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This Week in Tech: AI Gets Bigger, Gadgets Get Smarter, and Security Risks Mount
This Week in Tech: AI Gets Bigger, Gadgets Get Smarter, and Security Risks Mount appeared first on TechRepublic.
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LILYGO T5 e-Paper Basic Adopts 4.7-Inch Display for Embedded Projects
LILYGO’s latest e-paper development board pairs an ESP32-S3 with a 4.7-inch display offering 960 × 540 resolution and 16-level grayscale. The board also includes battery monitoring, removable storage, and Wi-Fi and BLE connectivity for portable information displays and wireless embedded projects. The board is powered by an ESP32-S3 microcontroller with a…
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Omarchy 4.0.5 Released with Linux Kernel 7.2.8, Better Hardware Support
Omarchy 4.0.5 ships with Linux kernel 7.2.8, Qt 6.12 compatibility fixes, desktop performance improvements, and better support for NVIDIA laptops and audio devices.
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Linux 7.4 Features Very Exciting With Radeon HDMI 2.1 By Default, AMD PerfOpt, Apple M4
The Linux 7.3 kernel is expected to be released as stable later today and with that version there are many exciting changes and improvements. However, the Linux 7.4 kernel merge window will then open up and there are even more exciting changes expected to be merged for this follow-on kernel cycle. Here is a preview of some of the many exciting feature…
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Linus Torvalds Rejects No-AI Rules as the Linux Kernel Drops Its Assisted-by Tag
The Linux kernel is dropping its Assisted-by tag for AI patches. Linus Torvalds answered the pushback with compilers, assembler and a text editor.
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Linux Lands Fix for Rare, Varying SMP Boot Hangs Affecting Kernels Since 2024
Among the flurry of last minute patch activity ahead of tomorrow's presumed Linux 7.3 stable kernel release is a fix for addressing some rare hangs at boot time. The reports varied but ultimately tracked down to a kernel change made two years ago...
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GNOME 50.6 Desktop Environment Released with Fixes for Nautilus, GNOME Shell
The GNOME Project released GNOME 50.6 as the sixth maintenance update to the latest GNOME 50 “Tokyo” desktop environment series to fix more bugs across various core apps and components.
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ZimaOS Is a Linux-Based NAS OS That Makes Self-Hosting Easier
Meet ZimaOS, a Linux-based NAS operating system that simplifies file storage, backups, Docker apps, and home server management.
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MeshXFS: AI Adapts XFS Into A Clustered File-System
MeshXFS is a clustered open-source file-system in which "no human wrote any of its own code". Depending upon your views of AI, not necessarily something you want to hear for entrusting your data in an AI-created solution. Instead, Claude Opus was tasked with adapting the XFS file-system driver into a clustered file-system...
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Ubuntu Touch OTA 2.1 Rolls Out with Support for Volla Tablet, Various Updates
The UBports Foundation released Ubuntu Touch OTA 2.1 today as a minor update to this open-source and free mobile operating system for smartphones and tablets.
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M5Stack PaperDIY Assembly Kit Opens Up 4.7-Inch E-Paper Development
M5Stack has introduced the PaperDIY Assembly Kit, an ESP32-S3-based development platform featuring a 4.7-inch e-paper display with 960 × 540 resolution and 16-level grayscale. The kit combines Wi-Fi connectivity, battery power management, and expansion interfaces in an open design intended for custom information displays, electronic signage, and embedded…
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AI-Generated Starling Desktop Environment Rolls Out Its Own Office Suite
Starling, the open-source desktop environment written in Swift and with its own Wayland compositor too and written largely via Claude Code, has now rolled out its own AI-generated office suite...
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First Look at Devario OS: A Modern, Shelly-First Linux Distro Based on Arch Linux
From the creators of the Shelly package manager for Arch Linux, I am happy to introduce you to Devario OS, a modern Linux distro based on Arch Linux and built around in-house projects.
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The Best Features Of Linux 7.3: Performance Improvements, Lots From Valve
The Linux 7.3 kernel is slated to be officially released on Sunday, 18 October, barring any last minute issues from coming about. With that said, here's a reminder about some of the most exciting features to look forward to in this next kernel version...
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Join us for the Fedora Linux 45 Release Party!
