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Why Linux still isn't ready for your laptop in 2026  How-To Geek

Open-source safety software to power Mobileye self-driving taxis  Stock Titan

Clonezilla Live 3.3.1 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18  Linuxiac

Firefox is about to drop support for older Windows versions - says if you can't upgrade, then switch to Linux  PC Guide

Firefox 148 introduces granular AI controls and a global "AI kill switch" that allows users to disable or selectively manage the browser's AI features. Phoronix reports: Among the AI features that can be toggled individually are around translations, image alt text in the Firefox PDF viewer, tab group suggestions, key points in link previews, and AI chatbot providers in the sidebar. Firefox 148 also brings Firefox for Android, support for the Trusted Types API, CSS shape() function support, Sanitizer API support, WebGPU enhancements, and a variety of other changes. Developer chances can be found at developer.mozilla.org. Binaries are available from ftp.mozilla.org.

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I'm still using this 30-year-old Linux backup tool, and you should too  How-To Geek

An overview of Google’s new data center and agreements to support local energy resilience in Wilbarger County.

Elektrobit integrates safety-certified Linux OS into Mobileye Drive Level-4 platform  ET Auto

Intel Formally Ends Four Of Their Go Language Open-Source Projects  Phoronix

Nvidia is looking for Linux driver engineers specifically to improve Vulkan and Proton support on its GPUs  PC Guide

Nvidia is looking for Linux driver engineers specifically to improve Vulkan and Proton support on its GPUs  PC Guide

Making the Case for a Modern Synaptic-Style Package Manager on Linux  It's FOSS

CGIT 1.3 Web Frontend For Git Released After Six Years  Phoronix

alternative_right shares a report from Phys.org: A team of researchers working at Quantinuum in the United Kingdom and QuSoft in the Netherlands has now developed a quantum algorithm that solves a specific sampling task -- known as complement sampling -- dramatically more efficiently than any classical algorithm. Their paper, published in Physical Review Letters, establishes a provable and verifiable quantum advantage in sample complexity: the number of samples required to solve a problem. "We stumbled upon the core result of this work by chance while working on a different project," Harry Buhrman, co-author of the paper, told Phys.org. "We had a set of items and two quantum states: one formed from half of the items, the other formed from the remaining half. Even though the two states are fundamentally distinct, we showed that a quantum computer may find it hard to tell which one it is given. Surprisingly, however, we then realized that transforming one state into the other is always easy, because a simple operation can swap between them."

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Tiny Core Linux Gains Traction For Ultra Small Installs  findarticles.com

Tiny Core Linux Gains Traction For Ultra Small Installs  findarticles.com

LUKS Encryption Compromised on Linux ICS Devices via TPM Bus Sniffing Exploit  gbhackers.com

Mobileye Drive adopts Elektrobit safety-compliant Linux OS  Automotive World

Try this tiny Linux distro when nothing else will fit - here's why  ZDNET

U.S. battery storage installations hit a record 57.6 GWh in 2025, and Texas is now poised to surpass California as the nationâ(TM)s largest storage market in 2026. Electrek reports: According to the US Energy Storage Market Outlook Q1 2026 from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Benchmark Mineral Intelligence, installations are now four times higher than totals from just three years ago. The US had a total of 137 GWh of utility-scale storage installed as of 2025, plus 19 GWh of commercial and industrial systems and 9 GWh of residential storage. Analysts expect the growth streak to continue. More than 600 GWh of energy storage is projected to be deployed nationwide by 2030, even as the Trump administration targets clean energy industries. Two-thirds of utility-scale storage installed in 2025 was built in red states, including nine of the top 15 states for new installations. Texas is projected to surpass California as the countryâ(TM)s largest battery storage market in 2026. Standalone battery projects accounted for nearly 30 GWh of new capacity in 2025, while solar-plus-storage installations made up about 20 GWh. Residential storage deployments reached 3.1 GWh last year, a 51% increase year-over-year. Analysts say virtual power plant programs in states such as Massachusetts, Texas, Arizona, and Illinois are helping drive adoption by reducing costs and easing strain during peak demand periods. The supply chain is shifting to support the boom. In 2025, some battery cell manufacturers pivoted production from EV batteries to dedicated stationary storage cells, converting existing lines and adjusting future plans. Lithium-ion cell manufacturing for stationary storage reached more than 21 GWh in 2025, enough to power Houston overnight, according to SEIAâ(TM)s Solar and Storage Supply Chain Dashboard. Meanwhile, US factories now have the capacity to manufacture 69.4 GWh of battery energy storage systems annually.

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