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Linux 6.16: faster file systems, improved confidential memory, more Rust support

news.ycombinator.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-12-25 16:09:58

herraez/Getty Images The changes in the latest Linux kernel, Linux 6.16, may be small, but they include some significant ones. Linus Torvalds himself summed up this release as looking fine, small, and calm, but not "really not all that interesting (in all the best ways!)." Here's my list of what's new and improved. First, the Rust language is continuing to become more well-integrated into the kernel. At the top of my list is that the kernel now boasts Rust bindings for the driver core and PCI

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This affordable Motorola Edge phone just got even cheaper at Best Buy

zdnet.com Taylor Clemons 2025-12-25 23:00:18

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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5 gadgets and accessories that leveled up my gaming setup (including a surprise console)

zdnet.com Taylor Clemons 2025-12-26 04:19:00

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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You can buy the M4 MacBook Air for its lowest price ever on Amazon right now

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-12-26 04:44:00

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Linux 6.16 brings faster file systems, improved confidential memory, & more Rust

news.ycombinator.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-12-26 04:09:58

herraez/Getty Images The changes in the latest Linux kernel, Linux 6.16, may be small, but they include some significant ones. Linus Torvalds himself summed up this release as looking fine, small, and calm, but not "really not all that interesting (in all the best ways!)." Here's my list of what's new and improved. First, the Rust language is continuing to become more well-integrated into the kernel. At the top of my list is that the kernel now boasts Rust bindings for the driver core and PCI

Topics: kernel linux new rust torvalds

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Amazon will sell you the M3 iPad Air for $100 off right now - how the deal works

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-12-26 14:11:00

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Amazon will sell you the M4 MacBook Air for $200 off - its lowest price ever

zdnet.com Cesar Cadenas 2025-12-26 14:13:36

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Google Photos has a new look for its editor, and reactions are split

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-26 18:01:32

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority TL;DR For its 10th anniversary, Google Photos announced it was overhauling its editor UI. The new editor was initially supposed to arrive in June, but Google later pushed that back to August. With August still a few days away, we’re already seeing the new interface roll out. Google Photos isn’t just a great solution for storing and organizing all your pics, but also a solid all-in-one tool for performing some edits. Back in May, while Google was celebratin

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Show HN: ELF Injector

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-26 18:00:02

ELF Injector Injects a relocatable code chunk of arbitrary size into an ELF executable that will run before the original entry point of the executable. Building NOTE: The code can only build and run on a 32-bit ARM processor as it contains a mix of C and assembly. Build elf_injector : ~/elf_injector $ make all gcc -Werror -std=gnu99 -fno-builtin -Wall -Wextra -O2 -c src/elf_injector.c -o elf_injector.o gcc -nostdlib elf_injector.o -o elf_injector gcc -Werror -std=gnu99 -fno-builtin -Wall -W

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Guillermo del Toro’s ‘Frankenstein’ Looks Absolutely Stunning

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-26 23:10:33

When Guillermo del Toro finally got the chance to make his dream project, an adaptation of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, you just knew it was going to be beautiful. Del Toro’s films are known for a lot of things, and sumptuous production design and costumes are right near the top of the list. So, it almost goes without saying that a group of new images from the film are stunning, but these almost go beyond that. First revealed in an article by Vanity Fair and then released by Netflix, 10 new ima

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Linux 6.16 brings faster file systems, improved confidential memory support, and more Rust support

zdnet.com Steven Vaughan-Nichols 2025-12-27 16:40:13

herraez/Getty Images The changes in the latest Linux kernel, Linux 6.16, may be small, but they include some significant ones. Linus Torvalds himself summed up this release as looking fine, small, and calm, but not "really not all that interesting (in all the best ways!)." Here's my list of what's new and improved. First, the Rust language is continuing to become more well-integrated into the kernel. At the top of my list is that the kernel now boasts Rust bindings for the driver core and PCI

Topics: kernel linux new rust torvalds

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The best online photo editors: Expert tested and reviewed

zdnet.com Charlie Osborne 2025-12-27 17:30:19

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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Wikimedia Foundation Challenges UK Online Safety Act Regulations

news.ycombinator.com Wikimedia Foundation 2025-12-27 18:12:29

17 July 2025 — Next week, on 22 and 23 July 2025, the High Court of Justice in London will hear the Wikimedia Foundation’s legal challenge to the Categorisation Regulations of the United Kingdom (UK)’s Online Safety Act (OSA). The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit that operates Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects, announced its legal challenge earlier this year, arguing that the regulations endanger Wikipedia and the global community of volunteer contributors who create the information on

