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AI Can Now Easily Unmask Your Secret Online Life (Even If You Use a Fake Name)
New study shows smart chatbots can figure out who you really are from just a few posts... and it only costs a couple of dollars.
AI Can Now Easily Unmask Your Secret Online Life (Even If You Use a Fake Name)
New study shows smart chatbots can figure out who you really are from just a few posts... and it only costs a couple of dollars.
Why Pay for FOSS Force?
Tech and financial writer Dana Blankenhorn drops in to explain why he's contributing to our Independence 2026 fundraiser — and why you might want to join in, too. The post Why Pay for FOSS Force? appeared first on FOSS Force.
How to build an automatic internet speed tracker for your home network
ISPs sell “up to” speeds, and manual speed tests don’t prove much. This tracker auto-records your internet speed every hour so you can spot patterns.
Armbian 26.02 Arrives with Linux 6.18 LTS and Expanded Board Support
by George Whittaker The Armbian project has released Armbian 26.02, the latest update to the lightweight Linux distribution designed specifically for ARM and RISC-V single-board computers (SBCs). Known for its stability and hardware optimization, Armbian continues to evolve with improved hardware support, new desktop options, and updated core components in this release. A Linux Distribution Tailored for SBCs Armbian is built on top of Debian or Ubuntu, providing optimized system images for single-board computers such as Orange Pi, Banana Pi, and ODROID devices. The project focuses on stability, performance, and long-term maintenance for embedded and development boards. With the 26.02 release, the developers continue that mission by refining support for modern hardware platforms and improving the overall software stack. Powered by Linux 6.18 LTS One of the biggest upgrades in Armbian 26.02 is the transition to Linux kernel 6.18 LTS, which brings improved driver support, performance enha
sudo-rs Breaks Historical Norms With Now Enabling Password Feedback By Default
On recent builds of Ubuntu 26.04 when being prompted by sudo for the password, password feedback is now enabled by default to show asterisk (*) characters when inputting your password. Traditionally sudo has not provided password feedback in the name of security to not divulge the length of your password in case anyone is looking/capturing your screen. But upstream sudo-rs has now changed the default behavior in the name of an improved UX...
CoreCollective is a New Consortium Bringing the Arm Software Ecosystem Under One Roof
The likes of AMD, Canonical, Google, Huawei, Qualcomm, Red Hat, and others are on board.
CoreCollective is a New Consortium Bringing the Arm Software Ecosystem Under One Roof
The likes of AMD, Canonical, Google, Huawei, Qualcomm, Red Hat, and others are on board.
Q4OS 6 Andromeda: More Than Just Debian on a Diet for Old Machines
From hand‑me‑down laptops to brand‑new desktops, this Debian-based distro with Trinity or KDE Plasma keeps things fast and familiar. The post Q4OS 6 Andromeda: More Than Just Debian on a Diet for Old Machines appeared first on FOSS Force.
Forget distro hopping: How to use any Linux distribution on one PC
You can spin up any distro on your Linux computer and get near-native performance!
Tails 7.5 Anonymous Linux OS Released with Updated Tor Client and Tor Browser
Tails 7.5 anonymous Linux OS is now available for download with Tor client 0.4.9.5, Tor Browser 15.0.7, and other changes. Here's what's new!
Microsoft Updates DirectX Shader Compiler With Improved Vulkan Driver Interoperability
Microsoft has published a new version of its open-source DirectX Shader Compiler. Besides adding Shader Model 6.9 production support, making this DX Compiler update interesting to us are the SPIR-V back-end improvements and enhancing interoperability with Vulkan drivers...
[$] IIIF: images and visual presentations for the web
The International Image Interoperability Framework, or IIIF ("triple-eye eff"), is a small set of standards that form a basis for serving, displaying, and reusing image data on the web. It consists of a number of API definitions that compose with each other to achieve a standard for providing, for example, presentations of high-resolution images at multiple zoom levels, as well as bundling multiple images together. Presentations may include metadata about details like authorship, dates, references to other representations of the same work, copyright information, bibliographic identifiers, etc. Presentations can be further grouped into collections, and metadata can be added in the form of transcriptions, annotations, or captions. IIIF is most popular with cultural-heritage organizations, such as libraries, universities, and archives.
ONLYOFFICE Docs 9.3 Brings Multipage View, PDF Signatures
ONLYOFFICE Docs 9.3 adds multipage document view, enhanced PDF signatures, and a new Solver tool for spreadsheets, alongside performance fixes and improvements.