A security researcher reported that attackers are exploiting Meta's AI support system to hijack Instagram accounts, including high-profile ones like the Obama White House account, by simply providing …
NVIDIA unveiled the RTX Spark system-on-a-chip at Computex 2026, featuring up to 20 Arm CPU cores, a Blackwell GPU with 6,144 CUDA cores, and 128GB of memory for laptops and desktop PCs. The chip will…
Flathub, the primary repository for Flatpak applications, has implemented a new policy banning the use of AI-generated code and AI-assisted submissions for all applications, including manifests, build…
NVIDIA has officially retired its classic Control Panel application for Windows after 20 years, removing it from Game Ready and Studio Drivers. All settings have been migrated to the NVIDIA app, which…
The jqwik open source project for JVM property-based testing now contains a hidden instruction that tells AI coding agents to delete all jqwik tests and code. The instruction, concealed from human rea…
Microsoft is rolling out a new "Copilot Design System" to integrate artificial intelligence features more deeply into Windows 11, using language that describes the technology as an "intelligent presen…
Microsoft executive vice president and consumer chief marketing officer Yusuf Mehdi, after 35 years at the company, is doubling down on pushing artificial intelligence deeper into Windows 11 during hi…
The article explains that "long-term support" (LTS) in Linux distributions primarily means receiving security fixes for a set number of years, not guaranteed stability or fewer bugs. It clarifies that…
Gnutella is a decentralized peer-to-peer file-sharing protocol that gained massive popularity as users downloaded MP3s without concern for its underlying technology. The network experienced rapid grow…
Bruno Croci migrated his long-running blog from an outdated Ubuntu 16.04 server to a more affordable Hetzner virtual machine running FreeBSD. He chose FreeBSD primarily for its support of ZFS, which i…
Microsoft's secure boot certificates, used to sign the Linux shim bootloader, are expiring, which could prevent newer computers from booting Linux distributions with Secure Boot enabled. While existin…
Google plans to integrate AI-generated advertisements into its new chatbot-based search engine, using its Gemini model to create two ad formats: one that generates a sponsored answer to user queries a…
Common methods for measuring the productivity of AI coding tools—such as counting lines of code, closed tickets, or developer surveys—are fundamentally flawed. It asserts that every study claiming AI …
The article, written by the operator of the wiki hosting service Weird Gloop, details how AI bots and crawlers are causing severe operational and financial strain on websites by consuming up to ten ti…
FreeBSD is transitioning toward Wayland as X11 becomes legacy, particularly for desktop and laptop use. It highlights a recently updated guide by Dolce Far Niente for setting up KDE with Wayland on a …
Two popular web browsers, Vivaldi and Firefox, are overhauling their user interfaces. Vivaldi has already released version 8.0 with a redesigned UI that retains extensive customization options, while …
Bitwarden is likely deteriorating under new CEO, who has a history of gutting companies, following a recent price hike and the quiet removal of its "Always free" commitment. The author advises users t…
Author's attempt to set up an HP OfficeJet printer wirelessly on OpenBSD using HPLIP and CUPS, which ultimately failed due to installation errors and inability to print. The author then shares a separ…
The article from OSNews provides an update on their fundraiser, featuring a manually updated progress bar that tracks donations from both Ko-Fi and direct SEPA bank transfers. It highlights that donor…
The Virtual OS Museum is a pre-configured Linux VM for QEMU, VirtualBox, or UTM that contains over 1,700 pre-installed operating systems and applications spanning from the late 1940s to today, all acc…