Fedora Linux 45 is almost here! Developers, packagers, and quality assurance engineers are hard at work putting the remaining polish on Fedora 45, which means it’s time for our Global Virtual Release Party! It is almost time to celebrate! If all goes according to plan, we will celebrate Fedora 45 just after its actual final
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17 More Security Vulnerabilities Made Public For X.Org Libraries
Just shy of two weeks since a dozen vulnerabilities were published for the X.Org Server and XWayland, more than one dozen vulnerabilities were made public today affecting multiple X.Org client libraries...
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OpenRGB 1.1 Released with CLI Fixes, Improved Device Hotplug Support
OpenRGB 1.1 fixes command-line and SDK server issues, improves device hotplug handling, and introduces a new hidapi-hotplug dependency on Linux.
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Wine 11.20 Released With CD-ROM Support Change
Wine 11.20 is out today as the newest bi-weekly development release of this software for enjoying Windows games and apps on Linux. We are quickly approaching the point where this development work will culminate into the Wine 12.0 stable release in early 2027...
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Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.1 Released with More Devices, Updated Morph Browser
Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.1 adds support for eight more devices, updates Morph Browser, improves notifications, and fixes a security vulnerability.
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Canadian Study Proposes a National Linux Distribution to Replace Windows in Government
A Canadian study says a national Debian-based Linux distro could save Ottawa up to $1.13B in 10 years. We tested the claim against Europe and Reddit.
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Barebones Mini PC from Shuttle Houses Intel N150 and Supports Three Storage Drives
The XPC nano NC50N by Shuttle is an upcoming barebone mini PC based on Intel’s N150 processor. The system supports up to 16GB of DDR5 memory, dual M.2 NVMe SSDs, and 2.5GbE networking, targeting digital signage, point-of-sale terminals, office environments, and multimedia applications. The NC50N uses Intel’s Twin Lake N150 processor, manufactured using the…
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Fedora 45 Will Not Be Released Next Week
For those eager to run the pristine Fedora 45 media, you will need to wait at least one more week...
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ESP32 Bit Pirate 1.8 Adds Experimental SDR and Browser-Based Firmware Analysis
ESP32 Bit Pirate has reached version 1.8, adding experimental software-defined radio (SDR) functionality using the ESP32-S3’s internal Wi-Fi radio. The update also introduces browser-based firmware extraction tools, improved protocol debugging, expanded board compatibility, and updated Zigbee capabilities for ESP32-C5 and ESP32-C6 devices. Previously…
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Fortnite Is Coming to Linux: What Epic’s New Anti-Cheat Means for Your Distro
Fortnite is coming to Linux, but Epic’s new anti-cheat demands Secure Boot, TPM 2.0 and a signed kernel. See which distros qualify and who is left out.
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Linus Torvalds Rejects AI Coding Bans as Linux Rethinks Disclosure Rules
Linus Torvalds opposes banning AI coding tools while Linux kernel developers propose dropping the Assisted-by disclosure requirement.
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Intel Nova Lake S & Nova Lake P To Support SR-IOV With Xe Graphics
A patch has been posted to the Linux kernel mailing list by an Intel engineer confirming that Nova Lake S and Nova Lake P processors with integrated graphics will support SR-IOV in conjunction with the Xe kernel graphics driver...
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How to Setup Apache with Python WSGI on Ubuntu
Discover a step-by-step guide to setting up an Apache web server with Python WSGI on Ubuntu to access the Python web application on the internet.
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Memtest86+ v9.00 Released With Support For ARM64 Memory Testing
The open-source Memtest86+ program that is popular for RAM testing has expanded beyond the x86/x86_64 (and LoongArch64) world to now support memory testing on ARM64/AArch64 hardware...
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Check the Linux Uptime History Using the Uprecords
In this article, you will learn how to check the record of Linux uptime using the uprecords command and its option (with practical examples).
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3mdeb Releases Updated Dasharo/Coreboot Firmware For ASRock Rack SPC741D8-2L2T
3mdeb firmware engineers have been quite busy this year working on porting Coreboot and openSIL to an AMD Ryzen AM5 MSI motherboard and similarly getting openSIL and Coreboot up and running on a Gigabyte server motherboard for AMD EPYC 9005 CPUs. They haven't forgotten about their past projects though and today released an updated version of their Dasharo…