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Intel Preparing WiFi 8 "UHR" Support For Their IWLWIFI Linux Driver

Phoronix - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 21:35
Intel open-source software engineers have been busy beginning to prepare their upstream IWLWIFI wireless driver in the Linux kernel for supporting their next-gen WiFi adapters supporting the WiFi 8 "Ultra High Reliability" standard...

Linux 7.2 Proceeding To Deprecate AF_ALG Due To "Massive Attack Surface", Drops Offloading

Phoronix - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 18:48
The Linux kernel's AF_ALG interface for user-space applications to directly access the Linux kernel's built-in cryptographic engine is proceeding with a quick deprecation cycle due to a "massive attack surface" with increased vulnerabilities coming to light due to AI/LLM-based tooling...

Phoronix Marking 22 Years Of Linux Hardware Coverage This Week

Phoronix - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 18:34
On 5 June marks 22 years since starting Phoronix.com for covering the Linux hardware space and open-source news...

Some Elements Of Intel APX Not Proving Beneficial On Nova Lake / Diamond Rapids

Phoronix - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 18:14
Some compiler tuning merged today to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is disabling some features of Advanced Performance Extensions (APX) for upcoming Intel Nova Lake and Diamond Rapids processors as they are not proving worthwhile for performance...

NBD-VRAM Provides Swap Space On Your NVIDIA GeForce GPUs

Phoronix - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 17:57
An open-source developer has created NBD-VRAM as a way to create swap space on your consumer NVIDIA GPU's video memory under Linux...

FreeBSD 15.1-RC2 Restores PadLock RNG For VIA & Zhaoxin CPUs

Phoronix - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 17:46
A second release candidate of FreeBSD 15.1 was warranted and in turn released this weekend which now pushes the stable release back by one week...

NVIDIA Announces RTX Spark Superchip For Laptops & Desktops

Phoronix - Mon, 06/01/2026 - 17:33
Jensen Huang used his Computex keynote today to formally announce RTX Spark as their new superchip for compact desktop PCs and laptops...

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