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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QEMU 10.2 Released With IO_uring Support For Helping Allow For Greater Performance
As a wonderful gift to open-source Linux virtualization users this Christmas Eve is the release of the QEMU 10.2 emulator...Read more
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Google Built Its Empire Scraping The Web. Now It’s Suing To Stop Others From Scraping Google
Last week, Google filed suit against SerpApi, a scraping company that helps businesses pull data from Google search results. The lawsuit claims...Read more
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Daily Deal: The JavaScript DOM Game Developer Bundle
The JavaScript DOM Game Developer Bundle has 8 courses to help you master coding fundamentals. Courses cover JavaScript DOM, Coding, HTML 5 Canvas, and...Read more
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I still can’t believe Google killed these popular services
The Google Graveyard grows larger every year.Read more -
The European startup market’s data doesn’t match its energy — yet
Europe's startup market hasn't produced meaningful numbers but there is reason to believe the data will start to change.Read more
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MAGA Legislators Want To Add Mercenaries To Trump’s Perverse Take On The ‘War On Drugs’
Yeah, the economy sucks and trade-war tariff agendas are only making things worse. But as Trump promised/threatened during a recent national address...Read more
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I kicked my smart bulbs off my main Wi-Fi and you should too
Some of them didn't work in the first place.Read more -
I tried these 6 open-source apps out of curiosity, and now I won't uninstall them
I told myself I’d uninstall them later. That was a lie.Read more -
Waymo explains why its robotaxis got stuck during the SF blackout
The company also said its robotaxis navigated more than 7,000 dark stoplights successfully on Saturday.Read more
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EFF’s ‘How to Fix the Internet’ Podcast: 2025 in Review
2025 was a stellar year for EFF’s award-winning podcast, “How to Fix the Internet,” as our sixth season focused on the tools...Read more
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Politicians Rushed Through An Online Speech “Solution.” Victims Deserve Better.
Earlier this year, both chambers of Congress passed the TAKE IT DOWN Act. This bill, while well-intentioned, gives powerful people a new...Read more
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Linux 6.20~7.0 To Bring Prep Changes For CXL Soft Reserve Recovery & Accelerator Memory
The next kernel cycle that will be known as either Linux 6.20 or Linux 7.0 depending upon how Linus Torvalds handles the...Read more
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Linux 6.20~7.0 To Bring Prep Changes For CXL Soft Reserve Recovery & Accelerator Memory
The next kernel cycle that will be known as either Linux 6.20 or Linux 7.0 depending upon how Linus Torvalds handles the...Read more
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Waymo is testing Gemini as an in-car AI assistant in its robotaxis
Waymo is testing a Gemini-powered in-car AI assistant, per findings from a 1,200-line system prompt. The assistant can answer general knowledge questions,...Read more
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Golazo – follow football games
Golazo is a minimalist terminal user interface (TUI) for following football matches in real-time. The post Golazo – follow football games...Read more
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I was jealous of MacOS 26 users, until I realized Windows PCs already had these 4 features
Apple's latest MacOS 26 has a slew of useful features - but a few of them appeared on Windows first, including one...Read more
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[$] A 2025 retrospective
Another year has reached its conclusion. That can only mean one thing: the time has come to take a look back at...Read more
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Judge in Vizio Case Rules on Issue Irrelevant to Rights Under Copyleft
A news item from Software Freedom Conservancy. On 23 December 2025, Judge Leal granted a motion brought by...Read more
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My perfect MacBook Pro replacement turned out to be a Windows laptop I didn't see coming
The Razer Blade 14 is one of the thinnest gaming laptops I've tested, trading power for portability.Read more
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This feature on every smart TV is wildly underrated — and you’re not using it
It makes for a lot less juggling.Read more