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Europe sets its sights on multi-billion-euro gigawatt factories as it plays catch-up on AI

cnbc.com April Roach 2025-12-27 18:02:29

Data storage tapes are stored at the National Energy Research Scientific Computing Center (NERSC) facility at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which will house the U.S. supercomputer to be powered by Nvidia's forthcoming Vera Rubin chips, in Berkeley, California, U.S. May 29, 2025. Manuel Orbegozo | Reuters Europe is setting its sights on gigawatt factories in a bid to bolster its lagging artificial intelligence industry and meet the challenges of a rapidly-changing sector. Buzz aroun

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Apple to close Parkland Mall store in China amid intense worldwide retail reshuffle

9to5mac.com Marcus Mendes 2025-12-27 17:09:58

In a first in the country, Apple has confirmed that it will close its Parkland Mall store in Dalian City, Northeast China, on August 9. Here are the details. As reported by Bloomberg, Apple decided to shut down the store due to the “departure of several retailers at the Parkland Mall”. Here is the full statement provided to Mark Gurman: “We’re always focused on providing an exceptional experience for all of our customers both online and at more than 50 Apple Store locations across Greater Chin

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5 gaming gadgets and accessories that seriously leveled up my setup (including a twist)

zdnet.com Taylor Clemons 2025-12-27 21:20:18

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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The Vatican observatory looks to the heavens

news.ycombinator.com Rebecca Mead 2025-12-27 09:34:40

When the late Pope Francis was elected, a dozen years ago, and famously declined the pomp and perquisites typically associated with the office, among his renunciations was the use of the papal summer residence—a seventeenth-century palazzo in Castel Gandolfo, about fifteen miles south of Rome. Generations of Popes had enjoyed the use of the mansion, which overlooks a volcanic lake and is surrounded by spectacular terraced gardens. The palazzo is now a museum where visitors can admire a gallery o

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Pony: An actor-model, capabilities-secure, high-performance programming language

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-27 18:34:15

What is Pony?¶ Pony is an open-source, object-oriented, actor-model, capabilities-secure, high-performance programming language. If you are looking to jump in and get started with Pony right now, you can try it in your browser using the Pony Playground. Keep reading if you are interested in what makes Pony different and why you should consider using it. If you are interested in the early history of Pony and how it came into existence, you’re in luck: “An Early History of Pony”.

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The remote-controlled mower that's changed the way I cut grass is $400 off right now

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-12-27 20:30:17

Mowrator S1 ZDNET's key takeaways The Mowrator S1 remote-controlled lawnmower costs $3,999. This mower makes fun work of yard maintenance; perfect for someone with mobility issues, has a long-lasting battery, and fast RC response. Unfortunately, it is an expensive device, at $3,999, and it's not meant to perform completely hands-free cleaning like a robot mower can. $3,599.1 at Amazon The Mowrator S1 remote-controlled lawnmower is on sale at $400 off, so you can get it for $3,599 for a limite

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AV-Racer Devlog (1): Getting a functional car model

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-25 23:23:09

wassimulator; I make stuff Next article ► AV-Racer Devlog (1): Getting a functional car model est. reading time: 10 minutes The first question revolving around the interest of making a car game was figuring out the methods used by car games in simulating a car body. My modest lacunary conglamurate of car facts was all I had to start with, the general idea was to simulate car and tire forces that would move the thing through the might of physics. The right approach to this problem became a matt

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.gitignore Is Inherently Sisyphean

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-12-25 11:49:50

You just started a new project. You ran cargo init , poetry init and go mod init . Those commands created the necessary files to work, it also added the following lines to your .gitignore: target __pycache__ bin All great. You continue implementing features, and when the time comes, you publish your project to your Git hosting platform of choice. People start to get interested in your project. One even decides that he's going to implement a new feature! Literally free work done for you! Alr

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Deal: Take $100 off the Samsung Smart Monitor M7, which can replace your TV

androidauthority.com Unknown 2025-12-28 09:02:46

Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority If you’re looking for a monitor, you’ll quickly realize the market is flooded with options. How do you find the right one? I am a big fan of options like the Samsung 43-inch Smart Monitor M7 (M70F). It’s large, capable, and even doubles as a TV! More importantly, it is also at a pretty nice price, thanks to today’s $100 discount. Buy the Samsung 43-inch Smart Monitor M7 M70F for just $399.99 ($100 off) This offer is available from Amazon as a “limited time d

