Windows 11 is less of a desktop operating system than it is a remote Microsoft client equipped with AI-powered Recall, telemetry, and data collection. If you see these as spyware, try Linux for your primary desktop.
Researchers have unveiled a small but powerful modification to the Linux kernel that could significantly reduce energy consumption in data centers by 30%. https://www.techspot.com/news/106501-linux-kernel-upgrade-promises-up-30-energy-savings.html
It seemed inevitable that the Linux kernel sources would expand beyond 40 million lines early this year. With the recent release of Linux 6.14 rc1 sources the figure has ballooned to 40,063,856 lines.
The newly formed Open Source Alliance (OSA) has released its take on an open-source AI definition (OSAID): the Open Weight Definition (OWD).
Sekoia is warning Chrome users of a supply chain attack targeting browser extension developers that has potentially impacted hundreds of thousands of individuals already.
The largest DDoS attack on record targeted an internet service provider in East Asia on Oct 29. Cloudflare detected and automatically thwarted the attack, which generated 5.6Tbps in traffic, requiring no "human intervention."
A new survey suggests evidence of a movement away from public cloud provision as nearly 69% of companies have moved at least some apps off the cloud and back to on-premise systems or private clouds.
Microsoft brainiacs who probed the security of more than 100 of the software giant's own generative AI products came away with a sobering message: The models amplify existing security risks and create new ones.
The DuckDuckGo Android browser has a handy tool for seeing what sorts of tracking activity is happening behind the scenes with apps on your device — and, if you wish, for blocking any or all of that activity.
Apple finds itself in a privacy quandary. When it gets privacy wrong, it’s front-page news; when it gets privacy right, hardly anyone cares. You can see why other companies leave the subject well alone.