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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Meta launches Hyperscape, technology to turn real-world spaces into VR
Meta launches Hyperscape into beta, allowing users to turn real world spaces into digital spaces for VR.Read more
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Cowardly Disney Caves To Brendan Carr’s Bogus Censorial Threats, Pulling Jimmy Kimmel
There are multiple ways into this story, but almost all of the reporting on what’s happened claims that Disney pulled talk show...Read more
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Distribution Release: Omarchy 3.0.1
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. David Heinemeier Hansson has announced the release of Omarchy 3.0, a...Read more
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How To Install PhpStorm on AlmaLinux 10
AlmaLinux 10 has emerged as a premier choice for developers seeking a robust, enterprise-grade Linux distribution. When combined with PhpStorm, JetBrains’ flagship...Read more
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Meta unveils new smart glasses with a display and wristband controller
Meta showed off its newest AI-powered smart glasses, which have a display and are controlled by a wristband, at Meta Connect 2025.Read more
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Meta unveils its new Oakley Meta Vanguard smart glasses for athletes
The new smart glasses are geared toward runners, cyclists, and other athletes.Read more
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[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for September 18, 2025
Inside this week's LWN.net Weekly Edition: Front: Fighting human trafficking; End...Read more
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Intel's Latest Open-Source Project To End & Layoff Developers... But A New Home At NumPy
Beyond shutting down the Clear Linux project, various Linux driver maintainers let go that have even led to some Intel drivers being...Read more
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Nvidia AI chip challenger Groq raises even more than expected, hits $6.9B valuation
The fresh raise comes in above the rumored numbers when word leaked in July that it was raising.Read more
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Eric Baker’s long, winding road to taking StubHub public
Although StubHub's shares fell 6% in first day of trading, the IPO is testament to the co-founder's 25-year effort.Read more
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The Illiberal, Transphobic Pipe Dream Of Banning Porn Reaches Michigan Republicans
It appears that the illiberal, transphobic pipe dream of banning all pornography has reached an enterprising group of far-right Christian nationalist Republicans...Read more
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TI expands C2000 portfolio with affordable real-time MCUs for motor control
Texas Instruments has introduced its most affordable C2000 real-time MCUs to date, aimed at appliances, digital power supplies, and power tools. The...Read more
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White House officials reportedly frustrated by Anthropic’s law enforcement AI limits
Officials say Claude chatbot usage policies block FBI, Secret Service contractors' work.Read more -
Irregular raises $80 million to secure frontier AI models
Irregular, the AI security startup, now has a valuation of $450 million, a source close to the deal told TechCrunch.Read more
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AMD "GFX1251" Target Added To LLVM As Latest RDNA 4.5 APU
The past few months we have been intrigued by an AMD GFX1250 target added to the LLVM codebase for the AMDGPU shader...Read more
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California Lawmakers Pass A Bill That Would Ban Use of Face Masks By Law Enforcement
It’s probably too much to ask, but I hope California law enforcement agencies will remember who to direct their hate at if...Read more
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RISC-V: Shaping the Future of Mobility with Open Standards
The automotive industry gathered last week in Munich to drive the future of mobility forward, with a particular focus on compute and...Read more
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FSF Events: Free Software Directory meeting on IRC: Friday, September 19, starting at 12:00 EDT (16:00 UTC)
Join the FSF and friends on Friday, September 19 from 12:00 to 15:00 EDT (16:00 to 19:00 UTC) to help improve the...Read more
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Tesla is redesigning its door handles following safety probe, Bloomberg investigation
Chief designer Franz von Holzhausen said Wednesday that the company is "working on" combining the electronic and manual door releases after owners...Read more
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Multipass Makes Spinning Up Ubuntu Images as Simple as It Gets
Multipass offers a quick way to create Ubuntu virtual machines with no extra hardware or complex setup needed. The post Multipass Makes...Read more