NVIDIA-VAAPI-Driver 0.0.17 Fixes Support For GB10 Powered Systems
NVIDIA-VAAPI-Driver 0.0.17 Fixes Support For GB10 Powered Systems The open-source, community-developed NVIDIA-VAAPI-Driver that provides a Video Acceleration API (VA-API) implementation built atop NVI…
Linux Enables Auto Counter Reload "ACR" For Intel Xeon Diamond Rapids
Linux Enables Auto Counter Reload "ACR" For Intel Xeon Diamond Rapids Merged as part of the perf subsystem fixes overnight is enabling Auto Counter Reload (ACR) functionality for upcoming Intel Xeon D…
London’s BT Tower to get rooftop swimming pool
Visitors to London’s iconic Telecom Tower might soon be able to go for a rooftop swim, according to plans revealed by the developer turning the building into a hotel. The iconic 177 meter (581 ft) hig…
Linux高風險漏洞Dirty Frag影響2017年至今的系統核心，以及5種發行版
新聞4月底揭露的Linux系統核心的本機提權漏洞Copy Fail（CVE-2026-31431）震撼全球之餘，沒想到本週五（5月8日）竟又爆出另一批同樣存在Linux系統核心的本機提權漏洞Dirty Frag，當天還有代號為0xdeadbeefnetwork（_SiCk）的研究員，也在GitHub公開另一個濫用此漏洞的概念驗證程式，稱為Copy Fail 2: Electric Boogaloo…
UK wants fresh fingerprints on £300M biometrics platform
The UK Home Office wants to talk to suppliers about its plans for two potential procurements for the Strategic Central and Bureau Platform (SCBP), its core biometrics system, worth up to £300 million.…
Everything you need to know about the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak
Everything you need to know about the hantavirus cruise ship outbreak "This is not COVID," and other reasons why risk to the public is currently low. https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/05/everything-…
Fiber Optic Cables Can Eavesdrop On Nearby Conversations…
Fiber Optic Cables Can Eavesdrop On Nearby Conversations https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/05/08/2336238/fiber-optic-cables-can-eavesdrop-on-nearby-conversations?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
NASA Keeps Track As Mexico City Sinks Into the Ground…
NASA Keeps Track As Mexico City Sinks Into the Ground https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/05/08/2347231/nasa-keeps-track-as-mexico-city-sinks-into-the-ground?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Google will put more links to websites in AI Overviews
Google will put more links to websites in AI Overviews Google's AI search will start citing its sources in several new ways. https://arstechnica.com/google/2026/05/google-will-put-more-links-to-websit…
Sony says "efficient" AI tools will lead to even more games flooding the market
Sony says "efficient" AI tools will lead to even more games flooding the market But human artists still "must remain at the center," PlayStation maker says. https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2026/05/sony…
KDE Plasma 6.7 To Support ICC Profiles In HDR Mode, Direct Scan-Out Improvement
KDE Plasma 6.7 To Support ICC Profiles In HDR Mode, Direct Scan-Out Improvement KDE developers continue to be quite busy in preparing additional Plasma 6.7 desktop features ahead of the stable release…
FreeBSD 15.1 Beta 2 Brings Updated Zstd, Bug Fixes
FreeBSD 15.1 Beta 2 Brings Updated Zstd, Bug Fixes FreeBSD 15.1 continues working its way toward a stable release in June. Out today is FreeBSD 15.1 Beta 2... https://www.phoronix.com/news/FreeBSD-15.…
Akamai surges on big LLM deal as Cloudflare dims
This week was the best of times for Akamai and the worst of times for Cloudflare. On the same evening, content delivery network mainstay Cloudflare announced it was cutting about a fifth of its staff …
Manufacturing qubits that can move
Manufacturing qubits that can move It's hard to mix electronic manufacturing and flexible geometry. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/manufacturing-qubits-that-can-move/?utm_brand=arstechnica&ut…
Does Fidelity's Reorganization Signal the Beginning of the End for 'Small-Team…
Does Fidelity's Reorganization Signal the Beginning of the End for 'Small-Team Agile'? https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/05/08/1928254/does-fidelitys-reorganization-signal-the-beginning-of-the-end-fo…
Tech is now rolling out the old grievance grift
OPINION Twice this week we've been told by our would-be tech oligarchs that people are being paid to hate them. Alex Karp said 10 percent of the world professionally hates Palantir and Kevin O’Leary s…
GPT-5.5 may burn fewer tokens, but it always burns more cash
It's getting more expensive to use the latest models. OpenAI last month bumped the version number of its GPT model family to 5.5, and per-token prices rose too, in some cases doubling compared to its …
Trump reportedly plans to fire FDA Commissioner Marty Makary
Trump reportedly plans to fire FDA Commissioner Marty Makary The plan isn't final and could change, but his ouster would be no surprise. https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/05/trump-reportedly-plans-t…
Micron Ships Gigantic 245TB SSD…
Micron Ships Gigantic 245TB SSD https://hardware.slashdot.org/story/26/05/08/1918210/micron-ships-gigantic-245tb-ssd?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
New Linux 'Dirty Frag' Zero-Day Gives Root On All Major Distros…
New Linux 'Dirty Frag' Zero-Day Gives Root On All Major Distros https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/05/08/1913238/new-linux-dirty-frag-zero-day-gives-root-on-all-major-distros?utm_source=rss1.0mainlin…
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