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Fedora Linux 45 Beta is here with big security and desktop changes
Fedora Linux 45 Beta is now available with a new console, tighter security defaults, updated developer tools, and…
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Linux Foundation is building an open security stack for the AI era
The Linux Foundation is bringing companies and researchers together to build an open defensive stack for securing AI…
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Talos Linux takes aim at VMware with open source hypervisor
Sidero Labs is expanding Talos Linux beyond Kubernetes with native hypervisor support and standalone containers, potentially giving organizations…
AI and Security
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The Gates Foundation could help decide your AI future
The Gates Foundation is getting involved in agentic AI. As the first philanthropic member of AAIF, it will…
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Microsoft rejects the race to build uncontrollable superintelligence
Microsoft AI says it rejects the race to create an all-purpose superintelligence that could escape human safeguards, laying…
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Trump declares war on AI guardrails
President Donald Trump is attacking calls for stronger AI guardrails, taking aim at Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and…
Hardware
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OWC USB4 Hub gives your Mac or PC some much needed ports
The $129.99 OWC USB4 Hub expands a single connection with 40Gb/s USB4, HDMI 2.1, two 10Gb/s USB-C ports,…
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OWC Thunderbolt 5 Dock turns your laptop into a dual 8K workstation
OWC’s new Thunderbolt 5 Dock packs dual HDMI, 140W laptop charging, 2.5GbE, USB-C, SD, microSD, and support for…
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GEEKOM A5 2027 Edition is a tiny Ryzen 7 PC starting at $479
GEEKOM A5 2027 Edition squeezes an eight-core AMD Ryzen 7 processor, upgradeable memory and storage, 2.5Gb Ethernet, and…
Recent stories
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Someone bought LimeWire
Someone bought LimeWire. BabyDoge has acquired the resurrected file-sharing brand and plans to push it further into crypto,…
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Sorry, Dario, but you cannot unring the AI bell
Dario Amodei deserves credit for urging caution on AI. But his proposed slowdown depends too much on keeping…
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Apple researchers use AI to simplify protein design
Apple researchers developed SimpleDesign an AI system that generates protein sequences and 3D structures together and could eventually…
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Perplexity says it trusts OpenAI GPT‑6 Astra with less human supervision
Perplexity says OpenAI GPT-6 Astra can handle software changes, testing, and production monitoring with fewer human check-ins. The…
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Linux Mint needs to stop making apps and focus on Linux
Linux Mint is adding an EPUB reader, calendar, and other software while its August update arrives on September…
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Fidji Simo left OpenAI for health reasons and two months later she joins Nscale
Fidji Simo is joining Nscale’s board just two months after leaving her full-time OpenAI role because of health…