Wine-Staging 11.10 Fixes 14 Year Old Bug, Also Fixes Issue Of Some Games Being Too Dark
Building off Friday’s release of Wine 11.10 is now the Wine-Staging 11.10 experimental/testing flavor with nearly 300 additional patches atop that upstream code… ⌘ Read more
Servo 0.2 Released With Revamped Android Browser UI
For ending out the month of May is a new monthly release of Servo, the open-source, Rust-based browser engine being developed by Linux Foundation Europe stakeholders and the open-source community. There are many nice enhancements on the desktop side with Servo 0.2 while also improving the Android browser UI experience with Servo too… ⌘ Read more
Zrythm 2.0 Alpha Released For Rewriting The Digital Audio Workstation In C++ & Qt/QML
Zrythm is a wonderful open-source digital audio workstation (DAW) application. Zrythm 1.0 released back in 2024 for this software catering from beginners to audio professionals. It’s been a GTK-based application for years but the developers have been porting it to Qt6/QML. Released this weekend is the first Zrythm 2.0 alpha release that moves from GTK to Qt/QML… ⌘ Read more
AV2 v1.0 Specification Released For Next-Gen Video Coding
As expected given AOM Video Model indications last week, the AV2 v1.0 specification was officially released on Friday… ⌘ Read more
Rust Coreutils 0.9 Released With Additional Security Hardening, Zero-Copy I/O
Rust Coreutils 0.9 was tagged today as the latest major update to this GNU Coreutils implementation in the Rust programming language. Rust Coreutils 0.9 is up to a 90.4% pass rate against the GNU test suite!.. ⌘ Read more
NixOS 26.05 Released With 20,442 New Packages, Stage 1 Now Based On systemd By Default
NixOS 26.05 is out today as the latest version of this Linux distribution built around the Nix package manager… ⌘ Read more
Genode OS 26.05 Released, Finishes Moving From GitHub To Codeberg
Genode OS 26.05 is out this week as the latest update for this original open-source operating system framework. With Genode OS 26.05, they have taken various features of their general purpose Sculpt OS operating system and turned them into reusable framework features… ⌘ Read more
SteamOS 3.8.6 Beta Released With Initial Native Support For AMD HDMI VRR
Valve tonight released their beta version of SteamOS 3.8.6 that contains a number of notable enhancements, including native HDMI Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) support in initial form… ⌘ Read more
Ubuntu 26.10 Snapshot 1 Released For Testing
Canonical today released the first monthly snapshot of the Ubuntu 26.10 “Stonking Stingray” release… ⌘ Read more
Wine 11.10 Released With VKD3D 2.0, Improved VBScript Compatibility
Wine 11.10 marks the latest bi-weekly development release of Wine for running Windows games and applications on Linux, macOS, and other platforms… ⌘ Read more
Fwupd 2.1.4 Brings Many Fixes For Bugs Spotted By Anthrophic’s Mythos, Firmware Update Support For Intel Arc Pro B65/B70
Fresh off the funding round from HP, Fwupd 2.1.4 was christened today as the newest stable update to this open-source firmware updating solution for Linux systems… ⌘ Read more
AMD ROCm 7.2.4 Released With Performance & Stability Fixes
AMD’s ROCm open-source compute stack is up to version 7.2.4 stable as it continues seeing new fixes while on the tech preview feature side is the recent ROCm 7.13 release… ⌘ Read more
Fwupd 2.1.4 Brings Many Bug Fixes, Firmware Update Support For Intel Arc Pro B65/B70
Fresh off the funding round from HP, Fwupd 2.1.4 was christened today as the newest stable update to this open-source firmware updating solution for Linux systems… ⌘ Read more
Nesbitt: Protestware for coding agents
Andrew Nesbitt has written a blog\
post detailing a recent incident with the jqwik library for property-based testing
in Java. On May 25, the 1.10.0 release of jqwik included a change
that attempts to instruct coding agents to disregard previous
instructions and delete jqwik tests and code.
I think this is a new class of supply-chain input worth ke … ⌘ Read more
Radeon Software For Linux 26.12 Brings Ubuntu 26.04 Support
While most Linux enthusiasts and desktop users/gamers are comfortable just riding the latest upstream Linux kernel and Mesa drivers shipped by their distribution, for those enterprises preferring the officially blessed and QA’ed driver packages from AMD, last week marked the release of the Radeon Software for Linux 26.12 driver… ⌘ Read more
Tāiko Critical Minerals posts $8.7m full year loss ahead of planned 2028 mining start
Tāiko Critical Minerals reported a net loss of $8.7 million as it continues work on a planned West Coast mining project north of Greymouth.
