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IBM warns AI spend fails without AI literacy (thedeepview.com)

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At 25, Wikipedia embodies what the internet could be but can it survive AI? (zdnet.com)

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Shopify, Walmart Endorse Google's New Open Commerce Protocol (thenewstack.io)

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Even Linus Torvalds is vibe coding now (zdnet.com)

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The Microsoft 365 Copilot app rebrand was bad, but there are worse offenders (theregister.com)

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Rust moves from experiment to a core Linux kernel language (spiceworks.com)

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I tried the new Linux Mint 22.3 – it's a masterclass in polish (zdnet.com)

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What is Wi-Fi 8? And why speed isn't your primary concern here (zdnet.com)

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In the US, the Death of Expertise (computerworld.com)

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Linux at CES 2026: Tux is alive and well in IoT, cars, and AI (zdnet.com)

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The most durable tech is boring, old, and everywhere (theregister.com)

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I use Samsung's Wi-Fi menu to seriously improve my connectivity (zdnet.com)

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Foreign tech workers are avoiding travel to the US (computerworld.com)

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The great programming transformation: How AI and Rust are quietly dethroning C (zdnet.com)

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Linux will be unstoppable in 2026 – but one open-source legend may not survive (zdnet.com)

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Bad Wi-Fi at home? Try my 10 go-to ways to fix your internet this weekend (zdnet.com)

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Did maintainers abandon your critical open-source tool? There's a lifeline (zdnet.com)

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Internet 2025: Bigger, more fragile than ever and fundamentally rewired by AI (zdnet.com)

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Open Source: Inside 2025's 4 Biggest Trends (thenewstack.io)

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Papermoon: A Space-Grade Linux for the NewSpace Era (thenewstack.io)

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How the Team Behind Valkey Knew It Was Time to Fork (thenewstack.io)

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AI is part of Linux's plumbing – whether developers like it or not (zdnet.com)

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Linux 6.18: All About the New Long-Term Support Linux Kernel (thenewstack.io)

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Rust Goes Mainstream in the Linux Kernel (thenewstack.io)

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The fix for messy AI agent ecosystems might be here and it's open source (zdnet.com)

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AI Is Killing Entry-Level Programming Jobs. But Could It Also Help Save Them? (thenewstack.io)

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Linus Torvalds is 'a believer' in using AI to maintain code (zdnet.com)

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Canonical Extends Kubernetes Long-Term Support to 15 Years (thenewstack.io)

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Linux Foundation Leader: We're Not in an AI Bubble (thenewstack.io)

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New Linux platform will let you update your next car at home (zdnet.com)

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Bots, bias, and bunk: How can you tell what's real on the net? (theregister.com)

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Another open source project dies of neglect, leaving thousands scrambling (theregister.com)

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A Decade of the Cloud Native Computing Foundation (spiceworks.com)

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Nextcloud Office vs. OnlyOffice: The best Microsoft 365 alternative (zdnet.com)

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Singin' the Agentic Windows Blues (computerworld.com)

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3-Hour Cloudflare Outage Knocks Out AI Chatbots, Shopify (thenewstack.io)

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Hummingbird: Red Hat's Answer to Alpine, Ubuntu Chiseled, Wolfi (thenewstack.io)

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RHEL 10.1 Soft Reboot Slashes Downtime for Updates (thenewstack.io)

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Linus Torvalds is optimistic about vibe coding except for this one use (zdnet.com)

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Struggling to track AI agents? This tool gives you a single source of truth (zdnet.com)

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Cloud-native computing is poised to explode, thanks to AI inference work (zdnet.com)

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Kroah-Hartman: Linux Kernel Maintainer on CRA Open Source Impact (thenewstack.io)

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Canonical Extends Ubuntu Linux Support for Up to 15 Years (thenewstack.io)

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Red Hat OpenShift 4.20 Boosts AI, Security, Hybrid Cloud (thenewstack.io)

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Kubernetes, cloud-native computing's engine, is getting turbocharged for AI (zdnet.com)

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Trillionaire fantasies, investor dreams, reality nightmares (theregister.com)

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Knative Has Graduated from the CNCF (thenewstack.io)

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Debian Mandates Rust for Apt, Reshaping Ubuntu and Other Linux Distros (thenewstack.io)

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FFmpeg to Google: Fund us or stop sending bugs (thenewstack.io)

