Linus Torvalds has just announced the release of Linux 6.18 on the Linux Kernel Mailing List (LKML), which will likely become the next LTS kernel [update: it’s now official]: So I’ll have to admit ...

This week, the Linux community saw the unveiling of an ambitious idea: a multi-kernel architecture for Linux. Announced by Cong Wang of Multikernel Technologies Inc, the proposal introduces patches ...

It’s been a tense few months for users of the BCacheFS filesystem, as amidst the occasional terse arguments and flowery self-praise on the Linux Kernel mailing list the future of this filesystem ...

The Spectre-like CPU branch target injection (BTI) breaks the guest-host layer in virtualized environments, introducing a new threat to data centers and the cloud. Researchers have demonstrated a ...

As you may already know, the Bcachefs file system is moving out of the main Linux kernel and will now ship as an external DKMS module. Kent Overstreet, the Bcachefs developer, assures us that for most ...

Pokémon Go is hosting a “Summer Concert” event from July 19-22, though the event perks will only actually be active from 5-8 p.m. each day in your local time. As part of the event, music composed by ...

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France’s national cybersecurity agency, ANSSI, has identified a new cyber intrusion campaign targeting French organizations in various sectors. The campaign was detected in September 2024, but it ...

There are gentle migration strategies that can delay the move away from Windows 10, which Microsoft will stop supporting in October 2025. Technically (and maybe even psychologically), the easiest step ...

Facepalm: Microsoft and the PC industry developed the Secure Boot protocol to prevent modern UEFI-based computers from being hacked or compromised during the boot process. However, just a few years ...