Security updates for Wednesday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (kernel, libpng, nginx, nginx:1.24, ruby, and ruby:3.3), Debian (gnutls28 and linux-6.1), Fedora (dnsmasq, kernel, keylime-agent-rust, perl-Net-CIDR-Lite, python-pysam, python-urllib3, rust-cargo-vendor-filterer, rust-ingredients, rust-oo7-cli, rust-rpki, rust-sevctl, and rust-tealdeer), Mageia (bind), Oracle (bind, giflib, gimp:2.8, kernel, libpng, rsync, ruby, and vim), Slackware (haveged and mozilla), SUSE (cockpit, dnsmasq, e … ⌘ Read more

Valkey 9.1 Delivers More Performance & Enhanced Security
Valkey 9.1 released on Tuesday as the latest version of this popular fork of the Redis in-memory, key-value database… ⌘ Read more

NZ sharemarket whipsaws again, down over 1.6%
The normally stable energy sector stumbled after a large parcel of shares in Contact was put up for sale, and the New Zealand sharemarket fell more than 1.5% in a broad sell-off.

The S&P/NZX 50 Index was on a downward slide throughout the day and closed at 12,761.03, down 213.29 points or 1.64% – its lowest level in nearly seven weeks. ⌘ Read more

LG Promo Codes and Coupons for May 2026
Save 20% with an LG promo code today, plus up to $1,000 off appliances, 40% off bestselling TVs and monitors. ⌘ Read more

Duncan McFarlane named new Icehouse chair
Icehouse has announced the appointment of Duncan McFarlane as its new chair, succeeding David Downs.

McFarlane, the founder of Indevin Group, New Zealand’s largest wine producer and exporter, will assume his new role on June 1. ⌘ Read more

Plex Triples Lifetime Subscription Cost To $750
BrianFagioli shares a report from NERDS.xyz: Plex is raising the price of a new Lifetime Plex Pass from $249.99 to $749.99 on July 1. That’s a $500 increase for media server software. Plex says it needs the money for “long-term development” and future features, but a lot of self-hosting folks are already wondering if this is basically a soft way of killing the Lifetime option with … ⌘ Read more

Ample Meats losses deepen as 2024 accounts finally filed
The Chinese-owned Taranaki meat processor that blamed its accountants for delayed financial statements deepened its loss in 2024 as revenue dropped, according to newly filed accounts.

Ample Group posted a loss of just over $1.9 million in the 12 months to the end of September 2024, compared with … ⌘ Read more

Classic 7 – 把 Windows 10 改造成 Windows 7，几乎 1:1 还原
Windows 7 已经成为历史，但直到今天，依旧有很多人怀念它。怀念半透明的 Aero 毛玻璃、圆角开始菜单、安静克制的界面风格。对不少人来说，那才是 Windows 最舒服、也最顺手的样子。 于是，有开发者决定不再怀念 Windows 7，而是直接把它“做回来”。 Classic 7 ̵ ⌘ Read more

Google New Zealand increases profit, sends $1.2b offshore to Singapore
Google New Zealand’s 2025 financial results were again dominated by payments to related parties offshore.

The tech giant’s local subsidiary reported revenue of $92 million for the 12 months to December 31, 2025, a 6% increase over 2024’s $87.2m. ⌘ Read more

Sponsored: What matters in private credit investing?
Private credit can offer wholesale investors an alternative source of income and diversification beyond traditional markets. But as with any investment, structure matters. For wholesale investors, key considerations include how lending decisions are made, how risk is managed, and whether fund managers are aligned with investors.

The Merx Private Credit Fund provides access to a diversified portfolio of secured loans to New Zealand busi … ⌘ Read more

Linux 6.6 LTS To Linux 7.1 Bechmarks: Performance Up 13% On AMD Threadripper Over Three Years
The Linux 7.1 kernel performance has been looking quite good on the various Intel/AMD systems I have tested over the past three weeks. Linux 7.1 does bring some solid improvements over Linux 7.0 prior in different workloads and haven’t encountered any worrisome regressions compared to the current Linux 7.0 stable kernel. For those wondering the longer-term picture, here are benchmarks of Linux 7.1 Git compared to recent Linux … ⌘ Read more

Security updates for Monday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (freerdp, gimp:2.8, jq, kernel, and rsync), Debian (chromium, ffmpeg, firewalld, kernel, nginx, openjpeg2, openssh, php7.4, and redis), Fedora (apptainer, chromium, coturn, dnsmasq, firefox, kernel, libgit2_1.8, libmetal, nginx, nginx-mod-brotli, nginx-mod-fancyindex, nginx-mod-headers-more, nginx-mod-js-challenge, nginx-mod-modsecurity, nginx-mod-naxsi, nginx-mod-vts, open-amp, perl-Net-CIDR-Lite, pgbouncer, pypy, python-jupytext, python-uv-build … ⌘ Read more