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Why even a US tech giant is launching 'sovereign support' for Europe now (zdnet.com)

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AI web browsers are cool, helpful, and utterly untrustworthy (computerworld.com)

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SUSE Enterprise Linux 16 is here, and its killer feature is digital sovereignty (zdnet.com)

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Linux: Microsoft WSL's Decade-Long Journey to Open Source (thenewstack.io)

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Another European agency shifts off US Tech as digital sovereignty gains steam (zdnet.com)

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Azure outage is over, but problems linger – here's what happened (zdnet.com)

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Canonical CEO says no to IPO in current volatile market (theregister.com)

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Canonical's plan to make Ubuntu 26.04 the mainstream Linux desktop (zdnet.com)

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Azure outage knocks out Microsoft 365 and Xbox – what we know so far (zdnet.com)

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Why Sudo-Rs Brings Modern Memory Safety to Ubuntu 26.04 (thenewstack.io)

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Valkey 9.0 Debuts Multidatabase Clustering for Massive-Scale Workloads (thenewstack.io)

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TARmageddon Compromises Rust Security: A Developer's Guide (thenewstack.io)

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It's the end of the Windows 10 world as we know it (computerworld.com)

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How to Get Bare-Metal GPU Performance in Confidential VMs (thenewstack.io)

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The AWS outage that broke half the internet is finally over-here's what happened (zdnet.com)

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Why Modern IPv6 Failed This Kubernetes Networking Test (thenewstack.io)

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Europe's plan to ditch US tech is built on open source and it's gaining steam (zdnet.com)

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One AWS failure took down the internet Monday morning – what went wrong (zdnet.com)

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OpenSearch 3.3's New AI Agents Now Generally Available for Developers (thenewstack.io)

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First free software phone? That's the FSF's new 'long game' (zdnet.com)

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German state replaces Microsoft Exchange and Outlook with open-source email (zdnet.com)

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We're all going to be paying AI's Godzilla-sized power bills (theregister.com)

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Ubuntu 25.10 'Questing Quokka' brings an array of advances – plus some trouble (digg.com)

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AI can help your DevSecOps pipeline (spiceworks.com)

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T-Mobile may be the first carrier to phase out 4G (zdnet.com)

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Greg Kroah-Hartman explains the Cyber Resilience Act for open source developers (theregister.com)

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The Linux kernel just got some important upgrades – here's what's new in 6.17 (zdnet.com)

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How to disable This Android feature scans your photos for 'sensitive content' (zdnet.com)

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Does Google want to kill the web? (computerworld.com)

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ChatGPT is crushing rivals in the AI chatbot race – but for how long? (zdnet.com)

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Austria military ditches Microsoft for open-source LibreOffice – here's why (zdnet.com)

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How to spot software supply chain attacks and stop worms-before it's too late (zdnet.com)

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Zero trust isn't a feature, it's a philosophy (spiceworks.com)

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New Python CLI Tool Catches MCP Server Issues Before Agents Do (thenewstack.io)

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The Debian-based version and Linux Mint 22.3 will be appearing by year's end (zdnet.com)

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How to easily switch your PC from Windows to Linux Mint – for free (zdnet.com)

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The Open Source Initiative's director departs: What it means for open AI (zdnet.com)

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You can get Nvidia's CUDA on three popular enterprise Linux distros now (zdnet.com)

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Enthusiast builds PC setup with Lego-style bricks (tomshardware.com)

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Ookla launches Wi-Fi Speedtest Certified program to help prove network quality (zdnet.com)

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How Maintainer Burnout Is Causing a Kubernetes Security Disaster (thenewstack.io)

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Terminators: AI-driven robot war machines on the march (theregister.com)

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AI Bubble Watch (computerworld.com)

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NPM Security Collapsed Thanks to a 2FA Exploit (securityboulevard.com)

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Why Techmeme is still every tech pro's go-to news source after 20 years (zdnet.com)

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AI's free web scraping days may be over, thanks to this new licensing protocol (zdnet.com)

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Linus Torvalds is sick and tired of your 'pointless links' – and AI is no excuse (zdnet.com)

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Google gets away almost scot-free in US search antitrust case (computerworld.com)

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MS-BASIC 1.1 introduced programming to a generation (zdnet.com)

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AI chatbots are not your friends (computerworld.com)

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My favorite Linux distro just got better with Linux Mint 22.2 'Zara' (zdnet.com)