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Researcher Says AI Helped Develop Linux Traffic-Control Race Into Root Exploit  The Hacker News

Update may disable Microsoft Defender on Linux after a restart  Techzine Global

Firmware Updater Improves Linux Device Security  Open Source For You

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NetBird creates an encrypted WireGuard network between your devices without requiring a traditional VPN server or manual key exchange. In

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RefluXFS: A Linux Kernel Local Privilege Escalation to Root in XFS (CVE-2026-64600)  iTWire

Linux Foundation, Nineteen Companies Launch Akrites to Coordinate Open Source Vulnerability Fixes  ADTmag

Mission Center (Linux system monitor) adds battery stats + more  OMG! Ubuntu

Mission Center update adds battery, partition and power draw stats  OMG! Ubuntu

Looking to be added to the Linux kernel source tree for the upcoming Linux 7.3 cycle is test_amd_pmf, a small testing application for exercising the AMD Platform Management Framework (PMF) interfaces and dumping various system data points...

AMD PMF Testing Tool Slated For Linux 7.3  Phoronix

I tested a new Debian Linux loaded with local AI - see if it's right for you  ZDNET

First Look at Firefox’s Brand-New Design in Firefox Nightly  9to5Linux

Google Chrome is now available for Arm64 Linux distros  BetaNews

Last October on Phoronix we were first to point out there being some mysterious intrigue around a new x86 implementation from a "corporate entity other than Intel/AMD" with the developer involved not elaborating on the matter. Now that same developer has posted another semi-cryptic message to the Linux kernel mailing list to talk about 16-tile and 32-tile Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) implementations. To date Intel only has 8-tile AMX...

Mysterious 16-Tile & 32-Tile AMX Implementations Talked Up For More Performance  Phoronix

Windows 11 ruined my old laptop, but this lightweight Linux distro brought it back to life  XDA

Fwupd 2.1.7 Linux Firmware Updater Brings New Features and Improvements  9to5Linux

Fwupd 2.1.7 is out today as the newest update to this open-source firmware updating utility that pairs with the Linux Vendor Firmware Service (LVFS) for offering a nice firmware upgrade story on Linux systems...

Fwupd 2.1.7 Released With Many Bug Fixes  Phoronix

FreeBSD Builds BSD-Native NTSYNC Driver, Launches AMD ROCm Compute Port  Tech Times