NetBSD 11.1 Released With Security Fixes & Other Improvements
Following the release of NetBSD 11.0 in August, NetBSD 11.1 is out today with a collection of security fixes and other improvements… ⌘ Read more
Modular’s MAX Source Code Now Fully Opened, Under New MAX License
Back in August Modular’s Mojo language was open-sourced following the acquisition of Chris Lattner’s company by Qualcomm. The latest achievement now out of the company is their MAX software being fully opened up with the entire source tree available… ⌘ Read more
Japan Launches Historic MMX Sample-Return Mission to Mars’ Moon Phobos
Japan has successfully launched its Martian Moons eXploration (MMX) mission to study Mars’ two moons, Phobos and Deimos. Scheduled to arrive in August 2027, “MMX will become the first spacecraft to land on and return samples from Phobos for study back on Earth, which scientists think could shed light on a decades-old mystery about t … ⌘ Read more
Servo Gets CSS Grid Working, Threadboost Offering Big Speed-Ups
Servo’s August status report has finally appeared for outlining progress made on this open-source, Rust-based browser engine. This follows the recent release of the Servo 0.6 software, including the Servoshell demo browser… ⌘ Read more
BeOS-Inspired Haiku Landed More Hardware Improvements & Other Changes In September
Released at the end of August was Haiku R1 Beta 6 and over the course of September, further improvements continued to land for this BeOS-inspired project now in its 25th year of development… ⌘ Read more
How the US Nuclear Plant Fleet Is Leaning Into AI
“This year, nearly the entire fleet of 94 U.S. nuclear reactors has been offered the chance to integrate AI into its operations, and most have taken it,” reports IEEE Spectrum:
In August, California-based Atomic Canyon launched NIVA, the Nuclear Industry Virtual Assistant, which was developed in cooperation with nuclear-industry groups. The assistant was pilot-tested in … ⌘ Read more
Game Console Market Craters: Xbox and PS5 Sales Plummet Over 25%
“Video game console sales in the U.S. have cratered,” reports Tom’s Hardware, with sales through August far below where they’d been in 2025:
Mat Piscatella, the video game industry advisor at research firm Circana, shared the numbers on his Bluesky account — PlayStation 5 sales have dropped by 25%, putting it at its lowest point since 2013, whe … ⌘ Read more
AMD ROCm 10.1 Released With Many Improvements
Following the ROCm 10.0 release from late August, ROCm 10.1 is now available in continuing with the ROCm six week release cycle… ⌘ Read more
NVIDIA Olympus SMT Optimizations For Vera CPU Showing 3~6% Performance Gains
Back in August I wrote about NVIDIA working on Linux scheduler improvements for helping the SMT performance on their new Vera CPU with Olympus cores. That work remains ongoing but is looking fairly beneficial for performance especially for knocking it out in less than one hundred lines of code… ⌘ Read more
Redox OS Adds IO_uring-Like API, NUMA & Gets QEMU Working
The Redox OS open-source, Rust-based operating system has seen a lot of activity in recent weeks with many notable improvements landing… ⌘ Read more
Bitcoin Surges to $86,455, an 8-Month High, After America’s SEC Announces Tokenized Stock Experiment
August 15: $62,991
September 23: $86,456
Bitcoin shot up 37% over the last 39 days, reaching an eight-month high on Monday. “Bitcoin is back,” declares Yahoo Finance:
The token held near $86,000 on Tuesday after a stunning multisession rally… [Fundstrat head of digital assets Sea … ⌘ Read more
The most highly rated Steam Deck Verified games for August 2026
Here’s some of the highest-rated Steam Deck Verified games released on Steam during August 2026. Helping you find something great to play on the go!
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The most highly rated Native Linux Steam games for August 2026
Here’s some of the highest-rated Native Linux games released on Steam during August 2026. Helping you find something interesting to go and play.
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Valve now say your data is safe from the CEVA Logistics cyberattack
Back in early August, we covered the CEVA Logistics cyberattack which affected Steam hardware deliveries in Europe and now we have an update for you.
