Not to Alarm Anyone, but Flesh-Eating Screwworms Have Entered the US
The USDA this week confirmed the first known infection of the carnivorous fly larva, which feast on the flesh of living mammals, after the United States eradicated the nightmare bugs in the 1960s. ⌘ Read more

Linux 7.1 + Mesa 26.1 Performance With The Radeon RX 9070 GRE, RX 9070 XT
With this week’s launch day review of the AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE, Ubuntu 26.04 with its Linux 7.0 and Mesa 26.0 default driver stack was used for testing. That choice was made since the Ubuntu 26.04 release is still fresh, the RDNA4-based RX 9070 GRE was working without issue there, and from other RDNA4 testing knowing there isn’t much uplift from the in-development Linux 7.1 kernel or the current stable Mesa 26.1 OpenGL RadeonSI / V … ⌘ Read more

Samsung Ditches New Jersey For Texas, Costing Garden State 1,000 Jobs
schwit1 shares a report from NJ.com: Samsung is pulling up stakes in New Jersey and heading to Texas, a move that could leave roughly 1,000 Garden State workers facing a stark choice: relocate or risk losing their jobs. The South Korean tech giant confirmed this week that it will move its US headquarters from Englewood Cliffs, NJ, to its exist … ⌘ Read more

Apple Is Bringing Age Verification To Texas This Week
joshuark shares a report from The Verge: Apple will introduce age verification in the App Store for users in Texas starting on Thursday, June 4th. The move, as spotted by MacRumors, comes just days after a federal appeals court allowed Texas’ App Store Accountability Act to go into effect while a lawsuit against it proceeds. People in Texas who are creating a new App … ⌘ Read more

New Alien: Earth Season 2 Update Reveals When Filming Begins
Filming for Season 2 of Alien: Earth will begin in London soon. The update ends weeks of speculation about the production timeline, which had slipped past an earlier May start date. The FX series, created by Noah Hawley and backed by Ridley Scott, has become one of the streamer’s most closely watched projects. Season 2 […]

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GCC Git Enables Additional Tuning For AMD Zen 6
In addition to Intel adjusting their Nova Lake and Diamond Rapids targets in GCC this week to deal with APX realities, AMD this week also adjusted some tuning bits for their Zen 6 “znver6” target… ⌘ Read more

[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for June 4, 2026
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition:

• Front: MeshCore; x32 ABI; Open-source security; Package-manager metadata; More LSFMM+BPF coverage; Loadable crypto module.

• Briefs: Lightwell; jqwik protestware; RedHat package compromise; DistroWatch; Fedora election; Rust 1.96.0; rsync; Vim Classic 8.3; Quotes; …

• Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patch … ⌘ Read more

Backrooms Horror Movie Sets Huge Box Office Record for A24
A24’s Backrooms is turning into a box office storm right now. The horror film has become a sensation since it hit theaters last week. Now, it’s set to reach a major milestone for production just six days after release. What box office record did Backrooms set for A24? Deadline reports that Backrooms, made on a […]

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Anticipated Netflix Show’s Last Season Took 2 Weeks to Film ‘Huge’ Action Scene
The cast of Netflix’s Avatar: The Last Airbender have revealed that the final battle in its third season took them a long time to film.

The post Anticipated Netflix Show’s Last Season Took 2 Weeks to Film ‘Huge’ Action Scene appeared first on [Comin … ⌘ Read more

Angry Avengers: Doomsday Fans Are Saying the Same Thing After New Event
Marvel fans were expecting a major update on Avengers: Doomsday this week, but a recent promotional event left many feeling frustrated instead. After a tease from directors Anthony Russo and Joe Russo sparked speculation about a possible trailer release, the reveal turned out to be something entirely different. The reveal prompted a wave of reactions […]

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Angry Avengers: Doomsday Fans Are Saying the Same Thing After New Event
Marvel fans were expecting a major update on Avengers: Doomsday this week, but a recent promotional event left many feeling frustrated instead. After a tease from directors Anthony Russo and Joe Russo sparked speculation about a possible trailer release, the reveal turned out to be something entirely different. The reveal prompted a wave of reactions […]