The company, which was listed on the New Zealand Exchange (NZX) in March this year, released its preliminary unaudited results for March 31, 2026, on May 29. ⌘ Read more
Rust 1.96.0 released
Version\
1.96.0 of the Rust programming language has been released. Changes
include a new set of Copy-implementing Range types,
assertions with pattern matching, a number of stabilized APIs, and two
Cargo vulnerability fixes. ⌘ Read more
Anthropic Releases Opus 4.8 With New ‘Dynamic Workflow’ Tool
Anthropic has released Claude Opus 4.8 with stronger performance and better handling of uncertain or flawed data, including a greater tendency to flag issues rather than make unsupported claims. The update also introduces a “Dynamic Workflows” research preview for coordinating complex tasks across many subagents. TechCrunch reports: Opus 4.8 comes with the expec … ⌘ Read more
IBM, Red Hat Commit $5 Billion To Secure Open Source Supply Chains
IBM and Red Hat are committing $5 billion to a new initiative called “Project Lightwell,” which aims to secure open-source software supply chains with AI-assisted vulnerability discovery, triage, patch validation, and upstream maintenance. Longtime Slashdot reader wiggles shares a press release from IBM: IBM and Red Hat today announced Project … ⌘ Read more
IBM’s “Project Lightwell”
IBM has sent out a\
press release touting a claimed $5 billion investment into an
operation called Project Lightwell:
Project Lightwell will establish a trusted enterprise clearinghouse
combined with a global force of engineers to identify and fix
vulnerabilities at scale. The clearinghouse will serve as a
security coordination layer, using advanced AI capabilities to
val … ⌘ Read more
KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta 2 Released With More Bug Fixes
Building off the KDE Plasma 6.7 Beta release earlier in May, a second beta was declared today in preparing for the Plasma 6.7 stable debut in mid-June… ⌘ Read more
GTK Introduces Snapping Feature For Better Fractional Scaling Experience
The upcoming GTK 4.23.1 development release is introducing a new feature called Snapping, which should enhance the experience when dealing with fractional scaling on today’s high resolution displays… ⌘ Read more
Mesa 26.0.8 Released To End Out The Series
Eric Engestrom announced the release of Mesa 26.0.8 today as the latest stable point release of that Q1’2026 driver series and the last planned update for that stable series… ⌘ Read more
NVIDIA CUDA 13.3 Rolls Out CUDA Python 1.0, CUDA Tile For C++
NVIDIA on Tuesday released CUDA 13.3 as another significant advancement for their unified GPU programming stack for NVIDIA hardware… ⌘ Read more
Ubuntu 26.10 Planning To Ship With The Linux 7.2 Kernel
Canonical’s kernel team confirmed today their intention of shipping the Ubuntu 26.10 release with what will be the Linux 7.2 kernel… ⌘ Read more
NZ needs a Taiwan-style gamble
The Budget 2026 has not yet been released, but industrial policy has already reared its head, with a pre-Budget announcement of loan guarantees to help businesses transition off gas.
There is speculation the Budget could deliver other subsidies and assistance, particularly to take advantage of an Australian Budget announcement tightening capital gains tax treatment. ⌘ Read more
RBNZ not losing sleep over Budget 2026 – for now
Reserve Bank of New Zealand officials are not expecting Budget 2026 to be inflationary, although Governor Anna Breman said she would wait and see what Finance Minister Nicola Willis says.
Willis is due to release Budget 2026 at 2pm on Thursday. ⌘ Read more
Canonical Releases Workshop As New Way Of Launching Development Environments
Ubuntu maker Canonical announced today the release of Workshop as their new Snap-based application for launching development environments with ease… ⌘ Read more
Scientists say they’ve reversed brain aging with a simple nasal spray
Article URL: https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2026/05/260526022018.htm
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48288478
Points: 8
# Comments: 1 ⌘ Read more
KMD Brands launches business review, opens door to possible sale
KMD Brands is reviewing its business and is open to a possible sale after rejecting a Rip Curl de-merger proposal earlier this year.
The dual-listed company announced the review alongside the release of its results for the third quarter of 2026. ⌘ Read more
Sponsored: Limited Time Offers available at One Greys Ave
The final release of apartments at One Greys Ave are gaining traction, underpinned by a suite of limited-time incentives designed to reduce the cost of entry and deliver immediate value. Remaining one, two and three-bedroom apartments are priced from $605,000, with purchasers able to choose from three compelling offers:
- An 8% gross rental return for two years
- A complimentary second car park valued at $120,000 with any carp … ⌘ Read more
AlmaLinux 10.2 Released For Latest Community-Driven RHEL 10.2 Experience
The AlmaLinux project announced the releases today of both AlmaLinux OS 9.8 and AlmaLinux OS 10.2… ⌘ Read more
NVIDIA 610.43.02 Linux Driver Released With Vulkan Improvements, DRM Color Pipeline API
NVIDIA is kicking off the new week with their first Linux driver beta in the R610 driver series that is succeeding the current R595 release branch… ⌘ Read more
NZ sharemarket up 0.7% after strong results
Heavyweight Fisher & Paykel Healthcare surprised some commentators with another strong annual financial result, driving the New Zealand sharemarket higher by more than 0.7%.
