Intel Optimization Zone 1.1 Lays Out Tuning Recommendations For More Workloads
Back in March Intel announced the Optimization Zone as a new initiative for helping server administrators and developers better maximize the performance of different workloads running on Intel hardware. Out today is the Intel Optimization Zone 1.1 release with more workloads now covered for squeezing out the most performance on Intel CPUs… ⌘ Read more

Linux Finally Lands Battery/Charger Driver For 14 Year Old Microsoft Surface RT Tablet
It’s been 14 years already since Microsoft announced the Surface RT hybrid tablet as their first-generation Surface device for going up against the Apple iPad. All these years later, this NVIDIA Tegra 3 powered device is finally seeing a mainline Linux kernel driver for supporting battery and charger status… ⌘ Read more

The Rust Ecosystem Gets an AI Security Engineer in Residence
While the Rust Foundation has a Security Initiative to protect its ecosystem, “the threats have expanded,” they announced this week, “and so has the kind of help maintainers need.”

Much of this comes back to a single shift: Automated tooling (much of it now built on large language models) has gotten good enough to surface real vulnerabilities in o … ⌘ Read more

Canonical’s Upcoming AI Tool: Talk to Ubuntu Instead of Typing
This week the Ubuntu desktop’s director of engineering announced they’re bringing speech-to-text dictation to Ubuntu Desktop, aiming for an experience “that feels like a natural part of the desktop while respecting user privacy and running entirely on local hardware.”

“Speech recognition has become a common feature on modern platforms, and we think it … ⌘ Read more

OpenAI Announces Benchmarks for AI Life Sciences Research. Its Best Model Failed 63.9% of the Test
This week OpenAI announced a 750-task test to to measure “whether AI systems can support realistic life science research tasks, not just answer biology questions.”

But while OpenAI’s top-performing GPT-Rosalind model led the rankings, Slashdot reader BrianFagioli notes that “it a … ⌘ Read more

SMPTE Opens Entire Standards Catalog for Free, Removing Century-Old Paywall
The Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers has published over 800 technical standards over the years (as a professional association for the media and entertainment industry).

But this week SMPTE “announced that its complete Standards catalog, the technical backbone behind everything from SDI and timecode to IP-ba … ⌘ Read more

Amazon Drops Sam Altman Movie After Announcing OpenAI Partnership
Amazon MGM has dropped Luca Guadagnino’s nearly completed Sam Altman biopic Artificial and is seeking another distributor for the film. The move comes months after Amazon expanded its multibillion-dollar partnership with OpenAI, fueling speculation about a potential conflict given the movie’s reportedly unflattering portrayal of Altman … ⌘ Read more

Trump Admin Backs Off Plans To Kill Ocean Monitoring
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: In May, the federal government announced without warning that it would take apart a network of ocean monitoring systems that it had spent over $350 million to build. No reason was given for the decision to shut down the Ocean Observatories Initiative (OOI), but suspicion immediately focused on the network’s role in … ⌘ Read more

Apple Announces Major App Store Changes on iOS in Brazil
Apple is allowing iPhone developers in Brazil to distribute apps through authorized alternative marketplaces and use third-party payment systems following action by the country’s competition regulator. “In other words, developers in Brazil will be able to circumvent the App Store and Apple’s in-app purchase system, but there are still fees,” reports MacRumors. … ⌘ Read more

Bcachefs Tools 1.38.6 Brings Many Performance Improvements
Kent Overstreet announced the release today of Bcachefs-Tools 1.38.6 as the user-space tools built around the Bcachefs copy-on-write file-system. There are a few new features and a lot of performance work in v1.38.6 without bringing any on-disk format breakage… ⌘ Read more

Epic Games Announces Lore Open-Source Version Control System
Epic Games has released Lore, an MIT-licensed version control system written in Rust and designed specifically for “games and entertainment purposes with large file sizes,” reports Phoronix. From the report: While there is Git LFS for large file storage with Git, Epic Games has crated Lore as a version control system designed entirely around the large fi … ⌘ Read more

Epic Games Announces Lore Open-Source Version Control System
Epic Games announced today they have created a new version control system that is now open-source as Lore. Given the proliferation and excellence of Git, you may be wondering why Epic Games is pursuing another VCS option… They are specifically catering Lore to games and entertainment purposes with large file sizes… ⌘ Read more

