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Websites Have a New Way To Spy On Visitors: Analyzing Their SSD Activity
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Now sites have a new way to spy on their visitors: measuring subtle interactions with their solid-state drives. The technique, named FROST (fingerprinting remotely using OPFS-based SSD timing), allows sites to monitor other sites a visitor is viewing and what apps are open … ⌘ Read more

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Budget 2026: A $7b capital spend on roads, rail, warships, and hospitals
The 2026 Budget will put a $6.8 billion capital package towards a Waikato expressway extension and road resilience, “fully-funded” rail freight network upgrades, a hospital tower in Whangārei, naval warship improvements, and more than 200 classrooms.

The capital package, arguably the centrepiece of a Budget that was light on operating spending, was buoyed not only by an increased c … ⌘ Read more

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[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for May 28, 2026
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:

  • Front: Dirk and Linus talk; BPF and GCC; private memory modes; BPF page-cache policies; major page faults; LLM kernel review; tiered-memory support; transparent huge pages; page mappings; Model Openness Tool.

  • Briefs: Stenberg security stress; GTK PDF problems; Morton 2004 keynote; OpenBSD 7.9; Bambu’s AGPLv3 violations; Quotes; …

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Meridian says LNG not needed for dry-year power cover
Meridian Energy has told Parliament that imported LNG is unnecessary as dry-year insurance for the electricity sector, cutting across the Government’s central justification for pursuing an LNG import facility.

Appearing before the transport and infrastructure select committee, chief executive Mike Roan said a combination of the Huntly strategic energy reserve, a demand response agreement with Rio Tinto at the Tiwai Pt … ⌘ Read more

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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

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Illinois Lawmakers Just Passed America’s Strongest AI Safety Bill
The bill requires companies like OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google to have third parties confirm they’re following safety standards. Illinois Governor JB Pritzker says he’ll sign. ⌘ Read more

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‘Serious and unacceptable’: RBNZ moves against The Co-operative Bank
The Reserve Bank of New Zealand has filed civil proceedings in the High Court against The Co-operative Bank over core-requirement breaches of laws to stop money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

The parties jointly recommended a $1.425 million penalty for The Co-operative Bank to the court, the Reserve Bank (RBNZ) said in a statement. The court would decide the final penalty. ⌘ Read more

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Stride Property Group lifts annual profit to $31.3m, confirms 8c dividend
Stride Property Group posted an improved full-year profit in a period it describes as one of strategic progress, during which it paid an 8-cent-per-share combined cash dividend.

Its full-year profit after tax was $31.3 million, up $9.6m from $21.7m in FY25. Net rental income was $58.9m, down from $69.1m. Management fee income was $22.9m, from $20.4m. ⌘ Read more

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Mainfreight’s biggest customers double down despite softer profit
Despite a disappointing result, Mainfreight boss Don Braid says the freight company’s top customers increased use of its three core key products.

Mainfreight posted its results for the year to March 31 on Thursday with rising sales but lower profit against a backdrop of increasing fuel costs, tariff uncertainty and macroeconomic pressures. ⌘ Read more

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Meta To Start Testing AI Subscription Services
Meta will begin testing paid subscriptions for its Meta AI app and website, with a $7.99/month Meta One Plus plan and a more capable $19.99/month Meta One Premium plan offering. The test will start next month in Singapore, Guatemala, and Bolivia as Meta looks for AI revenue beyond advertising while continuing to offer a free tier. CNBC reports: Naomi Gleit, the head of product at M … ⌘ Read more

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Google Security Engineer Arrested in Million-Dollar Polymarket Trading Scheme
According to federal prosecutors, Michele Spagnuolo made more than $1 million on the prediction market platform using confidential information about Google Search traffic. ⌘ Read more

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Nvidia To Spend $150 Billion a Year In Taiwan
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the company plans to spend around $150 billion a year in Taiwan, calling it the “epicenter of the AI revolution.” “Four years ago, five years ago, Nvidia was spending about $10, $15 billion dollars a year in Taiwan. Now we’re spending $100, going to $150 billion dollars in Taiwan each year,” Huang said. Reuters reports: Huang was speaking at a launch celebratio … ⌘ Read more

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US-Justiz nimmt FIFA ins Visier
Am 11. Juni beginnt die Fußballweltmeisterschaft in den USA, Kanada und Mexiko. Im Vorfeld sorgen teils exorbitant hohe Ticketpreise für Unruhe und Frust unter den Fans. Doch zieht das nun weitere Kreise, denn nach dem US-Bundesstaat Kalifornien wird die Preispolitik des Internationalen Fußballverbands (FIFA) jetzt auch in New York und New Jersey ein Fall für die Justiz. ⌘ Read more

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QuiznessDesk, Thursday, May 28
In which Australian State or Territory would you find the Adelaide River?
During the Great Plague, what was painted on the front doors of plague-ridden houses?
According to the Bible, on what day did God create the beasts of the Earth?
What type of animals are portrayed in the book Watership Down?
In the Star Wars films, which two actors played Obi-Wan Kenobi?
How many US presidents’ heads are sculpted on Mount Rushmore?
Who had a number one hit in 1980 called Cryi … ⌘ Read more

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Fonterra to open new season with a $9.75/kgMS opening forecast
Fonterra Co-operative Group will start the new dairy season with a forecast farmgate price of $9.75 per kilogram of milk solids, within a range of $8/kgMS to $11/kgMS.

The co-op was expected to start the season with a wide range, but its opening price sits at the upper end of forecasts from major NZ banks. ⌘ Read more

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Rust Will Save Linux From AI, Says Greg Kroah-Hartman
Linux stable kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman says Rust can help Linux deal with a flood of AI-discovered security bugs (namely Dirty Frag, Copy Fail, and Fragnesia) by preventing common C mistakes around memory, locking, error handling, and untrusted data at build time rather than during human review. It’s “not a silver bullet” and does not mean rewriting the whol … ⌘ Read more

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