FOSS Weekly #25.50: Linux Power Users, Helium Browser, Two New Linux Phones, Ubuntu Starter and More
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Category: Tech
At Apple, identity resilience supports future security
At Apple, maintaining the highest possible security and privacy across its platforms starts with the standards it supports. The company, known for its tight integration
US state attorneys general ask AI giants to fix ‘delusional’ outputs
After disturbing mental health incidents involving AI chatbots, state attorneys general sent a letter to major AI companies, warning them to fix “delusional outputs” or
Oracle shares slide on $15B increase in data center spending
Oracle stock dropped after it reported disappointing revenues on Wednesday alongside a $15 billion increase in its planned spending on data centers this year to
Cable channel subscribers grew for the first time in 8 years last quarter
In a surprising, and likely temporary, turn of events, the number of people paying to watch cable channels has grown. On Monday, research analyst MoffettNathanson
Hatching the Automobile’s Future in a Cloistered Los Angeles Lab
Desperate to catch up with Chinese automakers, Ford is redesigning its fleet with a Silicon Valley-style team. Is it too late?
How Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 Became a Gaming Tour de Force
Without a blockbuster budget or much experience, the creators of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 astounded the industry with an emotional narrative and old-school design.
After NPR and PBS defunding, FCC receives call to take away station licenses
A conservative group yesterday urged the Federal Communications Commission to take licenses away from NPR and PBS stations and let other entities use the spectrum.
A new open-weights AI coding model is closing in on proprietary options
On Tuesday, French AI startup Mistral AI released Devstral 2, a 123 billion parameter open-weights coding model designed to work as part of an autonomous
It’s everyone but Meta in a new AI standards group
It appears Meta has opted to go in a whole new direction in response to this week’s formation by The Linux Foundation of a group
Apple and Google prepare a gift for Android/iPhone switchers
Apple and Google have always paid lip service to the perfectly natural human desire to swap personal data and other digital assets from Android to iOS
NASA just lost contact with a Mars orbiter, and will soon lose another one
NASA has lost contact with one its three spacecraft orbiting Mars, the agency announced Tuesday. Meanwhile, a second Mars orbiter is perilously close to running
After years of resisting it, SpaceX now plans to go public. Why?
SpaceX is planning to raise tens of billions of dollars through an initial public offering next year, multiple outlets have reported, and Ars can confirm.
The stage is being set for 20 years of iPhone
Reading between the lines of recent Counterpoint data, it looks likely that six of the top 10 smartphones sold worldwide next summer will be iPhones. That’s