The FOSS Force News Wire pulls mostly FOSS related news stories from a variety of sources and is updated every 30 minutes. The News Wire is also available as an RSS feed at http://fossforce.com/newswire. Time stamps are in UTC, so “4 hours ago” means it was published this hour EDT.
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How To Install Blender on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS
Every few months, someone on a rendering team asks the same question in a support ticket: “Blender crashed mid-render on our workstation,...Read more
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RFK Jr. Cut Funding For FoodNet, Making It Harder To Figure Out Why You’re Shitting Yourself Uncontrollably
Are you currently pooping yourself uncontrollably and want to know why? Well, the CDC made that slightly more difficult last year, but...Read more
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Dirk Eddelbuettel: qlcal 0.1.2 on CRAN: Fresh Upstream Updates
The twentieth release of the qlcal package arrivied at CRAN today, and has been built for r2u. This version synchronises with QuantLib...Read more
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Why I'm using wired Android Auto when all the cool kids are switching to wireless
Sometimes, you have to dial back the tech to make ends meet.Read more
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Khronos Lists First Conformant OpenCL 3.1 Implementation: Apple M1/M2 On Asashi Linux With Rusticl
Back in May OpenCL 3.1 was announced with a focus on AI and HPC workloads. Just over two months later, this incremental...Read more
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Khronos Lists First Conformant OpenCL 3.1 Implementation: Apple M1/M2 On Asashi Linux With Rusticl
Back in May OpenCL 3.1 was announced with a focus on AI and HPC workloads. Just over two months later, this incremental...Read more
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OpenAI researcher Miles Wang in talks to launch AI drug discovery startup valued at $2B
The funding discussions point to investor interest in applying AI to make breakthroughs in life sciences.Read more
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Lorde says AI glasses are ‘not sexy’
"Increasingly in our world, it gets harder and harder to know what is real," Lorde said onstage.Read more
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COSMIC 1.3 Desktop Environment Released with Frosted Glass Effect
COSMIC 1.3 desktop environment is now available with support for the Frosted Glass effect, updated components and translations, as well as various...Read more -
Paramount Falsely Threatens To Leave California After State Challenges Merger
Paramount is now threatening California regulators that they’ll be taking their ball and going home (to Texas? Israel?) after California and 11...Read more
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COSMIC Epoch 1.3 Released With New Frosted Glass Option
For those that were intrigued by the COSMIC desktop's "Frosted Glass" effect, it's now available in released form with today's COSMIC Epoch...Read more
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OpenAI’s first hardware device is reportedly a screenless speaker that can move
OpenAI's first hardware device is reported to be a screenless, AI-guided smart speaker that can move. Weird enough for you?Read more
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Microsoft’s Secure Boot has been broken for a decade and no one noticed until now
Old and forgotten "shims" Microsoft failed to revoke have made Secure Boot bypasses simple.Read more -
OpenAI pushes back on Apple trade secret lawsuit
OpenAI has issued another statement on the lawsuit, this time suggesting it lacks merit.Read more
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OpenAI’s new flagship model deletes files on its own, people keep warning
A number of social media posts claim that GPT-5.6 Sol deleted files and data without warning. OpenAI had basically disclosed the problem...Read more
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European Court: Apple Can Not Shirk Off its Interoperability Requirements
One of the best bulwarks against monopoly is interoperability—that is making a new product or service work with an existing product or...Read more -
How The Spread Of Local AI Models Makes Copyright Enforcement Harder
The central theme of Walled Culture the book (free digital versions available) is the growing incompatibility between traditional copyright law and the digital,...Read more
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I've used the iOS 27 beta for a month: 7 ways the new Siri is dramatically better
Siri AI is the star of iOS 27, and now most iPhone users can try it with the first public beta of...Read more
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Apple opens its new Siri AI to everyone with the iOS 27 public beta
If you’ve been waiting to try Apple’s revamped Siri without installing a developer beta, you now can. The company on Tuesday released...Read more
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Anthropic’s newest ad is creeping people out
Anthropic's latest advert is stirring up high emotions — which is undoubtedly what it was designed to do.Read more