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GPD claim the WIN 5 is getting an official Bazzite Linux adaptation but the Bazzite team say otherwise  GamingOnLinux

Vulkan 1.4.340 released with new extension to improve DirectX performance on Linux  GamingOnLinux

Vulkan 1.4.340 released with new extension to improve DirectX performance on Linux  GamingOnLinux

Vimeo is laying off employees around the world just months after Italian software company Bending Spoons completed its $1.38 billion acquisition of the video hosting platform. Dave Brown, Vimeo's former brand VP, described the cuts on LinkedIn as affecting "a large portion of the company." One video engineer claimed "almost everyone" was laid off, "including the entire video team," and another software engineer said he lost his job alongside "a gigantic amount of the company." This marks Vimeo's second round of layoffs in less than six months. The company cut 10% of its workforce in September, just one week before Bending Spoons announced its acquisition plans. Bending Spoons has a history of post-acquisition layoffs at companies including WeTransfer, Filmic, and Evernote.

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Linux users targeted as crypto-stealing malware hits Snap packages - here's how to stay safe  TechRadar

Linux users targeted as crypto-stealing malware hits Snap packages - here's how to stay safe  TechRadar

Linux users targeted as crypto-stealing malware hits Snap packages - here's how to stay safe  TechRadar

Nexus Mods say they are committed to supporting Vortex on SteamOS Linux  GamingOnLinux

AMD Ryzen AI Software 1.7 Released For Improved Performance On NPUs, New Model Support  phoronix.com

Highguard requires Secure Boot to play, which might not be a popular move  PC Gamer

Highguard requires Secure Boot to play, which might not be a popular move  PC Gamer

Highguard requires Secure Boot to play, which might not be a popular move  pcgamer.com

Poly Effects Hugo: a Linux-based pedal powerhouse with Bitwig Studio and VSTs?  synth anatomy

3 cool Linux apps to try this weekend (January 23 - 25)  Yahoo! Tech

3 cool Linux apps to try this weekend (January 23 - 25)  How-To Geek

The United States formally withdrew from the World Health Organization on Thursday, making good on an executive order that President Trump issued on his first day in office pledging to leave the international organization that coordinates global responses to public health threats. The New York Times: While the United States is walking away from the organization, a senior official with the Department of Health and Human Services told reporters on Thursday that the Trump administration was considering some type of narrow, limited engagement with W.H.O. global networks that track infectious diseases, including influenza. As a W.H.O. member, the United States long sent scientists from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to participate in international decision-making about which strains to include in the flu vaccine. A W.H.O. meeting on next year's vaccine is scheduled for February. The official said the Trump administration would soon disclose how or whether it will participate. On Thursday, the administration said that all U.S. government funding to the organization had been terminated, and that all assigned federal employees and contractors had been recalled from its Geneva headquarters and its offices worldwide.

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GNU Guix 1.5 Released With RISC-V Support, Experimental x86_64 GNU Hurd Kernel  phoronix.com

An anonymous reader quotes a report from NPR: TikTok has finalized a deal to create a new American entity, avoiding the looming threat of a ban in the United States that has been in discussion for years. The social video platform company signed agreements with major investors including Oracle, Silver Lake and MGX to form the new TikTok U.S. joint venture. The new version will operate under "defined safeguards that protect national security through comprehensive data protections, algorithm security, content moderation and software assurances for U.S. users," the company said in a statement Thursday. American TikTok users can continue using the same app. [...] Adam Presser, who previously worked as TikTok's head of operations and trust and safety, will lead the new venture as its CEO. He will work alongside a seven-member, majority-American board of directors that includes TikTok's CEO Shou Chew. [...] In addition to an emphasis on data protection, with U.S. user data being stored locally in a system run by Oracle, the joint venture will also focus on TikTok's algorithm. The content recommendation formula, which feeds users specific videos tailored to their preferences and interests, will be retrained, tested and updated on U.S. user data, the company said in its announcement. The algorithm has been a central issue in the security debate over TikTok. China previously maintained the algorithm must remain under Chinese control by law. But the U.S. regulation passed with bipartisan support said any divestment of TikTok must mean the platform cuts ties -- specifically the algorithm -- with ByteDance. Under the terms of this deal, ByteDance would license the algorithm to the U.S. entity for retraining. The law prohibits "any cooperation with respect to the operation of a content recommendation algorithm" between ByteDance and a new potential American ownership group, so it is unclear how ByteDance's continued involvement in this arrangement will play out. Oracle, Silver Lake and the Emirati investment firm MGX are the three managing investors, who each hold a 15% share. Other investors include the investment firm of Michael Dell, the billionaire founder of Dell Technologies. ByteDance retains 19.9% of the joint venture.

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NexPhone revisits the long-running dream of combining your phone and laptop  New Atlas

Linux Foundation pushes open source AI with expanded 2026 events program  eeNews Europe