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Starting today, researchers funded by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) will be required to make their scientific papers available to read for free as soon as they are published in a peer-reviewed journal. That's according to the agency's latest public-access policy, aimed at making federally funded research accessible to taxpayers. From a report: Established under former US president Joe Biden, the policy was originally set to take effect on 31 December for all US agencies, but the administration of Biden's successor, Donald Trump, has accelerated its implementation for the NIH, a move that has surprised some scholars. That's because, although the Trump team has declared itself a defender of taxpayer dollars, it has also targeted programmes and research projects focused on equity and inclusion for elimination. And one of the policy's main goals is to ensure equitable access to federally funded research. The move means that universities will have less time to advise their researchers on how to comply with the policy, says Peter Suber, director of the Harvard Open Access Project in Cambridge, Massachusetts. There is usually "some confusion or even some non-compliance after a new policy takes effect, but I think universities will eventually get on top of that," he says.

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4 Linux distros that need your attention when upgrading - and why  ZDNet

Performance & Power Of The Low-Cost EPYC 4005 "Grado" vs. Original EPYC 7601 Zen 1 Flagship CPU  Phoronix

India's automakers are opposing the government's proposal to cut car emissions by 33% from 2027, calling the target "too aggressive" in a formal submission to the power ministry. The Society of Indian Automobile Manufacturers warned the plan risks billions of rupees in penalties and threatens future investments in the $137-billion auto sector. The proposal represents more than twice the pace of India's previous emission reduction target and forms part of the third phase of Corporate Average Fuel Efficiency norms first introduced in 2017. The industry body wants a more gradual 15% reduction target and opposes different standards for small versus heavy vehicles.

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The secret to Linux's remarkable journey from one dev's hobby to 40 million lines of code  ZDNet

Linux 6.16-rc4 Released With Fixes for Filesystem, Driver & Hardware Support  CyberSecurityNews

Linux Kernel 6.16‑rc4 Arrives with Key Filesystem, Driver & Hardware Fixes  Cyber Press

Linux Kernel 6.16‑rc4 Arrives with Key Filesystem, Driver & Hardware Fixes  Cyber Press

Linux Kernel 6.16‑rc4 Arrives with Key Filesystem, Driver & Hardware Fixes  Cyber Press

Linux Kernel 6.16‑rc4 Arrives with Key Filesystem, Driver & Hardware Fixes  Cyber Press

Linux Kernel 6.16‑rc4 Arrives with Key Filesystem, Driver & Hardware Fixes  Cyber Press

In Moving Archives, we’re bringing the iconic Harley-Davidson Museum archives to life with the help of Veo and Gemini.In Moving Archives, we’re bringing the iconic Harley-Davidson Museum archives to life with the help of Veo and Gemini.

I installed Bazzite on the Steam Deck, and I regret it  XDA

An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: The U.S. Department of Justice announced on Monday that it had taken several enforcement actions against North Korea's money-making operations, which rely on undercover remote IT workers inside American tech companies to raise funds for the regime's nuclear weapons program, as well as to steal data and cryptocurrency. As part of the DOJ's multi-state effort, the government announced the arrest and indictment of U.S. national Zhenxing "Danny" Wang, who allegedly ran a years-long fraud scheme from New Jersey to sneak remote North Korean IT workers inside U.S. tech companies. According to the indictment, the scheme generated more than $5 million in revenue for the North Korean regime. [...] From 2021 until 2024, the co-conspirators allegedly impersonated more than 80 U.S. individuals to get remote jobs at more than 100 American companies, causing $3 million in damages due to legal fees, data breach remediation efforts, and more. The group is said to have run laptop farms inside the United States, which the North Korean IT workers could essentially use as proxies to hide their provenance, according to the DOJ. At times, they used hardware devices known as keyboard-video-mouse (KVM) switches, which allow one person to control multiple computers from a single keyboard and mouse. The group allegedly also ran shell companies inside the U.S. to make it seem like the North Korean IT workers were affiliated with legitimate local companies, and to receive money that would then be transferred abroad, the DOJ said. The fraudulent scheme allegedly also involved the North Korean workers stealing sensitive data, such as source code, from the companies they were working for, such as from an unnamed California-based defense contractor "that develops artificial intelligence-powered equipment and technologies."

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Sudo local privilege escalation vulnerabilities fixed (CVE-2025-32462, CVE-2025-32463)  Help Net Security

Sudo local privilege escalation vulnerabilities fixed (CVE-2025-32462, CVE-2025-32463)  Help Net Security

Sudo local privilege escalation vulnerabilities fixed (CVE-2025-32462, CVE-2025-32463)  Help Net Security

Sudo local privilege escalation vulnerabilities fixed (CVE-2025-32462, CVE-2025-32463)  Help Net Security

Sudo local privilege escalation vulnerabilities fixed (CVE-2025-32462, CVE-2025-32463)  Help Net Security

Sudo local privilege escalation vulnerabilities fixed (CVE-2025-32462, CVE-2025-32463)  Help Net Security