This street car slept on my lap. its been a while since i felt this happy.. 😊 ⌘ Read more
Australia news LIVE: Ley avoids leadership challenge, formally dumps net zero target; Fishing boats at centre of controversial Border Force operation
Follow along as we bring you the latest live news updates from Australia and around the world. ⌘ Read more
New Patch Moves AMD GCN 1.0 GPUs Over To AMDGPU Driver By Default
Following the recent patch proposal for moving AMD GCN 1.1 generation GPUs over to the AMDGPU Linux driver by default in place of the legacy Radeon driver, a similar patch has now been proposed for the GCN 1.0 graphics processors. AMD GCN 1.0/1.1 GPUs are at parity with the AMDGPU driver to the Radeon driver while needing this newer kernel driver for enjoying RADV Vulkan support, better performance, and overall a better experience… ⌘ Read more
Chinese Hackers Used Anthropic’s AI To Automate Cyberattacks
China’s state-sponsored hackers used AI technology from Anthropic to automate break-ins of major corporations and foreign governments during a September hacking campaign, the company said Thursday. From a report: The effort focused on dozens of targets and involved a level of automation that Anthropic’s cybersecurity investigators had not previously seen, a … ⌘ Read more
Former Prince Andrew faces more questions over Jeffrey Epstein friendship
Newly released Jeffrey Epstein emails confirm the former Prince Andrew was photographed with Virginia Giuffre, his main accuser. ⌘ Read more
Lucky ticket holder takes out the entire Powerball jackpot
One lucky Powerball ticket holder has won the entire $50 million jackpot overnight. ⌘ Read more
New laws in Victoria aim to improve protection for retail workers
As retailers gear up for their busiest time of year, new laws are being introduced in Victoria to crack down on customers who abuse shop staff. ⌘ Read more
Woman charged with murdering a grandmother in Sydney
A woman has been charged with a domestic violence murder over the death of a grandmother in Sydney’s north-west. ⌘ Read more
One billionaire’s plan to build a women-only residential college at major Sydney university
Venture capitalist Solina Chau’s donation will house science, technology, engineering and maths students on campus. ⌘ Read more
First look: This revamped shopping mall is ditching luxury and going back to basics
The Collins Street site has previously struggled with low tenancy rates. But developers believe this iteration will be a success. ⌘ Read more
Robinhood Offers To Bring Cash To Your Doorstep, for a Fee
An anonymous reader shares a report: Robinhood Markets is betting its Gen Z and millennial clientele are as eager to send out for delivery of a wad of cash as they are to order pizza or a pint of ice cream.
The brokerage is joining with food-and-drink delivery app Gopuff to allow customers to withdraw cash from their Robinhood bank accounts and have it broug … ⌘ Read more
US ‘disappointed’ that Rolls-Royce will build UK’s first small modular reactors ⌘ Read more
I didn’t realize we were getting a weird little monkey when we adopted Mitzi ⌘ Read more
Plans to axe disability watchdogs ‘incredibly dangerous’, critics warn
The government’s plan to introduce a super-regulator to oversee social services will put some of Victoria’s most vulnerable at risk, say advocacy groups. ⌘ Read more
Mozilla Launches AI Window for Firefox
Mozilla announced on Thursday that it is building an AI Window for Firefox, a new opt-in browsing mode that will let users interact with an AI assistant and chatbot. The feature will become one of three browsing experiences in Firefox alongside the existing classic and private windows. Users will be able to select which AI model they want to use in the AI Window, according to a post on the Mozilla … ⌘ Read more
Bcachefs Rolls Out Metadata Version Reconcile “rebalance_v2” Feature
For those making use of the out-of-tree Bcachefs file-system driver, rolling out to the snapshot/nightly testing channel is the long-in-development “rebalance_v2” functionality now known as the “bcachefs_metadata_version_reconcile” feature… ⌘ Read more
Microsoft confirms Windows 11 is about to change gets enormous backlash – Neowin
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What percentage of Australians lives in Melbourne? Test yourself with The Age quiz
Test your knowledge of Melbourne and Victoria with Stephen Brook’s quiz. ⌘ Read more
Integrity watchdog urges WA premier to drop bill allowing ministers to rewrite laws
A new report warns the State Development Bill exposes WA’s already fragile integrity system to further political influence. ⌘ Read more
The WA government is asking whether cannabis should be legalised. Will it listen?
