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Mozilla published today the final build of the Firefox 136 open-source web browser for all supported platforms ahead of the March 4th, 2025, official release date, so it’s time to take a look at the new features and changes.

As a Linux security admin, you understand the critical role of robust, reliable, and secure systems in any computing environment. But as AI and Machine Learning expand their horizons into AI frameworks like TensorFlow and PyTorch, there's also added responsibility and opportunity.

No warning, no opt-out, and critic claims ... no consent. Research from a leading academic shows Android users have advertising cookies and other gizmos working to build profiles on them even before they open their first app.

While EA have officially open sourced a bunch of classic Command & Conquer titles like Red Alert and Generals, the cross-platform OpenRA project continues advancing with a new release out now.

Well, it's officially done; Microsoft has done away with Skype, marking May 5, 2025, as the day of its demise. They say that they have done this to streamline their consumer communications offerings so that they can “more easily adapt to customer needs”.

Ahead of NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5070 graphics cards seeing retail availability tomorrow, today the review embargo expires on the GeForce RTX 5070 Founders Edition graphics cards. I've been testing out the GeForce RTX 5070 under Linux and today have a number of GPU compute benchmarks to share.

Torizon and Texas Instruments have announced a collaboration aimed at simplifying cybersecurity compliance and development for industrial and medical embedded systems. The partnership integrates Torizon’s software platform with TI’s Arm-based, Linux-capable processors, addressing increasing security requirements such as those outlined in the EU Cyber Resilience Act.

The team behind Linux Mint has made several interesting announcements about the popular Linux distribution and what's going on behind the scenes. Aside from previewing a fresh coat of paint, they're also warning you to update Firefox.

FOSS bods file amicus brief in hope of preserving core GNU tenet of freedom forever. The Free Software Foundation (FSF) on Monday backed a lone developer's brave effort to overturn a pivotal court ruling that threatens to undermine the AGPLv3 – the foundation's GNU Affero General Public License, version 3.

Mozilla is evidently selling your data downriver while continuing to brag about how much it’s protecting your privacy.

Ubuntu has some snap apps (e.g., Firefox and AppCenter) pre-installed in recent releases. The snap apps auto-generate a snap folder in user’s home directory to store app data, caches, and configuration files.

The Mozilla Thunderbird 136 open-source email, calendar, news, chat, and contactbook client was released today alongside the Mozilla Firefox 136 web browser, bringing various new features and several bug fixes.

Godot 4.4 is out as stable today for serving as the newest feature release to this leading open-source, cross-platform 2D/3D game engine...

Every computer has a particular network address required for internet access. Here's what it is and how to configure it on Linux.

UBports announces Ubuntu Touch OTA-8 - a security fix update with VoLTE support, WPA3 Wi-Fi, and bug fixes for supported devices.

The Adafruit Metro RP2350 is designed for projects that require Arduino form-factor compatibility, multiple GPIO options, and debugging capabilities. Built around the Raspberry Pi RP2350 microcontroller, this board provides various connectivity features and programming support, making it a flexible choice for embedded development.

Pricing, licensing changes won't feel so bad once you take this private cloud stack for a spin, apparently. Broadcom has quietly started a closed beta of VMware Cloud Foundation (VCF) version 9, a major release that fully expresses the tech giant's vision for what a private cloud should be.

The Fedora Project is excited to participate in Google Summer of Code (GSoC) 2025. This continues our commitment to fostering open-source contributions and mentoring new contributors.

Raspberry Pi has been on a spree lately with many new product launches such as the Raspberry Pi 500, Raspberry Pi Monitor, Raspberry Pi 5 16GB, and Compute Module 5 in the past few months. Today the company announced an expansion of their offerings in the Compute Module 4 line-up.

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