KDE Linux Now Providing Automatic Btrfs Snapshots For All User Files
With the end of the month comes a new monthly status report from the KDE Linux project as their in-house distribution project… ⌘ Read more
NVIDIA Posts Linux Scheduler Patches To Further Boost SMT Performance On NVIDIA Vera
Hitting the Linux kernel mailing list today is a new kernel scheduler patch series to enable preferred SMT siblings for NVIDIA Vera with its Olympus cores… ⌘ Read more
FTC Sues Amazon, Accusing the E-Commerce Giant of Misleading Advertisers
The FTC and 22 state attorneys general are suing Amazon, accusing the company of secretly inflating advertising prices through undisclosed changes to its auction system that may have extracted more than $20 billion from advertisers since 2019. “Amazon has millions of advertising customers who were misled into paying significantly hig … ⌘ 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
Rust Coreutils 0.11 Released With Some Nifty Debug Helper Messages
Rust Coreutils 0.11 was just released as this alternative to the GNU Coreutils. Besides the long-running task of catching up the GNU Coreutils compatibility with the GNU test suite and never-ending work on optimizing the performance, Rust Coreutils 0.11 is quite a nice release for its improved error messages… ⌘ Read more
Broadcom Pledges to Lock Down Open Source Python, Java Libraries
Broadcom is launching “TrueSource,” an effort to curate and secure open-source components used with its Tanzu platform, including Spring, RabbitMQ, and libraries across Java, Python, and Node.js. “The idea is to provide a set of solutions focused on providing clean and secure artefacts,” Purnima Padmanabhan, vice president of Broadcom’s Tanzu Divisi … ⌘ Read more
Firefox 155 Available With Faster Page Loads Via Happy Eyeballs v3, QUIC v2 For HTTP/3
The Mozilla Firefox 155 release binaries are now available ahead of the formal announcement on Tuesday for this latest web browser release. With Firefox 155 it’s heavier on new features than we have seen in some time… ⌘ Read more
Kalshi Dishes Out Its First-Ever Lifetime Ban to George Santos
Kalshi has issued its first-ever lifetime ban to former U.S. Rep. George Santos after concluding he failed to fully cooperate with an insider-trading investigation. He is also being fined $71,356, according to a filing (PDF) on its website. Engadget reports:
It was reported in June that Santos was under investigation from the Department of Justice (D … ⌘ Read more
AMD Updates UALink Patches To Get The Linux Kernel Ready For UALoE On Helios
Earlier this month AMD posted a massive set of patches for bringing up UALink support for the mainline Linux kernel and wiring it up into the AMDGPU kernel driver. In closing out the month of August, they have updated this big set of Ultra Accelerator Link patches… ⌘ Read more
Bank of England Chief Warns New AI Models Threaten Global Financial Stability
Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey is warning that advanced “frontier” AI models could materially increase cyber risk across the global financial system by making attacks faster, cheaper, and more scalable. In a letter to G20 finance officials, he said financial firms need stronger defenses and contingency plans for … ⌘ Read more
Former Intel Engineer Who Was One Of The Clear Linux Architects Is Starting A New Distro
One of the former Intel engineers who was a Linux OS architect on their legendary Clear Linux distribution and before that also driving their Moblin and MeeGo Linux efforts is starting a new distribution project. This new initiative, named The Ur Project, is highly leveraging Rust and will rely on AI/LLMs in part and aims to incorporate some deisng improvements Clear Linux… ⌘ Read more
Tim Cook’s Last Day As CEO of Apple
An anonymous reader quotes a report from 9to5Mac: Today is Tim Cook’s last day as Apple CEO, with John Ternus set to take over tomorrow. To mark his last day in the role, Cook penned an emotional memo to Apple employees today. In the memo sent to employees this morning and obtained by 9to5Mac, Cook reflects on his time at Apple and thanks employees for all of their work. He also says he takes “enormous … ⌘ Read more
MapQuest’s App Surges to No. 1 In Navigation After Refusing to Rename Lake Ontario
MapQuest’s refusal to rename Lake Ontario as “Lake America” has sent its app surging up the charts, making it the No. 1 navigation app in the U.S. and driving “hundreds of thousands” of new downloads. In contrast, Google Maps announced on Saturday that it was complying with the Trump administration’s name change. … ⌘ Read more