The Mental Health Commission asked the question as part of its 2025 Drug Attitudes survey, but a WA MP said the response from residents was rarely acted on. ⌘ Read more
Drunk engineers, ‘shoddy maintenance’, humiliated patients: Westpac Rescue fights to save reputation
NSW Ambulance assistant commissioner Cameron Edgar said the allegations were “confronting and difficult” for staff. ⌘ Read more
I did what the doctor ordered. I introduced myself to a mushroom
If you go down to the woods today … you’ll be better for it, according to an ever-growing body of research into forest bathing. ⌘ Read more
Celtic Club cliffhanger as election shakes up board
The results are in for the board elections – and now the board is setting its sights on the annual general meeting and its legal pursuit of a rebel online newsletter. ⌘ Read more
Tehran taps run dry as water crisis deepens across Iran ⌘ Read more
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Proton Might Recycle Abandoned Email Addresses
BrianFagioli writes: Popular privacy firm Proton is floating a plan on Reddit that should unsettle anyone who values privacy, writes Nerds.xyz. The company is considering recycling abandoned email addresses that were originally created by bots a decade ago. These addresses were never used, yet many of them are extremely common names that have silently collected misdirected emails, pa … ⌘ Read more
Funniest picture of your cat? I’ll start. ⌘ Read more
Possible Setback For Linux x86_64 Laptops: Prominent Developer Joins Qualcomm
Back in early September we reported on a Linux hardware enablement leader planning to leave Red Hat. Hans de Goede has been a longtime contributor to improving Intel/AMD Linux desktop/laptop hardware support and in fact an x86 platform drivers subsystem maintainer. We now found out where this lead Linux x86 driver developer ended up: Qualcomm… ⌘ Read more
Verizon To Cut About 15,000 Jobs
Verizon is planning to cut roughly 15,000 jobs, looking to reduce costs as it contends with increased competition for wireless service and home internet, according to WSJ, which cites people familiar with the matter. From the report: The cuts, the largest ever for the carrier, are set to take place in the next week, the people said. The majority of the reduction is expected to be made through layoffs. Verizon … ⌘ Read more
Happy 14th birthday! ⌘ Read more
A Python function I use to build project files from my Ultisnips snippets ⌘ Read more
Africa experiencing worst outbreak of cholera in 25 years, Africa CDC says ⌘ Read more
Reddit Cofounder Had a Bad Feeling About Giving Data To Sam Altman
Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian said he had serious doubts a decade ago about sharing the platform’s data with Sam Altman. Ohanian recounted on the “Brew Markets” podcast that between 2015 and 2016, Altman asked Reddit to let him “aggressively scrape” the site’s content. Altman had recently helped Reddit raise $50 million in a Series B round … ⌘ Read more
I just love this little smooshy face ☺️ ⌘ Read more
The Incredible Evolution Of AMD EPYC HPC Performance Shown In The Azure Cloud
Last week the Microsoft Azure HBv5 instances reached general availability as powered by the custom EPYC 9V64H CPUs with HBM3 memory. These very interesting EPYC processors for memory bandwidth intensive workloads were announced last year while have finally reached GA with jaw-dropping results for software able to take advantage of the 6.7 TB/s memory bandwidth thanks to the HBM memory. The Azure HBv5 benchmarks last week showed how th … ⌘ Read more
France Fully Lifts Travel Ban on Telegram Founder Durov
An anonymous reader shares a report: France has lifted its travel ban on Telegram founder Pavel Durov, who is under investigation over illegal content on his messaging app, judicial sources close to the case said Thursday. The entrepreneur, 41, was detained in Paris in 2024 and is under formal investigation by French authorities over the platform’s alleged complic … ⌘ Read more
Cagent Comes to Docker Desktop with Built-In IDE Support through ACP
Docker Desktop now includes cagent bundled out of the box. This means developers can start building AI agents without a separate installation step. For those unfamiliar with cagent: it’s Docker’s open-source tool that lets you build AI agents using YAML configuration files instead of writing code. You define the agent’s behavior and tools, and cagent… ⌘ Read more
When I realize my personal API key has been running in production for 6 months ⌘ Read more
Linux Looks To Remove SHA1 Support For Signing Kernel Modules
Patches posted to the Linux kernel mailing list this week are seeking to remove SHA1 support for signing of kernel modules. This is part of the larger effort in the industry for moving away from SHA1 given its vulnerabilities to hash collisions and superior hashing algorithms being available… ⌘ Read more
This guy has been coming to my garage the last month or so. Finally got to meet him and put out food. ⌘ Read more
Russian army crumbles as Pokrovsk assault becomes “death sentence” for soldiers ⌘ Read more
China’s EV Market Is Imploding
An anonymous reader shares a report: The Chinese electric car has become a symbol of the country’s seemingly unstoppable rise on the world stage. Many observers point to their growing popularity as evidence that China is winning the race to dominate new technologies. But in China, these electric cars represent something entirely different: the profound threats that Beijing’s meddling in markets poses to both China … ⌘ Read more