Vietnam Jails Pirate Football Streamers For Up To a Year
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TorrentFreak: A Vietnamese court has sentenced 14 people who worked on the pirate football streaming site Bun Cha TV, handing out the first prison terms we’ve seen since the country’s piracy crackdown began earlier this year. […] Four defendants, including the heads of the content, programming and operations teams, wer … ⌘ Read more
AMD Releases ZenDNN 6.1 With New Kernels & Optimizations
Last month Intel and AMD jointly announced they would be collaborating on software optimizations with PyTorch/oneDNN. That already led to the UXL Foundation’s release of oneDNN 3.14 with initial AMD Zen optimizations. It looks though like for now at least AMD will also continue to concurrently push new work into their ZenDNN library and not exclusively tied to oneDNN. Out today is ZenDNN 6.1… ⌘ Read more
Trump’s CTFC Steps In to Defend Kalshi As Utah Brings Criminal Charges Against Execs
The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has sued Utah to defend its claimed exclusive authority over federally registered prediction markets, as the state files (PDF) 14 criminal charges against Kalshi and its co-founders for allegedly violating anti-gambling laws. The Verge reports: On Wednesday, Utah … ⌘ Read more
Apple Updates MacBook Pro With M6 Chips
Ahead of the touchscreen MacBook Pro expected to debut tomorrow, Apple has refreshed its standard 14-inch MacBook Pro with the new M6 processor, promising up to 20% faster multithreaded performance, improved power efficiency, and more powerful on-device AI capabilities. The Verge reports: Announced this morning through a press release, the new 14-inch MacBook Pro features three Thunder 4 USB-C … ⌘ Read more
Snapdragon X1 Elite / Acer Swift 14 AI Performance On The Ubuntu 26.10 X1E Concept
For those curious about the Snapdragon X1 Elite performance on the recently released Ubuntu 26.10 Concept X1E ISO, here are some benchmarks showing the performance relative to Ubuntu 26.04 LTS X1E state on the same hardware. ⌘ Read more
oneDNN 3.14 Released With ACE Support, Initial AMD Zen Optimizations
The UXL Foundation announced today the release of oneDNN 3.14 as the latest feature update to this library providing optimized deep learning operations for software like PyTorch, TensorFlow, OpenVINO, and others. While oneDNN began as an Intel software project, making this version notable is beginning to see AMD Zen CPU optimizations land in oneDNN proper… ⌘ Read more
Uber Begins Self-Driving Robotaxi Trial In Manchester
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Uber has begun a trial of autonomous vehicles on the streets of Manchester as it looks to bring robotaxis to cities around the UK. The first self-driving cars are operating, using the technology of its partner firms Pony and Verne, with whom Uber recently launched Europe’s first autonomous taxi service in the Croat … ⌘ Read more
Bank of America Hired 1,000 Contractors to Patch Software Flaws Exposed By Anthropic’s Mythos
Bank of America hired 1,000 outside contractors to help patch software vulnerabilities exposed by advanced AI models, including Anthropic’s Mythos. The effort added hundreds of millions of dollars in third-quarter expenses. CNBC reports: In an interview after the bank’s third-quarter earnings … ⌘ Read more
Mini Organs Launching to Space For Study On Aging
Researchers from Mount Sinai, NASA, and Space Tango have launched miniature human hearts and brains to the International Space Station to study how microgravity and radiation affect organs and potentially accelerate aging. “If people are going to be living and working in space, then we need to understand what’s going to happen to them,” David Sachs, assistant professor of … ⌘ Read more
Schools Across US Protest FCC Plan That Could Disconnect Kids From Internet
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Schools and libraries from around the U.S. pleaded with the Federal Communications Commission to drop the idea of ending E-Rate, a $2 billion-a-year program that connects students and library visitors to the Internet. FCC Chairman Brendan Carr has criticized school distr … ⌘ Read more
Eight US States Sue OpenAI, Claiming ChatGPT Harms Young Users
Eight US states, including Kansas, Arizona, and Montana, have sued OpenAI, alleging that ChatGPT encourages children to harm themselves. The states are seeking changes to how the company’s products interact with young users and the forfeiture of profits generated from their activity. Reuters reports: Attorneys general from the states, which include Iow … ⌘ Read more
Microsoft Defender Now Supports Linux Desktops
