Linus Torvalds has decisively ended the debate on AI in Linux kernel development with blunt candor: those who refuse AI-assisted contributions are free to fork. The divide between pragmatism and ethical principles is widening in the open-source community.
Aug 9, 2026 13 3
Check Point Research has documented a technique that uses BTR.sys, the official Windows Defender boot-time driver, to delete system files at the kernel level—without exploiting a vulnerability, without importing an external driver.
Aug 25, 2026 8 2
The Register documents how an old Lenovo login system, left in place after a forgotten SSO integration, allowed access to 5,000 Dropbox accounts. A textbook case of federated identity debt in supply chains.
Sep 3, 2026 22 3
ReactOS, the open-source project that rebuilds Windows XP/2003 from scratch without using Microsoft's code, has released version 0.4.16. Twenty-two years of volunteer reverse engineering to revive an interface that shaped a generation.
Sep 2, 2026 25 4
Linus Torvalds has just settled the debate that has been stirring the open source community for months: AI in the development of the Linux kernel is non-negotiable. Opponents have a clear option on the table.
Aug 31, 2026 10 2
The CISA has just added six new entries to its KEV (Known Exploited Vulnerabilities) catalog. These include vulnerabilities in NetScaler (Citrix), the Linux kernel, and Microsoft SQL Server—all actively exploited in real-world conditions.
Aug 28, 2026 2 1
AROS - Amiga Research Operating System, the free and open source reimplementation of AmigaOS - has just been ported to Raspberry Pi. The operating system that revolutionized preemptive multitasking on microcomputers in the 1980s is now alive on hardware costing just 35 euros.
Aug 28, 2026 5 2
After Linus Torvalds ended the debate in the Linux kernel, Debian now faces the same question: what to do with AI-assisted contributions? A vote with 8 options is being put to Debian developers, centered around three main positions. The divide between free software purists and AI supporters is widening.
Aug 27, 2026 9 3
Amazon Web Services has just announced the acquisition of DuckLabs, the team behind DuckDB—the open-source in-process OLAP database that has established itself in just a few years as the go-to analytical tool in the data ecosystem. This acquisition raises questions about the future of the project's open-source model.
Aug 27, 2026 7 2
The CISA releases the results of its SILENTSHIELD exercises: two U.S. critical infrastructure organizations tested, two successful compromises. One issued no alerts. Meanwhile, over 100 U.S. water systems were attacked in July 2026.
Aug 27, 2026 2 1
Researchers have disclosed a local privilege escalation (LPE) vulnerability in snap-confine, which is present by default on Ubuntu Desktop: an unprivileged user can gain full root access on the target machine.
Aug 25, 2026 2 1
The Linux kernel 7.3 includes driver improvements for 3dfx Voodoo 3, 4, and 5 graphics cards as well as for older Atari computers—a sign that the Linux community continues to actively maintain its retro support.
Aug 21, 2026 16 4
