Someone Forked systemd Over Its New Birth Date Field
The blog Linuxiac reports:
A new systemd fork has appeared with a specific purpose: removing systemd’s recently added support for storing a user’s birth date in JSON user records.

The fork, called Liberated systemd, published its first tagged release as v261 shortly after the official systemd 261 release. In other words, the fork follows upstream systemd while reverti … ⌘ Read more

zlib-rs 0.6.4 Released With Fix For Intel Raptor Lake Crash, SIMD Optimizations
As a follow-up to last week’s article around Firefox leveraging zlib-rs and some nice upstream improvements to this Rust-based Zlib implementation, the zlib-rs 0.6.4 release is now available to ship all of these latest enhancements… ⌘ Read more

Doom Composer Bobby Prince Has Died
Video game composer and sound designer Bobby Prince has died at age 81 following an illness. Developer id software shared the news. Engadget reports: Prince was perhaps best known for his pioneering work on the Doom series. The Library of Congress inducted his soundtrack for the original game into the National Recording Registry just last month. “Despite the limitations of the 1993-era sound card drive … ⌘ Read more

The Korean Telecom Giant At the Center of Anthropic’s Mythos Controversy
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: The Trump administration’s move to impose export controls on Anthropic’s most powerful AI technology followed a spat over the company granting South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom access to its Claude Mythos model, according to people familiar with the matter. US officials were concerned a … ⌘ Read more

Rolls-Royce Secures Deal To Build Small Nuclear Reactors For Sweden
Rolls-Royce SMR has secured a multibillion-pound agreement to build three small modular reactors on Sweden’s west coast, “marking a major step in the British engineering group’s ambition to become a leading supplier of the technology in Europe,” reports Euronews. From the report: Following a rigorous selection process that started in 20 … ⌘ Read more

Apple Announces Major App Store Changes on iOS in Brazil
Apple is allowing iPhone developers in Brazil to distribute apps through authorized alternative marketplaces and use third-party payment systems following action by the country’s competition regulator. “In other words, developers in Brazil will be able to circumvent the App Store and Apple’s in-app purchase system, but there are still fees,” reports MacRumors. … ⌘ Read more

How NVIDIA Vera CPU Performance Compares To The Ampere Altra Max
Last month on Phoronix was an exclusive first look at the NVIDIA Vera CPU performance compared to prior-generation NVIDIA Grace as well as the current AMD EPYC and Intel Xeon competition. Following that was looking at how the ARM Linux server performance has evolved over the past eight years of AArch64 Linux servers. A Phoronix Premium supporter recently requested wanting to see how Vera compares to Ampere Altra. While Ampere Altra has been in the … ⌘ Read more

Wine Wayland Lands Fractional Scaling Support
Following last week’s Wine 11.11 release that brought alpha modifier support for opacity handling with the Wine Wayland driver, merged this week to Wine is support for fractional scaling with the Wine Wayland driver… ⌘ Read more

Google CEO Largely Avoids Discussing AI In Stanford Commencement Speech
BrianFagioli writes: Google CEO Sundar Pichai delivered Stanford University’s 2026 commencement address, but despite leading one of the companies at the center of the AI boom, he spent very little time discussing artificial intelligence. Instead, the speech focused on optimism, working on hard things, and following your interests. T … ⌘ Read more

GNU Linux-libre 7.1-gnu Released With More Driver Deblobbing, Unhappy With i486 Removal
Following yesterday’s release of the upstream Linux 7.1 kernel release, GNU Linux-libre 7.1 is out with its new build for de-blobbing various drivers from loading non-free-software microcode/firmware and other sanitizing of the kernel code in the name of software freedom… ⌘ Read more

Bitcoin Has Lost Nearly Half Its Value in 11 Months
The price of bitcoin dropped 13% down to $64,394 just in June — but there’s more bad news, reports CNBC.” “Bitcoin has lost nearly half its value since reaching a record high above $123,000 in July 2025.”

While previous bitcoin selloffs were often followed by large rebounds in price, the latest decline may prompt some investors to revisit why they own bitcoin in the first pla … ⌘ Read more

Wine-Staging 11.11 Released With 289 Patches Atop Upstream
Following Friday’s exciting release of Wine 11.11 with Wayland driver improvements, Wine-Staging 11.11 is now available for this experimental/testing derivative that continues carrying nearly 300 patches atop the upstream codebase… ⌘ Read more

AFL LIVE: Swans superstar Heeney outlines Cox’s rev-up to their leaders before furious comeback
After Melbourne and North Melbourne recorded key wins, the Swans are clashing with the Power under Saturday night lights. Follow along live. ⌘ Read more

