Linux 7.2 Improves Anonymous/Unnamed Pipe Performance For Shell Pipelines & More
Linux 7.2 Improves Anonymous/Unnamed Pipe Performance For Shell Pipelines & More Yet another performance optimization merged for the in-development Linux 7.2 kernel is improving the speed of anon_pipe…
The US Government's Anthropic Models Ban Was Never About an AI Jailbreak…
The US Government's Anthropic Models Ban Was Never About an AI Jailbreak https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/06/16/1651237/the-us-governments-anthropic-models-ban-was-never-about-an-ai-jailbreak?utm_sou…
Trump admin abandons fight against wind energy as clean energy output surges
Trump admin abandons fight against wind energy as clean energy output surges Legal victories have dampened the Trump admin’s efforts to halt wind and solar power. https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/…
Firefox 152 understands “Sssh!”
Firefox 152 is now available for download, after no fewer than four minor point releases to its predecessor, last month’s Firefox 151. And quieting noisy tabs has never been easier. It’s a good time t…
There's no such thing as an agentic CPU
OPINION Do AI agents need a new kind of CPU? That's what Arm, Nvidia, and a growing number of chip designers would have you believe. Arm named its first datacenter silicon the "AGI CPU." Nvidia CEO Je…
Russian Spam and Profanities Are Now Plaguing the Arch Linux AUR…
Russian Spam and Profanities Are Now Plaguing the Arch Linux AUR https://it.slashdot.org/story/26/06/16/0618239/russian-spam-and-profanities-are-now-plaguing-the-arch-linux-aur?utm_source=rss1.0mainli…
Intel Compute Runtime Now Advertises Early Support For Nova Lake, Introduces…
Intel Compute Runtime Now Advertises Early Support For Nova Lake, Introduces Experimental "LEO" Intel's open-source Compute Runtime stack for OpenCL and oneAPI Level Zero on their graphics processors …
Non-x86 servers now nearly half the market, IDC says
Servers employing x86 chips from AMD and Intel now account for little more than half of server revenue, according to the latest figures from IDC. In its Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker for Q1 2026,…
Linux kernel 7.1 sends Intel 486 support to silicon heaven
Linux kernel 7.1 is out, bringing significant changes that have been brewing for years – including the long-promised removal of support for Intel's 486 chip and its contemporaries. More than 140,000 l…
Crooks found a new way to collaborate using Teams – by hiding command-and-control traffic
Cybercrims deploying DragonForce ransomware appear to have gained access to a major US services company's network, then spent two months up to no good while disguising their command-and-control activi…
Microsoft faces down sueball, capacity problems in series of challenges
Microsoft is facing AI-related issues on multiple fronts. Disgruntled investors have flung a sueball at the company over its Copilot claims, while it is reportedly turning to other cloud vendors to he…
Linux 7.2 Can Significantly Lower Container Exit/Unmount Latency
Linux 7.2 Can Significantly Lower Container Exit/Unmount Latency A patch series merged for the Linux 7.2 kernel addresses a race condition that can occur when a container is exiting yielding "VFS: Bus…
Firefox 152 Adds JPEG XL Support, Redesigned Settings…
Firefox 152 Adds JPEG XL Support, Redesigned Settings https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/06/16/062238/firefox-152-adds-jpeg-xl-support-redesigned-settings?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Mobileye is entering the US robotaxi market with standalone service
Mobileye is entering the US robotaxi market with standalone service The service will leverage its Moovit platform to launch in an a US city in 2027. https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/06/mobileye-is-en…
NHS Palantir claims face scrutiny after data suggests uneven results
Nearly a third of NHS trusts using Palantir's health data platform are performing fewer patient procedures than before it went live, according to figures analyzed by campaign group Foxglove. The resea…
Linux 7.2 Adds Ability To Limit Programs To Only Open Regular Files, Avoid…
Linux 7.2 Adds Ability To Limit Programs To Only Open Regular Files, Avoid Being Tricked Or Doing Silly Things Merged as part of the many VFS changes for Linux 7.2 is the new OPENAT2_REGULAR flag for …
The Ars Technica 2026 Reader Survey: Let your voice be heard!
The Ars Technica 2026 Reader Survey: Let your voice be heard! Tell us how you read Ars, and what you'd like to see more (or less!) of on the front page. https://arstechnica.com/staff/2026/06/the-ars-t…
Wine Wayland Lands Fractional Scaling Support
Wine Wayland Lands Fractional Scaling Support Following last week's Wine 11.11 release that brought alpha modifier support for opacity handling with the Wine Wayland driver, merged this week to Wine i…
Linux 7.2 Continues Removing Old i486 Code Remnants, Adds Rugged Panther Lake
Linux 7.2 Continues Removing Old i486 Code Remnants, Adds Rugged Panther Lake The x86/cpu changes have been merged for the Linux 7.2 kernel with an interesting span of changes covering 36 years from t…
UK to ban social media for kids under 16, may impose overnight curfews
UK to ban social media for kids under 16, may impose overnight curfews Critics say bans push kids to riskier alternatives and can be beaten with VPNs. https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2026/06/uk-to…
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