Stripperinnen streiken während Formel 1 in Montrael ⌘ Read more

老牌开源桌面启动器 Wox v2.1.0 发布，不只是快速启动，还能截图、翻译、调用AI…
老牌开源桌面启动器 Wox v2.1.0 发布，支持 Windows、macOS 与 Linux，没有使用Electron，新增了系统状态查询、截图功能（带标注）、新的文件预览、AI 命令等功能。@Appinn 来自发现频道，开发者自荐：https://meta.appinn.net/t/topic ⌘ Read more

NZ sharemarket down 1.5% after large tumbles
The New Zealand sharemarket came under broad-based selling pressure and fell more than 1.5%, with several stocks taking hefty tumbles.

The S&P/NZX 50 Index was on a gradual slide throughout the day and closed at 12,762.92, down 202.09 points or 1.56%. ⌘ Read more

发现频道：最近10日的热门排行榜[2026年第20期]
最近10日，来自小众软件论坛的发现频道的热门排行榜，由系统自动生成，直接列出来： 序号 主题 1️⃣ 新闻雷达：把财经新闻翻译成“A 股代码” 2️⃣ iOS CollectorCam(朝暮集) 首发限免 – 邮票、明信片、拍立得相机收藏册 3️⃣ 【自荐】AI Agent 的网页浏览工 ⌘ Read more

Kernel prepatch 7.1-rc4
The 7.1-rc4 kernel prepatch is out for
testing.

Some of the documentation updates might be worth highlighting: the
continued flood of AI reports has basically made the security list
almost entirely unmanageable, with enormous duplication due to
different people finding the same things with the same
tools. People spend all their time just forwarding things to the
right people or saying “that was already fixed a week/month ago”
and pointing to the public … ⌘ Read more

Linux 7.1-rc4 Released With Many Fixes, New Documentation For Security/AI Topics
It was another busy week in the Linux 7.1 kernel space that has culminated with the release of Linux 7.1-rc4… ⌘ Read more

Inflation data may let the RBNZ off the hook in May, but rate hikes loom
Barring any major surprises, recent data has taken a May rate hike off the table, but most economists agree that rate increases aren’t far off.

The Reserve Bank of New Zealand (RBNZ) is mandated to keep inflation between 1% and 3%. ⌘ Read more

Python Stays #1, R Rises in Popularity, Says TIOBE
Are statistical programmers coalescing around a handful of popular languages? That’s the question asked by the CEO of software assessment site TIOBE, which every month estimates the popularity of programming languages based on their frequency in search results:

This month, the programming language R matched its all-time high by reaching position #8 in the TIOBE index on … ⌘ Read more

FreeBSD 15.1 Beta 3 Updates OpenZFS, Ensures Cloud Images Up-To-Date On First Boot
In working toward the stable FreeBSD 15.1 release in early June, FreeBSD 15.1 Beta 3 is out this weekend as the latest weekly test candidate… ⌘ Read more

Linux Kernel Outlines What Qualifies As A Security Bug, Responsible AI Use
The Linux 7.1 kernel has added new documentation clarifying what qualifies as a security bug and how AI-assisted vulnerability reports should be handled. Phoronix reports: Stemming from the recent influx of security bugs to the Linux kernel as well as an uptick in bug and security reports from discoveries made in full or in pa … ⌘ Read more

Linux 7.1-rc4 Seeing The Latest Laptop Quirks
Ahead of the Linux 7.1-rc4 kernel test release due out on Sunday, a new round of x86 platform driver fixes were submitted for the week… ⌘ Read more

AMD Is Bringing Improved FSR 4 Upscaling To Its Older GPUs
AMD says FSR 4.1 will finally bring its newer hardware-accelerated upscaling technology to older Radeon GPUs. “The rollout will begin in July with RDNA3- and 3.5-based GPUs, which include the Radeon RX 7000 series, as well as integrated GPUs like the Radeon 890M and Radeon 8060S,” reports Ars Technica. “In ‘early 2027,’ support will also be extended to t … ⌘ Read more

Linux Kernel Adds Documentation For What Qualifies As A Security Bug, Responsible AI Use
Merged today for the Linux 7.1 kernel is some new documentation surrounding what qualifies as a security bug as well as around responsible use of AI for finding kernel bugs… ⌘ Read more

