Linux 7.2 On Threadripper Shows Some Nice I/O Improvements & Faster Poll, Some Regressions
I have begun testing out Linux 7.2 on more hardware following the winding down of the merge window and culminating with yesterday’s Linux 7.2-rc1 release. Today’s tests are looking at how Linux 7.2 in its early development state is comparing to Linux 7.1 stable on AMD Ryzen Threadripper. ⌘ Read more

KDE Plasma 6.7.2 To Fix KWin’s Most Common Crash, Plasma 6.8 To Not Crash When Ejecting CDs
While Plasma 6.7.1 was just released this week following the recent stable debut of Plasma 6.7, there are already a number of fixes piling up for Plasma 6.7.2 due out in July. Plus more feature work and fixes for Plasma 6.8 as the next desktop version going Wayland-only… ⌘ Read more

Astronomers Find Biggest Super-Puff Planets Yet That Are Lighter Than Cotton Candy
Astronomers have discovered two Jupiter-sized exoplanets with densities lower than cotton candy, making them the lightest known worlds of their size. The rare “super-puffs,” located about 1,110 light-years away, are likely composed mostly of hydrogen and helium, with follow-up observations by the James Webb … ⌘ Read more

How NVIDIA GB10 CPU Performance Compares To Vera
Since delivering NVIDIA Vera CPU benchmarks one month ago and follow-ups like how the ARM Linux server performance has evolved in 8 years or how Vera compares to Ampere Altra that is still quite common in the marketplace, another frequent discussion point and inquiry is about the performance of NVIDIA Vera relative to NVIDIA’s GB10 chip. For those curious about the per-core performance and the like, here are some benchmarks of the GB10 up against those initial Vera resul … ⌘ Read more

Anthropic Says Alibaba Must Be Punished For Largest Claude Cloning Attack
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Anthropic has accused the Chinese firm Alibaba of launching the largest attack yet attempting to clone Claude, as China races to match the capabilities of Anthropic’s leading model following Mythos’ release and subsequent restriction from foreign markets. Ars obtained a June … ⌘ Read more

Meta Pauses Employee-Tracking Program Following Internal Data Leak
Meta has paused its Model Compatibility Initiative that tracked employee mouse movements, clicks, keystrokes, and screen content to train AI agents, after some of its collected data became accessible to more employees than intended. Meta says it has no evidence the information was improperly accessed and will not restart the program until it is … ⌘ Read more

A deer, multiple frogs, several thousand fireflies and something else. It was already very dark when I was silently drifting along on a nice soft mossy path, enjoying the firefly show left and right and in front of me. I then heard some rustling about 30 meters in the distance in the shrubs. I thought that I must have scared up a deer. But it kept on rustling without any worries. And I closed in without seeing anything.

Only when I heard the quick oink from just 10 meters away, I froze. Shit, no deer, but a boar! Suddenly, I was the one who was scared. It probably hadn’t noticed me before. But did it notice me now? Was that grunt a warning or just completely unrelated? The rustling appeared to slowly come closer. What if there were also piglets around? I couldn’t figure out how many boars there were. Maybe just one, possibly more. A wild boar easily rips a hunting dog apart, so I didn’t want to take any chances and decided I will not wait for them to eventually pass me behind the brush in just a hand full of meters, so I can keep on going. While I was just turning around, I heard another oink and was frighened to death. I ran 20 meters, before calming down a little bit. I listened for half a second and nobody was following me. Phew. I then walked back the path.

What an adventure, I tell you. That was my second (or maybe third?) wild boar encounter in the woods ever. A hell lot more scary at night than during daylight when you can actually see something.