3mdeb Enhancing The UEFI Update Capsules Experience For Open-Source Firmware
Open-source firmware consulting firm 3mdeb is out with a new blog post highlighting their recent work on enhancing the UEFI update capsules experience for open-source firmware with Coreboot and their downstream Dasharo offerings… ⌘ Read more
A 12TB Steam ‘Teraleak’ Spills More Than a Decade of Lost PC Gaming History
A massive 12TB archive of old Steam2 content has surfaced online, apparently containing nearly every version of games uploaded to Valve’s servers between 2003 and 2013, including unreleased prototypes, playtest builds, and cut content. Early discoveries include deleted Portal 2 material, files tied to Half-Life 2: Episode 3, … ⌘ Read more
Steam Deck / SteamOS hit over 30,000 Verified + Playable games
A big milestone has been hit by Valve for the Steam Deck, and SteamOS for other devices like the Steam Machine, with over 30,000 Verified + Playable games.
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Berlin Is Being Blackmailed By Hackers
An anonymous reader quotes a report from the BBC: Berlin is being blackmailed by hackers who were able to compromise city systems and steal data earlier this month, its mayor has said. Kai Wegner said officials would not cave in to the ransom demand, which came on Thursday evening. He did not say how much was being sought, though Der Spiegel reports the hackers are demanding 30 bitcoin, worth around … ⌘ 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 Kernel Patches Out For Review To Enable USB4/Thunderbolt For Apple M1 / M2 / M3
There is a set of 19 patches out for review on the Linux kernel mailing list that would finally allow the mainline kernel running on Apple Silicon M1 / M2 / M3 SoCs to enjoy USB4/Thunderbolt support… ⌘ Read more
Hytale Update 6 adds Hardcore Mode, Mod Browser, Gyro Controls, Networking Upgrades and much more
Hytale, the in-development open world RPG, has expanded with another huge update and there’s lots of fun features added this time.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/hytale-update-6-adds-hardcore-mode-m … ⌘ Read more
California’s Age Verification Bill Passes with Linux Exemption Intact
California’s age-verification bill has passed in its legislature — but with its open-source carve-out intact, reports the blog Linuxiac:
Back in May, we reported that California lawmakers amended Assembly Bill 1856 to carve open-source operating systems out of the state’s upcoming age verification requirements. Three months later, that e … ⌘ Read more
Monster-collecting RPG Cassette Beasts 2002 set for release in March 2027
One missed from the recent flurry of announcements - the monster collecting RPG Cassette Beasts 2002 is set to release and it’s going to be a good one.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/monster-collecting-rpg-cassette-beasts-2002-set-for-release-i … ⌘ Read more
Open source evolution simulation Thrive brings Multicellular Stage advancements
Everything that Spore could have been? A full evolution sim, Thrive, has a big new release out bringing in some brand new game mechanics.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/open-source-evolution-simulation-thrive-brings-multicellular-st … ⌘ Read more
Servo 0.5 Released: DuckDuckGo Properly Rendering, Up To 10x Faster Text Rendering
Servo 0.5 is out today as the newest monthly update to this open-source, Rust-based browser engine. Servo 0.5 ships many notable enhancements for benefiting those running the Servoshell example browser or looking at Servo as an opportunity for embedded use… ⌘ Read more
Portal: Alive & Kicking is a full remake and re-imagining of Valve’s classic out now on Steam
Portal: Alive & Kicking has officially arrive on Steam, giving the classic Valve game Portal a bit of a makeover.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/portal-alive-kicking-is-a-full-remake-and-re-imagining-of-valve … ⌘ Read more
New Linux Patches Tune AMD Ryzen Zen 6 To Optimize Performance & Power Consumption
Ahead of the next-generation AMD Ryzen Zen 6 client processors debuting, an important patch series was posted overnight to the Linux kernel mailing list. These patches provide new Zen 6 client Energy Performance Preference “EPP” tunings that are important for optimizing performance and power consumption for these upcoming AMD Zen 6 desktop and laptop processors… ⌘ Read more
GZDoom successor UZDoom 5.0 is officially out now
Spawned from GZDoom, the successor project UZDoom just had a massive new release with version 5.0 out now.