The S&P/NZX 50 Index reached a morning high of 13,182.35 following Fisher & Paykel’s bumper release, then cooled off in the afternoon to close at 13,069.74, up 99.46 points, or 0.77%. ⌘ Read more
Meta’s CacheLib Sees New Release After Two Year Hiatus For Helping With High DRAM Prices
Back in 2021 Facebook open-sourced CacheLib as a new caching engine. Back in 2021 it was done to help scale services with non-volatile memory caching to offset increasing DRAM costs at the time. Now in 2026, DRAM memory prices are astronomical compared to 2021 pricing given the AI surge. And, surprisingly, Meta is out with a new CacheLib release after being absent the past two years… ⌘ Read more
EB Games reports $11.4m loss for NZ business as it winds down
Gaming and pop-culture retailer EB Games has released its latest financial report detailing the New Zealand arm’s demise, with the business reporting an $11.4 million loss for its last financial year.
EB Games announced it would be shutting down its New Zealand business and closing all its stores in January. ⌘ Read more
Labwc 0.20 Wayland Compositor Released With Numerous New Features
In addition to the release today of Sway 1.12 for that i3-inspired Wayland compositor, Labwc 0.20 is also out today as another wlroots-based Wayland compositor… ⌘ Read more
Mighty Ape making ‘progress’ to profitability
Kogan Group has reported higher profits as it continues to focus on its strategic turnaround of the Mighty Ape subsidiary.
Kogan.com (Kogan Group) released its results for the 10 months ended April 30 2026, on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) on Tuesday. ⌘ Read more
Sponsored: Limited Time Offers available at One Greys Ave
The final release of apartments at One Greys Ave are gaining traction, underpinned by a suite of limited-time incentives designed to reduce the cost of entry and deliver immediate value. Remaining one, two and three-bedroom apartments are priced from $605,000, with purchasers able to choose from three compelling offers:
- An 8% gross rental return for two years
- A complimentary second car park valued at $120,000 with any carp … ⌘ Read more
Comprehensive Response to Bambu’s AGPLv3 Violations (Software Freedom Conservancy)
The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC)
published a news\
item on May 18 about its response to violations of the AGPLv3 by Bambu
Lab in its 3D printers. The company has not provided the source code to
its modifications to a 3D “slicer” program that was released under the
AGPLv3 and it has also threatened Paweł Jarczak who created … ⌘ Read more
Sway 1.12 Released With HDR Support On Vulkan Renderer, New Protocols
Sway 1.12 is out today as the newest feature release of this i3-inspired Wayland compositor powered by the wlroots library… ⌘ Read more
[$] Dirk and Linus discuss AI and kernel development
Linus Torvalds does not enjoy giving talks, but he does consent to
the occasional on-stage conversation with Dirk Hohndel at Linux
Foundation events. The pair held the 30th of their fire-less fireside
chats during a keynote session on May 20, at the 2026 Open\
Source Summit North America. Topics included 3D printing, guitar
pedals, the recent 7.1-rc4 release of the kernel, and Torvalds’s
complicated relationshi … ⌘ Read more
Redis 8.8 Released With New Array Data Structure, More Performance Optimizations
Redis 8.8 reached GA today for the Redis open-source project providing a high performance, in-memory data store… ⌘ Read more
NZ sharemarket trades flat, down 0.1%
The New Zealand sharemarket was a little hesitant as it entered a pivotal week for company earnings releases and economic moves.
The S&P/NZX 50 Index reached an intraday high of 13,101.27 but then fell late, closing at 12,970.80, down 21.03 points, or 0.16%. ⌘ Read more
Linux 7.1-rc5 Released With Fixes Ramping Up From AI Coding Agents
In the road to releasing Linux 7.1 in June, out today is Linux 7.1-rc5 that continues coming on heavy with fixes… ⌘ Read more
Mozilla Brings Web Serial Workflows to Firefox, Collaborates With Adafruit
The Web Serial API lets websites write to (and read from) serial devices using JavaScript, including USB and Bluetooth devices with virtual serial ports. And this week’s Firefox 151 release introduced support for the Web Serial API on desktop.
“Most folks won’t use this API,” acknowledges Mozilla’s blog, “but for our community … ⌘ Read more
Linus Torvalds on How AI is Impacting the Hunt for Linux Kernel Bugs
Linus Torvalds spoke this week at the Linux Foundation’s Open Source Summit North America, reports ZDNet — and described how AI is impacting Linux kernel development:
“In the last six months, we’ve seen a lot more commits,” Torvalds noted, estimating that “the last two releases, it’s been about 20% more commits than we had in the previo … ⌘ Read more
Justice Department scrubs its website of news releases about Jan. 6 defendants
Article URL: https://apnews.com/article/justice-department-capitol-riot-news-releases-purged-29c580044a9ed27b643c99feac9e2964
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48253182
Points: 11
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Rust-Based Wild Linker 0.9 Brings New Platform Coverage, Linker Plugin API
Wild Linker 0.9 was released today as the latest version of this very fast linker for Linux systems that is written in the Rust programming language… ⌘ Read more
AMD (Xilinx) is Excluding Linux From the Free Tier For Its FPGA Dev Tool
Long-time Slashdot reader Sun writes:
AMD has announced a change to the way they are licensing Vivado, their FPGA development tool… Hidden between the lines of the announcement [of a new model starting with the 2026.1 release] is the change to the free of charge tier. AMD is adding more devices to be supported in this tier, … ⌘ Read more