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The Vatican Observatory Looks to the Heavens

news.ycombinator.com Rebecca Mead 2025-12-28 09:34:40

When the late Pope Francis was elected, a dozen years ago, and famously declined the pomp and perquisites typically associated with the office, among his renunciations was the use of the papal summer residence—a seventeenth-century palazzo in Castel Gandolfo, about fifteen miles south of Rome. Generations of Popes had enjoyed the use of the mansion, which overlooks a volcanic lake and is surrounded by spectacular terraced gardens. The palazzo is now a museum where visitors can admire a gallery o

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This $90 network KVM solves one of my biggest server room hassles - and it's travel-friendly

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2025-12-28 14:25:00

GL.iNet Comet KVM ZDNET's key takeaways The GL.iNet Comet KVM lets you replace keyboard, mouse, and monitor with an Ethernet connection It works well, with good performance, a nice web interface, and specialty options for custom needs At $90, it's fairly pricey, especially when adding to a bunch of PCs, but it does the job. View now at Amazon It's always a happy day when I find a new gadget. It's a particularly happy day when that gadget solves an existing problem or (even better) removes a p

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Man Spends 6 Days in the Hospital After Toothbrushing Session Goes Terribly Wrong

gizmodo.com Ed Cara 2025-12-28 14:20:45

Here’s another thing to add to the list of highly unlikely but deeply horrifying injuries you could sustain in the safety of your own home. A recent case report detailed a 50-year-old man who fainted while brushing his teeth and ended up hospitalized as a result. Doctors at The University of Tokyo Hospital described the unusual incident earlier this month in BMJ Case Reports. After fainting, the man’s toothbrush scraped the back of his throat severely enough to trap air inside, raising the risk

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I've used a remote-controlled mower for a year and it's the most fun way to cut grass

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-12-28 18:11:15

Mowrator S1 ZDNET's key takeaways The Mowrator S1 remote-controlled lawnmower costs $3,999. This mower makes fun work of yard maintenance; perfect for someone with mobility issues, has a long-lasting battery, and fast RC response. Unfortunately, it is an expensive device, at $3,999, and it's not meant to perform completely hands-free cleaning like a robot mower can. $3,599.1 at Amazon The Mowrator S1 remote-controlled lawnmower is on sale at $400 off, so you can get it for $3,599 for a limite

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‘Weapons’ Is a Terrifying, Fascinating, Excellent, Character-Driven Horror Movie

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-28 18:00:27

Zach Cregger’s latest movie, Weapons, is unforgettable. And not only because it’s intense, gross, and fascinating, which it is. It’s that the premise of the movie is so smart, seductive, and deeply disturbing that we’d gladly watch a bad movie about it just to find out more. Thankfully, Cregger is able to build off his ingenious idea and deliver a constantly surprising and often horrific mystery that blends drama and scares in a way that creates something truly special. The aforementioned premi

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Former Chaturbate Moderator Sues Site Over ‘Psychological Trauma’

gizmodo.com Lucas Ropek 2025-12-28 18:40:51

A former content moderator for the porn site Chaturbate has sued the platform and its affiliates, claiming that he was psychologically harmed by his ongoing exposure to the sexual material on the site. Neal Barber, who was hired as a moderator for the porn site in 2020, claims in a class action lawsuit that his employers knowingly and intentionally failed to “provide their content moderators with industry-standard mental health protections, such as content filters, wellness breaks, trauma-infor

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This new Wyze lamp socket is the outdoor smart home upgrade I've been waiting for

zdnet.com Maria Diaz 2025-12-28 23:09:00

'ZDNET Recommends': What exactly does it mean? ZDNET's recommendations are based on many hours of testing, research, and comparison shopping. We gather data from the best available sources, including vendor and retailer listings as well as other relevant and independent reviews sites. And we pore over customer reviews to find out what matters to real people who already own and use the products and services we’re assessing. When you click through from our site to a retailer and buy a product or

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I might've found the best fix for headless server frustration - and it's highly customizable

zdnet.com David Gewirtz 2025-12-28 23:21:00

GL.iNet Comet KVM ZDNET's key takeaways The GL.iNet Comet KVM lets you replace keyboard, mouse, and monitor with an Ethernet connection It works well, with good performance, a nice web interface, and specialty options for custom needs At $90, it's fairly pricey, especially when adding to a bunch of PCs, but it does the job. View now at Amazon It's always a happy day when I find a new gadget. It's a particularly happy day when that gadget solves an existing problem or (even better) removes a p

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