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A Faster Merge Sort For Mesa 26.3 Vulkan Drivers To Benefit Ray-Tracing
One of the latest optimizations to the Mesa Vulkan drivers by Natalie Vock of Valve’s Linux graphics team is faster and more vRAM efficient sorting for Morton code keys that are important for fast BVH construction and greater GPU parallelism… ⌘ Read more
NVIDIA VA-API Driver 0.0.18 Ships More Fixes, Chrome/Chromium Decode On Direct Backend
Firefox has finally begun supporting Vulkan Video decoding to complement their long-used VA-API support on Linux. This is good news for the official NVIDIA Linux graphics driver stack as it’s been the notable vendor not supporting the Video Acceleration API. But prior to Firefox rolling out its experimental Vulkan Video support, an independent implementation of VA-API built atop NVIDIA’s NVDEC interface has been available fo … ⌘ Read more
Game launcher ‘Launchbox’ should get a Linux version in 2027
During their recent celebration event and livestream, the developers of the popular game launcher Launchbox confirmed they are working on a Linux version.
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OpenTS is a new open-source reconstruction of Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun
Command & Conquer: Tiberian Sun is a true classic - one I remember excitedly reading magazine previews about and it continues to live on.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/08/opents-is-a-new-open-source-reconstruction-of-command-conquer-tiberia … ⌘ Read more
DOSBOX Staging 0.83 brings authentic CRT colour emulation, FMV deinterlacer, disc automounting and much more
Whew! Quite a big release for DOSBOX Staging, the popular modern continuation of DOSBox with release 0.83.0 officially out now with many advancements.
Read the full article on [GamingOnLinux](https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2 … ⌘ Read more
California Bill AB-1856 passes - exempting open source from age verification
The age verification bill in California AB-1856 has passed with the exemptions for open source left intact.
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OpenAI To Cut Off AI Models For SpaceX-owned Cursor
“OpenAI said on Friday that it plans to stop providing AI models to Cursor, the coding-tool company now owned by Elon Musk’s SpaceX,” reports Reuters:
“We are making this choice because we cannot be confident that SpaceX will use our technology within our terms of service, based on our experience with Elon Musk’s companies violating contracts,” OpenAI said in a blog post… H … ⌘ Read more
Amazon’s HR Lead Uses AI Tool to Write 100,000 Lines of Code - 25 Years After She Last Coded
In an Amazon News blog post, their HR leader describes using AI to write 100,000 lines of code — 25 years after she last coded. “Do you know how empowering it is to realize that after 25 years away from coding, you can actually build again?” First she built a calendar app for her family, … ⌘ Read more
Multikernel Linux Tree Released: Runs Multiple Kernels On Bare Metal Without a Hypervisor
“Multikernel Technologies has put out mklinux v7.0-mk2, the first public release of the multikernel Linux tree it’s been building since last year,” reports the blog It’s FOSS:
The basic premise of the project is that one physical server can run several independent Linux kernels side by side, each … ⌘ Read more
Gamescom Crime Spree? Three Exhibitors Report Their Laptops Were Stolen
From the gaming news site Aftermath”
Game developer and consultant Ryan Laley traveled to Cologne, Germany from Essex, England to showcase his upcoming horror social deduction game Mimic at the annual Gamescom event. He paid “thousands of pounds” to get a booth at the show, where other game developers and press could try the game ahe … ⌘ Read more
Linux 7.3-rc1 Close To 41 Million Lines, AMD Kernel Graphics Driver At 6.5 Million Lines
With Linus Torvalds remarking in the Linux 7.3-rc1 release announcement of the AMD kernel graphics driver changes for amounting around a third of the -rc1 changes due to the big AMD GPU register files for DCN 6.0 and other new IP additions, here are some fresh code stats at large… ⌘ Read more
AI’s ‘Creepy’ Crawlers Criticized by Linux Foundation’s IT Infrastructure Director
The Linux Foundation’s director of IT infrastructure says they now spend more CPU cycles “rendering commits for scrapers than we spend on all other kinds of legitimate access.”
