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BrianFagioli writes: Popular privacy firm Proton is floating a plan on Reddit that should unsettle anyone who values privacy, writes Nerds.xyz. The company is considering recycling abandoned email addresses that were originally created by bots a decade ago. These addresses were never used, yet many of them are extremely common names that have silently collected misdirected emails, password reset attempts, and even entries in breach datasets. Handing those addresses to new owners today would mean that sensitive messages intended for completely different people could start landing in a stranger's inbox overnight. Proton says it's just gathering feedback, but the fact that this made it far enough to ask the community is troubling. Releasing these long-abandoned addresses would create confusion, risk exposure of personal data, and undermine the trust users place in a privacy focused provider. It's hard to see how Proton could justify taking a gamble with other people's digital identities like this.

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The excellent CloverPit has sold over 1 million and gets a Hard Mode update  GamingOnLinux

Running Modern Linux on a Pentium 133  Hackster.io

Running Modern Linux on a Pentium 133  Hackster.io

5 Linux distributions that look as gorgeous as macOS  XDA

NotebookLM adds "Deep Research" for discovering sources, support for Word and PDFs, and a preview of Sheets.NotebookLM adds "Deep Research" for discovering sources, support for Word and PDFs, and a preview of Sheets.

An overview of our new framework to help us navigate the pathways and obstacles on the journey to real world quantum computing applications.An overview of our new framework to help us navigate the pathways and obstacles on the journey to real world quantum computing applications.

Doodle for Google is back for its 17th year, celebrating students’ “superpowers”Doodle for Google is back for its 17th year, celebrating students’ “superpowers”

Verizon is planning to cut roughly 15,000 jobs, looking to reduce costs as it contends with increased competition for wireless service and home internet, according to WSJ, which cites people familiar with the matter. From the report: The cuts, the largest ever for the carrier, are set to take place in the next week, the people said. The majority of the reduction is expected to be made through layoffs. Verizon also plans to transition about 200 stores into franchised operations, which will shift employees off its payroll. Verizon, the largest U.S. telecommunications provider by subscriber base, faces a fierce battle for both wireless and home internet customers. It has lost crucial postpaid phone subscribers for three consecutive quarters. Last month, Verizon named its lead independent director Daniel Schulman as its new chief executive officer. Schulman, a former CEO of PayPal and Virgin Mobile USA, has said he would aggressively reduce the company's entire cost base and take steps to reverse the customer losses.

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Alpha’s Linux Lifeline: New Maintainer Breathes Life into 30-Year-Old Chip Legacy  WebProNews

Linux Kernel’s SHA-1 Purge: Bolstering Security in a Collision-Prone World  WebProNews

Linux open source graphics drivers Mesa 25.2.7 released  GamingOnLinux

Tor released Tails Linux 7.2: Here's what's new  How-To Geek

Reddit cofounder Alexis Ohanian said he had serious doubts a decade ago about sharing the platform's data with Sam Altman. Ohanian recounted on the "Brew Markets" podcast that between 2015 and 2016, Altman asked Reddit to let him "aggressively scrape" the site's content. Altman had recently helped Reddit raise $50 million in a Series B round and was launching OpenAI as a nonprofit. Ohanian described Altman as "very smart" and "incredibly cunning" but questioned whether he was "the most philanthropically minded guy." The Reddit cofounder said he "felt in my bones" the company should refuse the request and debated internally about it against Steve Huffman. Ohanian said he "lost that debate." Reddit and OpenAI announced a formal licensing deal in 2024.

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Every day, Google Ads harnesses the power of Gemini to block bad actors and protect people online. But sometimes, legitimate advertisers also get suspended, either becau…

Our bulletin covering coordinated influence operation campaigns terminated on our platforms in Q3 2025.Our bulletin covering coordinated influence operation campaigns terminated on our platforms in Q3 2025.

Ubuntu 25.10's Rusty sudo holes quickly welded shut  theregister.com

An anonymous reader shares a report: France has lifted its travel ban on Telegram founder Pavel Durov, who is under investigation over illegal content on his messaging app, judicial sources close to the case said Thursday. The entrepreneur, 41, was detained in Paris in 2024 and is under formal investigation by French authorities over the platform's alleged complicity in criminal activity. Durov, who was initially banned from leaving France, had his judicial control relaxed in July, allowing him to reside in the United Arab Emirates, where Telegram is based, for a maximum of two weeks at a time.

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Rostelecom acquires minority stake in Linux developer Bazalt SPO  Telecompaper

.NET MAUI will get Linux and browser support via Avalonia  theregister.com