Raspberry Pi Stock Jumps 30% as Demand Surges. (And Boards Now Locked to Their Original RAM Size)
Raspberry Pi’s stock shot up over 30% in the last week. Why are investors so excited? For the six months ending June 30, revenue for Raspberry Pi Holdings “jumped 90% to $256.9 million,” reports Investing.com, “while adjusted EBITDA more than doubled to $40.3 million, and profit be … ⌘ Read more
Patches Posted For Enabling NVMe On All Apple M3 Based SoCs With Linux
While Linux 7.2 brought initial Apple M3 support and Linux 7.3 brought M3 Pro / Max / Ultra support, the mainline Linux kernel support for the M3 series hardware remains very basic and not yet ready for daily driving. But more work continues to be upstreamed and today the patches were posted for getting NVMe storage up and running across all Apple M3 hardware… ⌘ Read more
Last Call For The Autumn Special For Ad-Free Viewing & Supporting Linux Hardware Testing
Last call for the Phoronix autumn “Oktoberfest” Premium sale: it runs through end of day Sunday, 27 September (any timezone - I’m not particularly strict). If you have been meaning to support the site, this is the window… ⌘ Read more
SteamOS 3.8.28 stable released with big improvements for Steam Deck, Steam Machine and more hardware support
Valve just released SteamOS 3.8.28 as stable for everyone - bringing another load of improvements for all devices.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steamos-3-8-2 … ⌘ Read more
AlmaLinux Rolls Out New Software/Hardware Certification Portal, Self-Certify App
Two years ago RHEL-derived AlmaLinux announced a hardware certification program as part of their Certification Special Interest Group (SIG). They have now expanded their hardware certification program to include third-party software certification on AlmaLinux too plus a new app that users can install for self-certifying their system… ⌘ Read more
Linux Kernel Introducing New Taint Due To Fuzzing Bots Yielding Impractical Bug Reports
The Linux kernel is having to introduce a new taint flag “TAINT_FORCED_BIND” to deal with fuzzing bots like Syzbot abusing Linux’s bind/unbind sysfs functionality and generating bug reports for impractical and not at all relevant hardware/driver combinations… ⌘ Read more
Whatever Happened to the 150,000 Tons of Radioactive Waste Stored Under the Atlantic Ocean?
More than 200,000 barrels of low-level radioactive waste were stored on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean between 1949 and 1982, reports ScienceAlert.
Whatever happened to those barrels?
Scientists have descended to the wreckage in a crewed submersible to investigate — and found many of the … ⌘ Read more
AMD Begins Preparing Open-Source Linux Driver For Graphics Cards With GDDR7
AMD sent out their latest Linux kernel graphics driver patches today for enabling some new hardware IP blocks. And as part of that, preparing for GDDR7 video memory with the AMDGPU driver… ⌘ Read more
Lawsuit Says Anthropic, OpenAI, SpaceXAI And Google Made Illegal Agreement On AI Slowdown
Tom’s Hardware reports:
Four plaintiffs subscribed to ChatGPT, Claude, Grok, or Gemini filed a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging that the developers of these AI models violated antitrust laws when they agreed to slow AI development. According to the Associated Press, the lawsuit argues that thi … ⌘ Read more
Developer Abandons ‘PS5 Linux’ Project After Sony Patches AI-Discovered Exploit
“In April this year, we saw Andy Nguyen turning the PS5 into a Linux-powered gaming PC,”
writes the blog It’s FOSS.
It ran Steam games and emulators using the PS5’s on-board hardware. But this week Andy announced he’s “stopping all my work on PS5 Linux” and “stepping away from the PS5 scene.”
stopping work on porting … ⌘ Read more
Intel Xe Driver For Linux 7.4 Adds vRAM Health Check, Degraded Memory Handling
Sent out this week were more Intel Xe kernel graphics driver changes targeting the upcoming Linux 7.4 kernel cycle. The theme this week was around dealing with video memory health and also being able to better deal with hardware degraded video RAM… ⌘ Read more
AMD Sends In More HDMI FRL Updates For Linux 7.4, Fixes For Upcoming Hardware
Linux 7.4 is set to be a very exciting holiday gift for AMD Radeon graphics customers. As covered last week on Phoronix, with this next kernel AMD Is enabling HDMI 2.1 support by default now that FreeSync, VRR, and ALLM support is included too. This week another round of AMDGPU kernel graphics driver updates were sent out ahead of the Linux 7.4 merge window in October… ⌘ Read more
Help Linux Hardware Testing & Reviews Continue While Enjoying Phoronix Without Ads
If you missed out on the Phoronix Premium special back during the 22nd birthday of Phoronix.com in June, there is another promotion now active for helping to support the site and allow for continued daily original content and relentless Linux performance benchmarking and other open-sourced focused hardware testing… ⌘ Read more
As Part of California’s Coast Begins to Crumble, Is the Clock Ticking on Moving Radioactive Waste?
