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  "title": "Linux Report | Latest Linux News",
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      "title": "Hacker Wipes Romania's Entire Land Registry Database",
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      "description": "A hacker reportedly wiped Romania's entire land registry database after a failed extortion attempt, halting property transactions across the country and preventing notaries from issuing land extracts, authenticating sales, or registering mortgages. \"On the dark web, the hacker also boasted to have b...",
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      "title": "LSU Physicists Create First Room-Temperature Quantum Material",
      "link": "https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/20/0438205/lsu-physicists-create-first-room-temperature-quantum-material?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed",
      "description": "Researchers at Louisiana State University have created a room-temperature quantum material made from a thin gold film on glass, patterned with microscopic slits that act like artificial atoms. \"We call this robust transport. These quantum states carry information,\" says physicist Omar Magana-Loaiza....",
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      "title": "LibreOffice Once Again Slams Microsoft For Using 'Lock-In' With Office Files",
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      "description": "An anonymous reader quotes a report from XDA Developers: One of the founding members of The Document Foundation and handler of LibreOffice's PR and media relations, Italo Vignoli, took to the LibreOffice blog to call out Microsoft's practices with its Office application. The last time we saw Vignoli...",
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      "description": "A fireside chat with Microsoft Chief Sustainability Officer Melanie Nakagawa, moderated by GeekWire reporter Lisa Stiffler at a PNW Climate Week closing event, was derailed by protesters raising concerns about data center energy impacts. Read More",
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      "description": "Rudra \"Rudy\" Mitra, who led Microsoft's Purview data-security business, is joining Amazon Web Services as vice president of security services. His move is part of a broader reshuffling of Microsoft's security leadership this year under new chief Hayete Gallot. Read More",
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      "title": "Hyprland 0.55 announced the switch to Lua for its config files",
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      "title": "Jelly UI: Soft-body physics for native HTML form controls",
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      "published": "2026-07-20T17:07:39Z",
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      "title": "UK data center startup Nscale bets big on Bellevue for U.S. engineering hub amid AI boom",
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      "description": "AI infrastructure company Nscale is expanding its presence in Bellevue with a new U.S. engineering headquarters, adding to the Eastside's growing role as a hub for artificial intelligence talent and cloud computing infrastructure. Read More",
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      "title": "Over 30% of new ArXiv submissions now read as AI-written",
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      "published": "2026-07-20T16:36:36Z",
      "source": "Ycombinator news",
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      "title": "8-bit \u2018Jimothy\u2019: Viral sensation raids trash cans, eludes paparazzi in Seattle creator\u2019s video game",
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      "description": "Jimothy, the short-spined Seattle raccoon, has become a global sensation whose likeness has been immortalized in artwork, clothing, songs and tattoos \u2014\u00a0and now a video game created in the creature's hometown. Read More",
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      "source": "GeekWire",
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      "title": "Launch HN: Bloomy (YC S26) \u2013 AI-powered mastery learning for K-12",
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      "published": "2026-07-20T16:32:10Z",
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      "title": "Czechia moves to ban mobile phones in schools from September 2027",
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      "source": "Ycombinator news",
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      "title": "Corners Don't Look Like That: Regarding Screenspace Ambient Occlusion (2012)",
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      "published": "2026-07-20T15:07:31Z",
      "source": "Ycombinator news",
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      "title": "Hollywood Sci-fi Studio Lot Now Pitched As Site To Make Real Space-age Weapons",
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      "description": "James Cameron filmed his Avatar sequels there. Marvel filmed Thor, Iron Man 2, and The Avengers. Manhattan Beach Studios in Los Angeles even handled Star Wars' series like Obi-Wan Kenobi and The Mandalorian, which Bloomberg points out is about \"a heavily armed bounty hunter in a galaxy far, far away...",
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      "title": "Linux's Qualcomm Crypto Accelerator Driver \"Harmful\" And Being Disabled: Slower Than CPU, History Of Bugs",
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      "description": "&#32; submitted by &#32;  /u/anh0516   [link] &#32; [comments]",
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      "title": "China's open-weights AI strategy is winning",
      "link": "https://werd.io/american-ai-is-locked-down-and-proprietary-its-losing/",
      "description": "Comments",
      "published": "2026-07-20T14:21:47Z",
      "source": "Ycombinator news",
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      "title": "27th Debian Conference (DebConf 26) is underway!",
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      "description": "Feel free to also talk about the Debian Conference and all underlying events taking place over on the Debian subreddit as we have a dedicated discussion forum for it (the first one to take place ever since new moderation took over the sub).  &#32; submitted by &#32;  /u/Two-Of-Nine   [link] &#32; [c...",