Seven new stable kernels with patches for CVE-2026-46333
Greg Kroah-Hartman has announced the 7.0.8, 6.18.31, 6.12.89, 6.6.139, 6.1.173, 5.15.207, and 5.10.256 stable kernels. These kernels
contain a patch for [CVE-2026-46333](https://lwn.net/ml/all/2026051554-CVE-2026-46333-662a … ⌘ Read more

Linux 7.1 Supports Newer Logitech Bluetooth Keyboards, Malicious Input Hardware Sanitization
Ahead of the Linux 7.1-rc4 release due out on Sunday, a variety of HID subsystem patches were merged overnight to Linux Git… ⌘ Read more

Vulkan 1.4.352 Introduces VK_NV_cooperative_matrix_decode_vector
Vulkan 1.4.352 is out today as the latest minor spec update to this Khronos API. Besides just a few fixes/clarifications, there is one new extension and that is a NVIDIA vendor extension for cooperative matrix decode vector support… ⌘ Read more

本周赛博领鸡蛋：5.15~5.21
本周赛博领鸡蛋， Epic 共送出 1 款电脑游戏、1 款手机游戏，分别是《蝙蝠侠：故事版》与《Arranger：角色解谜冒险》。 《蝙蝠侠：故事版》 这是一个打包版本，包括了： 互动叙事冒险游戏，玩家将在剧情推进中同时扮演布鲁斯·韦恩与蝙蝠侠，通过对话选择、调查与 QTE 战斗来影响故事发展。游戏 ⌘ Read more

等了 5 年，Everything 1.5 Beta 正式发布｜附升级指南
很多 Everything 老用户，可能都已经习惯了 1.5 版永远是 Alpha。结果，就在昨天，它居然真的 Beta 了。 2026 年 5 月 14 日，Everything 1.5 Beta 正式发布。这款已经有 22 年历史的 Windows 文件搜索工具，终于结束了漫长的 Alpha 阶 ⌘ Read more

New AMD Dynamic EPP Feature Causing Some Problems With Linux 7.1
Dynamic EPP is one of the new AMD P-State features in Linux 7.1, but, unfortunately is causing some fallout in early usage of this power-savings related functionality… ⌘ Read more

USA geben UNO 1,8 Mrd. für humanitäre Hilfe ⌘ Read more

Russland verstärkt wieder Angriffe auf Ukraine
Wenige Tage nach einer kurzen Waffenruhe hat Russland die Ukraine mit einem der längsten Luftangriffe in mehr als vier Jahren Krieg überzogen. Seit Mittwochfrüh seien mehr als 1.560 Drohnen auf die Ukraine abgefeuert worden, sagte der ukrainische Präsident Wolodymyr Selenskyj. „Das sind ganz sicher nicht die Taten derer, die glauben, der Krieg gehe zu Ende“, so Selenskyj. Aus der Slowakei kam Kritik an Moskau. ⌘ Read more

New AMDGPU Driver Pull Request For Linux 7.2 Preps For HDML 2.1 FRL
Sent out on Wednesday was the latest AMDGPU/AMDKFD driver pull request of new feature code ready for DRM-Next as the staging area ahead of the upcoming Linux 7.2 kernel. This doesn’t yet land the HDMI 2.1 enablement work that’s finally been taking place but it is preparing for that with the FRL register headers now in place as part of this merge… ⌘ Read more

Assauts contre l’audiovisuel public: la HATVP se penche sur le lobbying de Lagardère
La Haute Autorité pour la transparence de la vie publique cherche à vérifier si le groupe contrôlé par Vincent Bolloré a dissimulé ses tentatives d’influencer la commission d’enquête. Les représentants du «JDD» et d’Europe 1 avaient envoyé des questions aux députés dans le but d’alimenter l’offensive contre les médias publics. ⌘ Read more

Everything 1.5a 官方中文语言包终于来了
Everything 1.5.0.1409a 已经发布，自带了完整的官方中文语言包，所有菜单已翻译，选项界面也全部完成翻译，很难看到中英文夹杂的界面了。@Appinn 继2026年2月份Everything 1.5 Alpha 进入全面稳定期（1405），作为长期测试版的 Everything 1. ⌘ Read more

Older AMD GPUs Score Another Open-Source Driver Win From Valve: DRM Format Modifiers
Timur Kristóf of Valve’s Linux open-source graphics driver team isn’t done driving new improvements to aging AMD GCN 1.0/1.1 era graphics cards on Linux. Beyond enhancing display support for older APUs, transitioning GCN 1.0/1 GPUs from the legacy Radeon driver to modern AMDGPU driver, and a host of other fixes and optimizations for these old GPUs going back to the Radeon HD 7000 series, he has another notable addition that w … ⌘ Read more

