WA’s ailing health system turns to AI in bid to free up doctors, nurses
A trial of artificial intelligence at Royal Perth Hospital is announced in an attempt to help health workers focus on patient care, as new data reveals WA’s emergency departments are among the most stretched in the nation. ⌘ Read more

Microsoft 365 Prices Rising For Businesses and Governments in July 2026
Microsoft has announced that it will raise prices on its Microsoft 365 productivity suites for businesses and government clients starting in July 2026, marking the first commercial price increase since 2022. Small business and frontline worker plans face the steepest hikes: Business Basic jumps 16.7% to $7 per user per month, while fr … ⌘ Read more

Changes are coming for short-term rentals in Brisbane’s suburban areas
Up to 500 short-term rental operators will be told to return to the long-term rental market under major reforms announced by Brisbane City Council. ⌘ Read more

Microsoft To Invest $17.5 Billion in India
Microsoft announced on Tuesday its largest-ever investment in Asia – $17.5 billion over four years starting in 2026 – to expand cloud and AI infrastructure across India, fund skilling programs, and support ongoing operations in the country. The commitment adds to a $3 billion investment the company announced in January 2025 that is on track to be spent by the end of 2026. A new hyperscale cloud … ⌘ Read more

Canonical To Distribute AMD ROCm Libraries With Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
AMD previously talked of simplifying the in-box Linux support for ROCm during the second half of 2025. So far we haven’t seen any groundbreaking changes from that initiative besides AMD working on various package archives/repositories to make it easier to install the latest ROCm on different Linux distributions. But today a big announcement is now public that Canonical with next year’s Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release will provide official ROCm packages al … ⌘ Read more

Linux Foundation’s Newest Endeavor: The Agentic AI Foundation
The Linux Foundation today announced it’s formed another foundation under its growing umbrella that extends well beyond the traditional “Linux” landscape: the Agentic AI Foundation… ⌘ Read more

AMD EPYC Embedded 2005 Series Announced For BGA Zen 5 CPUs
AMD today announced their newest member of their expansive EPYC family: the EPYC Embedded 2005 series. The new AMD EPYC Embedded 2005 Series are intended primarily for networking, storage, and industrial devices while these BGA processors will likely see other interesting thin-server uses as well. ⌘ Read more

FIFA confirms all 2026 World Cup games will include two water breaks
FIFA announces three-minute water breaks in both halves of all games will be included in the 2026 World Cup. ⌘ Read more

NT police restarts investigation into mysterious disappearance of Yolŋu leader
The announcement from NT police follows a months-long ABC investigation into the Northern Territory cold case. ⌘ Read more

Marsh open to Test recall despite announcing Sheffield Shield retirement
Mitch Marsh tells his Western Australia teammates he is retiring, but keeps the door ajar for a Test recall. ⌘ Read more

Council announces crackdown on short-stay accommodation
Hundreds of properties in low and low-to-medium residential-zoned areas of Brisbane will have to seek development approval or be banned from acting as short-stay accommodation. ⌘ Read more

Idaho Lab Produces World’s First Molten Salt Fuel for Nuclear Reactors
America’s Energy Department runs a research lab in Idaho — and this week announced successful results from a ground-breaking experiment. “This is the first time in history that chloride-based molten salt fuel has been produced for a fast reactor,” says Bill Phillips, the lab’s technical lead for salt synthesis. He calls it “a major … ⌘ Read more

Locals to be consulted on plan for new Alice Springs library
The location for the new Alice Springs Public Library was announced late last month, with residents soon able to have their say on what they want included in the $20 million facility. ⌘ Read more

Scottish Conservative peer defects to Reform UK
Malcolm Offord appeared at a rally alongside Nigel Farage in Falkirk on Saturday to announce the move. ⌘ Read more

Russia hits Ukraine as US reports progress in talks with Kyiv
France’s president condemns the attack and announces talks in London on Monday with Ukrainian, British and German leaders. ⌘ Read more

Scottish Conservative peer defects to Reform UK
Malcolm Offord appeared at a rally alongside Nigel Farage in Falkirk on Saturday to announce the move. ⌘ Read more

Scottish Conservative peer defects to Reform UK
Malcolm Offord appeared at a rally alongside Nigel Farage in Falkirk on Saturday to announce the move. ⌘ Read more

Scottish Conservative peer defects to Reform UK
Malcolm Offord appeared at a rally alongside Nigel Farage in Falkirk on Saturday to announce the move. ⌘ Read more

