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Hytale has arrived in Early Access with Linux support  GamingOnLinux

Vanilla OS vs. Bazzite: Which immutable Linux distro is right for you?  ZDNET

Linus Torvalds has started vibe coding, just not on Linux  TechSpot

Moxie Marlinspike, the engineer who created Signal Messenger and set a new standard for private communications, is now trialing Confer, an open source AI assistant designed to make user data unreadable to platform operators, hackers, and law enforcement alike. Confer relies on two core technologies: passkeys that generate a 32-byte encryption keypair stored only on user devices, and trusted execution environments on servers that prevent even administrators from accessing data. The code is open source and cryptographically verifiable through remote attestation and transparency logs. Marlinspike likens current AI interactions to confessing into a "data lake." A court order last May required OpenAI to preserve all ChatGPT user logs including deleted chats, and CEO Sam Altman has acknowledged that even psychotherapy sessions on the platform may not stay private.

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Meta has begun laying off more than 1,000 employees from its Reality Labs division as the company redirects resources away from virtual reality and metaverse products toward AI wearables and smartphone features. The cuts amount to roughly 10% of Reality Labs' 15,000-person workforce, according to an internal post from CTO Andrew Bosworth reviewed by Bloomberg. Reality Labs has lost more than $70 billion since the start of 2021, and top executives discussed budget cuts as deep as 30% for the metaverse group in December. Meta plans to continue developing its Horizon metaverse platform, but the focus will shift almost exclusively to mobile phones rather than the fully immersive VR headsets the company originally envisioned.

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NVIDIA 580.126.09 Released to Improve Compatibility with Recent Linux Kernels  9to5Linux

NVIDIA 580.126.09 Released to Improve Compatibility with Recent Linux Kernels  9to5Linux

NVIDIA 580.126.09 Released to Improve Compatibility with Recent Linux Kernels  9to5Linux

New Chinese-Made Malware Framework Targets Linux-Based Cloud Environments  Infosecurity Magazine

Microsoft announced Tuesday what it calls a "community first" initiative for its AI data centers, pledging to pay full electricity costs and reject local property tax breaks following months of growing opposition from residents facing higher power bills. The announcement in Washington, D.C. marks a clear departure from past practices; Microsoft has previously accepted tax abatements for data centers in Ohio and Iowa. Brad Smith, Microsoft's president, said the company has been developing the initiative since September. Residential power prices in data center hubs like Virginia, Illinois, and Ohio jumped 12-16% over the past year, faster than the U.S. average. Three Democratic senators launched an investigation last month into whether tech giants are raising residential bills. Microsoft also pledged a 40% improvement in water efficiency by 2030 and committed to replenishing more water than it uses in each district where it operates.

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I ditched Windows: Flatpak fixed everything I hated about Linux  Cybernews

NVIDIA recommended driver 580.126.09 release for Linux  GamingOnLinux

New VoidLink Cloud-Native Malware Targets Linux Systems With Self-Deletion Capabilities  Cyber Press

5 ways Zorin OS makes switching from Windows feel effortless  How-To Geek

Analysis of VoidLink: A Cloud-Native Malware Threat Targeting Linux Systems  gbhackers.com

AI EdgeLabs Adds Advanced Risk and Compliance Center with Linux Audit Capabilities to Its AI Runtime Platform  01net

New Advanced Linux VoidLink Malware Targets Cloud and container Environments  The Hacker News

3 Linux Mint power-user features nobody talks about  Yahoo! Tech

I was too advanced for Linux Mint until I discovered these 3 power user features  How-To Geek

Crashing 3 Times a Week and Stealing Data Secretly? A Programmer's Linux Migration: "Finally Deleted Windows 11 Completely"  36Kr