KDE Receives $1.4 Million Investment From Sovereign Tech Fund
The German Sovereign Tech Fund has invested 1.2 million euros ($1.4 million USD) in KDE Plasma technologies to help strengthen the structural reliability and security of the desktop environment’s core infrastructure, including Plasma, KDE Linux, and the frameworks underlying its communication services. Longtime Slashdot reader jrepin shares an excerpt fro … ⌘ Read more

[$] Managing pages outside of the direct map
When Brendan Jackman proposed
a session for the 2026 Linux Storage,\
Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit, his topic was “a
pagetable library for the kernel”. During the actual
memory-management-track session, though, he stated that the idea had
“fizzled” and he was going to cover related topics instead. What
resulted was a session on ways to efficiently mana … ⌘ Read more

GCC 16 Produces Faster Binaries Than GCC 15, Competitive Race With LLVM Clang 22
GCC 16.1 released at the end of April as the latest major, annual feature release to the GNU Compiler Collection. Early benchmarks showed some nice leads for GCC 16 over GCC 15. Continued testing of the new GCC 16 compiler has continued to show overall better performance of the resulting binaries than using GCC 15 on the same hardware and same compiler flags. That led many to wonder about the GCC 16 performance up against the latest LLVM … ⌘ Read more

Sovereign Tech Fund invests in KDE
The KDE project has announced
that it has been awarded over €1 million from the Sovereign Tech Fund
to improve its desktop-environment software. “The investment will be
used to strengthen the structural reliability and security of KDE’s core
infrastructure, including Plasma, KDE Linux, and the frameworks underlying
its communication services.” ⌘ Read more

Le chômage grimpe à son plus haut niveau depuis cinq ans
Au deuxième trimestre 2026, le taux de chômage a atteint 8,1% selon l’Insee et enregistre sa cinquième hausse consécutive. L’objectif d’Emmanuel Macron de ramener le taux de chômage à 5% en 2027 est désormais hors de portée. ⌘ Read more

Intel Compute Runtime 26.18.38308.1 Brings More Xe3P Enableement, Nova Lake P Support
Intel on Tuesday released a new version of their open-source Compute Runtime for OpenCL and Level Zero support across their integrated and discrete graphics hardware… ⌘ Read more

NetBSD 11.0-RC4 Comes As Hopefully The Last Release Candidate
In addition to FreeBSD 15.1 releasing in the coming weeks, NetBSD 11.0 is also just around the corner as another prominent and major BSD update. NetBSD 11.0-RC4 is now available for last minute testing with this hoping to be the final release candidate… ⌘ Read more

I just wanted to look up 9V block battery prices online and these automatically generated descriptions are getting dumber by the minute:

Datum der Erzeugung: Verfallsdatum minus 7 Jahre

(Date of manufacturing: expiration date minus 7 years)

Or look at this one:

Die leistungsstarke 9 V-Block E Batterie, auch 6LR61 genannt, eignet sich besonders gut für Taschenlampen, Radio oder Kinderspielzeug, die einen gleichbleibenden Strombedarf haben. Ihre max. Spannung beträgt 1,5 V.

(The high performance 9 V block E battery, also known as 6LR61, is particularly suitable for torches, radio or child’s toys, which have a steady power demand. Its max. voltage is 1.5 V.)

The battery is best suited for… devices where it fits. No shit, Sherlock! Has anyboy ever come across 9V block torches? O_o I haven’t.

KDE Receiving Over 1.2 Million EUR Investment From Sovereign Tech Fund
KDE today announced a significant investment into the project by Germany’s Sovereign Tech Fund. KDE will be receiving €1,285,200 EUR (or roughly 1.5 million USD) over the years 2026 and 2027 to make some significant improvements into their software stack… ⌘ Read more

20% Off LG Promo Code & Coupons | May 2026
Save 20% with an LG promo code today, plus up to $1,000 off appliances, 40% off bestselling TVs and monitors. ⌘ Read more

Call Zig or C from Go without CGO for extra performance
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FreeBSD 15.2 Will Aim For The Nice KDE Desktop Installation Experience
FreeBSD 15.0 had aimed to provide a KDE desktop install option from its text-based OS installer to make for a more compelling FreeBSD out-of-the-box desktop experience. That was then delayed to FreeBSD 15.1 but that didn’t end up materializing. Now the KDE desktop install option is diverted to FreeBSD 15.2… ⌘ Read more

Microsoft’s $1 Billion AI Data Center Will ‘Switch Off Half of Kenya’
Microsoft and G42’s planned $1 billion AI data center in Kenya has stalled amid disagreements over power commitments, with President William Ruto saying the country would need to “switch off half the country” to support the project at full scale. Tom’s Hardware reports: The project, announced in May 2024 during Ruto’s visit to Washingto … ⌘ Read more