An Intel Fellow & Prominent Linux Performance Engineer Resigns From Intel
There have been many Intel Linux/open-source software engineers to leave the company over the past year among other setbacks for their Linux/open-source initiatives. Announced this Friday night is one of their highest profile departures of the year as it pertains to their Linux efforts… ⌘ Read more

Vladimir Putin offers India ‘uninterrupted’ fuel supplies
The offer is made at a summit in New Delhi, where new deals on energy, agriculture and labour have also been announced. ⌘ Read more

Five quick hits: Smith starstruck by surprise cameo as England fumbles
Steve Smith is starstruck by a surprise cameo, England rues a slew of drops and Jake Weatherald announces his arrival with a wink. Here are the quick hits from the second day of the pink-ball Ashes Test in Brisbane. ⌘ Read more

‘A lofty white’ has been named as colour of the year
The colour of the year has been decided by the Pantone Colour Institute, which has described it as a “lofty white that serves as a symbol of calming influence in a society rediscovering the value of quiet reflection”. ⌘ Read more

Microsoft Faces New Complaint For Unlawfully Processing Data On Behalf of Israeli Military
Ancient Slashdot user Alain Williams shares a report from Al Jazeera: The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) has announced it filed a complaint against Microsoft, accusing the global tech giant of unlawfully processing data on behalf of the Israeli military and facilitating the killings of … ⌘ Read more

Graviton5 Announced With Up To 192 Cores Per Chip, 5x Larger Cache
Amazon AWS today announced Graviton5 as their newest-generation ARM64 server processor for their EC2 cloud. Graviton5 is being promoted as offering 25% higher performance over existing Graviton4 processors… ⌘ Read more

Bending Spoons Buys Eventbrite For $500 Million
Longtime Slashdot reader williamyf writes: The Italian company Bending Spoons seems to be on an acquisitions spree. Their recent acquisitions of AOL and Vimeo are not yet finalized, yet on Dec. 2 they announced they are buying Eventbrite, a company specializing in publicizing and organizing local events, for just half a milliard USD. Bending Spoons’ portfolio also includes other c … ⌘ Read more

Breaking: Israel to perform at Eurovision 2026, prompting some nations to boycott
Israel’s participation at next year’s event has prompted a number of countries to withdraw from the event and one to announce it will not broadcast it. ⌘ Read more

Canberra Liberals leader Mark Parton announces new shadow cabinet
After being named leader of the Canberra Liberals last month, Mark Parton announces a reshuffled shadow cabinet after Leanne Castley stepped down from the role. ⌘ Read more

White House Rolls Back Fuel Economy Standards
Longtime Slashdot reader sinij shares a report from Car and Driver: [T]he Trump administration announced less stringent Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards in an effort to bring down the price of new vehicles. The administration says that rules put in place by the Biden administration broke the law by going beyond the requirements mandated by Congress when the CAFE prog … ⌘ Read more

Live: Marles says Australia will stay with Ukraine ‘as long as it takes’
Acting Prime Minister Richard Marles says Australia will stay with Ukraine for as long as it takes, after announcing an additional $95 million in military assistance. Follow live. ⌘ Read more

Germany to host Women’s Euro 2029 as England chase trophy hat-trick
Germany will host the 2029 Women’s European Championship, Uefa announces. ⌘ Read more

X.Org Server’s xkbcomp Updated For Four Security Issues Dating Back Years
Red Hat’s Peter Hutterer announced the release today of xkbcomp 1.5, the CLI utility used for compiling X Keyboard Extension (XBD) keyboard descriptions for the X.Org Server. Driving this new xkbcomp release are fixes for four security issues… ⌘ Read more

Airbus to inspect some planes over ‘quality issue’ with panels
The announcement comes days after a massive recall affecting thousands of the firm’s A320 fleet. ⌘ Read more

Breaking: Rafah crossing will open to let Gazans cross into Egypt
Israeli authorities have announced the Rafah border crossing from Gaza into Egypt will open “in coming days,” but only for Palestinians wanting to leave the war-ravaged strip. ⌘ Read more

Airbus to inspect some planes over ‘quality issue’ with panels
The announcement comes days after a massive recall affecting thousands of the firm’s A320 fleet. ⌘ Read more

Strict fishing bans for Perth, WA beginning early 2026
Strict bans limiting commercial and recreational fishing in Perth and WA are announced in an effort to save some under-threat fish species from the brink of collapse. ⌘ Read more

Kubernetes Is Retiring Its Popular Ingress NGINX Controller
During last month’s KubeCon North America in Atlanta, Kubernetes maintainers announced the upcoming retirement of Ingress NGINX. “Best-effort maintenance will continue until March 2026,” noted the Kubernetes SIG Network and the Security Response Committee. “Afterward, there will be no further releases, no bugfixes, and no updates to resolve any security vu … ⌘ Read more

