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Thursday October 23, 2025. 02:12 AM
Inside this week's LWN.net Weekly Edition: Front: Git 3.0 topics; Lazy imports for Python; RubyGems; LLMs for patch review; DebugFS. Briefs: Fedora AI policy; OpenBSD 7.8; DigiKam 8.8.0; Forgejo 13.0; KDE Plasma 6.5; RubyGems; Valkey 9.0.0; Quotes;... Announcements:...
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Developers creating projects in the Rust programming language, as well as IT leaders with Rust-based applications in their environments, should pay attention to a serious vulnerability found in one of the programming language’s libraries. Researchers at Edera say they have ...
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Fox News' Laura Ingraham gleefully suggested that Trump build a 'statuary garden' and fill it with Confederates, most notably military failure Robert E. Lee, because people would be upset. Ingraham ignores the truth about Robert E. Lee, a man who betrayed the United States...
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Wednesday October 22, 2025. 11:18 PM
AI usage has become standard practice in software development, with 85% of developers in a recent JetBrains survey citing regular use of AI tools for coding and development. Additionally, 62% were relying on at least one AI-powered coding assistant, agent, or code editor....
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TL;DR: This PDF Converter and Editor can split, delete, merge, convert, and compress files with ease, and lifetime access is now only $24.99 (reg. $99.99). PDFs are like cats. They ignore commands, and between contracts, forms, and reports, you can't avoid them. — Read the...
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Peacock, home to NBC shows and original content, doesn't have a lot to offer, with a few good sitcoms, a lifetime's worth of Law & Order, and a mediocre selection of movies. But hear me out, it is an absolute must-have for fans of The Office. — Read the rest The post Office...
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The guest on the third-to-last episode of Marc Maron's WTF podcast is Matt Groening, cartoonist and creator of The Simpsons. In the very entertaining conversation, Groening reveals, for the first time he says, that he based his creation of Homer Simpson on a real-life person ...
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A new international study coordinated by the European Broadcasting Union (EBU) and led by the BBC shows that AI assistants distort news content nearly half of the time. The research included 22 public service broadcasters in 18 countries and 14 languages. In the study, more ...
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The Fedora Council has approved an AI-assisted contributions policy. This follows several weeks of discussion, some of which was covered by LWN on October 1. The final policy contains substantial differences from the initial proposal, and now requires disclosure of AI tools...
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Apple device management and security company Kandji has changed its name to Iru, reflecting a new approach to what it does while opening its offer up to Windows and Android. It means enterprises shifting to Apple tech can now manage all their legacy equipment using the...
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No, I don't have a good explanation for this either. Tim Schafer warned us of his twisted mind when he put out the Psychonauts games — both stone-cold classics, by the way — but I thought murderously paranoid milkmen was the weirdest it got in there. — Read the rest The...
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Evidently, mango habanero is the flavor of freedom, as $50 gets you chicken wings smuggled into a Texas jail. A corrections officer was caught selling mango-habanero Wingstop wings to an inmate, paying himself first in drumsticks before handing over the goods. — Read the...
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This weekend marked the second time I've needed a cone for one of my dogs, only to find I didn't have one on hand. This Comfy Cone is great. Golden Retrievers famously develop food allergies. I already feed my darling Electra some allergy and immune-boosting probiotics,...
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Althea Crome is a professional micro knitter who makes incredibly tiny garments. She made Coraline's clothes in the beloved 2009 iconic stop-motion. In this fun video, we hear her discuss her process. Crome explains that she has to use tiny needles to knit each piece. — Read...
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Convicted felon Donald Trump wants the Department of Justice to salve his hurt feelings with $230 million. Claiming hurt feelings and expensive legal defense, Trump wants the DOJ to give him $230 million. Trump was not found innocent in any of these matters, and terminated...
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The town of Jackson in North Carolina offers a self-guided tour highlighting its historic downtown and surrounding landmarks. Among the interesting places to visit is a small, well-kept cemetery (featured here on Atlas Obscura) about three miles from the town center. — Read t...
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Watch a time-lapse of someone's 'pet mold' growing on lemons. The mold's loving owner gave each lemon a miniature chair to sit in while rotting away. The lemons go from bright and yellow to grey, fuzzy, and deflated. I feel sorry for the lemons in this video, but at least...
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Barbara Gips, dead at 89, was an unsung hero of Hollywood, writing copy for film and television marketing campaigns for decades. But if her name is new to you, you've surely heard her most famous tagline, 'In Space No One Can Hear You Scream.' — Read the rest The post Barbar...
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TL;DR: EDU Unlimited by StackSkills gives lifetime access to 1,000+ courses from blockchain and coding to writing and design for just $19.97 (reg. $600). Life gets hectic — schedules clash, deadlines creep, and leveling up at work, school, and life can feel impossible. —...
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Nuphy's Node75 mechanical keyboard looks like it gets a lot right, not least the $99 price tag, same as Apple's Magic Keyboard. It's compact but with a well-populated 75-key layout and vaguely retro design. The caps come in low-profile or mSA, there's a screenless touchbar...
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