“Disgusting” Linux sched_ext Source Code Restructured Following Complaint By Linus Torvalds
Last week the main set of sched_ext changes were merged for Linux 7.2 that included continued work on sub-scheduler support. While Linus Torvalds didn’t object to any of the features being worked on for this extensible scheduler framework that relies on user-space BPF programs, he was frustrated by the layout of the new C source files and remarked, “please don’t do this disgusting thing…proper hierarchical filesyste … ⌘ Read more

Wikipedia Cofounder Larry Sanger Banned From Site for ‘Canvassing’
Wikipedia cofounder Larry Sanger has been indefinitely banned from editing the site after editors concluded that he violated its canvassing rules, “or in other words, calling on his followers off platform in order to influence Wikipedia’s content,” reports 404 Media. Sanger says the ban proves Wikipedia suppresses ideological diversity, while e … ⌘ Read more

KDE Plasma 6.7.1 Released With Initial Batch Of Bug Fixes
Following last week’s major Plasma 6.7 release, Plasma 6.7.1 is now available today with an initial assortment of bug fixes… ⌘ Read more

GM Installs Robots At Flagship EV Factory After Laying Off 1,300 Workers
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: Dozens of new robot arms have been installed at General Motors’ flagship electric vehicle factory in Detroit – even as 1,300 workers remain out of work following what was supposed to be a temporary layoff. The latest automation push has spurred union pushback over a potent … ⌘ Read more

Microsoft Accidentally Breaks Replying To an Email On Outlook
Microsoft has accidentally introduced a bug in Outlook for Mac that omits the original message from email replies, making it difficult for recipients to follow conversation history. Until Microsoft releases a fix, its suggested workaround is to roll back from version 16.110 and disable automatic updates, which is “great for users in full control of their … ⌘ Read more

Following User Outcry, AMD Reinstates Memory Encryption In Consumer CPUs
Last week, AMD was found to have stripped memory encryption from its consumer CPUs without any warning or notice. Now, following a wave of backlash on social media, the chipmaker has now reinstated the protection, though it still hasn’t explained why the safeguard was disabled in the first place. Ars Technica reports: Following the r … ⌘ Read more

Someone Forked systemd Over Its New Birth Date Field
The blog Linuxiac reports:
A new systemd fork has appeared with a specific purpose: removing systemd’s recently added support for storing a user’s birth date in JSON user records.

The fork, called Liberated systemd, published its first tagged release as v261 shortly after the official systemd 261 release. In other words, the fork follows upstream systemd while reverti … ⌘ Read more

zlib-rs 0.6.4 Released With Fix For Intel Raptor Lake Crash, SIMD Optimizations
As a follow-up to last week’s article around Firefox leveraging zlib-rs and some nice upstream improvements to this Rust-based Zlib implementation, the zlib-rs 0.6.4 release is now available to ship all of these latest enhancements… ⌘ Read more

Doom Composer Bobby Prince Has Died
Video game composer and sound designer Bobby Prince has died at age 81 following an illness. Developer id software shared the news. Engadget reports: Prince was perhaps best known for his pioneering work on the Doom series. The Library of Congress inducted his soundtrack for the original game into the National Recording Registry just last month. “Despite the limitations of the 1993-era sound card drive … ⌘ Read more

The Korean Telecom Giant At the Center of Anthropic’s Mythos Controversy
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Wired: The Trump administration’s move to impose export controls on Anthropic’s most powerful AI technology followed a spat over the company granting South Korean telecom giant SK Telecom access to its Claude Mythos model, according to people familiar with the matter. US officials were concerned a … ⌘ Read more

Rolls-Royce Secures Deal To Build Small Nuclear Reactors For Sweden
Rolls-Royce SMR has secured a multibillion-pound agreement to build three small modular reactors on Sweden’s west coast, “marking a major step in the British engineering group’s ambition to become a leading supplier of the technology in Europe,” reports Euronews. From the report: Following a rigorous selection process that started in 20 … ⌘ Read more

Apple Announces Major App Store Changes on iOS in Brazil
Apple is allowing iPhone developers in Brazil to distribute apps through authorized alternative marketplaces and use third-party payment systems following action by the country’s competition regulator. “In other words, developers in Brazil will be able to circumvent the App Store and Apple’s in-app purchase system, but there are still fees,” reports MacRumors. … ⌘ Read more

How NVIDIA Vera CPU Performance Compares To The Ampere Altra Max
Last month on Phoronix was an exclusive first look at the NVIDIA Vera CPU performance compared to prior-generation NVIDIA Grace as well as the current AMD EPYC and Intel Xeon competition. Following that was looking at how the ARM Linux server performance has evolved over the past eight years of AArch64 Linux servers. A Phoronix Premium supporter recently requested wanting to see how Vera compares to Ampere Altra. While Ampere Altra has been in the … ⌘ Read more