AFL LIVE:Sensational Saturday: Swans come from the clouds to win an Adelaide Oval thriller
After Melbourne and North Melbourne recorded key wins, the Swans are clashing with the Power under Saturday night lights. Follow along live. ⌘ Read more

AFL LIVE: Dean Cox lays down the law to his leaders and Warner, Heeney and Grundy respond big-time
After Melbourne and North Melbourne recorded key wins, the Swans are clashing with the Power under Saturday night lights. Follow along live. ⌘ Read more

AFL LIVE: Dean Cox lays down the law to his leaders as Swans and Power fight out a thrilling final term
After Melbourne and North Melbourne recorded key wins, the Swans are clashing with the Power under Saturday night lights. Follow along live. ⌘ Read more

AFL LIVE: Stage set for a thrilling finish to Super Saturday between the Power and high-flying Swans
After Melbourne and North Melbourne recorded key wins, the Swans are clashing with the Power under Saturday night lights. Follow along live. ⌘ Read more

AFL LIVE: The best and worst of footy in five minutes for a debutant as Swans soar against Port
After Melbourne and North Melbourne recorded key wins, the Swans are clashing with the Power under Saturday night lights. Follow along live. ⌘ Read more

AFL LIVE: Mills, McDonald, Heeney drag Swans back into Super Saturday clash
After Melbourne and North Melbourne recorded key wins, the Swans are clashing with the Power under Saturday night lights. Follow along live. ⌘ Read more

NRL LIVE: Raiders hit back but Eels in control after first-half shutout
The Eels are out to snap a three-game losing streak against a Canberra missing their Origin stars. Follow the action as it happens. ⌘ Read more

NRL LIVE: Eels extend lead in second half over scoreless Raiders
The Eels are out to snap a three-game losing streak against a Canberra missing their Origin stars. Follow the action as it happens. ⌘ Read more

NRL LIVE: Eels shut out Raiders in first half as they look to snap losing streak
The Eels are out to snap a three-game losing streak against a Canberra missing their Origin stars. Follow the action as it happens. ⌘ Read more

NRL LIVE: Parramatta lead early in gritty battle with Raiders
The Eels are out to snap a three-game losing streak against a Canberra missing their Origin stars. Follow the action as it happens. ⌘ Read more

AFL LIVE: Sydney Swans locked in a tense prime-time battle against Port Adelaide
After Melbourne and North Melbourne recorded key wins, the Swans are clashing with the Power under Saturday night lights. Follow along live. ⌘ Read more

NRL LIVE: Parramatta out to snap losing streak against out-of-form Raiders
The Eels are out to snap a three-game losing streak against a Canberra missing their Origin stars. Follow the action as it happens. ⌘ Read more

NRL round 15 LIVE: Parramatta face Canberra at CommBank Stadium
The Eels are out to snap a three-game losing streak against a Canberra missing their Origin stars. Follow the action as it happens. ⌘ Read more

Gibbons looks to ride Cups path with promising Baker stayer
Bjorn Baker-trained Thebudgiesmugla will follow the path of Half Yours after winning the listed Queen Elizabeth II Cup. ⌘ Read more

FIFA World Cup 2026 LIVE updates: Canada draw 1-1 with Bosnia and Herzegovina as US prepares for campaign against Paraguay
Host nation Canada have kicked off their World campaign against Bosnia and Herzegovina, before the United States take on Paraguay at 11am. Follow all the action. ⌘ Read more

FIFA World Cup 2026 LIVE updates: Canada draw 1-1 with Bosnia and Herzegovina as US prepares for campaign against Paraguay
Host nation Canada have kicked off their World campaign against Bosnia and Herzegovina, before the United States take on Paraguay at 11am. Follow all the action. ⌘ Read more

Solidarity rally held in Belfast following violent riots
In the wake of anti-immigration riots in West Belfast, community members have shown their support for immigrants. ⌘ Read more

FIFA World Cup 2026 LIVE updates: Canada takes on Bosnia and Herzegovina as US prepares for campaign against Paraguay
Host nation Canada kicks off their World campaign against Bosnia and Herzegovina from 5am, before the United States take on Paraguay at 11am. Follow all the action. ⌘ Read more

FIFA World Cup 2026 LIVE updates: Canada takes on Bosnia and Herzegovina as US prepares for campaign against Paraguay
Host nation Canada kicks off their World campaign against Bosnia and Herzegovina from 5am, before the United States take on Paraguay at 11am. Follow all the action. ⌘ Read more

Unique New Frankenstein Movie Streams Today on Netflix
Following the critical success of Guillermo del Toro’s most recent directorial feature, a new Frankenstein movie has been added to Netflix. This comes over a year after the stop-motion animated musical movie had its world premiere at the 2025 Guadalajara International Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best International Animation Feature Film. What unique […]

