This Wayland fix was a long time coming.
Zelensky says partners signaled Ukraine to reduce strikes on Russia’s energy sector after the global energy crisis, adding Kyiv is ready to halt attacks if Moscow stops targeting Ukrainian energy infrastructure. #Ukraine
AMD Introduces GAIA Agent UI For Privacy-First Web App For Local AI Agents
AMD's GAIA AI agent framework (that previously stood for "Generative AI Is Awesome" albeit they seemed to have dropped promoting it as that name) for Ryzen AI hardware is out with a new version. AMD GAIA 0.17 introduces Agent UI as a new privacy-first web application for local AI agents...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/AMD-GAIA-0.17-Agent-UI
This is a hilarious commentary on the US/Israeli war with Iran:
"God is a comedian":
When lawmakers and advocacy groups frame queer existence itself as a threat to young people, age-verification laws become ideological enforcement instead of regulatory policy. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/rep-finke-was-right-age-gating-isnt-about-kids-its-about-control
Congress had two years to negotiate real reforms to Section 702—it’s past time to get started. https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2026/03/congress-dropping-ball-clean-extension-fisa
🔐 Introducing: Unified Attestation
An open-source project for verifying the integrity of Android apps—as an alternative to Google's Play Integrity.
The goal is to make apps such as banking and payment apps usable on independent Android systems without relying on Google services.
We invite developers, ROM projects, and app providers to get involved.
#Volla #VollaOS #OpenSource #software #hardware #Privacy #Security #DeGoogle
ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.
https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-administration-financial-disclosures-steve-feinberg?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=mastodon-post
#News #Trump #Government #USPolitics #Law #Finance #Data #Research
Age verification risks tying users’ “most sensitive and immutable data” — names, faces, birthdays, home addresses — to their online activity, EFF’s Molly Buckley told CNBC. “Age verification strikes at the foundation of the free and open internet.” https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/08/social-media-child-safety-internet-ai-surveillance.html
There's Hope That At Least Colorado's Age Attestation Bill Could Exclude Open-Source
Last week was a statement by System76 regarding recent age verification laws in California and Colorado among other US states that could have a profound impact on Linux distributions and other open-source software. The Colorado legislation is especially pressing to System76 considering that is where they are based. Fortunately, they aren't taking this lightly and there is some hope tha…
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Colorado-Maybe-Exclude-OSS
NVIDIA 595 Linux Driver Running Well In Early Benchmarks
Last week NVIDIA released the 595.45.04 beta Linux driver as their first public build in the R595 release branch. The NVIDIA R595 Linux driver is bringing a number of Vulkan driver improvements, HDR enhancements, DRI3 v1.2 support, and a variety of other improvements. Benchmarking the NVIDIA 595.45.04 Linux driver the past few days on GeForce RTX 50 "Blackwell" have been showing some nice incremental performance i…
https://www.phoronix.com/review/nvidia-595-linux
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