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Scarlett Johansson’s $1.1B Movie Becomes a Streaming Hit on Hulu
A 2016 superhero team-up film featuring Scarlett Johansson has seen a resurgence on Hulu this week. Although the film generally streams exclusively on Disney+, it arrived on Hulu this month and instantly became a streaming hit. Captain America: Civil War is trending highly on Hulu According to FlixPatrol’s report for June 2, 2026, Captain America: […]

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He-Man Star Nicholas Galitzine Was ‘Pooping A Lot,’ Reveals Why
Masters of the Universe star Nicholas Galitzine reveals he was “pooping a lot” in preparation for his role. Galitzine shares that he had to undergo intense physical training, which also involved following a strict diet. The actor’s new He-Man movie comes out later this week. Nicholas Galitzine was pooping a lot after He-Man diet Nicholas […]

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Intel XPU Manager Adds Support For Arc Pro B65 + Arc Pro B70
Intel this week rolled out new versions of their open-source XPU Manager and Linux NPU driver software… ⌘ Read more

Microsoft Announces Coreutils For Windows: Derived From Rust Coreutils
As another interesting takeaway from this week’s Microsoft Build 2026 conference beyond their open-source Intelligent Terminal project is Coreutils for Windows. Microsoft is maintaining a fork of Rust Coreutils for Windows to ease the developer experience across Windows / WSL / macOS / Linux… ⌘ Read more

Tanks for 90 million-litre diesel buffer ready, first shipment en route
Channel Infrastructure says additional tanks to store around 93 million litres of diesel will be ready this week, in time for the first delivery of the back-up supply bought by the Government.

The first of two shipments for [the additional diesel reserve](https://businessdesk.co.nz/article/fuel-fallout/govt-contracts-z-energy-to-provide-90-million-litres-of-extra-diesel-supply … ⌘ Read more

A Viral YouTube Show About an Unhinged AI Is Hitting Theaters. It’s a Big Test for Hollywood
The Amazing Digital Circus finale will hit more than 4,000 theaters around the world Thursday. Two weeks later it’ll be on YouTube, bucking Hollywood trends and testing the power of online fandom. ⌘ Read more

Anthropic Confidentially Files for What Could Be the Largest IPO Ever
The AI giant behind Claude submitted paperwork on Monday that would take it public, just a couple of weeks after SpaceX’s splashy IPO announcement. ⌘ Read more

Budget smugglers: inside the trans-Tasman tax boxes
Budget 2026 landed in New Zealand with none of the dramas associated with its Australian counterpart, delivered a couple of weeks previously.

Unlike the radical tax reforms handed down by Australian Treasurer Jim Chalmers on May 12, NZ Finance Minister Nicola Willis held a steady-state course tax-wise. ⌘ Read more

Phoronix Marking 22 Years Of Linux Hardware Coverage This Week
On 5 June marks 22 years since starting Phoronix.com for covering the Linux hardware space and open-source news… ⌘ Read more

AI-Driven Security Disclosures, NVIDIA Vera & Linux 7.1 Features That Made An Exciting May
May 2026 is now in the books after writing 275 original Linux/open-source minded news articles and another 20 featured-length benchmark articles / Linux hardware reviews. There was a lot of exciting topics in May to keep the month interesting and as we approach the Phoronix 22nd birthday this week… ⌘ Read more

AMD Announces Radeon RX 9070 GRE, Ryzen AI Max PRO 400 Series
AMD is kicking off the busy Computex 2026 week with some new product announcements. The embargo is now up so meet the Radeon RX 9070 GRE and other new wares coming out this summer and later in the year from AMD. ⌘ Read more

Linux 7.1-rc6 Released Following Another “Larger-Than-I’d-Wish-For Size” Week
The Linux 7.1-rc6 kernel is now available for closing out the month of May and approaching the Linux 7.1 stable release that should be out by mid-June… ⌘ Read more

Sergey Brin told Google staff that working 60 hours a week is the ‘sweet spot’
Article URL: https://fortune.com/article/sergey-brin-60-hour-work-week-ai-rto/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48347531

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Thoughts on the lobbying debate
Being a kindly soul who has spent many years around Wellington in journalism, public relations and then journalism again, twice, my first reaction to last week’s news of unrecorded meetings and documents between corporate lobbyists and the Prime Minister’s Office left me cold.

