Wine 11.10 Released With VKD3D 2.0, Improved VBScript Compatibility
Wine 11.10 Released With VKD3D 2.0, Improved VBScript Compatibility Wine 11.10 marks the latest bi-weekly development release of Wine for running Windows games and applications on Linux, macOS, and ot…
SpaceX gets $4 billion contract to build missile-tracking ‘Golden Dome’…
SpaceX gets $4 billion contract to build missile-tracking ‘Golden Dome’ satellites https://www.theverge.com/science/940207/spacex-golden-dome-satellite-contract
ICE to keep an eye on your eyes under $25M biometric scanner deal
If you thought US Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s widespread use of face recognition apps was a privacy violation, you’re about to get eye-rate over a new $25 million contract. According to a la…
Kenyan court blocks Trump admin from dumping Ebola-exposed Americans there
Kenyan court blocks Trump admin from dumping Ebola-exposed Americans there The US has previously built specialized facilities just for this purpose. https://arstechnica.com/health/2026/05/kenyan-court…
Acer’s answer to the MacBook Neo is a $699 laptop with Intel chips and 8GB of…
Acer’s answer to the MacBook Neo is a $699 laptop with Intel chips and 8GB of RAM https://www.theverge.com/tech/939596/acer-swift-air-14-aspire-18-nitro-16-computex-price-specs
Here's why the failure of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is so catastrophic
Here's why the failure of Blue Origin's New Glenn rocket is so catastrophic "I hope that it makes it far enough away from the pad that it does not cause pad damage." https://arstechnica.com/space/2026…
No fix yet for critical RCE bug in open-source Git service Gogs - exploit module is out
There's a huge hole and no one is patching it thus far. A critical, remote code execution (RCE) bug in Gogs, a popular open-source self-hosted Git service, can be exploited by any authenticated user -…
Acer’s launching a Linux handheld for streaming your PC games…
Acer’s launching a Linux handheld for streaming your PC games https://www.theverge.com/games/940091/acer-nitro-blaze-link-linux-handheld
Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantled
Botnet of more than 17 million devices dismantled The botnet was reportedly tied to a Russia-based residential proxy network. https://arstechnica.com/security/2026/05/botnet-of-more-than-17-million-de…
AMD ROCm 7.2.4 Released With Performance & Stability Fixes
AMD ROCm 7.2.4 Released With Performance & Stability Fixes AMD's ROCm open-source compute stack is up to version 7.2.4 stable as it continues seeing new fixes while on the tech preview feature side is…
US law enforcement warns of "anti-tech extremism" as AI hatred grows
US law enforcement warns of "anti-tech extremism" as AI hatred grows The feds are raising the alarm about a new category of threat. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/us-law-enforcement-warns-of-anti-…
Blue Origin Rocket Exploded Thursday Night During Hot-Fire Test…
Blue Origin Rocket Exploded Thursday Night During Hot-Fire Test https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/05/29/171202/blue-origin-rocket-exploded-thursday-night-during-hot-fire-test?utm_source=rss1.0main…
House of the Dragon S3 trailer revels in dragons, fire, and blood
House of the Dragon S3 trailer revels in dragons, fire, and blood "The crown is a weight that crushes. You'll do things that spell death for all involved." https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/05/hous…
DOJ sues states that rejected ICE requests for undercover license plates
DOJ sues states that rejected ICE requests for undercover license plates DOJ keeps accusing ICE monitoring sites of doxing, but evidence remains scarce. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/05/doj…
Tech companies desperately want to film you doing chores…
Tech companies desperately want to film you doing chores https://www.theverge.com/ai-artificial-intelligence/940007/ai-companies-will-pay-for-robot-training-data
UCLA seeks pre-litigation resolution with Oracle
UCLA has entered pre-litigation discussions with Oracle, one of the suppliers underpinning its finance transformation project, which has been delayed by nearly six years. The project has been on pause…
23andMe inherits lawsuit over 'disturbing' DNA data breach
The office of Rob Bonta, California's attorney general, is suing 23andMe for the data protection failings that led to the genetics company's disastrous 2023 breach. Bonta and his team claim [PDF] that…
QEMU mulls relaxing AI contribution ban
A key Linux virtualization component, QEMU, is considering relaxing its blanket ban on AI-generated contributions to allow limited assistance from the bots. The suggestion came from Paolo Bonzini, dis…
Robot-training startup will send humans wearing cameras to clean your home
Robot-training startup will send humans wearing cameras to clean your home The latest twist in paying humans to wear head cameras for robot training data. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/05/robot-trai…
Fwupd 2.1.4 Brings Many Bug Fixes, Firmware Update Support For Intel Arc Pro…
Fwupd 2.1.4 Brings Many Bug Fixes, Firmware Update Support For Intel Arc Pro B65/B70 Fresh off the funding round from HP, Fwupd 2.1.4 was christened today as the newest stable update to this open-sour…
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