At any one time, across 5 geo-distributed nodes, there are 14 CPU cores doing nothing but rendering git commits as html….
[W]hen a s … ⌘ Read more
Linux 7.3-rc1 With AMD Zen 6 Additions, Better Btrfs Performance & 2026 Steam Controller
Like clockwork, the Linux 7.3 merge window has concluded after two weeks and the Linux 7.3-rc1 kernel now available for testing… ⌘ Read more
Chess.com Launches New Poker Site, Plans More Classic Game Sites with Player Ratings - Thanks to AI Protyping
In May Chess.com “quietly launched” a free educational poker site named Gambit, reports The Verge, where players can learn the game and improve an Elo-like rating without risking real money. And next Chess.com will expand into more classic games, including … ⌘ Read more
OpenShot 4.0 Released In Adapting Video Editor UI To Qt6
OpenShot 4.0 was tagged this afternoon on GitHub as the newest major feature release to this open-source non-linear video editing application… ⌘ Read more
Google Maps Renamed Lake Ontario to ‘Lake America’ - But Only for U.S. Users
It’s already happened — at least on Google Maps.
Google’s online maps reflect name changes in official government sources, Google posted Saturday. So when the U.S. Geographic Names Information System formally changed the name for “Lake Ontario” to “Lake America,” Google also renamed it “Lake America” — for visitors from the U … ⌘ Read more
Has Big Tech Captured America’s Schools?
America’s public education system has become “an avenue for multitrillion-dollar companies to enact their agendas,” argues a NewYork Times reporter who’s covered that tech industry influence for over 10 years. Big tech companies “advocate for new laws to require schools to teach industry-aligned subjects. They sit on committees that help shape learning standards for public school students…”
T … ⌘ Read more
A Tiny ‘Rainbow On a Chip’ Could Help Supercharge 6G Networks
ScienceDaily reports:
A microchip about the size of a grain of rice can generate a highly organized “rainbow” of light, a capability that could eventually support faster, higher-capacity 6G communications and extremely precise timing for quantum technologies. Physicists at Loughborough University, working with an international research team, demonstrate … ⌘ Read more
Citrix Adds a Linux-Powered Escape Hatch For Compromised Windows PCs
Citrix’s Desktop as a Service (DaaS) product includes a lightweight, hardened second operating system called UniconOS (once called “eLux”) to offer Windows customers a write-protected file system Citrix says is secure against computer viruses and other malware. Nerds.xyz reports:
According to the company, the environment remains isolated f … ⌘ 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
The Challenges In Bringing AMD ROCm To FreeBSD
This summer an intern with the FreeBSD Foundation worked on porting AMD ROCm to FreeBSD. The internship is concluding while the FreeBSD ROCm code is almost to the stage of being able to perform simple vector addition workloads… ⌘ Read more
Scientists Turn Plastic Waste Into Edible Cookies
A team of researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale engineered yeast to create cookies that were 3D printed out of plastic waste, reports Futurism:
The yeast breaks down the components of plastic compounds and agricultural byproducts like discarded plant stalks into proteins, fats, acids, and flavorings that we can eat. When these are combined together, the m … ⌘ 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