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A new beta of Resources , the system monitor tool Ubuntu 26.04 LTS ships with by default, is out with expanded AMD NPU stats and temperature reporting for PowerPC CPUs. Users with Ryzen 7040, 8040 and Ryzen AI 300/400-series chips can glean utilisation, power and performance metrics for their onboardContinue Reading

Given the widespread enterprise adoption of passkeys to replace passwords, a Palo Alto Networks Unit 42 report disclosing ways attackers are getting around passkey protections is concerning, analysts say, but they stress that the demonstrated attacks can only happen after a successful intrusion. They also pointed out that the issuesContinue Reading

Until recently, it was common for companies and organizations to engage in “tokenmaxxing” — that is, maximizing their use of AI. But with AI costs going up, companies are now looking to save money, a trend underscored by a recent Microsoft decision to limit AI use by its employees. “AsContinue Reading

Office suites have changed a lot since the first ones landed on desktops decades ago. What began as basic tools for typing letters and totaling numbers has turned into sprawling software loaded with templates, cloud sync, and now, AI. It’s 2026, and that last part has split the office suiteContinue Reading

Greg Kroah-Hartman’s “clanker” branch started as his own experiment, where an AI-assisted fuzzing tool turned up real bugs in the ksmbd and SMB code. These days, he isn’t the only one using it, as other contributors have started sending in patches of their own, tagged the same way. So whenContinue Reading

The same AI agent also tried to contact real people, sending messages and files to get them to run malicious code., The same AI agent also tried to contact real people, sending messages and files to get them to run malicious code., from Newsnation Read MoreContinue Reading

MOSCOW (AP) — The director of a factory supplying drones to the Russian military was badly wounded and his driver was killed when the car they were in exploded, news reports said Wednesday. The state Tass and RIA Novosti agencies said that Vladimir Tkachuk was hospitalized in grave condition followingContinue Reading

Rhythmbox 3.5.0 is out and it now lets you sync podcast subscriptions and listening progress across apps. The music player’s first update in over 9 months adds a new podcast plugin that ties into the gpodder.net API so you your subscriptions and play counts can carry over between Rhythmbox andContinue Reading

The memory crisis is getting worse for Apple, which is struggling to get enough memory chips together for its upcoming iPhone 18 Pro series smartphones. That’s according to tech journalist Tim Culpan. As he details it, Apple and its assembly partners are still attempting to secure sufficient quantities of memory, and thoughContinue Reading

Scandium Canada has signed a non-exclusive memorandum of understanding with the University of Windsor’s Center for Hybrid Automotive Research and Green Energy (CHARGE) to explore the potential use of aluminum-scandium (Al-Sc) alloy wire as a winding material for EV traction motors. The two intend to develop a research project thatContinue Reading