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      "title": "Linux patches introduce \"KNOD\" for in-kernel network offloading directly to AMD GPUs",
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      "description": "&#32; submitted by &#32;  /u/Fcking_Chuck   [link] &#32; [comments]",
      "published": "2026-07-20T14:07:47Z",
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    {
      "title": "Hacker wipes Romania's land registry database",
      "link": "https://news.risky.biz/risky-bulletin-hacker-wipes-romanias-entire-land-registry-database/",
      "description": "Comments",
      "published": "2026-07-20T13:28:33Z",
      "source": "Ycombinator news",
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    {
      "title": "Security updates for Monday",
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      "description": "Read more at LWN.net news",
      "published": "2026-07-20T13:10:02Z",
      "source": "LWN.net news",
      "source_url": "https://lwn.net/"
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    {
      "title": "We're Squandering LEDs' Potential to Save Our Night Skies",
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      "description": "Comments",
      "published": "2026-07-20T13:07:11Z",
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      "title": "9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: July 19th, 2026",
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      "description": "The 301st installment of the 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup is here for the week ending July 19th, 2026, keeping you updated on the most important developments in the Linux world.",
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      "title": "Airport Simulator",
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      "published": "2026-07-20T10:30:40Z",
      "source": "Ycombinator news",
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    {
      "title": "[OC] QuickShare / Nearby for Linux v0.5 Released",
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      "description": "Hi all! A couple of months back I shared my development in bringing QuickShare to linux. There were a multitude of issues with the past implementation but this time, we are nearly feature complete with android. No companion apps needed. Works with any android device OOTB https://github.com/kidfromju...",
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      "source": "Reddit Linux sub",
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      "title": "The Last MPEG-4 Visual Patent Has Expired",
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      "description": "If you are looking for a reason to celebrate today, the last of the MPEG-4 Part 2 patents expired today...",
      "published": "2026-07-20T09:24:22Z",
      "source": "Lxer news",
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      "title": "WanderingThoughts: The Rust coreutils (uutils) are sticky in Ubuntu 26.04 LTS",
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      "description": "&#32; submitted by &#32;  /u/Skaarj   [link] &#32; [comments]",
      "published": "2026-07-20T09:19:07Z",
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      "title": "M5Stack broadens embedded lineup with wireless, industrial, and handheld devices",
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      "description": "M5Stack has introduced three compact products addressing wireless IoT development, industrial automation, and portable embedded control. The lineup includes the Stamp-C5 module with dual-band Wi-Fi 6 and IEEE 802.15.4 connectivity, the isolated StamPLC IO expansion module, and the lower-cost StickC ...",
      "published": "2026-07-20T07:52:53Z",
      "source": "Lxer news",
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    {
      "title": "New Free Speech Concern: When AI Chatbots Won't Criticize Leaders from Repressive Regimes",
      "link": "https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/20/0611253/new-free-speech-concern-when-ai-chatbots-wont-criticize-leaders-from-repressive-regimes?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed",
      "description": "Ask Claude to make a pamphlet critical of China's leader, Thailand's king, or Saudi Arabia's crown prince &mdash; and it will decline, reports the Associated Press. \n\nThat's \"a key finding from a Meta Oversight Board study released Thursday,\" their article points out: AI systems are more than twice ...",
      "published": "2026-07-20T07:52:08Z",
      "source": "Slashdot",
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    {
      "title": "Bits from Debian: DebConf26 starts today in Santa Fe on Monday, July 20, 2026",
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      "description": "  DebConf26, the 27th annual\nDebian Developer Conference, is taking place at\nSanta Fe, Argentina from 20 to 25 July 2026.\nDebian contributors from all over the world have come together at the Facultad\nde Ingenier\u00eda en Ciencias H\u00eddricas (Faculty of Engineering in Water Sciences),\none of the faculties...",
      "published": "2026-07-20T07:45:07Z",
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      "title": "Rust Will Help Linux Succeed and Makes Coding Fun, Says Greg Kroah-Hartman",
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      "description": "ZDNet reports on June's Open Source Summit India 2026 in Mumbai, where Linux stable kernel maintainer Greg Kroah-Hartman gave a talk titled \"Rust and Linux: How the Rust Language is Going to Help Linux Succeed.\"\n\n\n\n\n Kroah-Hartman said in his keynote that \"the [Linux] kernel is moving toward Rust. G...",
      "published": "2026-07-20T06:42:42Z",
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      "title": "More ASUS Motherboards To Enjoy Working Sensor Monitoring With Linux 7.3",
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      "published": "2026-07-20T06:21:23Z",
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      "title": "Linux Mint and GNOME Calendar Clash Resurfaces Months Later",
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      "description": "GNOME Calendar developer has revived a months-old dispute with Linux Mint over outdated packages, support links, and branding.",
      "published": "2026-07-20T04:49:54Z",
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      "title": "TIL about `pv --watchfd`",
