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Dollar General and Family Dollar stores have collectively failed more than 6,400 government price-accuracy inspections since January 2022, charging customers more at checkout than the prices displayed on shelves for everything from frozen pizzas to puppy food, according to an investigation by the Guardian. The review examined records from 45 states and more than 140 counties and cities. Dollar General stores failed over 4,300 inspections across 23 states, and Family Dollar failed more than 2,100 in 20 states. Error rates at the worst-performing locations reached staggering levels -- 76% at a Dollar General in Hamilton, Ohio and 68% at a Family Dollar in Bound Brook, New Jersey. A Family Dollar in Provo, Utah failed 28 consecutive inspections. Industry watchers, employees and lawsuits attribute the discrepancies to minimal staffing. Registers update automatically when prices change, but shelf labels require manual replacement, and workers often lack the time. State attorneys general have pursued settlements -- Arizona reached a $600,000 deal with Family Dollar in May, Colorado settled with Dollar General for $400,000 in October and Ohio secured $1 million from Dollar General after finding error rates as high as 88%. Both companies declined interview requests but said they remain committed to pricing accuracy.

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Learn more about recent updates to Google Labs’ Mixboard, like presentations, doodling and Nano Banana Pro.Learn more about recent updates to Google Labs’ Mixboard, like presentations, doodling and Nano Banana Pro.

Linux Creator Linus Torvalds Defending Windows BSODs Wasn't On Our Bingo Card  HotHardware

Linux Kernel 6.19 Adds Terminus 10×18 Font for HiDPI Console Clarity  WebProNews

Google said it's working to create two different categories of artificial intelligence-powered smart glasses to compete next year with existing models from Meta Platforms: one with screens, and another that's audio focused. From a report: The first AI glasses that Google is collaborating on will arrive sometime in 2026, it said in a blog post Monday. Samsung Electronics, Warby Parker and Gentle Monster are among its early hardware partners, but the companies have yet to show any final designs. Google also outlined several software improvements coming to Samsung's Galaxy XR headset, including a travel mode that will allow the mixed-reality device to be used in cars and on planes.

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Linux 6.19 Boosts Rust Kernel Integration with Driver Params and I2C Support  WebProNews

Linux Kernel 6.19 Enables USB3 on Apple M1 Devices  WebProNews

Linux 6.19 Kernel Adds PCIe Link Encryption for Secure Computing  WebProNews

Arm’s MPAM Extension Hits Linux 6.19 for Optimized Data Center Performance  WebProNews

Linux Kernel 6.19 Enhances HID for Gaming Peripherals and Security  WebProNews

AMD Proposes Push-Based Load Balancing for Linux Kernel on Epyc CPUs  WebProNews

Linux 6.19: Enhancements and Early Performance Regressions Uncovered  WebProNews

An overview of Google’s latest funding announcement for computer science education and the newest AI Quest.An overview of Google’s latest funding announcement for computer science education and the newest AI Quest.

We’re introducing a new, shoppable fashion discovery feed in Doppl, an experimental AI app from Google Labs that helps you explore your style and see how new outfits mig…

Linux Fu: The SSD Super Cache  Hackaday

2025 Wayland-NVIDIA GPU Compatibility Leap for Linux Users  WebProNews

Google DeepMind UX Engineer Anna Bortsova asks Gemini to draft detailed prompts for her videos — and the results are show-stopping.Google DeepMind UX Engineer Anna Bortsova asks Gemini to draft detailed prompts for her videos — and the results are show-stopping.

A powerful magnitude 7.6 earthquake has shaken Japan, prompting tsunami warnings and orders for residents to evacuate. From a report: A tsunami as high as 3 metres (10ft) could hit the country's north-eastern coast after the earthquake occurred offshore at 11.15pm local time (2.15pm GMT), the Japan Meteorological Agency (JMA) said. Tsunami warnings were issued for the prefectures of Hokkaido, Aomori and Iwate, and tsunamis from 20-50cm (7-18in) high were observed at several ports, JMA said. The epicentre of the quake was 50 miles (80km) off the coast of Aomori prefecture, at a depth of 30 miles, the agency added. On Japan's one-to-seven scale of seismic intensity, the tremor registered as an "upper six" in Aomori prefecture -- a quake strong enough to make it impossible to keep standing or move without crawling. In such tremors, most heavy furniture can collapse and wall tiles and windowpanes are damaged in many buildings.

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This Is What I Used to Automate My Linux Desktop, Without Touching the Terminal  Make Tech Easier

Firefox 146 Now Available With Native Fractional Scaling On Wayland  Phoronix