HarfBuzz 14.0 Released With New GPU Accelerated Text Rendering Library
HarfBuzz 14.0 Released With New GPU Accelerated Text Rendering Library HarfBuzz is the open-source text shaping engine originally born out of the FreeType project and now widely-used by GNOME, KDE, Ja…
'People's Panel' to check if UK wants controversial Digital ID will cost £630K
We could tell you no for freeThe UK government will spend about £630,000 running a discussion panel on its digital identity card plans, which minister James Frith said will "consider different perspec…
These Raspberry Pi price hikes are no joke…
These Raspberry Pi price hikes are no joke https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/905189/raspberry-pi-price-increases-pi-4-3gb
Robotaxi Outage In China Leaves Passengers Stranded On Highways…
Robotaxi Outage In China Leaves Passengers Stranded On Highways https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/04/01/064244/robotaxi-outage-in-china-leaves-passengers-stranded-on-highways?utm_source=rss1.0mainlin…
Black hole mergers put limits on star-destroying supernovae
Black hole mergers put limits on star-destroying supernovae Pair instability supernovae create a "mass gap" in black holes. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/04/black-hole-mergers-put-limits-on-sta…
The best Amazon Big Spring Sale deals you can still get…
The best Amazon Big Spring Sale deals you can still get https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/905059/best-amazon-big-spring-sale-2026-deals-you-can-still-get
The Korg Handytraxx Play finally got me learning to scratch…
The Korg Handytraxx Play finally got me learning to scratch https://www.theverge.com/tech/898696/korg-handytraxx-play-dj-scratching-turntable-review
A YouTuber channeled his distaste for the PS5’s design into slick console…
A YouTuber channeled his distaste for the PS5’s design into slick console covers https://www.theverge.com/tech/904086/boxplates-ps5-pro-slim-console-covers-hands-on
April 1 Linux Patches: Verified Birth Date For File Creation, Block Emacs From…
April 1 Linux Patches: Verified Birth Date For File Creation, Block Emacs From Running What's more annoying: half-baked AI slop open-source patches or April Fools' Day with programmers trying to have …
KDE Linux Hardening Their OS Against Updates Making Systems Unbootable
KDE Linux Hardening Their OS Against Updates Making Systems Unbootable KDE Linux as the in-house, leading-edge Linux distribution for showcasing the latest KDE Plasma innovations has promoted itself a…
Nintendo is weathering the storm…
Nintendo is weathering the storm https://www.theverge.com/games/904653/nintendo-games-industry-success
The Linux Kernel's Minimum Rust Version Supported Prepares For Rust 1.85…
The Linux Kernel's Minimum Rust Version Supported Prepares For Rust 1.85 Baseline The Rust-For-Linux crew is preparing to raise the minimum supported Rust version for building the Linux kernel and and…
Today is the final day to save up to $150 on a PS5 before the price goes up…
Today is the final day to save up to $150 on a PS5 before the price goes up https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/904614/playstation-5-ps5-pro-digital-edition-refurbished-deal-sale-price-increase
Virgin Galactic reopens ticket sales with out-of-this-world price hikes
Flights to resume in 2026 before space tourism biz runs out of cashVirgin Galactic has reopened suborbital ticket sales with a price rise and a promise for commercial spaceflight operations in Q4 2026…
France buys nuclear supercomputing spinoff Bull from Atos for €404M
Paris makes sovereignty play as it becomes sole shareholderThe French government has finally closed a deal to purchase the Advanced Computing assets of tech giant Atos, leading to the re-emergence of …
Launch day has arrived for NASA's Artemis II mission—here's what to expect
Launch day has arrived for NASA's Artemis II mission—here's what to expect "It’ll go when the engines light at T-0." https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/launch-day-has-arrived-for-nasas-artemis-ii-m…
AI can push your Stream Deck buttons for you…
AI can push your Stream Deck buttons for you https://www.theverge.com/tech/905021/elgato-stream-deck-mcp-ai-agent-update
Wayland Protocols 1.48 Released With XDG Session Management
Wayland Protocols 1.48 Released With XDG Session Management Wayland Protocols 1.48 is out today with the long-awaited XDG Session Management protocol in tow as well as several new experimental protoco…
One in seven Americans are ready for an AI boss, but they might not trust it
Poll finds 15% happy to take orders from a bot even as most question its output and fear job lossesAround 15 percent of Americans would be willing to work for an AI boss, according to a new poll that …
手機門號語音信箱使用預設密碼成Line帳號盜用新破口，電信業者緊急強化語音信箱驗證機制
新聞近期突然有Line用戶在網路上反映其帳號被盜，這次事件疑似和電信語音信箱遠端聽取的機制遭到濫用有關，攻擊者透過攔截語音驗證碼來取得受害者的帳號控制權，使原本仰賴簡訊或語音驗證的身分驗證流程成為Line帳號被盜的破口。近期有不少Line用戶在網路上反映，其使用的Line帳號無預警遭到強制登出，即使想要重新登入也失敗，經比帳戶被盜的用戶背景，發現多為台灣大哥大用戶，更有些案例集中在合併前的台灣之星…
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