Feed aggregator

Google AI announcements from JanuaryGoogle AI announcements from January

At embedded world 2026, Linutronix to Present IGLOS Secure Industrial Grade Linux OS  Embedded Computing Design

At embedded world 2026, Linutronix to Present IGLOS Secure Industrial Grade Linux OS  Embedded Computing Design

At embedded world 2026, Linutronix to Present IGLOS Secure Industrial Grade Linux OS  Embedded Computing Design

At embedded world 2026, Linutronix to Present IGLOS Secure Industrial Grade Linux OS  Embedded Computing Design

Zorin OS vs. Linux Mint: Which is the better Linux distro for Windows converts?  How-To Geek

Anthropic said today that its AI assistant Claude will not carry advertising of any kind -- no sponsored links next to conversations, no advertiser influence on the model's responses, and no unsolicited third-party product placements -- calling Claude a "space to think" that should remain free of commercial interruption. The announcement comes days after Anthropic's chief rival, OpenAI, announced plans to bring ads to some of its ChatGPT offerings. Anthropic said its internal analysis of Claude conversations found that a significant share involve sensitive or deeply personal topics. An advertising-based model would also create incentives to optimize for engagement and time spent rather than usefulness, Anthropic said, noting that the most helpful AI interaction might be a short one that doesn't prompt further conversation. Anthropic generates revenue from enterprise contracts and paid subscriptions. The company said it is exploring agentic commerce -- Claude handling a purchase or booking on a user's behalf -- but stressed that all such interactions should be user-initiated, not advertiser-driven. Anthropic has also brought AI tools to educators in over 60 countries and said it may consider lower-cost subscription tiers and regional pricing.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Linux users report Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Snap package isn't actually deleting files  TechRadar

Linux users report Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Snap package isn't actually deleting files  TechRadar

Linux users report Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Snap package isn't actually deleting files  TechRadar

Linux users report Microsoft's Visual Studio Code Snap package isn't actually deleting files  TechRadar

Pinterest has sacked two engineers for tracking which workers lost their jobs in a recent round of layoffs. BBC: The company recently announced job cuts, with chief executive Bill Ready stating in an email he was "doubling down on an AI-forward approach," according to an employee who posted some of the memo on LinkedIn. Pinterest told investors the move would impact about 15% of the workforce, or roughly 700 roles, without saying which teams or workers were affected. But then "two engineers wrote custom scripts improperly accessing confidential company information to identify the locations and names of all dismissed employees and then shared it more broadly," a company spokesperson told the BBC. "This was a clear violation of Pinterest policy and of their former colleagues' privacy," the spokesperson added. The script written by the Pinterest engineers was aimed at internal tools used at the company for employees to communicate, according to a person familiar with the firings who asked not to be identified. The person said the script created an alert for which employee names within a tool like the team communication platform Slack were being removed or deactivated, giving some insight into who at the company was impacted by the layoffs.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

Hackers target Linux servers with new variant of major RAT, 10,000 IPs hijacked  Cybernews

This Linux desktop I tested can be opened and closed like an app - and I'm sold  ZDNET

ConnectSecure Unveils Unified Linux Security Patching for Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian and CentOS  The AI Journal

Google's much-anticipated plan to merge Android and ChromeOS into a single operating system called Aluminium is shaping up to be a drawn-out, complicated transition that could leave existing Chromebook users behind, according to previously unreported court documents in the Google search antitrust case. The new OS won't be compatible with all existing Chromebook hardware, and Google will be forced to maintain ChromeOS through at least 2033 to honor its 10-year support commitment to current users -- meaning two parallel operating systems running for years. The timeline itself is messier than Google has let on publicly, the filings suggest. Sameer Samat, Google's head of Android, called the merger "something we're super excited about for next year" last September, but court filings describe the "fastest path" to market as offering Aluminium to "commercial trusted testers" in late 2026 before a full release in 2028. Enterprise and education customers -- the segments where Chromebooks currently dominate -- are slated for 2028 as well. Columbia computer science professor Jason Nieh, who interviewed Google engineers as a witness in the case, testified that Aluminium requires a heavier software stack and more powerful hardware to run.

Read more of this story at Slashdot.

ConnectSecure Unveils Unified Linux Security Patching for Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian and CentOS  Business Wire

ConnectSecure Unveils Unified Linux Security Patching for Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian and CentOS  Business Wire

ConnectSecure Unveils Unified Linux Security Patching for Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian and CentOS  Business Wire

ConnectSecure Unveils Unified Linux Security Patching for Red Hat, Ubuntu, Debian and CentOS  Yahoo Finance