“Starting today, Linux desktops are now officially supported by Microsoft Defender,” reports Neowin. A public preview of the threat detection app extends its enterprise security platform beyond servers to developer workstations running distributions such as Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora, and RHEL. The offering includes antivirus protection, endpoint detection and response, vulnerability … ⌘ Read more
Epic Games’ New Vibe-Coded Launcher Is 46% Faster Than Steam
Epic has launched a preview of a new AI-generated Games Launcher that it says cold-starts 46% faster than Steam. Neowin reports: Epic commissioned a third-party company to benchmark this new launcher in its current Preview build versus the Steam client on Windows machines. The results reported that Epic’s client is 46% faster than Valve’s client during co … ⌘ Read more
US Tech Giants Warn Europe That Data Sovereignty Requirements Could Cost $128 Billion
A study commissioned by CCIA Europe, whose members include Amazon, Google, and Meta, estimates that the EU’s proposed Cloud and AI Development Act could impose 115 billion euros ($128 billion) in costs over a decade as governments and companies migrate workloads and rewrite software. The figure is more tha … ⌘ Read more
Google Is Silently Linking Your Phone Number Across All Signed-In Accounts
Google has made Android’s phone-number verification opt-out, automatically verifying and associating a device’s phone number with every Google account signed in on that phone, including secondary and work accounts. Android Authority reports: As spotted in a recent Reddit thread, users report receiving confirmation emails out o … ⌘ Read more
Anthropic Warns Small AI Models Could Self-Replicate Through IoT Devices
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: AI company Anthropic is warning that advances in small AI models could soon usher in a new era of self-replicating malware that’s capable of infecting smart fridges, vacuum cleaners, and a wide range of other Internet-of-things devices and is more resistant to takedown. By next … ⌘ Read more
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Google Play Now Lets Anyone Build Private, Vibe-Coded Apps That Run On Android
Google Play is adding support for private personal Android apps, allowing users to build an app with tools like Google AI Studio and run it on their own devices without publishing it publicly to the Play Store. “These personal apps won’t show up in Google Play’s search or listing pages, and won’t be shared with anyone e … ⌘ Read more
Netflix Cuts About 6% of Jobs In Biggest Layoffs Since 2022
Netflix is laying off about 1,000 employees, or 6% of its workforce, in its largest round of cuts since 2022. The company says its business remains strong, but it is facing growing pressure from YouTube, TikTok, and other rivals. Reuters reports: The bulk of the job cuts would be in Netflix’s product, tech, legal and human-resources teams, the email Co-CEOs Greg … ⌘ Read more
Dutch Tax Authorities Cancel Microsoft 365 Cloud Rollout, Turn Toward Open Source
An anonymous reader quotes a report from ZDNet: The Netherlands’ Tax and Customs Administration has abandoned its planned Microsoft 365 public-cloud rollout. Why? The reasons were clear at the Open Source Summit Europe conference, where the Linux Foundation (LF) released the 2026 State of Open Source in Europe. In … ⌘ Read more
Anthropic Reinvents Source Control As Claude Floods the World With Code
Anthropic says Claude-generated code has scaled so quickly that its existing Git-based infrastructure could not keep up. In response, the company built a custom centralized source-control system called Scion, along with AI-assisted review and search tools. The Register reports: “In May 2026, Anthropic averaged around 2,500 cod … ⌘ Read more
Skydance’s Discovery+ Prices Increase By Up to 20%
Discovery+ has raised prices for new subscribers, increasing its ad-free plan from $10 to $12 per month and its ad-supported plan from $6 to $7. The hike comes shortly after Paramount Skydance acquired Warner Bros. Discovery. Ars Technica reports: The new prices take effect for new subscribers immediately. Current subscribers to the streaming service, which primarily features … ⌘ Read more
FBI Arrests Saudi OpenAI Employee For Planting Recording Device In Conference Room
An anonymous reader quotes a report from CNBC: An OpenAI employee was arrested after a “sophisticated recording device” was found hidden inside the executive conference room. Abdulrahman Alfozan, 35, who is a national of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, was arrested in connection with the matter, the DOJ said. The c … ⌘ Read more
DXVK-Sarek 1.14.0 released for gaming on older GPUs
DXVK-Sarek version 1.14.0 has arrived, keeping Wine / Proton gaming alive for those of you with older GPUs that don’t have modern Vulkan support.
