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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OpenAI is still working on that ‘super app’
"Chat is dead" — at least, according to a senior OpenAI employee.Read more
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TechCrunch Mobility: Inside GM’s $900M EV battery gamble
Welcome back to TechCrunch Mobility — your central hub for news and insights on the future of transportation.Read more
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Firefox Merges Support For Vulkan Video Decoding
As an exciting development for GPU-accelerated video decoding within the Mozilla Firefox web browser, initial support for Vulkan Video has landed in...Read more
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Dirk Eddelbuettel: RQuantLib 0.4.27 on CRAN: Small Extension
A new minor release 0.4.27 of RQuantLib, the first in over a year, arrived on CRAN a couple of minutes ago, has...Read more
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DOJ Remains Panicked about So-Called “Duplicative” Jeffrey Epstein Files
I suspect Pam Bondi's constant deferral to Todd Blanche in her Oversight testimony last month has more to do with sustaining Blanche's...Read more -
Hacked, leaked, and held for ransom: the worst breaches of 2026 so far
From a massive DOGE data breach and the hacking of critical energy and water systems to the hack of an FBI surveillance...Read more
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Wayland Protocols 1.49 Released With Improved Multi-GPU Support, Windows BT.2100
Simon Ser just published Wayland Protocols 1.49 as the latest version for this primary set of Wayland protocol definitions...Read more
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XLibre Turns One Year Old
"XLibre is the most actively developed community-maintained X11 display server."Read more
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Use Android Auto? Don't make these 5 common mistakes that can hinder your ride
There's a good chance you're missing out on some cool Android Auto features by making these all-too-common mistakes.Read more
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Vasudev Kamath: debsecan-mcp v0.1.2 released to PyPI
I finally carved out some time today to prepare and release debsecan-mcp v0.1.2 to PyPI. During this release, I integrated PyPI's trusted...Read more -
What e-reader tablets do published authors use? My survey found results beyond the Kindle
Authors share their top picks of the best e-readers for reading novels, magazines, comics, and more - with some surprise picks.Read more
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The feature Apple needs to make HomePod stand out isn't audio-related
Few smart speakers have assistants with as much potential as Siri. A meaningful upgrade would make the HomePod my first choice.Read more
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Defender of the Crown: The Legend Returns arrives in August
Another remade classic is coming soon! The retro Amiga game Defender of the Crown: The Legend Returns with multiple game modes on...Read more -
"Flatten The Pick" Linux Patches Progress For Better cgroup Scheduling While Linux Gaming
A month ago I wrote about Linux scheduler work to help boost gaming performance on old "potato" hardware with Intel engineer Peter...Read more
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MacBook Neo vs. Dell XPS 13 (2026): I've used both budget laptops - this one wins for now
Dell's new 13-inch XPS starts at just $599 with student pricing, making it a direct competitor to the Neo. But is it...Read more
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Mesa 26.2 Lands VK_GOOGLE_display_timing Support For Direct Display Mode
The VK_GOOGLE_display_timing extension for obtaining display timing information that can be useful for frame-pacing and eliminating micro-stuttering in games now has direct...Read more
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Linux 7.1-rc7 Adding More AMD Zen 6 CPU Models
Ahead of the Linux 7.1-rc7 test kernel release due out later today, a pull request has been submitted of some "x86 fixes"...Read more
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I saw the Surface Laptop Ultra at Computex and it's clear: Microsoft has gone beastmode
The flagship laptop announced at Computex 2026 will feature Nvidia's new RTX Spark chip with up to 128GB of unified memory.Read more
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Some Broadcom V3D Graphics Support On Path For Removed Over Lack Of Testing
Broadcom V3D 3.3 and V3D 4.1 graphics IP is set to be deprecated and removed from the V3D kernel graphics/display driver after...Read more
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Vampire Survivors has a free content expansion, plus a Legacy of the Bloodmoon DLC in Summer 2026
Developer poncle has released a fresh free upgrade for Vampire Survivors giving extra content, along with the Legacy of the Bloodmoon DLC...Read more