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.
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Paranoya – IOC and YARA malware scanner
Paranoya is an IOC and YARA scanner that checks files and directories for suspicious and malicious content. The post Paranoya – IOC...Read more
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SQLite 3.54 Released With Faster Performance, Drops Windows XP Support
SQLite 3.54 released today for this wildly popular embedded SQL database engine used by countless applications and other software. With SQLite 3.54,...Read more
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Anthropic can’t reliably control its AI agents. It’s cutting off its internal evals from the live internet instead
Anthropic said it "turned off live internet access" for "all our internal evaluations" until further notice.Read more
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11 of 23 Core Open Source Projects Run on 1 or 2 People
A Redditor counted who wrote every change to xz, sudo, bash, tz and 19 more projects. 11 of 23 rely on one...Read more
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11 of 23 Core Open Source Projects Run on 1 or 2 People
A Redditor counted who wrote every change to xz, sudo, bash, tz and 19 more projects. 11 of 23 rely on one...Read more
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ch4 – command-line DNS client compatible with dig
ch4 is a command-line DNS client built with Rust that offers a concise interface and broad compatibility with dig syntax. The post...Read more
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How To Install ClipGrab on Debian 13
ClipGrab stands as one of the most versatile and user-friendly video downloaders available for Linux systems today. This powerful application enables users...Read more
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US Postal Service To Start Exploring Its Always-On Surveillance Options
Here comes the latest in ho-hum dystopia. And by that, I mean surveillance creep has become such a regular occurrence that it...Read more
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Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppSimdJson 0.1.16 on CRAN: Much Faster Again!
A brand new release 0.1.16 of the RcppSimdJson package is now on CRAN. RcppSimdJson wraps the fantastic and genuinely impressive simdjson library...Read more
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Long live the mechanical keyboard
Keychron made a name for itself after launching on Kickstarter in 2017. Today, it offers the value K2 model as well as...Read more
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Resisting the Menace of Federal Data Consolidation
In the past two years, the federal government has unlawfully consolidated data exposing our private information. This consolidation has been chaotic but...Read more -
The maker of non-text AI model Jev valued at $7.5B just weeks after launch
TypeSafe AI raised $870 million in a round led by a16Z.Read more
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Woodpecker CI 3.19 Adds Server-Enforced Agent Labels
Woodpecker CI 3.19 fixes a security issue involving matrix variables, adds server-enforced agent labels, and improves pipeline reliability.Read more -
Microsoft sets 2027 Windows Update certificate deadlines for outdated PCs
Microsoft says PCs on unsupported versions, or supported ones missing patches, will lose Windows Update access when certificates expire in May and...Read more
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Distribution Release: ZEPHIX 9
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Robert Spiteri has announced the release of ZEPHIX 9, the latest...Read more
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OpenAI defends firing three researchers as trio disputes the reason
OpenAI says three safety researchers it fired last week broke rules on sensitive information. The trio says they lost their jobs for...Read more
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Anthropic’s OSS Scanner sends free Mythos reports with no human review
Anthropic’s opt-in OSS Scanner gives eligible open-source projects free, recurring Claude Mythos vulnerability scans, with reports emailed without human review.Read more
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Ctrl-Alt-Speech: Like Herding Chats
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe...Read more
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This Week in GNOME: #269 Permission Admission
Update on what happened across the GNOME project in the week from October 2 to October 9. GNOME Circle Apps and Libraries...Read more -
GNU/Linux and BSD Leftovers
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