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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KDE Plasma 6.8 Beta Released
Last week, KDE released the beta version of Plasma 6.8. This marks the start of the final testing phase for the next...Read more
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Broadcast Box – sub-second WebRTC broadcasting
Broadcast Box is a self-hosted WebRTC broadcasting platform for sub-second streaming, browser publishing, playback, profiles and administration. The post Broadcast Box –...Read more
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Open-Source NVIDIA "Nouveau" Driver Sees Patches For HDMI Deep Color Support
The Nouveau Linux kernel graphics driver for open-source NVIDIA driver support has new patches posted for enabling HDMI Deep Color support...Read more
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pyiron_atomistics – atomistic simulation and workflow environment
pyiron_atomistics integrates atomistic simulation, job management, data storage and high-throughput computational materials workflows. The post pyiron_atomistics – atomistic simulation and workflow environment...Read more
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Hylke Bons: Bobby 51
With the imminent release of GNOME 51, I realised I hadn’t released an update to Bobby in a few months. The long...Read more -
TechCrunch Founder Summit’s agenda revealed: Unlock fundraising, hiring, and AI insights in Boston on November 4
Founders shouldn't have to learn the hardest lessons the hardest way. TechCrunch Founder Summit is designed to make the challenges of starting...Read more
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handlr-regex – manage default applications with regular expressions
handlr-regex is a fast Rust CLI for managing default applications, MIME handlers and regex-based rules, with scripting and selector support. The post...Read more
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NeOS – snapshot-based Arch Linux distribution
NeOS is an Arch-based rolling distribution offering curated updates, KDE Plasma 6, Btrfs snapshots and the Calamares installer. The post NeOS –...Read more
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How the Meta Settlement Silences Youth Activism
Since its integration into our digital world, social media has played a pivotal role in youth organizing and social mobilization. Yet, people’s access to these platforms is increasingly coming under...Read more
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Snorkel AI triples valuation to $3.5B as demand for AI training data booms
The seven-year-old startup has raised a $350 million Series E to fuel its data-as-a-service approach.Read more
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CycloneDX CLI – command-line toolkit for BOM documents
CycloneDX CLI analyzes, converts, merges, signs, verifies and validates BOM documents, with support for CycloneDX and SPDX formats. The post CycloneDX CLI...Read more
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Appeals Court Rejects ICE Detention Policy, Comparing It To WWII Japanese Internment
Ever since Trump’s return to office, almost every federal law enforcement agency has been ordered to treat illegal immigration as their first...Read more
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quacc – automate quantum chemistry and materials science workflows
quacc automates quantum chemistry and materials science workflows across local systems, HPC resources and cloud infrastructure. The post quacc – automate quantum...Read more
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Rayfall – map ham radio QSOs on an interactive map
Rayfall maps amateur radio QSOs from QRZ or ADIF logs, with filters, multiple QTH support, custom map styling, sharing and export tools....Read more
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Qualcomm launches two new smartphone chips with emphasis on AI
Qualcomm said that its new top chip can run 30B mixture-of-expert model locallyRead more
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Microsoft disrupts AI-assisted platform that compromised 12,000 accounts
EvilTokens provided an end-to-end platform that makes mass compromises faster and easier.Read more -
BSD and FOSS Leftovers
mostly the latterRead more
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Events: Nerdearla 2026 and XDC 2025 CTS Talk
2 pair of blog reportsRead more
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PostgresCompare 2.2.0 Released and Real Postgres Testing for Faster Development Loop
PostgreSQL newsRead more
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Canonical and Ubuntu Stories: Zephyr 26.04 LTS, OOM, Mistakes, and GAFAM
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