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      "title": "As AI Transforms Silicon Valley, Some Tech Workers Face Evaporating Financial Security",
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      "description": "The Washington Post describes a mid-tier executive at Meta as one of Silicon Valley's \"winners\" whose financial security suddenly \"evaporated\" as their workforce \"pushed headlong into AI and heavy job cuts,\" creating a transformed job market. \"Her ex-husband, a designer at Meta who was laid off in 2...",
      "published": "2026-07-20T03:37:29Z",
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      "title": "Zilog Z80 8-Bit CPU Turns 50, Open-source Replacement Heads To Drop-in DIP40 Silicon",
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      "description": "An anonymous reader shared this report from Tom's Hardware:\n\n\nThe Zilog Z80 has just turned 50 years old. This iconic 8-bit processor first went on sale in July 1976 and stayed in production for 48 years until Zilog, now a Littelfuse subsidiary, stopped accepting orders in June 2024. However, there'...",
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      "description": "\"If tired or wasted passengers fall asleep in a traditional taxi or rideshare, the driver can shout or shake them awake,\" reports Bloomberg. \"Not so in a robotaxi...\"\n\nDitto Kasendar remembers soft music drifting from the robotaxi's speakers as he rode home late at night from a friend's birthday par...",
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      "title": "KDE Plasma 6.8 Desktop Environment Lands on October 14th, Here\u2019s What to Expect",
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      "description": "KDE Plasma 6.8 is coming later this year as the next major update to the beloved desktop environment for GNU/Linux distributions, and it\u2019s a special release as it will coincide with KDE\u2019s 30th anniversary on October 14th, 2026.",
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      "title": "Linux 7.2-rc4 Released: Looking Like The \"New Normal\"",
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      "description": "The fourth weekly release candidate of the Linux 7.2 kernel is now available for testing...",
      "published": "2026-07-20T01:46:55Z",
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    {
      "title": "Linuxiac Weekly Wrap-Up: Week 29, 2026 (July 13 \u2013 19)",
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      "description": "Catch up on the latest Linux news: Clonezilla Live 3.3.3, COSMIC 1.3, Plasma 6.7.3, Blender 5.2 LTS, Kitty 0.48, Microsoft gives Visual Studio Code a modern UI preview, and more.",
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      "title": "Anthropic Moves Closer to AI Mega-IPO as Bankers Line Up Investor Meetings",
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      "title": "Wikipedia Owner Banned European Admin Who Edited Site for Money, Then Let Him Return",
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      "title": "Christian Pastors Are Using AI to Write Sermons Sparking Debate in Congregrations",
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      "title": "Medically retired. Want to give back to Linux. What free pathways exist to help train someone to a level where they can assist with the Linux kernel?",
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      "description": "I've been medically retired and now have more free time. As well, I've been daily driving Linux since about 2010. Aside from helping other users in random posts, I have largely been a consumer of Linux.  Over the last few weeks I've seen and read posts leaning towards Linux needing kernel maintainer...",
      "published": "2026-07-19T21:57:20Z",
      "source": "Reddit Linux sub",
      "source_url": "https://www.reddit.com/r/linux"
    },
    {
      "title": "California's 'Truth in Recycling' Law Blocked by Judge",
      "link": "https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/19/210221/californias-truth-in-recycling-law-blocked-by-judge?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed",
      "description": "An anonymous reader shared this report from the Los Angeles Times:\n\nA federal judge has halted California's groundbreaking \"Truth in Recycling\" law, which aims to reduce consumer confusion about which packaging can be recycled. [Originally planned to take effect October 4th], California's recyclable...",
      "published": "2026-07-19T21:15:29Z",
      "source": "Slashdot",
      "source_url": "https://slashdot.org/"
    },
    {
      "title": "DOSBox ported to OpenVMS for Alpha",
      "link": "https://www.osnews.com/story/145562/dosbox-ported-to-openvms-for-alpha/",
      "description": "Speaking of OpenVMS and Alpha &#8211; and we like speaking about OpenVMS and Alpha, don&#8217;t we? &#8211; there&#8217;s now a port of DOSBox that runs on the Alpha version venerable operating system. Astr0baby has published both binaries and source code for the port, as well as a lovely set of scr...",
      "published": "2026-07-19T21:08:28Z",
      "source": "OS News.com",
      "source_url": "http://www.osnews.com/"
    },
    {
      "title": "LG monitors silently install software through Windows Update without user consent",
      "link": "https://www.osnews.com/story/145560/lg-monitors-silently-install-software-through-windows-update-without-user-consent/",
      "description": "Well, this is new &#8211; but not at all unexpected considering the state of Windows and the wider technology industry. When you connect certain LG monitors to a Windows machine, Windows Update will pull in a bunch of adware promoting antivirus trash. Of course, all done without any consent, because...",
      "published": "2026-07-19T20:47:09Z",
      "source": "OS News.com",
      "source_url": "http://www.osnews.com/"
    },
    {
      "title": "New Intel Itanium emulator boots Itanium version of Windows XP and 2003",
      "link": "https://www.osnews.com/story/145555/new-intel-itanium-emulator-boots-itanium-version-of-windows-xp-and-2003/",
      "description": "It was only a few weeks ago that we got a massively improved Alpha emulator, capable of running VMS, Windows 2000, and Tru64, including X11 support and a variety of other exciting features. Today, we&#8217;ve got another major emulation milestone. The emulation space is going crazy, after my previou...",
      "published": "2026-07-19T19:54:06Z",
      "source": "OS News.com",
      "source_url": "http://www.osnews.com/"
    }
  ]
}