“As parts of the Southern California coastline crumbled into the sea, slammed by intense waves and flooding in recent days, oceanographer Kim McCoy had one thing on his mind,” reports the Los Angeles Times.
He was thinking about “the nuclear waste set in concrete on the beach n … ⌘ Read more
Ubuntu 26.10 amd64v3 Can Provide A Nice Boost For Low-End/Budget Hardware
Canonical recently began producing Ubuntu 26.10 amd64v3 daily ISOs to complement their experimental amd64v3 package archive that they have been trialing the past few release cycles. While we still don’t know what any official plans are for amd64v3 with Ubuntu 26.10, the performance gains can be very worthwhile over the generic amd64 binaries even for low-end/budget hardware. ⌘ Read more
AMD’s GAIA Local AI Now Able To Transcribe & Summarize Meeting Recordings
AMD’s GAIA software for building AI agents on your PC and leveraging generative AI locally with the power of AMD Ryzen and Radeon hardware continues becoming more featureful. Out today is AMD GAIA 0.24/0.24.1 and with it comes the ability to transcribe and summarize meeting recordings locally along with other functionality… ⌘ Read more
Valve now say your data is safe from the CEVA Logistics cyberattack
Back in early August, we covered the CEVA Logistics cyberattack which affected Steam hardware deliveries in Europe and now we have an update for you.
Read the full article on GamingOnLinux. ⌘ Read more
SDL3 Ported To HarmonyOS / OpenHarmony
The SDL3 library commonly used for games and applications for cross-platform hardware and software abstractions now has upstream support for Huawei’s HarmonyOS and OpenHarmony… ⌘ Read more
SteamOS 3.8.27 Beta and SteamOS 3.9.1 Preview released - Valve continue working on NVIDIA support
Valve released two new testing builds with SteamOS 3.8.27 Beta and the much bigger SteamOS 3.9.1 Preview.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/steamos-3-8-27-beta-and-steamos-3-9-1-preview … ⌘ Read more
A Visit to San Francisco’s AI-run Store: No Customers, Nothing Useful, And Losing Money Fast
Previously Andon Labs handled the hardware and software integration for that AI-powered vending machine that went bankrupt after Wall Street Journal reporters “systematically manipulated the bot into giving away its entire inventory for free”.Today they announced “we are opening up the platform we us … ⌘ Read more
Ubuntu Developers Contemplate Linux Firmware HWE Package
A possible future enhancement being considered for Ubuntu Long Term Support “LTS” releases is the introduction of a linux-firmware-hwe package as part of their hardware enablement (HWE) stack… ⌘ Read more
CachyOS vs. Windows 11 vs. Ubuntu 26.04 LTS On Intel Wildcat Lake + 8GB RAM
Often times when testing different Linux distributions or comparing Windows vs. Linux it’s on leading flagship desktop or server hardware, but today we are looking at the Ubuntu vs. CachyOS vs. Windows performance at the opposite end of the spectrum. With the new CHUWI UniBook $449 laptop powered by Intel Core 3 Wildcat Lake and with 8GB of system memory, here is a look at how those three operating systems compare across a variety of … ⌘ Read more
Prominent Mesa Developer Now Working For Arm On PanVK & Panfrost Code
Erik Faye-Lund who has contributed to the Mesa 3D graphics driver stack working on areas like Zink and most notably the PanVK Vulkan and Panfrost Gallium3D drivers forr Arm Mali hardware is now working directly for Arm… ⌘ Read more
Intel Thermald 2.5.13 Restores Accidentally Deleted Wildcat Lake Support
Intel’s Thermald released on Thursday as the newest update to this daemon for thermal monitoring on Intel hardware that was also recently extended for beginning to support Qualcomm/ARM hardware too. The main change with Thermald 2.5.13 is adding back Intel Wildcat Lake platform support after it was accidentally removed in the prior release… ⌘ Read more
The Apple Watch Gets Its Siri AI Upgrade
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: Apple has unveiled the Apple Watch Series 12 and Ultra 4 today during itsSeptember hardware event. The new models retain the signature designs of their predecessors but add a faster S11 chip, new health and fitness features, and the watchOS 27 software update announced atWWDC last June. Both the Series 12 and Ultra 4 run on the upgraded S11 c … ⌘ Read more
Intel BFF Driver Slated For Linux 7.4 Introduction
Last month I covered Intel posting a new driver named “BFF” for the Linux kernel. This BFF driver is for a new hardware feature debuting with next-gen Diamond Rapids processors for better dealing with aging CPU silicon where some bits may become stuck over time… ⌘ Read more
Google to Invest Record $15 Billion In AI Infrastructure In Finland
Google plans to invest at least $15 billion in AI infrastructure in Finland through 2028, its largest single investment in Europe. The company also signed a 22-year power agreement with Finnish utility Fortum and said it will explore business models that could support new nuclear reactors at Fortum’s Loviisa site.