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xorg-server 21.1.25 and xwayland 24.1.14 released due to more security issues
New versions of X.Org and XWayland have been released since more security issues have been revealed.
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HP’s Answer to the MacBook Neo Is Thinner, Lighter, and Comes With OLED
HP is taking aim at Apple’s MacBook Neo with the new OmniBook 5 14, a $699.99 Windows laptop that starts with an Intel Core 5 315 processor, 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage but includes an OLED display even on the base model. It’s also slightly thinner and lighter than the Neo. The Verge reports: The OmniBook 5 14 can be configured … ⌘ Read more
Minecraft LIVE Fall 2026 reveals a new dimension for Minecraft called The Sift
The first new Minecraft dimension in over 14 years – joining the Overworld, the Nether and the End is The Sift.
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New Linux Patches For Supporting Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon G14’s Second Webcam
For those considering Lenovo’s recently launched and beautifully crafted ThinkPad X1 Carbon Gen 14 laptop powered by Intel Core Ultra Series 3 “Panther Lake”, one of the lingering missing features under Linux will hopefully soon be addressed: its second web camera… ⌘ Read more
Gzip 1.15 Released With Many Bug Fixes For Issues Present Since Its Inception
Gzip 1.15 is out today for succeeding the Gzip 1.14 release from April 2025. With this release comes a number of fixes for bugs present since the beginning of Gzip… ⌘ 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
While Hollywood Fears an AI Future, China’s Film Industry is Embracing It
The Los Angeles Times reports:
Chen Yilong has racked up plenty of film and TV credits in his two decades as an actor, but with work getting scarcer he signed a contract in August to license the image of his face to a Chinese production studio. Chen’s role will be to sit in front of a video camera and make facial express … ⌘ Read more
Math Professor Accuses OpenAI of Copying His Work, Says AI Compute Power Makes Racing to Publish ‘Pointless’
The New York Post wrote that OpenAI “stunned the mathematics world” last week when it announced its AI model “cracked a legendary math problem left unsolved for nearly a century in just 88 hours.”
But a New York University professor “has come forward alleging … ⌘ Read more
ChatGPT-Using Lawyer Cited Its Fake Witnesses and Police Testimony in Court
Reuters reports:
A defense lawyer appealing his client’s murder conviction submitted a brief containing made-up police testimony and witnesses fabricated by OpenAI’s ChatGPT, New Mexico’s highest court said. The New Mexico Supreme Court on Wednesday fined the attorney, Stephen Aarons [for $5,000], and held him in contempt for … ⌘ Read more
Reservations Go Live for Valve’s Steam Frame VR Headset. An Experiment in Progress?
Reservations are now live for Valve’s “Steam Frame” VR headset (with its Linux-based SteamOS and an ARM CPU). “It starts at $1,059 for 256GB or $1,299 for 1TB,” reports CNET, “and every purchase includes a copy of Half-Life: Alyx if you don’t already own it.”
Reservations are open through Sept. 17 at 10 a.m. P … ⌘ Read more
No Rolling Power Outages for California Since 2020 - Thanks to 17,000 MW of New Battery Storage
“Californians just made it through the hottest August on record without having to endure any rolling power outages,” reports the Los Angeles Times. In fact, the state hasn’t implemented rotating power outages since 2020.
Because “Over the last few years, California has quietly but drama … ⌘ Read more
Union Contract with Microsoft Ratified by 1,900 Blizzard Developers and Workers
Nearly 1900 Blizzard Entertainment workers “voted to ratify their first union contract with parent company Microsoft after over two years of bargaining,” reports Kotaku, “consolidating Blizzard’s many smaller unions into three larger bargaining units.”
