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I Switched From Windows 11 to Linux Mint. Here Are 7 Things It Does Way Better  PCMag

Microsoft Reportedly Working On Building Back Trust In Windows As More Users Leave For Linux  GameSpot

GPD release their own statement on the confusion with Bazzite Linux support  GamingOnLinux

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Variety: In the future, studios that use synthetic actors in place of humans might have to pay a royalty into a union fund. That's one of the ideas kicking around as SAG-AFTRA prepares to sit down with the studios on Feb. 9. Artificial intelligence was central to the 2023 actors strike, and it's only gotten more urgent since. Social media is awash in slop, while user-made videos of Leia and Elsa are soon to debut on Disney+. And then there's Tilly Norwood -- the digital creation that crystallized AI fears last fall. Though SAG-AFTRA won some AI protections in the strike, it can't stop Tilly and her ilk from taking actors' jobs. As negotiations with studios begin early ahead of the June contract deadline, AI remains the most existential concern. Actors are also pushing to revisit streaming residuals, arguing that current "success bonuses" fall far short of the rerun-based income that once sustained middle-class careers. They also note the strain caused from long streaming hiatuses, exclusivity clauses, and self-taped auditions.

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How a Grassroots Gaming Collective Is Rewriting Linux’s Future on Desktop  WebProNews

Open-Source Nova Driver In Linux 7.0 Continues Preparing For NVIDIA Turing GPU Support  Phoronix

GeForce Now launches on Linux with a Flatpak build — native app brings 5K and 360FPS support to Linux gamers  Tom's Hardware

GDC 2026 report: 36% of devs use GenAI; 28% target Steam Deck and 8% target Linux  GamingOnLinux

Intel Xe Linux Driver Updated To Disable GuC Power DCC For Panther Lake  Phoronix

Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from CBS News: A former Google engineer has been found guilty on multiple federal charges for stealing the tech giant's trade secrets on artificial intelligence to benefit Chinese companies he secretly worked for, federal prosecutors said. According to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California, a jury on Thursday convicted Linwei Ding on seven counts of economic espionage and seven counts of theft of trade secrets, following an 11-day trial. The 38-year-old, also known as Leon Ding, was hired by Google in 2019 and was a resident of Newark. According to evidence presented at trial, Ding stole more than 2,000 pages of confidential information containing Google AI trade secrets between May 2022 and April 2023. He uploaded the information to his personal Google Cloud account. Around the same time, Ding secretly affiliated himself with two Chinese-based technology companies. Around June 2022, prosecutors said Ding was in discussions to be the chief technology officer for an early-stage tech company. Several months later, he was in the process of founding his own AI and machine learning company in China, acting as the company's CEO. Prosecutors said Ding told investors that he could build an AI supercomputer by copying and modifying Google's technology. In late 2023, prosecutors said Ding downloaded the trade secrets to his own personal computer before resigning from Google. According to the superseding indictment, Google uncovered the uploads after finding out that Ding presented himself as CEO of one of the companies during an Beijing investor conference. Around the same time, Ding told his manager he was leaving the company and booked a one-way flight to Beijing. "Silicon Valley is at the forefront of artificial intelligence innovation, pioneering transformative work that drives economic growth and strengthens our national security. The jury delivered a clear message today that the theft of this valuable technology will not go unpunished," U.S. Attorney Craig Missakian said in a statement.

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Systemd Creator Quits Microsoft to Form His Own Linux-focused Start Up  It's FOSS

Designing the new data center fabric: Nokia SR Linux and Event-Driven Automation  Nokia

Updated offer for 2026. May sure you enroll first! Marcus by Goldman Sachs is offering a up to a $1,500 deposit bonus (starting at $100 bonus on $10,000 in new funds) into their online savings account within 10 calendar days of enrollment at this special offer page. Valid for both new and existing customers. You must enroll first by 3/11/26 and maintain the new funds for 90 days (after the end of the 10-day funding period, so possibly up to 100 days total). You then get the bonus after another 14 days. No offer or promo code required. They have done a similar promotion in past years (and it’s nice that you can keep doing it). Here are the tiers:

After enrolling, you must deposit $10,000 or more in new funds from an external account into your Account within 10 calendar days of enrollment (the “Funding Period”). The Account balance plus a minimum of $10,000 in new funds (the “Required Dollar Amount”) must be maintained in your Account for 90 consecutive days from the end of the Funding Period. The Account balance is based on the starting current balance reflected on your account at 12 am ET the day you enroll. Once the Funding Period has ended, your Account balance may not drop below the Required Dollar Amount at any point until after the 90 consecutive days have passed. You may make multiple deposits within the Funding Period to reach the Required Dollar Amount. Internal transfers do not count for purposes of this Offer.

