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LWN.net

A proposed governance structure for openSUSE
[$] Sub-schedulers for sched_ext
Security updates for Thursday
[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for January 29, 2026
Mourning Didier Spaier

 

Hackaday

Did We Overestimate the Potential Harm from Microplastics?
An E-Ink Macropad For Improved Productivity
Ask Hackaday: How Do You Digitize Your Documents?
These Ultra-Cute, Handsfree Walkie-Talkies Are Built For Cycling
Buildling A Light That Reacts To Radio Waves

Phoronix

DDR5-4800 vs. DDR5-6000 Performance With The AMD Ryzen 7 9850X3D In 300+ Benchmarks
Libcamera 0.7 Released - GPU Acceleration Support For SoftISP Can Deliver 15x Performance
IO_uring Zero-Copy Large Receive Buffer Support To Provide A Nice Performance Win
Libgcrypt 1.12 Released With VAES/AVX-512 Accelerated AES: 2x Performance On AMD Zen 5
NVIDIA GeForce NOW Is Now Available Natively On Linux In Flatpak Form

Engadget

How to watch the 2026 Super Bowl: Patriots vs. Seahawks channel, start time, where to stream and more
Maingear's latest retro gaming desktop takes you back to the Quake era
Spotify has a group messaging feature now
A Waymo robotaxi struck a child near a school
Honda vehicles used to proactively report road safety issues in nation-first pilot

Slashdot

Apple's Second-Biggest Acquisition Ever Is a Startup That Interprets Silent Speech
Massive AI Chat App Leaked Millions of Users Private Conversations
Xbox Hardware Revenue Craters 32%
Windows 11 Has Reached 1 Billion Users Faster Than Windows 10
Waymo Robotaxi Hits a Child Near an Elementary School in Santa Monica

Linux.com

Celebrating the Second Year of Linux Man-Pages Maintenance Sponsorship
Disaggregated Routing with SONiC and VPP: Lab Demo and Performance Insights – Part Two
Disaggregated Routing with SONiC and VPP: Architecture and Integration – Part One
Kubernetes on Bare Metal for Maximum Performance
How to Deploy Lightweight Language Models on Embedded Linux with LiteLLM

CNET

We Found Savings on 9 Winter Emergency Essentials That Every Home Should Have
Stroke Risk Could Be Flagged Early Using Apple Watch Technology, Studies Show
8 Underrated Pantry Staples That Chefs Swear By (and You Need)
How to Watch Super Bowl 2026: When Do the Patriots and Seahawks Play? TV Channel, VPN, Streaming Info
'Bridgerton' Season 4: Release Date and Time on Netflix

CNX Software

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Gizmodo

The Computer History Museum’s New Online Portal Is a Nerd’s Dream Come True
‘Absolute Batman’ Is the Batman We Deserve in 2026
OpenAI Working on Social Media Network That Could Require Creepy Eye Scans: Report
The Age of the Most Distant Galaxy Ever Seen Barely Makes Any Sense
2026 Is About to Be a Blockbuster Year for Smart Glasses

Anandtech

Intel Meteor, Arrow, Lunar & Panther Lakes + WCL Discussion Threads
Beyond zen 6
Zen 5 Speculation (EPYC Turin and Strix Point/Granite Ridge - Ryzen 9000)
ICE fires first shot.
MLB Transactions

Arduino

Community spotlight: MyEmbeddedStuff
WireDrum forces your muscles to learn skills
Arduino UNO Q is now available with 4GB RAM and 32GB storage!
Meet Larry Bank: the performance whisperer making code faster and open source better
The Matrix-style digital rain clock for your desktop

Adafruit

Qualcomm Arduino Q – Blink…eventually (When ‘Embedded’ Means Waiting 46 Seconds)
Yoto Mini Double Docking Station #3Dprinting #3DThursday
NEW GUIDE: Bass MIDI Stomp Box #AdafruitLearningSystem @Adafruit
Articulated Dragon – Multi-Color (AMS Ready) #3DThursday #3DPrinting
An e-ink macropad for improved productivity

Makezine

Review: xTool MetalFab Laser Welder/CNC Cutter
From Shoe Box to Smart Robot: A Maker’s Journey to Autonomy
3D Printer Review: Prusa Core One L — Bigger and Better
Best Dev Boards for Edge AI Projects
Review: Snapmaker U1 Strikes Hard

Sparkfun News

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Sparkfun Tutorials

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MagPi

Program a robot arm in Raspberry Pi Official Magazine 162
Win a Raspberry Pi 5 16GB!
Moon and tide clock
Unusual tools: degaussing tool
RP2350 Pico W5 review

Ted Talks

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MIT Technology Review

The Download: inside the Vitalism movement, and why AI’s “memory” is a privacy problem
How the grid can ride out winter storms
Meet the Vitalists: the hardcore longevity enthusiasts who believe death is “wrong”
Roundtables: Why AI Companies Are Betting on Next-Gen Nuclear
What AI “remembers” about you is privacy’s next frontier

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 Linux Magazine

Linux Kernel Project Releases Project Continuity Document
Mecha Systems Introduces Linux Handheld
MX Linux 25.1 Features Dual Init System ISO
Photoshop on Linux?
Linux Mint 22.3 Now Available with New Tools

 Wired Top Stories

ICE Pretends It’s a Military Force. Its Tactics Would Get Real Soldiers Killed
An AI Toy Exposed 50,000 Logs of Its Chats With Kids to Anyone With a Gmail Account
Nvidia’s Campaign to Sell AI Chips to China Finally Pays Off
Trump Admin's Plans for $500 Million USIP Building May Violate Court Order, Say Former Workers
Best Ski Gloves and Mittens, Editor Tested and Reviewed (2026)

 NCLUG

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Techmeme

Social media app UpScrolled hits #1 on Apple's US app store following allegations that TikTok suppresses anti-ICE videos; its founder says it crossed 1M users (Conor Murray/Forbes)
OpenAI has hired 7+ employees from AI coding startup Cline, including Nik Pash, who left Cline after posting "imagine the smell" on X regarding an xAI hackathon (Kevin McLaughlin/The Information)
Apple acquires Q.ai, whose tech can analyze facial expressions and could enable non-verbal discussions with AI assistants; sources: the deal values Q.ai at ~$2B (Financial Times)
Google launches Project Genie, which lets users create interactive worlds using Genie 3, Nano Banana Pro, and Gemini, for Google AI Ultra subscribers in the US (Jay Peters/The Verge)
A coalition of music publishers, including UMG, filed a second lawsuit against Anthropic, seeking $3B over allegations of copyright infringement of 20k+ songs (Murray Stassen/Music Business Worldwide)

 Wired Ideas

Greener Is Getting Going
Fusion Sparks an Energy Revolution
The AI-Fueled Future of Work Needs Humans More Than Ever
A Dangerous New Home for Online Extremism
Social Media Is Getting Smaller—and More Treacherous