Myna Announced As Speech-To-Text Solution For The Ubuntu Desktop
Earlier this month plans were shared publicly of Ubuntu 26.10 aiming to build a context-aware desktop with local AI features and one of the first capabilities to be integrated speech-to-text support. Now we have more details on the speech-to-text plans with Canonical announcing the Myna project… ⌘ Read more

HPE Tempts VMware Users, Partners With Year of Free Virtualization Software
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Hewlett Packard Enterprise’s (HPE) new virtualization software promotion will likely pique the interest of end users and resellers who are unhappy with Broadcom’s pricing of VMware. During its HPE Discover event in Las Vegas this week, HPE announced that customers could u … ⌘ Read more

FreeBSD Receives Funding To Launch AI-Assisted Vulnerability Discovery
The FreeBSD Project announced today the launch of an AI-Assisted Vulnerability Discovery Project with grant funding provided by the Linux Foundation backed Alpha-Omega project. Alpha-Mega has sponsors including Microsoft, AWS, Google, Anthrophic, OpenAI, and others who will now be helping with FreeBSD uncovering new vulnerabilities by leveraging AI… ⌘ Read more

Britain Unveils Sweeping Ban On Social Media For Under-16s
Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from NBC News: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a sweeping ban on social media use for those under 16, joining other countries around the world seeking to protect children online. “It’s a big step for our country,” Starmer said in a recorded video message released Monday. “Social media is maki … ⌘ Read more

GM Updates 250,000 EVs with Vehicle-to-Grid Firmware, Announces Grid-Scale Sodium-Ion Batteries
“Battery breakthroughs will lessen AI’s demand on the electricity grid,” argues The Washington Post’s editoral board, arguing that GM’s latest moves “offer a fresh reminder that resource constraints can be solved by innovation.”

Or As Fortune put it, “America’s electric grid is buck … ⌘ Read more

Vim Classic 8.3 Launched as an AI-Free Vim Fork
This month saw the release of Vim Classic 8.3, the first stable version of a new long-term support fork of Vim maintained without generative AI tools. Linuxiac reports:

The release is based on Vim 8.2.0148 and includes selected bug fixes and patches backported from later upstream Vim releases. Vim Classic was first announced by [SourceHut’s CEO/founder] Drew DeVault in March 20 … ⌘ Read more

Justice Department Approves Paramount’s $111 Billion Acquisition of Warner Bros.
The Justice Department has approved Paramount Skydance’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery without requiring divestitures or other concessions. The deal still faces scrutiny from state attorneys general. Politico reports: The decision, expected to be announced Friday, paves the way for Paramount to combine … ⌘ Read more

The Batman 2 Director Matt Reeves Announces Filming Start With New Photo
Filming on The Batman 2 has begun. The sequel to 2022’s The Batman is once again being directed by Matt Reeves and will arrive in United States theaters next year. Released in 2022, The Batman is a DC superhero movie that stars Robert Pattinson as Bruce Wayne/Batman. It kicked off a new The Batman Epic […]

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Google Sues Chinese Cybercrime Operation That Used Gemini AI To Send Scam Texts
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Google is suing to dismantle the infrastructure behind an alleged massive AI-powered cybercrime operation. On Friday, the tech giant announced a lawsuit against an alleged Chinese cybercrime network called Outsider Enterprise, which Google says uses AI in its campaig … ⌘ Read more

AMD Opens Pre-Orders For The Linux-Friendly Ryzen AI Halo Developer Platform
AMD today announced the opening of pre-orders for their Ryzen AI Halo petite PC powered by AMD Ryzen AI Max+ “Strix Halo” and working with either Microsoft Windows or Linux… ⌘ Read more

The Batman 2: Sebastian Stan’s Role Revealed & It’s Not Harvey Dent
In a major twist, it appears that Sebastian Stan won’t be playing Harvey Dent in The Batman 2 after all. It was announced earlier this year that Stan would be starring in the DC sequel, with multiple reports and outlets saying he’d been cast as Harvey Dent/Two-Face. Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Studios’ The Batman […]

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Red Hat Releases Second Developer Preview Of RHEL 10 For RISC-V
Last year when releasing Red Hat Enterprise Linux 10.0, Red Hat announced a RHEL 10.0 developer preview for RISC-V. Since then that RISC-V developer preview hadn’t been updated but now Red Hat has published a new developer preview snapshot based on RHEL 10.2… ⌘ Read more