People forget to write things down that they ought to. ⌘ Read more

Linux 7.1-rc6 To Support The ASUS ROG RAIKIRI II & Nova 2 Lite Controllers
Ahead of the Linux 7.1-rc6 test kernel due out later today, this week’s batch of input subsystem fixes have been sent out that includes enabling a few newer input devices… ⌘ Read more

AV2 v1.0 Specification Released For Next-Gen Video Coding
As expected given AOM Video Model indications last week, the AV2 v1.0 specification was officially released on Friday… ⌘ Read more

Various USB Quirks Merged Ahead Of Linux 7.1-rc6
Ahead of the Linux 7.1-rc6 kernel due out on Sunday, this week’s round of USB fixes have been merged with various new device quirks added as well as some patches as a result of scanning tools… ⌘ Read more

Journalist Spots Fugitive Terrorist Using Facial Recognition Software
Slashdot reader Bruce66423 writes: A German court this week sentenced a member of the Red Army Faction — a far-left terrorist organisation that operated in West Germany in the 1970s and 1980s — to jail. [67-year-old Daniela Klettewas was sentenced to 13 years for armed robberies, according to the Guardian, and “she also faces trial for … ⌘ Read more

DuckDuckGo Installs Up 30% After Google Announced AI Search
After Google announced AI-emphasizing changes to its search results, many web surfers began defecting to DuckDuckGo, reports TechCrunch. (They describe DuckDuckGo as “a privacy-focused alternative” that accounts for around 2% of the U.S. search market…)

DuckDuckGo said U.S. app installs went up 18.1% week-over-week on average during the May 20 to May 25 … ⌘ Read more

Software Stocks Have Best Month Since 2001. Talk of ‘SaaSpocalypse’ Subsides
Security company Okta shot up 30% Friday, reported CNBC, while data platform provider Snowflake jumped 50% this week.

They see it as part of a larger trend where software stocks “soared this week,” signaling “some companies are navigating their way through AI disruption better than Wall Street expected” and that investors “may ha … ⌘ Read more

Oh boy, it was bloody humid this morning. Just around 20°C when we left, but climbing rapidly. The flow of air when walking was okay, but as soon as we stopped, streams of sweat were pouring down on us. Luckily, it was cloudy, but the lack of wind was bad. Now, the sun is out, 29°C will be reached in an hour and I’m glad that the house is still cool. It will be a different story in a few weeks or months. Not looking forward to that at ll.

On the bright side, we saw the first tadpoles of the year and an also first, but sadly dead slow worm that probably some bird dropped on a bench next to the fountain. The fly was stuck to its feast and also cactus. The municipality fixed the railing nicely and we came across a giant patch of great looking fire bugs on the summit.

All in all, a successful stroll through the woods but for the humid heat.

https://lyse.isobeef.org/waldspaziergang-2026-05-30/

Cybercrime Crew Claims It Hacked Mike Lindell’s MyPillow
Plus: A ransomware group is now stealing data in person, BusPatrol wants to hand its license plate surveillance data to the cops, and more. ⌘ Read more

Genode OS 26.05 Released, Finishes Moving From GitHub To Codeberg
Genode OS 26.05 is out this week as the latest update for this original open-source operating system framework. With Genode OS 26.05, they have taken various features of their general purpose Sculpt OS operating system and turned them into reusable framework features… ⌘ Read more

One and a half weeks ago, our sunset delivered strong colors: https://lyse.isobeef.org/abendhimmel-2026-05-21/ Apologies for the damn fuzz in the optics.

I rode my bicyle to the scout flea market setup a few weeks ago when I had to stop to admire the morning sun lighting up the fields. https://lyse.isobeef.org/morgensonne-2026-05-08/ Of course, these photos don’t do justice at all.

Most of the time, I take a very very long time to do anything. If I say, for example, “I’ll build an IRC Web Client”, that may not happen for weeks, if not months, until my sub conscience has has time to process everything. It’s like basically a “feeling” of internal readiness. I never talk through it, never actively think about it, it just happens.

On the Money: Tex Edwards, Karen Silk, Kenyon Clarke, Brad Olsen, Eric Crampton, Don Braid, Anna Breman and more
On the Money (OTM) is our column of general frippery we observed within the worlds of business and government this week.