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While Hollywood Fears an AI Future, China’s Film Industry is Embracing It
The Los Angeles Times reports:
Chen Yilong has racked up plenty of film and TV credits in his two decades as an actor, but with work getting scarcer he signed a contract in August to license the image of his face to a Chinese production studio. Chen’s role will be to sit in front of a video camera and make facial express … ⌘ 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
Linux Mint Debuts Xepub As New EPUB Reader, Clockenstein Calendar App
The Linux Mint project today published their August 2026 development report, including some new applications added to their XApp collection… ⌘ Read more
August Was World’s Joint-Hottest Month On Record, Scientists Say
Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from the BBC: August was the joint-hottest month ever recorded, tying with July 2023, according to the EU’s climate service. The record was driven by a combination of climate change and the rising influence of El Nino, pushing heat into the atmosphere across the Pacific. Temperatures for the month wer … ⌘ Read more
BeOS-Inspired Haiku Now Supports Changing Audio Outputs Live, Other Improvements
In addition to August bringing the long-awaited Haiku R1 Beta 6 release, there was also a lot of development progress on this BeOS-inspired operating system too during the course of the past month… ⌘ Read more
‘The Jobs Apocalypse Is Postponed. An AI Jobs Boom Is Here’
A new article about AI in The Economist argues that “Initial effects of the technology on employment look positive.”
Perhaps AI will eventually make many humans unemployable — but there is no sign of it yet. On September 4th the Bureau of Labour Statistics reported that the American economy added 162,000 jobs in August, far above expectations. The unemployment ra … ⌘ Read more
Steam Linux user share dips below 4% for August 2026
The Steam Hardware & Software Survey for August 2026 is now live, and with it we can see the latest system details for gamers on Steam.
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Steam On Linux Dips Below 4% For August
Valve just published the Steam Survey results for August 2026. After jumping above 4% in July, in August it fell back below that threshold. Meanwhile CachyOS continues gaining ground among Linux gamers… ⌘ Read more
The Linux Kernel AI Flood, Linux 7.2 Release & Other August Highlights
It was a very busy month of August with the Linux kernel developers continue to be flooded with AI/LLM-generated patches and bug reports. Plus there was the general resolution on AI usage within the Debian project and other open-source projects now evolving in the AI era. With the Linux 7.2 stable release and Linux 7.3 merge window, the past month was all the more eventful… ⌘ Read more
Steam Beta for August 31st brings fixes for Remote Play
Valve released a small update to the Steam Client Beta, bringing in some fixes - good news for fans of Remote Play.
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KDE Linux Now Providing Automatic Btrfs Snapshots For All User Files
With the end of the month comes a new monthly status report from the KDE Linux project as their in-house distribution project… ⌘ Read more
AMD Updates UALink Patches To Get The Linux Kernel Ready For UALoE On Helios
Earlier this month AMD posted a massive set of patches for bringing up UALink support for the mainline Linux kernel and wiring it up into the AMDGPU kernel driver. In closing out the month of August, they have updated this big set of Ultra Accelerator Link patches… ⌘ Read more
New York City 911 System Missed 1,700 Calls Due To Software Update
Longtime Slashdot reader belmolis writes: Part of New York City’s 911 emergency system was offline from about 3:13 a.m. to 10 a.m. on August 18th due to a software update, according to Medical Daily. Of 5,659 calls to the Bronx call center during that period, about 1,700 calls connected but could not be heard by emergency operators. Some were … ⌘ Read more
Vulkan 1.4.361 Released With New NVIDIA Vendor Extension
The Khronos Group is closing out the month of August with the Vulkan 1.4.361 specification update… ⌘ Read more
China Delays Ambitious Chang’e 7 Lunar Mission Until 2027
China has delayed its ambitious Chang’e 7 lunar mission until at least 2027 after scrubbing an August 24 launch. Poor weather conditions were likely a factor, with China’s Manned Space Agency (CMSA) saying the decision reflects the need for “absolute safety.” Scientific American reports: China and the U.S. are in a race to send humans back to the moon, a fea … ⌘ Read more
1992 Amiga shoot ‘em up classic remake Apidya’ Special arrives August 25
Chock full of glorious 16-bit pixel action and really does bring you back to the feel of gaming in the 90s, Apidya’ Special arrives today.
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Microsoft Blames Windows Gaming Issues On RGB Lighting Devices
BleepingComputer reports:
Microsoft says ongoing issues causing games to crash or fail to launch after installing the August 2026 Windows updates may be caused by peripherals with RGB lighting.
