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The AI boom has revived a workplace philosophy that China's own regulators cracked down on years ago: the 72-hour work week, known as 996 for its 9am-to-9pm, six-days-a-week cadence. US startups flush with venture capital are now openly advertising it as a feature, not a bug. Rilla, a New York-based AI company that monitors sales reps in the field, warns applicants on its careers page to expect roughly 70-hour weeks. Browser-Use, a seven-person startup building tools for AI-to-browser interaction, operates out of a shared "hacker house" where the line between living and working barely exists. In a market where dozens of startups are racing to ship similar AI products, founders believe longer hours buy them a competitive edge. But the research disagrees. A WHO and ILO analysis tied 55-plus-hour weeks to 745,000 deaths from stroke and heart disease globally in 2016 alone. Michigan State University found that an employee working 70 hours produces nearly the same output as one working 50.

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How to rescue a "broken" Linux PC from the command line  How-To Geek

GNU Linux-Libre 6.19 Kernel Is Now Available for Software Freedom Lovers  9to5Linux

A mounting body of research is making it harder for companies to justify what most of them still do -- push experienced workers out the door just as they're hitting their professional peak. A 2025 study published in the journal Intelligence analyzed 16 cognitive, emotional and personality dimensions and found that while processing speed declines after early adulthood, other capabilities -- including the ability to avoid distractions and accumulated knowledge -- continue to improve, putting peak overall functioning between ages 55 and 60. AARP and OECD data back this up at the firm level: a 10-percentage-point increase in workers above 50 correlates with roughly 1.1% higher productivity. A 2022 Boston Consulting Group study found cross-generational teams outperform homogeneous ones. UK retailer B&Q staffed a store largely with older workers in 1989 and saw profits rise 18%. BMW implemented 70 ergonomic changes at a German plant in 2007 and recorded a 7% productivity gain. Yet an Urban Institute analysis of U.S. data from 1992 to 2016 found more than half of workers above 50 were pushed out of long-held jobs before they chose to retire.

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GNU Linux-Libre 6.19 Deals With More Firmware Blobs In Intel Xe, IWLWIFI & NVIDIA Nova  Phoronix

Linux Mint isn’t just for beginners—and this "hidden" Cinnamon feature proves it  How-To Geek

GOG Confirms Native Linux Version of Galaxy Launcher Is in Development  Techloy

KDE Linux gets performance improvements, new default apps and goes all-in on Flatpak  GamingOnLinux

KDE Linux gets performance improvements, new default apps and goes all-in on Flatpak  GamingOnLinux

The blog OMG Ubuntu reports that a new version of the Raspberry Pi 4 Model B has been (quietly) introduced. "The key difference? It now uses a dual-RAM configuration." The Raspberry Pi 4 Model B (PCB 13a) adopts a dual-RAM configuration to 'improve supply chain flexibility' and manufacturing efficiency, per a company product change notice document. Earlier versions of the Raspberry Pi 4 use a single RAM chip on the top of the board. The new revision adds a second LPDDR4 chip to the underside, with a couple of passive components also moved over... In moving to a dual-chip layout, Raspberry Pi can combine two smaller — and marginally cheaper — modules to hit the same RAM totals amidst fluctuating component costs... This change will not impact performance (for better or worse). The Broadcom BCM2711 SoC has a 32-bit wide memory interface so the bandwidth stays identical; this is not doubling the memory bus, it's just a physical split, not a logical one. Plus, the new board is fully compatible with existing official accessories, HATs and add-ons. All operating systems that support the Pi 4 will work, but as the memory setup is different a new version of the boot-loader will need to be flashed first.

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Linux 7.0 Looms Large: Inside the Landmark Kernel Release That Could Reshape Open-Source Computing  WebProNews

Linux 7.0 Looms Large: Inside the Landmark Kernel Release That Could Reshape Open-Source Computing  WebProNews

Linux kernel 6.19 arrives and the next will be 7.0  GamingOnLinux

After Nearly Two Decades, Linux Leaps to Version 7.0 — And Linus Torvalds Isn't Making a Big Deal About It  WebProNews

After Nearly Two Decades, Linux Leaps to Version 7.0 — And Linus Torvalds Isn't Making a Big Deal About It  WebProNews

Linux kernel 6.19 reaches stable release, kernel 7.0 work is already underway  Help Net Security

Ghostty vs Kitty: Which Modern Terminal is the Best for Linux Users?  It's FOSS

Mesa 25.3.5 arrives with bug fixes for open source Linux graphics drivers  GamingOnLinux

Spectro Cloud introduces Hadron, an immutable Linux for the enterprise edge  Edge Industry Review

The arrival of audio and video calling to WhatsApp Web is great news for Linux users  BetaNews