New NTFS File-System Driver Submitted For Linux 7.1
New NTFS File-System Driver Submitted For Linux 7.1 Making today very exciting in Linux 7.1 merge window land was a pull request being sent out for introducing the new, modern NTFS file-system driver.…
Robot dogs now read gauges and thermometers using Google Gemini
Robot dogs now read gauges and thermometers using Google Gemini Google's AI enables robots to read gauges while inspecting industrial facilities. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/04/robot-dogs-now-read…
Artemis II astronauts say landing on the Moon is "absolutely doable" soon
Artemis II astronauts say landing on the Moon is "absolutely doable" soon "If you had given us the keys to the lander, we would have taken it down." https://arstechnica.com/space/2026/04/artemis-ii-as…
YouTube’s mobile app finally lets you share timestamped videos…
YouTube’s mobile app finally lets you share timestamped videos https://www.theverge.com/streaming/913611/youtube-mobile-app-share-at-timestamp-clips
Lucasfilm drops The Mandalorian and Grogu final trailer at CinemaCon
Lucasfilm drops The Mandalorian and Grogu final trailer at CinemaCon "The old protect the young, and then the young protect the old." https://arstechnica.com/culture/2026/04/lucasfilm-drops-mandaloria…
Anthropic won't own MCP 'design flaw' putting 200K servers at risk, researcher says
Bug or feature?A design flaw – or expected behavior based on a bad design choice, depending on who is telling the story – baked into Anthropic's official Model Context Protocol (MCP) puts as many as 2…
'TotalRecall Reloaded' Tool Finds a Side Entrance To Windows 11 Recall Database…
'TotalRecall Reloaded' Tool Finds a Side Entrance To Windows 11 Recall Database https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/04/16/2052224/totalrecall-reloaded-tool-finds-a-side-entrance-to-windows-11-recall-dat…
Gemini can now create personalized AI images by digging around in Google Photos
Gemini can now create personalized AI images by digging around in Google Photos Google is making it easier to feed your photos into Nano Banana for more personal image generation. https://arstechnica.…
Mozilla throws Thunderbolt at enterprise AI providers
Client connects to deepset's Haystack platformMozilla has declared war on OpenAI, Microsoft, and other firms flogging enterprise AI platforms with an open-source alternative it says provides data priv…
Mozilla launches Thunderbolt AI client with focus on self-hosted infrastructure
Mozilla launches Thunderbolt AI client with focus on self-hosted infrastructure New tool builds on deepset’s Haystack toward a “decentralized open source AI ecosystem” https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/…
Ad firms settle with Trump FTC over claims they boycotted conservative media
Ad firms settle with Trump FTC over claims they boycotted conservative media FTC aims to stamp out brand-safety standards that hurt Breitbart and Musk's X. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/04/…
OpenAI's Big Codex Update Is a Direct Shot At Claude Code…
OpenAI's Big Codex Update Is a Direct Shot At Claude Code https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/04/16/2040206/openais-big-codex-update-is-a-direct-shot-at-claude-code?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Proton 11.0 Beta Released With More Games Playable On Steam Play
Proton 11.0 Beta Released With More Games Playable On Steam Play Valve and CodeWeavers have just released Proton 11.0 Beta as their first beta milestone for this software that powers Steam Play now re…
Linux 7.1 sched_ext Brings cgroup Sub-Scheduler Groundwork, Idle SMT Sibling…
Linux 7.1 sched_ext Brings cgroup Sub-Scheduler Groundwork, Idle SMT Sibling Improvement The extensible scheduler "sched_ext" code for allowing Linux scheduling behavior to be defined via BPF programs…
Intel's non-Ultra Core CPUs are new silicon this year for a change
Intel's non-Ultra Core CPUs are new silicon this year for a change For the first time in a while, the benefits of new Intel tech will trickle down. https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2026/04/intels-non-u…
OpenAI starts offering a biology-tuned LLM
OpenAI starts offering a biology-tuned LLM GPT-Rosalind is an LLM trained on biology workflows, available in closed access. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/04/openai-starts-offering-a-biology-tun…
Anthropic squeezes enterprises by ejecting bundled tokens from seat deal
Large organizations pushed toward metered pricingMore bad news for Claude users. Anthropic has revised its seat-based pricing for enterprise customers, shifting them to a new pricing plan upon contrac…
NodeWeaver says its perpetual licensing beats VMware’s perpetual price hikes
'I think you can run this thing on a potato,' NodeWeaver CTO Alan Conboy said.Broadcom's price increases and policy changes have led many VMware customers to look for other options. Nodeweaver is posi…
Gucci-branded Google smart glasses are coming next year…
Gucci-branded Google smart glasses are coming next year https://www.theverge.com/gadgets/913523/google-gucci-ai-smart-glasses-2027
Is Linux Mint In Trouble?…
Is Linux Mint In Trouble? https://linux.slashdot.org/story/26/04/16/2029253/is-linux-mint-in-trouble?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
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