‘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
Australia’s Streaming Quotas Become Law
Australia’s streaming quotas have become law. Legislation requiring the likes of Netflix, Disney+ and HBO Max to spend a portion of their local earnings on original Australian content has been passed in parliament, and now comes into effect. From a report: The quotas were announced earlier this month. This will see global streamers with more than one million Australian subscribers made t … ⌘ Read more
AFLW have-nots receive league boost on grand final eve
Three of the AFLW’s worst-performing clubs will receive boosts to their lists, with the help announced the day before the grand final. ⌘ Read more
Victorian opposition leader targets domestic violence in first policy
Jess Wilson has announced her first policy as leader of the Liberal Party, promising to introduce legislation criminalising coercive control in Victoria. ⌘ Read more
UK To Tax Electric Cars by the Mile Starting 2028
The UK government will levy a pay-per-mile tax on electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles starting April 2028, UK’s finance minister Rachel Reeves announced, a measure designed to offset some of the fuel duty revenue that will disappear as drivers shift away from petrol and diesel cars. Electric vehicles will be charged 3 pence per mile and plug-in hybrids 1.5 pence per mile, pa … ⌘ Read more
Ubuntu 26.04 “Resolute Raccoon” Snapshot 1 ISOs Published
Canonical announced today the Ubuntu 26.04 “Resolute Raccoon” Snapshot 1 images as their first monthly ISO snapshots of the upcoming Ubuntu 26.04 LTS release… ⌘ Read more
New Zealand launches inquiry into case of father who hid children in forest for years
Tom Phillips disappeared with his children in late 2021, in a case that drew global attention for his ability to evade arrest. ⌘ Read more
SA house speaker joins departing MPs ahead of March election
Leon Bignell has announced he will retire from politics at the next state election bringing an end to his 20-year reign as the MP for Mawson. ⌘ Read more
Common Desktop Environment “CDE” 2.5.3 Released After Two Years
Two years and one week since the prior point release, Common Desktop Environment 2.5.3 is now available as the latest iteration of this Unix desktop environment built around the Motif toolkit. CDE has been open-source for more than a decade now but its development not exactly brisk. But for those resisting the likes of Wayland and other modern display tech – especially with KDE announcing today Plasma 6.8 will be Wayland-exclusive – CDE 2.5.3 is now avail … ⌘ Read more
Google’s AirDrop Support For Pixel 10 Likely Exists Because of EU’s Apple Ruling
Last week, Google surprised the tech world when it announced AirDrop support on Pixel 10 devices – all without Apple’s involvement. “While it initially seemed like this was a rogue move made by Google to coerce Apple into another boundary-breaking decision, it might actually be part of the repercussions that also l … ⌘ Read more
KDE Plasma 6.8 Will Go Wayland-Exclusive In Dropping X11 Session Support
KDE developers announced they are going “all-in on a Wayland future” and with the Plasma 6.8 desktop it will become Wayland-exclusive. The Plasma X11 session is going away… ⌘ Read more
Malaysia’s Johor Bans Low-Tier Data Centers Over Water Strain
Malaysia’s Johor, one of Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing data center hubs, has announced it will no longer approve applications for Tier 1 and Tier 2 data centers because of their enormous water consumption – up to 50 million liters daily, or roughly 200 times what higher-tier facilities require.
The Malaysian state has approved 51 data center projec … ⌘ Read more
Taiwan announces $61 billion defence budget to defend itself against China
Taiwanese President Lai Ching-te says the budget was introduced for the country to defend itself in the face of a rising threat from China. ⌘ Read more
Government proposes crackdown on financial abuse, coercive control
The federal government is consulting on major reforms to reduce financial abuse, including making it harder for directors to be appointed without clear consent. Economic abuse is estimated to cost the economy nearly $11 billion a year ⌘ Read more
NTFSPLUS Driver Updated As It Works Toward The Mainline Kernel
Announced last month was the NTFSPLUS driver as a new NTFS file-system driver for the Linux kernel with better write performance and more features compared to the existing NTFS options. A second iteration of that driver was recently queued into “ntfs-next” raising prospects that this NTFSPLUS driver could soon attempt to land in the mainline Linux kernel… ⌘ Read more
Microsoft To Preload File Explorer in Background For Faster Launch in Windows 11
In the latest Windows Insider beta update, Microsoft has announced that it is exploring preloading File Explorer in the background to improve launch performance. The feature will load File Explorer silently before users click on it and can be toggled off for those who prefer not to use it. Microsoft introduced a sim … ⌘ Read more
ACT private schools announce fee increases, leaving some families ‘distraught’
Financial errors are being blamed for one school being hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt and hiking school fees by 23 per cent. ⌘ Read more
Pebble Goes Fully Open Source
Core Devices has fully open-sourced the entire Pebble software stack and confirmed the first Pebble Time 2 shipments will start in January. “This is the clearest sign yet that the platform is shifting from a company-led product to a community-backed project that can survive independently,” reports Gadgets & Wearables. From the report: The announcement follows weeks of tension between Core Devices and parts of the P … ⌘ Read more
Rust For Linux Kernel Co-Maintainer Formally Steps Down
Alex Gaynor recently announced he is formally stepping down as one of the maintainers of the Rust for Linux kernel code with the removal patch now queued for merging in Linux 6.19… ⌘ Read more
Raspberry Pi OS 2025-11-24 Brings HiDPI Improvements, Wayland Enhancements
In addition to debuting the Raspberry Pi OS Imager 2.0 app, Raspberry Pi today announced the latest version of their operating system… ⌘ Read more
Canonical Partners With AMI To Build Ubuntu Netboot Option Into UEFI Firmware
Canonical and AMI announced a partnership today so that there will be an Ubuntu Metbookt option added within AMI’s UEFI firmware to allow booting to the Ubuntu installer without the need for even having any install media… ⌘ Read more
How An MIT Student Awed Top Economists With His AI Study - Until It All Fell Apart
In May MIT announced “no confidence” in a preprint paper on how AI increased scientific discovery, asking arXiv to withdraw it. The paper, authored by 27-year-old grad student Aidan Toner-Rodgers, had claimed an AI-driven materials discovery tool helped 1,018 scientists at a U.S. R&D lab.
But within weeks his … ⌘ Read more