As Microsoft explained when it confirmed it’s investigating on Wednesday, this known issue affects games like ARC Raiders, MARVEL Tokon: Fighting Souls, and … ⌘ Read more
Firefox Announces Free VPN and ‘Startpage’ Search Engine Rolling Out to Android, iOS - Plus GeForce NOW Support
Firefox 154 “brings a number of usability improvements,” writes PC World:
The free built-in VPN, introduced with Firefox 149, continues to offer a selection of virtual locations — temporarily extended to 28 countries until the end of August… The free VPN … ⌘ Read more
Walmart To Finally Start Accepting Apple Pay and Google Pay
After years of refusing to adopt tap-to-pay technology in its stores, retail giant Walmart announced today that it is finally accepting payments via both Apple Pay and Google Pay. The rollout begins August 24 at select Walmart and Sam’s Club locations and is expected to reach all stores by year-end. It will then expand to fuel stations by mid-2027. TechCru … ⌘ Read more
Ukrainian Publishers Call For Support After Russian Attacks Destroy 10 Million Books
Russian attacks on Ukrainian publishing infrastructure in July and August destroyed roughly 10 million books, which equates to about 30% of Ukraine’s annual book output. The Ukrainian Book Institute is warning of a potential “collapse of the entire book ecosystem” and is calling for international financial a … ⌘ Read more
The Best Linux 7.2 Features: Cache Aware Scheduling, AMD Zen 6, AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL
With the Linux 7.2 kernel expected to be released on Sunday, 16 August, here is a look at some of the most interesting new features and changes to find with this next kernel version to be used by Ubuntu 26.10 and other upcoming Linux distribution releases… ⌘ Read more
Trump Administration Enlists Private Companies To Hack Foreign Cybercrime Groups
The Trump administration today unveiled a new program that will allow vetted U.S. companies to conduct cyber surveillance and offensive cyber operations against foreign transnational criminal organizations. A presidential memorandum signed August 12 directs the National Coordination Center to establish and manage t … ⌘ 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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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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CachyOS August 2026 Release Preps For Upcoming Server Edition
CachyOS is out with its latest media refresh of the year. Beyond the usual desktop improvements for the performance-optimized CachyOS, they continue working toward the upcoming CachyOS Server Edition… ⌘ Read more
Blood Dungeon from the Wheel World and Nidhogg dev releases August 25
Blood Dungeon is an upcoming action roguelike featuring frenetic, fun, movement-focused gameplay with a rather silly squiggly art style.
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Humble Choice for August 2026 brings TMNT: Shredder’s Revenge, Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth and more
Another rather good month for Humble Choice subscribers, with a fresh set of games for August 2026 bringing some fun experiences.
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Mini roguelike citybuilder ‘Combolands’ from Terra Nil designer launches August 24
Combolands is a mini citybuilding roguelike! Place buildings, stack combos, and master deep strategy in short bursts.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/mini-roguelike-citybuilder-combolands-from-terra-nil-designer-launches-august-2 … ⌘ Read more
Feed rubber ducks to a bottomless corporate void in Project P.I.T.T. on August 19
Throw ducks down a void, unlock helpful contraptions and keep on optimizing in the quirky Project P.I.T.T. with the release date announced for August 19th.
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Wordless prehistoric sci-fi adventure Theropods launches August 20
Theropods is a gorgeous looking pixel-art wordless prehistoric sci-fi adventure, and you’ll be able to go explore when it arrives on August 20th.
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OpenAI’s Astra Solved Decades-Old Math Problems For $2,000
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Forbes: The cost of producing new results on ten longstanding mathematical problems just fell to $2,000, according to OpenAI, which says its Astra model generated machine-checkable proofs for questions that had resisted human progress for decades. OpenAI published the work on August 1 and used it to give its next majo … ⌘ Read more
TFC2: The Fertile Crescent 2 - Collapse of The Bronze Age RTS arrives August 18
TFC2: The Fertile Crescent 2 - Collapse of The Bronze Age is a very promising looking classic real-time strategy game that’s set now to arrive on August 18th.
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Sound Fixes For Linux 7.2-rc6: “Far Larger Than Wished”
Linux sound subsystem maintainer Takashi Iwai of SUSE previously warned of many sound driver fixes due to AI/LLMs and a “new normal” of patch activity as a result. While we are approaching the end of the Linux 7.2 merge window with the stable release coming up in August, the sound patches continue trending higher and this week were “far larger than wished” ahead of Linux 7.2-rc6 due out on Sunday… ⌘ Read more
Co-op group climbing game Sunset Summit from the devs of DEVOUR arrives August
Brothers Joe and Andrew Fender, the devs behind the indie mega hit DEVOUR, have revealed that Sunset Summit will arrive on August 21st.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/07/co-op-group-climbing-game-sunset-summit-from-the-devs-of-devour-ar … ⌘ Read more
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope DLC releases in August along with a big free upgrade
S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Cost of Hope is the first major expansion for the open-world shooter, with a release date now set for August 20th.
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Comic-Con 2026 Debuts Trailers for ‘Coyote vs Acme’ Movie, Plus ‘Neuromancer’ and ‘Blade Runner 2099’ Series
Big news from Comic-Con 2026:
“Coyote vs. ACME” debuted its long-awaited final trailer. CNET calls it “an animation-meets-live-action story,” with the Coyote catapulting into theaters this August 28. (The film began development back in 2018, but was shelved … ⌘ Read more