
According to police, Marvin repeatedly blocked the ro … ⌘ Read more
Does a Universal Basic Income Bring Long-Term Changes?
For more than a year, The New York Times followed recipients of a universal basic income program who received $1,330 a month for an entire year.
There were benefits, but also the everyday challenges of being poor, and turning their life around “did not turn out to be quite that simple.”
Across Silicon Valley, experimental guaranteed income programs have quietly take … ⌘ Read more
Court Agrees with EFF: Utah’s VPN Law Demands a Technical Impossibility
“When state lawmakers attempt to rewrite how the internet works,” argues an EFF blog post, “users rely on courts to recognize that laws can’t make technical impossibilities a reality.”
“That’s why we were happy to see that a court has blocked Utah’s attempt to outlaw the privacy protections of Virtual Private Networks (VPNs).”
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MapQuest Shows Location of Flock (and Other ALPR) Cameras
MapQuest creates a new layer (that can be toggled on and off), Gizmodo reports:
After promising not to comply with the Trump administration’s “Lake America” gimmick, the platform announced a new “Surveillance Layer” that displays the locations of automated license plate readers (ALPRs), including those from Flock Safety. Per MapQuest, its new tool will identify … ⌘ Read more
Blue Origin Announces $330M Upgrades to Rocket Facilities for ‘Multiple Flights Per Week’
“Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin said Friday it plans to make extensive upgrades to its Florida launch facilities,” reports CNBC, “with the goal of supporting multiple flights per week by the end of the decade.”
“The company will add two more launch and landing pads for New Glenn, its heavy-lift, partial … ⌘ Read more
Linux Maintainers Can Now Submit AI-Generated Code Without Declaring It
Linux maintainers “have ruled that people no longer have to declare their LLM usage,” reports XDA Developers, “as Torvalds himself calls a ban on AI ‘utterly stupid.’”
The first part of this story comes via a message sent to the Linux mailing list. It announces one of the major changes decided during the Maintainers Summit on Octo … ⌘ Read more
Deno Acquired by Cloudflare, Will Work on Open Source Self-Hosting Platform for Applications
“Cloudflare has acquired Deno, the company behind the [server-side] JavaScript and TypeScript runtime created by Ryan Dahl, the inventor of Node.js,” Forbes reported last week.
But Deno “has no future at Cloudflare, which will maintain the runtime for another year before ending its d … ⌘ Read more
Personal Data for Millions of California Students Stolen in Massive Breach
Millions of current and former students at California’s public school have had their data stolen — including names, date of birth, and addresses — stolen in a breach, reports the Los Angeles Times.
The breach affects students “who took the state’s mandated standardized tests that annually assess their academic proficiency, ed … ⌘ Read more
Will New Documentary Make Theranos Founder Elizabeth Holmes More Sympathetic?
TechCrunch writes:
“Isn’t it weird that I, like, did a TV show about kind of a business scam, and you got in trouble for like … a business scam?” comedian and filmmaker Nathan Fielder gently asks Elizabeth Holmes.
One month before the notorious Theranos CEO surrendered to begin her 11-year criminal fraud sentence in 202 … ⌘ Read more
Scientists Discover Why Microplastics Trigger Inflammation
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Scientific American: Microplastics are a source of extreme concern for health: the presence of these tiny pieces of plastic has been linked to heart attacks, stroke, dementia and brain tumors. But what drives these associations is unclear. Now a study published in Nature offers a tantalizing clue: microplastics int … ⌘ Read more
Google Updates Android Earthquake Alerts With 200+ Regions
Google is expanding its Android Earthquake Alerts System from 98 to more than 200 regions worldwide, using smartphone sensors to detect early earthquake activity and warn users before potentially dangerous shaking begins. The update also enhances the system’s “Be Ready” alerts with estimated earthquake magnitudes, epicenter information, maps showing affected … ⌘ Read more
Astronomers Discover the First Green Star
Astronomers have identified what may be the first genuinely green star, a white dwarf called WD J1330+6435 located about 326 light-years from Earth. Space.com reports: The researchers found that some dead star white dwarfs can go a little green around the gills after snacking on orbiting planets. An example of this is WD J1330+6435, a cool white dwarf located around 326 light-years away, … ⌘ Read more
17 More Security Vulnerabilities Made Public For X.Org Libraries
Just shy of two weeks since a dozen vulnerabilities were published for the X.Org Server and XWayland, more than one dozen vulnerabilities were made public today affecting multiple X.Org client libraries… ⌘ Read more
AMD Posts GCC Compiler Patches For AVX10V1AUX ISA Support
Following their recent AVX10_V2_AUX support for GCC as part of the bring-up for the AI Compute Extensions “ACE” in GCC 17, AMD compiler engineers this week posted the initial patches for enabling the AVX10V1AUX ISA support… ⌘ Read more
AI Insiders Issue New Warnings - Including Former Anthropic Engineer Jacob Coxon
Neither OpenAI or Anthropic is acting responsibly, warned AI researcher Jacob Coxon when resigning last week from Anthropic. But just hours earlier, OpenAI VP of Research Aidan Clark had posted “For the first time, I am asking myself if things are moving too fast. I’m honestly not sure, but I am sure that it would be go … ⌘ Read more
Iran Strikes On Amazon Data Centers Caused Permanent Loss of Customer Data
Ars Technica reports:
Half a year after Iranian drone strikes knocked out multiple Amazon data centers, the US tech company has acknowledged the permanent loss of some customer data that was hosted in Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates.
