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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…
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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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Hackers are using an unpatched zero-day to infect Linux servers
Hackers are actively exploiting the StyleSmuggler zero-day in Magento and Adobe Commerce, using it to compromise online stores…
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Asahi Linux now officially supports Apple M3 Macs… sort of
Asahi Linux has officially added support for Apple M3 Macs, including M3 Pro and M3 Max models. But…
AI and Security
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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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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…
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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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…
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What are the odds AI kills us all?
AI experts have a name for the probability that artificial intelligence ends catastrophically: P doom. The estimates are…
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Here’s how AI can actually kill us all: Anthropic warns of bioweapon risk
Forget killer robots. Anthropic says it identified scientists using Claude for research that could potentially support biological weapons…
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Surfshark hacked
Surfshark says human error exposed an internal test server to the internet, allowing an unauthorized party to access…
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Microsoft blocks kids under 13 from Copilot as it pushes age checks for AI
Microsoft says children under 13 cannot use Copilot as it pushes an AI future built around age verification,…
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Workers fear AI could make them worse at thinking and writing
AI may make employees more productive, but workers increasingly fear overreliance on the technology could weaken critical thinking,…