Wine Wayland Lands Fractional Scaling Support
Following last week’s Wine 11.11 release that brought alpha modifier support for opacity handling with the Wine Wayland driver, merged this week to Wine is support for fractional scaling with the Wine Wayland driver… ⌘ Read more

Google CEO Largely Avoids Discussing AI In Stanford Commencement Speech
BrianFagioli writes: Google CEO Sundar Pichai delivered Stanford University’s 2026 commencement address, but despite leading one of the companies at the center of the AI boom, he spent very little time discussing artificial intelligence. Instead, the speech focused on optimism, working on hard things, and following your interests. T … ⌘ Read more

GNU Linux-libre 7.1-gnu Released With More Driver Deblobbing, Unhappy With i486 Removal
Following yesterday’s release of the upstream Linux 7.1 kernel release, GNU Linux-libre 7.1 is out with its new build for de-blobbing various drivers from loading non-free-software microcode/firmware and other sanitizing of the kernel code in the name of software freedom… ⌘ Read more

Bitcoin Has Lost Nearly Half Its Value in 11 Months
The price of bitcoin dropped 13% down to $64,394 just in June — but there’s more bad news, reports CNBC.” “Bitcoin has lost nearly half its value since reaching a record high above $123,000 in July 2025.”

While previous bitcoin selloffs were often followed by large rebounds in price, the latest decline may prompt some investors to revisit why they own bitcoin in the first pla … ⌘ Read more

Wine-Staging 11.11 Released With 289 Patches Atop Upstream
Following Friday’s exciting release of Wine 11.11 with Wayland driver improvements, Wine-Staging 11.11 is now available for this experimental/testing derivative that continues carrying nearly 300 patches atop the upstream codebase… ⌘ Read more

AFL LIVE: Swans superstar Heeney outlines Cox’s rev-up to their leaders before furious comeback
After Melbourne and North Melbourne recorded key wins, the Swans are clashing with the Power under Saturday night lights. Follow along live. ⌘ Read more

AFL LIVE:Sensational Saturday: Swans come from the clouds to win an Adelaide Oval thriller
After Melbourne and North Melbourne recorded key wins, the Swans are clashing with the Power under Saturday night lights. Follow along live. ⌘ Read more

AFL LIVE: Dean Cox lays down the law to his leaders and Warner, Heeney and Grundy respond big-time
After Melbourne and North Melbourne recorded key wins, the Swans are clashing with the Power under Saturday night lights. Follow along live. ⌘ Read more

AFL LIVE: Dean Cox lays down the law to his leaders as Swans and Power fight out a thrilling final term
After Melbourne and North Melbourne recorded key wins, the Swans are clashing with the Power under Saturday night lights. Follow along live. ⌘ Read more

AFL LIVE: Stage set for a thrilling finish to Super Saturday between the Power and high-flying Swans
After Melbourne and North Melbourne recorded key wins, the Swans are clashing with the Power under Saturday night lights. Follow along live. ⌘ Read more

AFL LIVE: The best and worst of footy in five minutes for a debutant as Swans soar against Port
After Melbourne and North Melbourne recorded key wins, the Swans are clashing with the Power under Saturday night lights. Follow along live. ⌘ Read more

AFL LIVE: Mills, McDonald, Heeney drag Swans back into Super Saturday clash
After Melbourne and North Melbourne recorded key wins, the Swans are clashing with the Power under Saturday night lights. Follow along live. ⌘ Read more

NRL LIVE: Raiders hit back but Eels in control after first-half shutout
The Eels are out to snap a three-game losing streak against a Canberra missing their Origin stars. Follow the action as it happens. ⌘ Read more

NRL LIVE: Eels extend lead in second half over scoreless Raiders
The Eels are out to snap a three-game losing streak against a Canberra missing their Origin stars. Follow the action as it happens. ⌘ Read more

NRL LIVE: Eels shut out Raiders in first half as they look to snap losing streak
The Eels are out to snap a three-game losing streak against a Canberra missing their Origin stars. Follow the action as it happens. ⌘ Read more

