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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KnowBe4 unleashes AI-powered email security to small and medium businesses
KnowBe4 has launched Prevent, an AI-driven email security solution aimed at helping small and medium-sized businesses tackle one of cybersecurity’s most persistent threats: outbound email risk. The platform, now expanded from its enterprise version, uses machine learning, behavioral analytics and neural networks to detect and stop data breaches caused by... Read more
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Meta fixes bug that could leak users’ AI prompts and generated content
The tech giant fixed the security flaw, netting a security researcher $10,000 for privately disclosing the bug.... Read more
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Debian-Based Sparky Linux 7.8 Now Available for Download
The lightweight Linux distro Sparky 7.8 rolls out with updated packages, kernel 6.1 LTS, desktop refreshes, and Gimp preinstalled in live media.... Read more
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Pluralistic: When Google's slop meets webslop, search stops (15 Jul 2025)
Today's links When Google's slop meets webslop, search stops: Botshit, botshit everywhere. Hey look at this: Delights to delectate. Object permanence: White Wolf's pay-to-play; Penn on artistic satisfaction, California antitrust v Google; Project 2025's true meaning Upcoming appearances: Where to find me. Recent appearances: Where I've been. Latest books: You... Read more
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Sam Thursfield: Status update, 15/07/2025
This month has involved very little programming and a huge amount of writing. I am accidentally writing a long-form novel about openQA testing. It’s up to 1000 words already and we’re still on the basics. The idea was to prepare for my talk at the GNOME conference this year called... Read more
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UnitedHealth’s Response To People Cheering Their CEO’s Murder: Silence The Critics
When your CEO gets murdered and half the internet celebrates, most companies might pause and ask “why do so many people hate us?” But UnitedHealth had a different response: hire more lawyers to silence the critics. The New York Times has an excellent piece by David Enrich detailing UnitedHealth’s ridiculously... Read more
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Links 15/07/2025: LLM Pollution and Pushback in Ukraine
Links for the day... Read more
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Gemini Links 15/07/2025: xkcd, New Cert, and Alhena Gemlog
Links for the day... Read more
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GNU/Linux Applications, Devices, and More
some leftovers... Read more
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Videos/Audiocasts/Shows: LINUX Unplugged, Late Night Linux, and MiSTer FPGA Atari Jaguar
3 new ones... Read more