Popular Netflix TV Show Renewed for Season 2, Production Window Announced
Netflix‘s popular historical drama TV show has set a production window for Season 2. Coming from Peaky Blinders creator Stephen Knight, the show’s Season 1 premiered last year. What Netflix TV show has been renewed for a second season? The acclaimed Netflix TV show House of Guinness has been renewed for Season 2. It’s been […]

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Open-Source Success Achieved For Greater Transparency & Security: Running AMD openSIL + Coreboot On EPYC
Ever since AMD announced openSIL in early 2023 for open-source CPU silicon initialization to eventually replace AGESA and enhance their Coreboot support, I have been eager to try it out. The openSIL code drops to date though have just focused on select reference platforms with only aiming for production status in the Zen 6 timeframe. But thanks to 3mdeb porting openSIL and Coreboot to a Gigabyte server mothe … ⌘ Read more

The US Is Requiring Foreign Influencers to Get Work Visas for the 2026 World Cup
FIFA announced agreements with platforms such as TikTok and YouTube that include the participation of dozens of international influencers to generate content in the three host countries. ⌘ Read more

Popovic pens Socceroos contract extension to set up Asian Cup tilt
Tony Popovic will stay on as Socceroos coach at least until the end of the 2027 Asian Cup, Football Australia has announced. ⌘ Read more

Lili Reinhart’s The Love Hypothesis Gets Prime Video Release Date & First Photos
Prime Video just revealed when fans can stream The Love Hypothesis. The streamer dropped first-look photos and a release date for the Lili Reinhart and Tom Bateman-led Ali Hazelwood adaptation. Prime Video unveils the release date and first-look photos for The Love Hypothesis Prime Video announced on Thursday that The Love Hypothesis will premiere on the streamer on Sept … ⌘ Read more

Hit Hulu & Disney+ TV Show Announces Spin-off, Title Revealed
A hit Hulu and Disney+ TV show is getting a spin-off series. With a new destination and focus, the spin-off aims to challenge stereotypes surrounding the region’s cuisine. Which hit Hulu and Disney+ TV show has received a spin-off? Tucci in Italy is the hit Hulu and Disney+ TV show, which has received a spin-off […]

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Punisher Saves the Marvel Universe from a Zombie Apocalypse in New Series
Marvel Comics has announced a new limited series where the Punisher will face off against the undead. The new comic series comes from Tom Waltz, who penned Wolverine: Blood Hunt, Venom: Black, White & Blood, Knull, and more. What do we know about the new Punisher series? The five-issue limited series, called Marvel Zombies: War Zone, […]

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Trump calls off strikes on Iran, hints at ‘approved’ Middle East deal
US President Donald Trump said the naval blockade would remain “until this transaction is finalised”, with the time and place of the signing to be announced. ⌘ Read more

Starlux Airline to link Auckland and Taiwan via Sydney from 2027
Auckland Airport is set to gain a new Asia connection in 2027, with Taiwanese carrier Starlux Airlines planning a Sydney-Taipei service that will include an onward extension to Auckland.

A Sydney Airport press release said Sydney would be the first airport in Australia to welcome Starlux. Flight schedules were being finalised, with further details to be announced shortly, it said. ⌘ Read more

Xbox CEO Says Current Margins ‘Cannot Continue’
Xbox CEO Asha Sharma and Chief Content Officer Matt Booty told staff that Xbox’s current economics “cannot continue,” citing more than $20 billion in spending over five years, declining revenue outside Activision Blizzard King, console supply constraints tied to RAMaggedon, and an overextended studio portfolio. The memo stops short of announcing layoffs, but a Bloomberg report say … ⌘ Read more

Beloved Vin Diesel Movie Sets Theatrical Rerelease in New Trailer
A beloved Vin Diesel movie is preparing for its theatrical rerelease. A foundational film in a franchise spanning 11 flicks, the Rob Cohen-directed film is returning to theaters to celebrate its 25th anniversary. A trailer announcing the rerelease date has just dropped. What Vin Diesel movie is getting a theatrical rerelease? The Fast and the […]

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YSERVER: Modern X11 Server Written In Rust With The Help Of Claude Code
Open-source developer Jos Dehaes wrote in to Phoronix today in announcing a new X11 server he has been working on from scratch that has been quietly developed to this point but now ready to announce to the world… The YSERVER… ⌘ Read more

