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Servo 0.0.4 Browser Engine Released & Finally Supporting Multiple Windows

Phoronix - Fri, 01/23/2026 - 18:40
Servo 0.0.4 is out today as the newest monthly update to this open-source, Rust-based web browser engine. Building off recent Servo embedding API additions, Servo 0.0.4 introduces support for multiple browser windows...

AMD Lands Fresh Performance Improvements For RDNA4 In RadeonSI Driver

Phoronix - Fri, 01/23/2026 - 09:21
While slightly too late for making it into the Mesa 26.0 release that branched yesterday, merged now to Mesa Git for Q2's Mesa 26.1 release are some new RadeonSI Gallium3D (OpenGL) driver optimizations for the latest AMD Radeon RDNA4 graphics cards...

Linux GPU Driver Loophole Being Fixed For Unprivileged Users Being Able To Tap Unbounded Kernel Memory

Phoronix - Fri, 01/23/2026 - 04:25
An oversight in the Linux kernel's Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) graphics driver common code could allow unprivileged users to trigger unbounded kernel memory consumption for a potential system-wide out-of-memory "OOM" situation...

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