Finland has emerged as … ⌘ Read more
ReactOS Dev Gets FEX Running For x86_64 Games On This “Open-Source Windows” OS Under ARM
A ReactOS developer for this open-source operating system project striving for binary compatibility with Windows drivers and applications has achieved an intriguing software stack. With the experimental ReactOS ARM64 build for running on 64-bit ARM hardware like Raspberry Pi SBCs, he’s paired that “open-source Windows” OS with the open-source FEX emulator for in turn being able to run Windows x64 games/apps on ReactOS atop … ⌘ Read more
Apple Launches iPhone 18 Pro With Variable-Aperture Camera System
Apple’s iPhone 18 Pro and Pro Max were announced today and keep last year’s overall design but put the emphasis on camera upgrades, including a 48-megapixel variable-aperture system, new manual controls, and 4K Dolby Vision recording. Prices for the devices start at $1,199 and $1,299, respectively. TechCrunch reports: The new Pro series cam … ⌘ Read more
GOG Brings Back ‘Big Box’ PC Games, One Printable Template At a Time
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Those who remember PC gaming in the days before Steam may have fond memories of the “big box” packaging that made those games stand out as shelf eye candy and sought-after in-home collectibles. Today, PC gaming platform GOG is hoping to reignite some of the nostalgia for those days b … ⌘ Read more
Google’s Revived Nuclear Power Plant Gets $1.9 Billion Loan From US Government
The U.S. Department of Energy has approved a $1.9 billion loan to NextEra Energy to restart Iowa’s shuttered Duane Arnold nuclear plant, which Google has backed as a power source for its growing AI infrastructure. “The sizable loan is the second of its kind, suggesting that the Trump administration views revived nucle … ⌘ Read more
FreeBSD 14.5 Released With Hardware Support Improvements, Many Bug & Security Fixes
For those that haven’t yet made the move to FreeBSD 15 with still relying on FreeBSD 14 in production, out today is FreeBSD 14.5-RELEASE… ⌘ Read more
A Man Charged His EV at a Dealership - and Was Billed $418
The EV blog Electrek reports:
A Clinton Township, Michigan man was charged $418 for a single EV charging session at Elder Hyundai’s Macomb Township store after finding the charger listed as publicly available on the EVgo app, but didn’t discover the charges until after wrapping up his 40-ish minute charging session. “I was flabbergasted,” explained Stanle … ⌘ Read more
Where a Massive Solar Storm Could Take Down the US Power Grid for Millions
A new study published Friday in AGU Advances “depicts the most advanced picture yet of how a rare but massive solar storm could affect some US industries and electric systems more than others,” reports CNN.
“During a 250-year solar storm, the East Coast would have widespread potential for grid failure.”
Researchers mode … ⌘ Read more
PoCL 7.2 Released With Official OpenCL 3.0 Conformance On RISC-V & x86_64 CPUs
The Portable Computing Language project is out today with PoCL 7.2 as this portable, MIT-licensed OpenCL implementation that runs across various CPU architectures as well as targeting other GPUs/hardware with LLVM back-ends. Notable with PoCL 7.2 is bringing official OpenCL 3.0 conformance on x86_64 and RISC-V processors… ⌘ Read more
Intel Improving Its Content Match Refresh Rate “CMRR” Feature With Linux 7.4
Introduced with the Xe2 Lunar Lake graphics hardware was support for Content Match Refresh Rate (CMRR) as an improvement over typical Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) / Adaptive-Sync to more precisely match the video or content frame rates. Particularly for video playback it aims for no stuttering or frame drops. With the upcoming Linux 7.4 kernel will be better support for CMRR with the Intel graphics driver… ⌘ Read more
21st Revision Of Patches For Getting Linux To Shutdown Devices Asynchronously
Being worked on for over two years has been the latest attempt for async device shutdown support for Linux for getting Linux systems – especially servers with lots of hardware like many NVMe drives – to shutdown faster. That work is now up to its 21st version as it works toward hopefully making it to the mainline kernel in the not too distant future… ⌘ Read more
InputPlumber 0.79 Adds Support For More Handhelds
InputPlumber is the open-source router and remapping daemon for Linux that is particularly popular among Linux gaming handhelds for combining multiple input devices and translating actions into various virtual device formats. InputPlumber supports emulating mouse, keyboard, ad gamepad inputs. With the new InputPlumber 0.79 release there is expanded hardware support and bug fixes… ⌘ Read more