At Thursday’s Mainfreight result, an injustice of national significance was finally raised. ⌘ Read more

Fail File: Warwick Mortimer, businessman and investor
Each fortnight, Victoria Carter speaks to someone about failure, disappointment and what they learned. This week, she talks to Warwick Mortimer, a business owner, property owner/investor in New Zealand and Rarotonga. He describes himself as “seeing opportunities and going for them, and more than 50% of the time being right about them”.

I was really disappointed when: Well, there are usually reasons for disappo … ⌘ Read more

Linux Networking Still Seeing “Significantly Bigger” Pull Requests Due To AI
Last week’s collection of networking subsystem fixes for Linux 7.1 noted craziness continuing with no end in sight with a large pull request of fixes with many of them spurred on by AI/LLM coding agents. This week it’s “significantly bigger” than prior kernel cycles for this late stage of kernel development due to this assistance of large language models… ⌘ Read more

Radeon Software For Linux 26.12 Brings Ubuntu 26.04 Support
While most Linux enthusiasts and desktop users/gamers are comfortable just riding the latest upstream Linux kernel and Mesa drivers shipped by their distribution, for those enterprises preferring the officially blessed and QA’ed driver packages from AMD, last week marked the release of the Radeon Software for Linux 26.12 driver… ⌘ Read more

NZ sharemarket rises nearly 2% for the week
The New Zealand sharemarket had a frantic end to the week, with Tourism Holdings fielding a renewed takeover bid and leading stocks buffeted by a world index rebalancing.

The S&P/NZX 50 Index and the blue-chips were enjoying a solid day but suffered a late fall due to the largest quarterly rebalancing of the MSCI Equity indices. ⌘ Read more

Budget 2026’s thorny political issues
This week’s pre-election Budget suggests the Government believes it will have done just enough to win on Nov 7 this year and is instead setting itself up for the 2029 election, promising looser purse strings then.

That is a confident call. ⌘ Read more

NZ’s early AI adopters are already reaping the benefits
When Air New Zealand updated its uniforms last year, it faced a large and potentially expensive job: updating its library of 18,000 brand images.

“So, what are we going to do?” the airline’s data and AI lead, Mike Parsons, asked rhetorically at one of the last formal Techweek26 sessions in Auckland last week. ⌘ Read more

Intel Arc Pro B70 BMG-G31 Linux Gaming Performance
In recent weeks we have been exploring different areas of the Intel Arc Pro B70 graphics performance on Linux from various OpenCL and Vulkan to Level Zero compute benchmarks, scaling up to four Arc Pro B70 graphics cards, comparing to NVIDIA RTX PRO Blackwell, and other relevant tests. While not intended for gaming, many Phoronix readers keep raising requests for seeing the Arc Pro B70 performance for Linux gaming given the lack of any consumer BMG-G31 GPU. So fo … ⌘ Read more

[$] 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; …

• [Announcements](https://lwn.net/Ar … ⌘ Read more

@movq@www.uninformativ.de @bender@twtxt.net Couldn’t agree more. I’ll check my list tomorrow that I started a few weeks ago.

DuckDuckGo search saw 28% more visits after Google said people love AI mode
Article URL: [https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/duckduckgos-ai-free-search-saw-nearly-28-percent-more-visits-in-the-week-following-googles-insistence-that-people-love-ai-mode/](https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/duckduckgos-ai-free-search-saw-nearly-28-percent-more-visits-in-the-week-following-googles-insistence-that-people-love-ai-mode/ … ⌘ Read more

The long game: how F&P Healthcare shrugged off a 52-week low
Few New Zealand companies have grown their capital expenditure by 89% in a single year, and there would be even fewer who, having done that, have plans to grow it further.

It is all part of what Fisher & Paykel Healthcare (FPH) CEO Lewis Gradon sees as taking the longer-term view of thing … ⌘ Read more

Meet Mark Zuckerberg’s right-hand man
By Meghan Bobrowsky

Tensions were running high at Meta Platforms.

For weeks, rumours circulated that the company was planning a large layoff as it poured tens of billions of dollars into artificial intelligence. Then, employees were told their keystrokes and mouse clicks would be recorded to help train AI agents to use computers. ⌘ Read more