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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Linux open source graphics drivers Mesa 25.2.7 released
The latest set of open source graphics drivers for Linux have released, with the bug fix Mesa 25.2.7 now available..Read the full...Read more -
Google takes on Pinterest with a dedicated ‘inspirational’ images tab in its mobile app
The company is adding an "Images" icon at the bottom of Google's Search app for iOS and Android devices that will display...Read more
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Tesla Powerwall 2 recall expands to US after reports of fires
The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission has received 22 reports of overheating, smoking, or burning Tesla Powerwall 2 home batteries. The company...Read more
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Google’s SIMA 2 agent uses Gemini to reason and act in virtual worlds
“SIMA 2 is a more general agent. It can complete complex tasks in previously unseen environments. And it's a self-improving agent... which...Read more
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LinkedIn adds AI-powered search to help users find people
LinkedIn's AI-powered people search is rolling out to premium users in the U.S.Read more
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PostgreSQL: MD5 password support is deprecated – updating the user passwords
Eight years ago, PostgreSQL introduced scram-sha-256 hashes for passwords. Eleven months ago, MD5 was deprecated. Yesterday, I got caught up with all...Read more
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The Incredible Evolution Of AMD EPYC HPC Performance Shown In The Azure Cloud
Last week the Microsoft Azure HBv5 instances reached general availability as powered by the custom EPYC 9V64H CPUs with HBM3 memory. These...Read more
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How To Migrate Python Packages Between Virtual Environments In Linux
Moving your Python packages from one virtual environment to another is super easy. This guide will show you exactly how to migrate...Read more
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Sam Atlman-backed Exowatt wants to power AI data centers with billions of hot rocks
The solar-thermal startup wants to deliver electricity for as little as one cent per kWh. But first it has to scale production...Read more
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I unlocked my Roku TV's full potential with these hidden settings and menu screens
A hidden button combo on your Roku remote opens a secret menu full of advanced features most users never find.Read more
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Not enough people are talking about this Windows laptop beast that I assembled in just minutes
Framework's updated Laptop 16 features powerful new hardware and built-in Linux support right out of the box.Read more
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Essential Utilities: Reclaiming Disk Space (GUI Tools)
Linux offers an unsurpassed breadth of open source small utilities that perform functions ranging from the mundane to the wonderful. These tools...Read more
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Mobile threats increase ahead of holiday shopping season
New research from the Zimperium zLabs team reveals a sharp rise in mobile threats tied to the holiday shopping season. The report...Read more
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You don't need multiple monitors—this is what you need
I use this instead of multiple monitors, and I'm much more productive.Read more -
Teen founders raise $6M to reinvent pesticides using AI — and convince Paul Graham to join in
Bindwell applies AI drug discovery techniques to invent new pesticide molecules.Read more
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The latest Spotify update fixes its most annoying issue
Spotify, why did this take so long?Read more -
I'm a Photoshop diehard, but Canva's free tools won me over - and saved me money
Adobe's subscription limits and AI stinginess pushed me over the edge. Canva offers freedom, flexibility, and serious savings. See if switching makes...Read more
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[$] Another Fedora Flatpak discussion
Many distributions provide support out of the proverbial box for Flatpak packages, but Fedora is unusual in that it also provides, and...Read more
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EU launches antitrust probe into how Google’s anti-spam policy affects publishers’ search rankings
The Commission said on Thursday that it had identified that Google is using its spam policy to push news media and other...Read more
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mirro-rs – mirrorlist manager for Arch Linux systems
mirro-rs provides a TUI to help you better visualise managing your mirrorlist. The post mirro-rs – mirrorlist manager for Arch Linux systems...Read more