by George Whittaker Mozilla has officially released Firefox 149.0, bringing a mix of new productivity features, privacy enhancements, and interface improvements. Released on March 24, 2026, this update continues Firefox’s steady push toward a more modern and user-focused browsing experience. Rather than focusing on a single headline feature, Firefox 149 introduces several practical tools designed to improve how users multitask, stay secure, and interact with the web. Built-In VPN Comes to Firefox One of the most notable additions in Firefox 149 is the introduction of a built-in VPN feature. This optional tool provides users with an added layer of privacy while browsing, helping mask IP addresses and secure connections on public networks. In some configurations, Mozilla is offering a free usage tier with limited monthly data, giving users a simple way to enhance privacy without installing separate software. This move aligns with Mozilla’s long-standing emphasis on user privacy and secur
AMD and CIQ jointly announced today that AMD-optimized Rocky Linux builds are being worked on for this RHEL-derived operating system. The AMD-optimized Rocky Linux will focus on AI and HPC workloads and be nicely integrated with ROCm...
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After California introduced an age verification law recently, open source operating system developers have had to get creative with how they deal with it.
This issue report describes a credential-stealing attack buried within LiteLLM 1.82.8 in the PyPI repository. It collects and exfiltrates a wide variety of information, including SSH keys, credentials for a number of cloud services, crypto wallets, and so on. Anybody who has installed this package has likely been compromised and needs to respond accordingly.
Arm announced their first silicon product in history with today's AGI CPU. The Arm AGI CPU complements their existing IP offerings into a production-ready silicon product for AI data centers...
Chris Down has posted a detailed look at how the kernel's zswap and zram subsystems work — and how they differ. Most people think of zswap and zram simply as two different flavours of the same thing: compressed swap. At a surface level, that's correct – both compress pages that would otherwise end up on disk – but they make fundamentally different bets about how the kernel should handle memory pressure, and picking the wrong one for your situation can actively make things worse than having no swap at all
The Krita project has announced the release of Krita 5.3.0 and 6.0.0: Krita 5.3/6.0 is the result of many years of work by the Krita developers. Some features have been rewritten from the ground up, others make their first appearance. Enjoy the completely new text feature: on canvas editing, full opentype support, text flowing into shapes. It is now easier than ever to create vector-based panels for comic pages. Tools got extended: for instance, the fill tool now can close gaps. The liquify mode of the transform tool is much faster. There are new filters: a propagate colors filter and a reset transparent filter. Support for HDR painting has been improved. The recorder docker can now work in real time. There is improved support for file formats, like support for text objects in PSD files. And much, much, much more! According to the announcement, the versions are almost functionally identical. However, the 6.0.0 release is the first based on Qt 6; it has more Wayland functionality but is
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