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FIFA World Cup 2026 LIVE updates: Canada takes on Bosnia and Herzegovina as US prepares for campaign against Paraguay
Host nation Canada kicks off their World campaign against Bosnia and Herzegovina from 5am, before the United States take on Paraguay at 11am. Follow all the action. ⌘ Read more

FIFA World Cup 2026 LIVE updates: Canada takes on Bosnia and Herzegovina as US prepares for campaign against Paraguay
Host nation Canada kicks off their World campaign against Bosnia and Herzegovina from 5am, before the United States take on Paraguay at 11am. Follow all the action. ⌘ Read more

Linux 7.2 Features Expected: Apple M3, Initial AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL, USB4STREAM, Cache Aware Scheduling
Linux 7.1 stable is expected to be released this Sunday with its many new features. Immediately following the Linux v7.1 tagging, the Linux 7.2 merge window will open and a lot of new feature material is expected to be merged over the next two weeks… ⌘ Read more

Jason Bourne 6 Can Revive Matt Damon Franchise By Avoiding Legacy’s Mistake & Following 1 Movie Trend
With talks of a Jason Bourne 6, Matt Damon‘s action franchise must avoid the mistakes of The Bourne Legacy by following this movie trend. Things have been quiet with the Bourne franchise since 2023, when a new film was in development with Edward Burger. However, nothing ever materialized in that movie. In March 2025, Universal […]

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Supriya Ganesh on Leaving The Pitt, Fan Support & Dr. Mohan’s Unfinished Story
Supriya Ganesh once again addressed their exit from The Pitt, following the show’s creative decision to write her out. In a recent interview, she expressed gratitude for the fan support during her 2-year run on the series. Supriya Ganesh is ‘so grateful’ for The Pitt after exit Ganesh, who played Dr. Samira Mohan in The […]

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How 1 Legendary Liam Neeson Movie Inspired The Mandalorian & Grogu’s Epic Battle
Jon Favreau has offered new insights into the creative decisions behind The Mandalorian and Grogu‘s production following the film’s release. One of the more surprising revelations is the influence of a legendary Liam Neeson movie. According to the filmmaker, the acclaimed film served as an important reference point. It was used as inspiration while developing […]

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AFL LIVE: Eclipsed: Cats make a prime-time statement against the star-studded Suns
Geelong and Gold Coast are going head to head at GMHBA Stadium. Follow along for live updates, reaction, and news. ⌘ Read more

AFL LIVE: Suns’ in-demand forward stars noticeably quiet as Cats make a prime-time statement
Geelong and Gold Coast are going head to head at GMHBA Stadium. Follow along for live updates, reaction, and news. ⌘ Read more

NRL LIVE: Dolphins in control as Ramsey denied by stunning trysaver
The Roosters are without seven Origin stars in tonight’s battle with fellow top-eight contenders the Dolphins. Follow the action live. ⌘ Read more

AFL LIVE: ‘He’s all over him’: Suns skipper’s plea to the umpires in tense battle with the Cats
Geelong and Gold Coast are going head to head at GMHBA Stadium. Follow along for live updates, reaction, and news. ⌘ Read more

NRL round 15 LIVE: Dolphins firing on all cylinders against Roosters
The Roosters are without seven Origin stars in tonight’s battle with fellow top-eight contenders the Dolphins. Follow the action live. ⌘ Read more

AFL LIVE: Cats pile on the pressure, embarrass star-studded Suns out of the middle under prime-time lights
The star-studded Cats and Suns are going head to head at GMHBA Stadium. Follow along for live updates, reaction, and news. ⌘ Read more

NRL round 15 LIVE: Katoa scores for Dolphins after bunker denies Roosters
The Roosters are without seven Origin stars in tonight’s battle with fellow top-eight contenders the Dolphins. Follow the action live. ⌘ Read more

AFL LIVE: Cats bounce back in style after in-demand Suns key forwards rise in prime time
The star-studded Cats and Suns are going head to head at GMHBA Stadium. Follow along for live updates, reaction, and news. ⌘ Read more

AFL LIVE: Cats badly missing their star defender as in-demand Suns key forwards rise in prime time
The star-studded Cats and Suns are going head to head at GMHBA Stadium. Follow along for live updates, reaction, and news. ⌘ Read more

NRL round 15 LIVE: Dolphins host Origin-hit Roosters
The Roosters are without seven Origin stars in tonight’s battle with fellow top-eight contenders the Dolphins. Follow the action live. ⌘ Read more

AFL LIVE: Hardwick throws down the gauntlet to his stars for prime-time ‘white out’ against Geelong
Geelong and Gold Coast face off at GMHBA Stadium as both clubs chase a finals berth in 2026. Follow along for live updates, reactions and AFL news. ⌘ Read more