E-bike rider killed in Sydney crash as premier announces 250-watt limit
The rider, a man aged in his 30s, was treated by paramedics but could not be saved. ⌘ Read more

NT announces childcare compliance ‘crackdown’ after toddler’s death
The Northern Territory government has announced a “crackdown” on compliance at childcare centres across the territory, following the death of a toddler at a rural Darwin centre in 2023. ⌘ Read more

Singapore Extends Secondary School Smartphone Ban To Cover Entire School Day
Singapore’s Ministry of Education has announced that secondary school students will be banned from using smartphones and smartwatches throughout the entire school day starting January 2026, extending current restrictions beyond regular lesson time to cover recess, co-curricular activities, and supplementary lessons. Under … ⌘ Read more

Live: Government to establish landmark probe into ADF sexual violence
A landmark inquiry into sexual violence in the Australian Defence Force will be announced today. Follow live. ⌘ Read more

The mostly unsuccessful history of breakaway leagues as R360 postponed
R360’s announcement it is not going to be ready in 2026 brings back memories of previous attempts to set up rebel sporting competitions, almost all of which have failed. ⌘ Read more

Two Former US Congressmen Announce Fundraising for Candidates Supporting AI Regulation
Two former U.S. congressmen announced this week that they’re launching two tax-exempt fundraising groups “to back candidates who support AI safeguards,”
reports The Hill, “as a counterweight to industry-backed groups.”

Former Representatives Chris Stewart (Republican-Utah) and Brad Carson (Democrat-Okl … ⌘ Read more

Raspberry Pi Announces Price Hikes Due To RAM Demand, 1GB Raspberry Pi 5 Launched
Due to the ongoing RAM shortages in the industry amid ongoing massive demand for AI servers,Raspberry Pi announced today they are having to raise prices on the Raspberry Pi 4 and Raspberry Pi 5 single board computers. They have also launched a 1GB Raspberry Pi 5 version too for those not needing much memory and wanting to keep pricing to a minimum… ⌘ Read more

Steam Machine, Continued Open-Source Rust Usage & Linux Kernel Happenings In November
It was an eventful past month with Valve announcing the new Steam Machine, a lot of new Linux kernel activity, the continued increase of Rust programming language adoption by open-source projects, a lot of fun hardware benchmarks, and more. There were 283 original news articles on Phoronix the past month about Linux/open-source software and hardware plus another 18 featured Linux hardware reviews / multi-page benchmark articles. … ⌘ Read more

Amazon and Google Announce Resilient ‘Multicloud’ Networking Service Plus an Open API for Interoperability
Their announcement calls it “more than a multicloud solution,” saying it’s “a step toward a more open cloud environment. The API specifications developed for this product are open for other providers and partners to adopt, as we aim to simplify global connectivity f … ⌘ Read more

Linux Kernel 6.18 Officially Released
From the blog 9to5Linux:

Linux kernel 6.18 is now available for download, as announced today by Linus Torvalds himself, featuring enhanced hardware support through new and updated drivers, improvements to file systems and networking, and more.

Highlights of Linux 6.18 include the removal of the Bcachefs file system, support for the Rust Binder driver, a new dm-pcache device-mapper target to enable … ⌘ Read more

Info to Decipher Secret Message in Kryptos Sculpture at CIA HQ Auctioned for Nearly $1M
An anonymous reader shared this report from the Associated Press:

The information needed to decipher the last remaining unsolved secret message embedded within a sculpture at CIA headquarters in Virginia sold at auction for nearly $1 million, the auction house announced Friday. The winner will get a pri … ⌘ Read more

Sylve Maturing As A FreeBSD Unified Web Management Interface
Ahead of the FreeBSD 15.0 stable release expected to be announced next week, the FreeBSD project today published their Q3-2025 status report to outline their various development accomplishments from July through September… ⌘ Read more

Defense Company Announces an AI-Powered Dome to Shield Cities and Infrastructure From Attacks
An anonymous reader shared this report from CNBC:

Italian defense company Leonardo on Thursday unveiled plans for an AI-powered shield for cities and critical infrastructure, adding to Europe’s push to ramp up sovereign defense capabilities amid rising geopolitical tensions.

The system, … ⌘ Read more

Skyhooks guitarist Bob Starkie has died aged 73 after a battle with cancer
A statement released on Skyhooks’ official Facebook page announced his passing this morning. ⌘ Read more