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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Motion Picture Association hits Meta with cease-and-desist over use of ‘PG-13’ label
The MPA sent Meta a cease-and-desist over its use of the term 'PG-13' in Instagram teen ratings system.Read more
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LXQt 2.3.0 released
Version 2.3.0 of the Lightweight Qt Desktop Environment (LXQt) has been released. The highlight of this release is continued improvement in Wayland...Read more
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University of Pennsylvania confirms hacker stole data during cyberattack
Penn experienced a data breach on Friday as hackers sent messages boasting of the hack to the university community.Read more
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This startup’s metal stacks could help solve AI’s massive heat problem
Alloy Enterprises has developed a new additive manufacturing technique that can improve liquid cooling performance while bringing it to new parts of...Read more
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[$] A security model for systemd
Linux has many security features and tools that have evolved over the years to address threats as they emerge and security gaps...Read more
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I’ll never use Grammarly again — and this is the reason every writer should care
Once felt like a helpful grammar checker for writers, Grammarly has now turned into an aggressive AI tool always trying to erase...Read more -
Google gets the US government’s green light to acquire Wiz for $32B
Google announced its intent to acquire cloud security company Wiz in March and the deal is now on track to close in...Read more
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AI makes holiday shopping scams harder to spot
As we approach the busiest time of the year for online shopping, scammers and phisherfolk are also preparing for a seasonal bonanza....Read more
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Epic Games CEO calls Google’s antitrust settlement a win for Android’s ‘vision as an open platform’
The companies on Tuesday reached a settlement that sees the search giant agreeing to Android app store reforms that include lowering fees...Read more
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OCI Runtime Specification 1.3 adds FreeBSD
Version 1.3 of the Open Container Initiative (OCI) Runtime Specification has been released. The specification covers the configuration, execution environment, and lifecycle...Read more
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Wild 0.7 Released For This Very Fast Linker Written In Rust
Wild 0.7 released on Monday as the newest feature release for this very fast linker for Linux systems competing with Mold on...Read more
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Linux 6.19 To Support Additional Arm Mali & Vivante Graphics Hardware
Sent out today to DRM-Next was the latest weekly batch of drm-misc-next patches for enhancing the various smaller Direct Rendering Manager drivers...Read more
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SoftBank, OpenAI launch new joint venture in Japan as AI deals grow ever more circular
SoftBank's joint venture with OpenAI that will localize and sell the AI company's enterprise tech to companies in Japan. And the first...Read more
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Security updates for Wednesday
Security updates have been issued by Debian (bind9 and gimp), Fedora (chromium, fastapi-cli, fastapi-cloud-cli, gherkin, libnbd, maturin, openapi-python-client, python-annotated-doc, python-cron-converter, python-fastapi, python-inline-snapshot,...Read more
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81 percent of security teams lack visibility into AI coding
While AI adoption is now nearly universal, governance and visibility have failed to keep pace, according to a new report from Cycode....Read more
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Americans need to stop falling for these scams (one generation in particular)
Among all the online scams, one generation is clicking through more than the rest.Read more -
Google Maps bakes in Gemini to improve navigation and hands-free use
Google is now baking Gemini into Maps to let users ask it questions while driving, improve navigation, and do more with the...Read more
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Sonic fan game Dr. Robotnik’s Ring Racers gets a big upgrade
Dr. Robotnik’s Ring Racers is a thoroughly great kart racing game made by fans of the Sonic universe, and a big new...Read more -
LXQt 2.3 Desktop Environment Released with Better Wayland Support
LXQt 2.3 desktop environment improves Wayland support, adds new panel backends for Labwc, Niri, and Wayfire, introduces LZ4 in Archiver, and more.Read more -
Comcast, Netflix, And CBS Will All Now Kiss Trump’s Ass To Try And Acquire Warner Brothers And CNN
As we’ve documented, Trump’s right wing billionaire friend Larry Ellison (and his nepobaby son, David) recently acquired CBS and likely co-ownership of...Read more