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Discord delays their age-gating rollout but legislators are pushing for operating systems including Linux to verify ages, LLM licence laundering might mean the end of copyleft, and how and why you might want to detect Meta’s spy camera glasses.



News

Getting Global Age Assurance Right: What We Got Wrong and What’s Changing

US state laws push age checks into the operating system

California introduces age verification law for all operating systems, including Linux and SteamOS — user age verified during OS account setup

I have actually read the text of California law CA AB1043 and, honestly, I don’t hate it

Do you really think that circumventing these things will always be a simple firmware mod or hardware hack?

Relicensing with AI-assisted rewrite – Tuan-Anh Tran

Chardet dispute shows how AI will kill software licensing, argues Bruce Perens

No right to relicense this project

Hide from Meta’s spyglasses with this new Android app

Dear Meta Smart Glasses Wearers: You’re Being Watched, Too



















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The importance of having and sticking to correct development processes, what can go wrong when you don’t, and how to fix the problems you might end up with.















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We recently talked about backing up Shane’s homelab, but this time it’s the turn of enterprise backups. Risk management, cloud and hybrid environments, planning for realistic disaster scenarios, convincing the finance people what’s required, and more.









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An exciting new cold storage technology seems to be getting closer, Nvidia seemingly wants a slice of the laptop hardware action, why you (and your users) should definitely not use LLMs to “generate” passwords , and whistleblowing when sensitive customer data isn’t being taken seriously.



Plugs

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ARC and L2ARC Sizing on Proxmox



News/discussion

Data stored in glass could last over 10,000 years, Microsoft says

Nvidia plans a Windows PC SoC, setting up direct competition with Qualcomm, Intel, and AMD

Vibe Password Generation: Predictable by Design



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The freedom to install what you want on stock Android ROMs is still in jeopardy, an interesting update on SETI@home, Intel looks to contribute to graphics on Linux, and Mozilla works towards Web standards. Plus making a Wii U gamepad, UPS software, free NASA ebooks, and making cool posters with mapping data in Discoveries.



News/Discussion

The FDroid website has a new banner on top to remind visitors that #Google did not change course and Android will be locked-down in under 200 days

Keep Android Open

Open letter to Google

FLX1s

Enthusiasts used their home computers to search for ET—scientists are homing in on 100 signals they found

Intel Hiring More Linux Developers – Including For GPU Drivers / Linux Gaming Stack

Launching Interop 2026



Discoveries

Creating a Wii U gamepad

Network UPS Tools

NASA eBooks

MapToPoster

maptoposter-docker



















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