Amazon Web Services was “unable to restore access to the resources and data” hosted in some … ⌘ Read more
Hackers Stole Flock’s Camera Software, Revealing How the Company Tracks Cars and People
“Hackers ripped down a Flock camera above a roadway, made a near-complete copy of the data stored inside it, and shared the files with 404 Media and WIRED,” according to an article published on both sites.
Though Flock has described its system as protected by on-device encryption, “The hackers were able … ⌘ Read more
‘Zuckoff’ App Detects Meta Smartglasses, as Meta Plans Camera-Free Version, Loses Money, and Offers Social Media Subscriptions
The New York Post reports:
A new app called Zuckoff can detect if a user is near someone with Meta’s creepy AI-powered glasses, which have drawn criticism for enabling creeps to record video of women without their consent. Progra … ⌘ Read more
OpenAI Admits Six More Instances of AI Models Acting Deceptively
OpenAI announced Wednesday that “We do not believe that the AI industry has solved alignment and monitoring to a sufficient degree to continue responsibly scaling at maximum speed for much longer.”
But along with the announcement, OpenAI announced it “found additional incidents of AI models acting deceptively and taking unsanctioned actions during tr … ⌘ Read more
Reservations Go Live for Valve’s Steam Frame VR Headset. An Experiment in Progress?
Reservations are now live for Valve’s “Steam Frame” VR headset (with its Linux-based SteamOS and an ARM CPU). “It starts at $1,059 for 256GB or $1,299 for 1TB,” reports CNET, “and every purchase includes a copy of Half-Life: Alyx if you don’t already own it.”
Reservations are open through Sept. 17 at 10 a.m. P … ⌘ Read more
No Rolling Power Outages for California Since 2020 - Thanks to 17,000 MW of New Battery Storage
“Californians just made it through the hottest August on record without having to endure any rolling power outages,” reports the Los Angeles Times. In fact, the state hasn’t implemented rotating power outages since 2020.
Because “Over the last few years, California has quietly but drama … ⌘ Read more
SteamVR 2.17 arrives - ready to go for the Steam Frame
With a whole lot of new features, improvements and fixes - Valve rolled out SteamVR 2.17 and it’s looking ready for the Steam Frame release.
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Wine 11.17 arrives with initial support for display mode emulation
The Windows compatibility layer Wine 11.17 has been released and with it some new features and plenty of bug fixes.
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Wine 11.17 Released With Initial Support For Display Mode Emulation
Wine 11.17 is out today as the newest bi-weekly feature development release for this software enabling Windows games and apps to run on Linux… ⌘ Read more
GCC 17 Now Supports Using -mtune=native -mcpu=native On RISC-V
As a follow up to last month’s article about patches being posted for enabling “-mcpu=native -mtune=native” support for RISC-V with the GCC compiler, that code is now merged for what will become the GCC 17.1 release in the early months of 2027… ⌘ Read more
GCC 17 Compiler Merges Initial Support For Intel/AMD AI Compute Extensions “ACE”
Landing today in the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) codebase is initial support for the AI Compute Extensions (ACEv1) as the initial work out of the x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group between Intel and AMD for a common matrix acceleration architecture for helping AI/ML workloads with future CPUs… ⌘ Read more
SteamVR Beta 2.17.8 released to ready up for the Steam Frame - added support for USB streaming
Valve are clearly making preparations for the Steam Frame to finally get a proper release this month - with a new Release Candidate Beta build of SteamVR.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steamvr-beta-2-17-8-released-to-read … ⌘ Read more
Alien Breed 35th Anniversary Collection announced for September
Licensed by Team 17 and developed by Antstream, Alien Breed 35th Anniversary brings together six brutal games with modernised controls and new modes.