The Academy Is Finally Honoring Ridley Scott, Glenn Close & More With Oscars
The Academy will finally award Glenn Close, Ridley Scott, and other notable people honorary Oscars later this year. Notably, Scott and Close have received nominations for their work in the past. Who is receiving honorary Oscars from the Academy this year? The Academy of Motion Picture Arts recently announced that honorary Oscars will be presented […]

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GNOME Foundation Announces First Participants Of Fellowship Program
Back in March the GNOME Foundation announced a fellowship program. The GNOME fellowship program will help with the long-term sustainability of the GNOME desktop and looked to fund independent/community contributors over a twelve month period. Today the first recipients of the fellowship program have been announced… ⌘ Read more

Bailout backing was offered to Zoos Victoria a year before job cuts
The Allan government offered to provide bailout guarantees for Zoos Victoria, 12 months before the organisation announced plans to axe an estimated 70 roles. ⌘ Read more

Fans Have Just 1 Question After 24 Jump Street’s Surprise Announcement
Everyone is asking the same thing about 24 Jump Street’s title. The franchise’s unexpected title choice left viewers puzzled, but the answer lies in the sequel’s own ending. Fans are asking why it’s 24 Jump Street and not 23 Sony titled its upcoming threequel 24 Jump Street instead of 23 Jump Street, and fans want to know why. Variety exclusively reported […]

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Channing Tatum & Jonah Hill’s Comedy Sequel Gets a Surprising Title
Sony revives its hit comedy franchise with a third film. Channing Tatum, Jonah Hill, and Ice Cube are in talks to return, but the title has taken an unexpected leap forward. 24 Jump Street is in the works The studio has officially announced 24 Jump Street, skipping the logical numerical progression entirely, Variety reported. This […]

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Major Days of Our Lives Star Is Leaving, Says Goodbye To Fans
Elia Cantu, who plays Jada Hunter, took to social media to announce her departure from Days of Our Lives. Originally introduced in July 2022, she is the daughter of Marcus Hunter. While she didn’t disclose the reason for stepping away from the show, she did pay tribute to her character and extended thanks to the […]

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Bluey’s World pulls in half a million visitors
Brisbane can expect 19 more months of duck cake and keepy-uppy as the attraction announces an extension to 2028. ⌘ Read more

[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for June 11, 2026
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:

• Front: Suspicious AI activity in Fedora; fork() + exec(); splice() + vmsplice(); BPF loop verification; fanotify; trusted publishing.

• Briefs: CA age bill; Bundler cooldowns; insecure code completion; Asahi and macOS 27 beta; Buildroot 2026.05; Ubuntu MATE; rsync 3.4.4; Quotes; …

• Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, securit … ⌘ Read more

Seven’s owner announces massive job cuts as TV earnings drop
As many as 300 staff will be axed after advertising revenue declines proved to be worse than expected. ⌘ Read more

James Bond: Possible 007 Actor Addresses Casting Rumors
A potential James Bond contender has addressed the casting rumors surrounding him. Amazon MGM Studios confirmed last month that the search for Daniel Craig’s successor is underway. Since then, many names have been floated, and one of them has now weighed in on the possibility of becoming the next 007. The announcement was made in […]

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Chris Minns is taking an uncharacteristic risk with new drug driving laws
The famously risk-averse NSW premier has announced “commonsense” changes to the laws around THC and driving. Not everyone is happy. ⌘ Read more

Spider-Man: Brand New Day Poster, Video Comes With an Important MCU Announcement
Spider-Man: Brand New Day has unveiled a new poster and video confirming a major update for fans. The upcoming film will be Tom Holland’s fourth mainline Spider-Man film in the MCU. What does the new Spider-Man: Brand New Day poster and video announce? The new poster and video reveal that tickets for the film will […]

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Larson: Are insecure code completions a vulnerability?
Seth Larson, the Python Software Foundation’s security\
developer-in-residence, has written\
about the difficulty in classifying insecure code completion in
the PyCharm IDE using
its Full\
Line code completion plugin. … ⌘ Read more

Christmas Special of Iconic Sci-Fi Series Canceled, BBC Reveals Future
The BBC has canceled the Christmas special of its iconic series, Doctor Who. In October 2025, the corporation announced that the fans would get a new Christmas special episode this year. The episode was supposed to be written by Russell T Davies, who also announced his exit. BBC reports the future of Doctor Who after […]

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