Important disclosures: Enroll your Online Savings Account in the Offer, then deposit (within 10 calendar days of enrollment) and maintain at least $10,000 (for $100 bonus), $50,000 (for $750 bonus), or $100,000 (for $1,500 bonus) of New Funds, plus your balances in your enrolled account and across all Marcus accounts as of 6:00 pm ET on 1/27/26, for 90 days after the 10-day Funding Period. Withdrawals made by you or a joint owner while enrolled, including CD maturities to non-Marcus accounts or CD early withdrawals, may result in a lower bonus or losing eligibility, depending on your balances.

New customer referral offer. If you don’t have a Marcus account yet, if you open with a Marcus referral link from an existing customer, you will a small 0.25% bonus (it keeps shrinking!). That’s my referral link, thanks if you use it! I’d open and get the referral offer first, and then later enroll in this $100 offer as an existing customer.

Bonus math. Here’s how it works out for each tier:

• $100 is a 1% bonus on $10,000 if you keep it there for 90 days, which makes it the equivalent of ~4% APY annualized.
• $750 is a 1.5% bonus on $50,000 if you keep it there for 90 days, which makes it the equivalent of ~6% APY annualized.
• $1,500 is a 1.5% bonus on $100,000 if you keep it there for 90 days, which makes it the equivalent of ~6% APY annualized.

The bonus is on top of the standard interest rate, currently 3.65% APY as of 1/29/2026. Compare with my latest update of best interest rates. I have gotten a similar Marcus bonus in the past with no issues. Make sure you enroll at the link above first before transferring in your new funds.

Linux Institutionalises Open Source Governance With Structured Leadership Succession Plan  Open Source For You

GeForce NOW is now available in beta on Linux  Instant Gaming News

A large Swedish study of 100,000 women found that using AI to assist radiologists reading mammograms reduced the rate of aggressive "interval" breast cancers by 12%. CBC News reports: For the study -- published in Thursday's issue of the medical journal The Lancet -- more than 100,000 women had mammography screenings. Half were supported by AI and the rest had their mammograms reviewed by two different radiologists, a standard practice in much of Europe known as double reading. It is not typically used in Canada, where usually one radiologist checks mammograms. The study looked at the rates of interval cancer, the term doctors use for invasive tumors that appear between routine mammograms. They can be harder to detect and studies have shown that they are more likely to be aggressive with a poorer prognosis. The rate of interval cancers decreased by 12 percent in the groups where the AI screening was implemented, the study showed. [...] Throughout the two-year study, the mammograms that were supported by AI were triaged into two different groups. Those that were determined to be low risk needed only one radiologist to examine them, while those that were considered high risk required two. The researchers reported that numerically, the AI-supported screening resulted in 11 fewer interval cancers than standard screening (82 versus 93, or 12 per cent). "This is really a way to improve an overall screening test," [said lead author, Dr. Kristina Lang]. She acknowledged that while the study found a decrease in interval cancer, longer-term studies are needed to find out how AI-supported screening might impact mortality rates. The screenings for the study all took place at one centre in Sweden, which the researchers acknowledged is a limitation. Another is that the race and ethnicity of the participants were not recorded. The next step, Lang said, will be for Swedish researchers to determine cost-effectiveness.

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This amazing Linux CPU scheduler uses the power of the stars to decide which processes to focus on  XDA

This amazing Linux CPU scheduler uses the power of the stars to decide which processes to focus on  XDA

shadowhs-fileless-linux-post-exploitation-framework  Cyble

shadowhs-fileless-linux-post-exploitation-framework  Cyble