Lemonade 11.9 Local AI Server Released With Super Exciting AMD ROCm HRX Backend
Lemonade 11.9 is out today as the newest feature release to this AMD-backed, open-source local AI server solution across Linux, Windows, and macOS. Lemonade has long been focused on offering “100% free and private” AI use with local hardware whether it be GPUs, CPUs, or NPUs. With Lemonade 11.9’s release today it’s very interesting for having experimental ROCm HRX back-end support with Llama.cpp. HRX is the new exciting thing to watch o … ⌘ Read more
AVX-512 xor_gen For Linux Updated & Looking Real Good For RAID Arrays
Being worked on the past few months for the Linux kernel has been an AVX-512 optimized version of xor_gen() that is used for generating and validating parity blocks such as with Linux’s software RAID 5 and RAID 6 arrays. The latest iteration of AVX-512 xor_gen() was posted today and shows some impressive results on AMD Zen 5 hardware… ⌘ Read more
Intel Updates LLM-Scaler-vLLM Build For vLLM 0.26 & Other Improvements
For those looking for the smoothest experience to get vLLM up and running on Intel Arc (Pro) graphics hardware, out today is the newest beta of Intel’s LLM-Scaler-vLLM project for a Docker-based setup of vLLM ready to go on Intel GPUs… ⌘ Read more
Steam Linux user share dips below 4% for August 2026
The Steam Hardware & Software Survey for August 2026 is now live, and with it we can see the latest system details for gamers on Steam.
Read the full article on GamingOnLinux. ⌘ Read more
Who Is John Ternus, the New Apple CEO?
John Ternus has officially taken over as Apple CEO after 15 years under Tim Cook, stepping up from his role as senior vice president of hardware engineering. A 25-year Apple veteran who helped oversee products including AirPods, Apple Watch, Vision Pro, Apple silicon, and the new MacBook Neo, Ternus now inherits the challenge of pushing Apple forward in AI while Cook stays on as executive chairm … ⌘ Read more
Jensen Huang and Lisa Su Snubbed By TIME’s 2026 List of Top 100 AI Leaders
TIME’s 2026 list of the 100 most influential people in AI omits Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and AMD CEO Lisa Su, despite both having appeared on previous editions and playing central roles in the hardware powering the AI boom. Nvidia’s only representative this year is sustainability chief Josh Parker, while the list includes figures suc … ⌘ Read more
California Lawmakers Greenlight Solar Panels You Can Plug Into the Wall
California lawmakers have passed a bill that would legalize plug-in “balcony” solar systems, allowing residents to connect small solar panels directly to a standard wall outlet after completing a simple online registration. The systems would be capped at 1,200 watts and must meet safety requirements designed to prevent power fro … ⌘ Read more
Apple Caught Off Guard by AI Demand for Mac Mini and Mac Studio
According to The Information (paywalled), Apple reportedly moved up the release of new Mac mini and Mac Studio models after unexpectedly strong enterprise demand for Macs capable of running AI workloads. MacRumors reports: Apple normally releases new Mac models in the autumn, closer to October or November, making this week’s announcement unusua … ⌘ Read more
Linux 7.3 Features Many Exciting Improvements, New Hardware Support & Faster Btrfs
With Linux 7.3-rc1 released to cap off the two week merge window, here is a look at the many exciting changes merged for the Linux 7.3 kernel that is working its way toward release in the second half of October. ⌘ Read more
Linux 7.3 Lands More Audio Workarounds For Laptops & Other Devices
Following last week’s main set of sound subsystem updates for Linux 7.3 that brought a lot of new audio hardware support, a second round of sound updates were merged this weekend ahead of today’s Linux 7.3-rc1 release… ⌘ Read more
AMD Zen 6 Preparations, Ryzen AI Halo LED Driver & Many Laptop Changes For Linux 7.3
The x86 platform driver changes are now in place for the Linux 7.3 kernel with additions for upcoming AMD Zen 6 hardware, the RGB LED driver controls for the Ryzen AI Halo PC, and a lot of laptop support additions and improvements for a variety of devices from different hardware vendors. Plus some handheld gaming device updates too… ⌘ Read more
ReactOS 0.4.16 Released With New Graphical Installer, Better Hardware Support
ReactOS 0.4.16 released today as the newest major update to this “open-source Windows” project providing an open-source OS with Windows driver and application compatibility… ⌘ Read more