The workers now gain new protections “on issues such as generati … ⌘ Read more
Little Mercury May Be Shrinking Faster Than Scientists Expected
A new study suggests Mercury may have shrunk about 30% more than scientists previously thought, losing as much as 14 miles in diameter as its interior cooled and contracted over billions of years. “That’s significant for a planet barely 3,000 miles (4,900 kilometers) across,” reports the Associated Press. From the report: Mercury’s rough surface … ⌘ Read more
KDE Plasma 6.8 Beta Released With Many Great Improvements, Kup Backup Scheduler
Ahead of the stable release of Plasma 6.8 due out on 14 October that also marks the 30th anniversary of the KDE project, out today is the much anticipated beta release… ⌘ Read more
GNU Automake 1.19 Released With More Than One Year Worth Of Fixes
For those continuing to use GNU Automake over the likes of Meson or CMake for your build system, Automake 1.19 is out today as the first new release in 15 months. Among the many fixes in this release is for a bug dating back 14 years… ⌘ 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
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
FreeBSD 14.5-RC1 Released With Several Security Fixes
Ahead of FreeBSD 14.5-RELEASE hopefully debuting on 8 September, FreeBSD 14.5-RC1 is out today as the final scheduled development release… ⌘ Read more
Apple TV and Apple One Subscription Prices Increase By Up To 20%
Apple is raising Apple TV’s U.S. price to $14.99 per month, up from $12.99, while the annual plan jumps from $99 to $119. It’s the service’s fourth price hike in four years and means the monthly cost has now tripled from its $4.99 launch price in 2019. Apple One’s Individual plan is also rising from $19.95 to $21.95 per month.
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Apple TV and Apple One Subscription Prices Increase By Up To 20%
Apple is raising Apple TVâ™s U.S. price to $14.99 per month, up from $12.99, while the annual plan jumps from $99 to $119. Itâ™s the serviceâ™s fourth price hike in four years and means the monthly cost has now tripled from its $4.99 launch price in 2019. Apple Oneâ™s Individual plan is also rising from $19.95 to $21.95 per month.
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AMD Jumps From ROCm 7.14 To ROCm 10.0 With ROCm.AI
Back in July ROCm 7.14 was announced as their new production release built atop TheRock build system and introducing Ryzen AI 400 series support. The versioning choice was a bit odd since ROCm 7.2 was the stable release at the time while ROCm 7.9+ turned into “tech preview” releases. With ROCm 7.14, it was declared stable. In clearing up that versioning mess, they have done a major version bump… to ROCm 10.0… ⌘ Read more
SCO Successor Xinuos Asks Court to Rehear Its Claims Against IBM/Red Hat Over Project Monterey
The long legal battle over ownership of Linux “is closer than ever to ending,” reports the Register, “after a panel of three judges ruled a claim against IBM and Red Hat isn’t valid, and that time has expired for further action.”
In 2021, an heir to SCO settled with IBM for $14.25 millio … ⌘ Read more
Meta Faces $1.4 Trillion Reckoning In Latest Trial Over Social Media Addiction
Meta is heading to trial in a case brought by dozens of states accusing it of deliberately designing addictive features, misleading users about safety, and illegally collecting data from children under 13. Meta says the states are seeking penalties as high as $1.4 trillion, though the judge has already called that figure … ⌘ Read more
Vulnerability Giving Attackers Full Control of Macs Is Under Active Exploitation
joshuark shares a report from Ars Technica: Dutch officials have warned that a high-severity macOS vulnerability that allows attackers to execute malicious code is under active exploitation. “The NCSC has received a notification indicating that active abuse of this vulnerability has been observed on multiple syste … ⌘ Read more
Astronomers Discover a New Kind of Cosmic Object: a Black Hole ‘Star’
Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope say they may have found a new class of object: a “black hole star,” in which a black hole is wrapped in dense gas and radiates in ways that resemble an enormous star. The Guardian reports: The international team made the breakthrough after focusing their attention on a mysterious red spot … ⌘ Read more
Meta Patents AI Glasses to Use Facial Recognition to Identify People, Make Highlight Reels of Your Dinner Party
Meta has patented a smart-glasses system that could use facial recognition to identify people and automatically create personalized highlight reels of events such as dinner parties. The patent doesn’t guarantee the feature will ship, but it offers a detail … ⌘ Read more