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OpenAI Faces Safety Scrutiny After Introducing ‘ChatGPT For Teens’
This week OpenAI launched a version of ChatGPT exclusively designed for teenagers between the ages of 13 and 17, reports CTV, “saying this version came with stronger protections around content related to mentions of suicide, self-harm and romantic or sexual chats.”
[Tech analyst Carmi Levy says] “What it’s doing is it’s using cues, it’s sort … ⌘ Read more
At 8 o’clock, we had chilly 10°C. My mate and I dashed up our backyard mountain in just a tad under an hour. And that wasn’t the direct way. Our jumpers came off quick. It was really nice, because the sun was already warming and lighting up the landscape and everbody else still asleep. We had everything to our own.
Shortly after we were atop, the first two yoga women showed up with their mats. When we decended, a bunch more were on the way up. And then came the families with dogs and kids. Very glad to have missed all this hustle and bustle.
Now, I’m really tired. But it’s a great feeling of exhaustion. Two and a half hours later, we’re at 17°C. It’s supposed to hit an acceptable 23°C later on.
Unfortunately, no pics. I learned that charging via the docking station when the computer is turned off doesn’t do shit at all. Oh well.
Voxel game creation platform Luanti (formerly Minetest) gets basic gamepad support, security fixes
Luanti (formerly Minetest) is a popular free and open source voxel game creation platform, with the latest release 5.17.0 out now and it’s an important one.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/voxel-gam … ⌘ Read more
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‘Buy Now, Pay Later’ Lenders Pitch Loans For Needs Like Electricity and Rent
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The New York Times: Buy now, pay later” loans took off during the pandemic as a way for online shoppers to go on retail splurges without using a credit card. Now, lenders are offering the loans as a means for people to finance basic households needs. The lending apps Flex and Zip allow … ⌘ Read more
Supreme Court Rejects Verizon Bid For $47 Million Refund of FCC Fine
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: The Supreme Court today rejected Verizon’s attempt to get a $47 million refund from the Federal Communications Commission. In a list of orders (PDF) issued by the court, Verizon’s petition was denied without explanation. The denial apparently ends any possibility of Verizon asking a lowe … ⌘ Read more
Apple Wallet Driver’s License Feature to Launch in Four More US States
Apple Wallet’s driver’s license and state ID feature is set to expand to North Carolina, Oklahoma, Utah, and Virginia, bringing the total to 18 states plus Puerto Rico. The digital IDs can be used at participating TSA checkpoints and businesses without handing over or unlocking an iPhone, though users are still generally advised to ca … ⌘ Read more
Judge Sets Framework For Nine PBS to Retrieve 70 Years of Archival TV Data
District Court Judge Eric Elliff has ordered Iron Mountain to cooperate with Nine PBS in recovering roughly 50TB of archival material stored through now-defunct vendor OSS. “He found that the station is the rightful owner of the materials and entitled to recover them from OSS’ storage systems,” reports Current.org. Nine PB … ⌘ Read more
Meta Faces $1.4 Trillion Reckoning In Latest Trial Over Social Media Addiction
Meta is heading to trial in a case brought by dozens of states accusing it of deliberately designing addictive features, misleading users about safety, and illegally collecting data from children under 13. Meta says the states are seeking penalties as high as $1.4 trillion, though the judge has already called that figure … ⌘ Read more
US Grid Operator PJM Proposes Forcing Data Center Off Grid During Emergencies
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: PJM Interconnection, the biggest U.S. grid operator, proposed on Thursday a new framework that would force data centers to use back-up generators when electricity supply on the grid approaches dangerously low levels. The grid operator’s proposal dovetails with Preside … ⌘ Read more
OpenAI Announces Massive Data Center In Ohio With $105 Billion Nvidia Guarantee
OpenAI has signed a 10-year lease for an enormous Ohio data center that will eventually provide 8 gigawatts of computing capacity and require at least 10 gigawatts of new power generation. According to OpenAI, Nvidia will be supplying the chips and guaranteeing up to $105 billion in lease and power obligations. From t … ⌘ Read more
Tracking Rare Books Leads to an Amazon AI Training Facility
alternative_right shares a report from 404 Media: Amazon is buying massive quantities of books, scanning them for AI training data, and destroying them in the process. A 404 Media investigation was able to reveal Amazon’s book buying operation, which hasn’t been previously reported, by placing a tracking device in a rare book we suspected would be acquire … ⌘ Read more
Anthropic CEO Says AI Backlash Is ‘Fundamentally a Crisis of Trust’
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the growing backlash against AI is less about executives sounding alarms and more about a broader “crisis of trust” in companies, governments, and the tech industry. TechCrunch reports: Amodei’s comments came in response to investor Gavin Baker, who argued – both on the All-In podcast and on X – that Amodei’s warn … ⌘ Read more