NRL LIVE: Parramatta lead early in gritty battle with Raiders
The Eels are out to snap a three-game losing streak against a Canberra missing their Origin stars. Follow the action as it happens. ⌘ Read more

AFL LIVE: Sydney Swans locked in a tense prime-time battle against Port Adelaide
After Melbourne and North Melbourne recorded key wins, the Swans are clashing with the Power under Saturday night lights. Follow along live. ⌘ Read more

NRL LIVE: Parramatta out to snap losing streak against out-of-form Raiders
The Eels are out to snap a three-game losing streak against a Canberra missing their Origin stars. Follow the action as it happens. ⌘ Read more

NRL round 15 LIVE: Parramatta face Canberra at CommBank Stadium
The Eels are out to snap a three-game losing streak against a Canberra missing their Origin stars. Follow the action as it happens. ⌘ Read more

Gibbons looks to ride Cups path with promising Baker stayer
Bjorn Baker-trained Thebudgiesmugla will follow the path of Half Yours after winning the listed Queen Elizabeth II Cup. ⌘ Read more

FIFA World Cup 2026 LIVE updates: Canada draw 1-1 with Bosnia and Herzegovina as US prepares for campaign against Paraguay
Host nation Canada have kicked off their World campaign against Bosnia and Herzegovina, before the United States take on Paraguay at 11am. Follow all the action. ⌘ Read more

FIFA World Cup 2026 LIVE updates: Canada draw 1-1 with Bosnia and Herzegovina as US prepares for campaign against Paraguay
Host nation Canada have kicked off their World campaign against Bosnia and Herzegovina, before the United States take on Paraguay at 11am. Follow all the action. ⌘ Read more

Solidarity rally held in Belfast following violent riots
In the wake of anti-immigration riots in West Belfast, community members have shown their support for immigrants. ⌘ Read more

FIFA World Cup 2026 LIVE updates: Canada takes on Bosnia and Herzegovina as US prepares for campaign against Paraguay
Host nation Canada kicks off their World campaign against Bosnia and Herzegovina from 5am, before the United States take on Paraguay at 11am. Follow all the action. ⌘ Read more

FIFA World Cup 2026 LIVE updates: Canada takes on Bosnia and Herzegovina as US prepares for campaign against Paraguay
Host nation Canada kicks off their World campaign against Bosnia and Herzegovina from 5am, before the United States take on Paraguay at 11am. Follow all the action. ⌘ Read more

Unique New Frankenstein Movie Streams Today on Netflix
Following the critical success of Guillermo del Toro’s most recent directorial feature, a new Frankenstein movie has been added to Netflix. This comes over a year after the stop-motion animated musical movie had its world premiere at the 2025 Guadalajara International Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best International Animation Feature Film. What unique […]

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FIFA World Cup 2026 LIVE updates: Canada takes on Bosnia and Herzegovina as US prepares for campaign against Paraguay
Host nation Canada kicks off their World campaign against Bosnia and Herzegovina from 5am, before the United States take on Paraguay at 11am. Follow all the action. ⌘ Read more

FIFA World Cup 2026 LIVE updates: Canada takes on Bosnia and Herzegovina as US prepares for campaign against Paraguay
Host nation Canada kicks off their World campaign against Bosnia and Herzegovina from 5am, before the United States take on Paraguay at 11am. Follow all the action. ⌘ Read more

Linux 7.2 Features Expected: Apple M3, Initial AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL, USB4STREAM, Cache Aware Scheduling
Linux 7.1 stable is expected to be released this Sunday with its many new features. Immediately following the Linux v7.1 tagging, the Linux 7.2 merge window will open and a lot of new feature material is expected to be merged over the next two weeks… ⌘ Read more

Jason Bourne 6 Can Revive Matt Damon Franchise By Avoiding Legacy’s Mistake & Following 1 Movie Trend
With talks of a Jason Bourne 6, Matt Damon‘s action franchise must avoid the mistakes of The Bourne Legacy by following this movie trend. Things have been quiet with the Bourne franchise since 2023, when a new film was in development with Edward Burger. However, nothing ever materialized in that movie. In March 2025, Universal […]

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