What happens to Linux after Linus, what a German legal case might mean for blocking ads on the web, Graham tell us about his new foldable phone which Joe has also had for about 7 months, and a quick KDE Korner.
Adaptive LLM routing under budget constraints
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45094421
#hackernews #tech
Another day, another Banana Pi single-board computer. This time it's the BPI-F5 with an Allwinner T527 8-core ARM Cortex-A55 processor, Mali-G57 MC1 graphics, a 2 TOPS NPU, a RISC-V NPU, and plenty of I/O features. https://linuxgizmos.com/banana-pi-bpi-f5-adopts-allwinner-t527-soc-in-credit-card-sized-sbc/ #BPIF5 #BananaPi #SBC #SingleBoardComputer
Trump Removes Fed Governor Lisa Cook Effective Immediately
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-08-26/trump-removes-fed-governor-lisa-cook-effective-immediately?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Business @business-bloomberg
Researchers Uncover Cancer’s Secret Weapon Against Immune Cells https://scitechdaily.com/researchers-uncover-cancers-secret-weapon-against-immune-cells/ #science
The AI crawler bot arms race has developed more quickly than we hoped, Google pretends to care what the community thinks, full Linux desktop apps are probably coming to Android, Thunderbird shares more details of their paid services and we are interested, and PuTTY has a great new domain name.
LLMs' 'Simulated Reasoning' Abilities Are a 'Brittle Mirage,' Researchers Find - An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: In recent months, the AI in... - https://slashdot.org/story/25/08/11/2253229/llms-simulated-reasoning-abilities-are-a-brittle-mirage-researchers-find?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #ai
Zotac RTX 5090 reportedly catches fire during Battlefield 6 session - A Zotac RTX 5090 caught fire during a gaming session, damag... - https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/gpus/zotac-rtx-5090-reportedly-catches-fire-during-battlefield-6-session #pccomponents #gpus
The best Linux distros for beginners in 2025 make switching from MacOS or Windows so easy https://www.zdnet.com/article/the-best-linux-distros-for-beginners-in-2025-make-switching-from-macos-or-windows-easy/ by @sjvn
Want to keep your Windows 10 PC working? Then, try one of these #Linux distros. With these distributions, anyone can run Linux these days.
National Public Data is back with new owners, joining the ranks of other creepy, people-finding services. Here's how to get your profile removed from the site. https://www.pcmag.com/news/site-behind-major-ssn-leak-returns-with-detailed-data-on-millions-how-to
Promising Linux Project Dies After Dev Faces Harassment - New submitter darwinmac writes: Kapitano, a user-friendly GTK4 frontend for the Cl... - https://it.slashdot.org/story/25/08/11/1858209/promising-linux-project-dies-after-dev-faces-harassment?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed #it
¡Hola, mundo!
Ebuki es una nueva plataforma de descarga de ebooks con opción de pago social. Esto significa que se puede descargar un libro a cambio de publicar un mensaje en una red social, lo que ayuda a dar visibilidad a los autores y a llegar a más lectores.
Lleva unos meses funcionando a modo de pruebas y por ahora solamente está implementado el pago social con Bluesky. En los próximos días se activará la integración con Mastodon 💛
The Switch 2 is awesome, but we hate the growing reliance on faux physical cartridges that still require massive downloads. https://www.pcmag.com/opinions/i-love-the-switch-2-but-nintendo-really-screwed-this-one-thing-up
Nintendo Switch 2 thermal limits mean you need air conditioning if you want to play in a hot climate — Big N advises against use in environments above 35 degrees Celsius (95F) due to overheating risk - The console needs more cooling.
... - https://www.tomshardware.com/video-games/nintendo/nintendo-switch-2-thermal-limits-mean-you-need-air-conditioning-if-you-want-to-play-in-a-hot-climate-big-n-advises-against-use-in-environments-above-35-degrees-celsius-95f-due-to-overheating-risk
Watch: Explosion rocks Russian oil facility
https://www.bbc.com/news/videos/c07pkyg22l8o?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Top Stories @top-stories-BBCNews
America's Los Alamos Lab Is Now Investing Heavily In AI For Science https://yro.slashdot.org/story/25/08/03/0447207/americas-los-alamos-lab-is-now-investing-heavily-in-ai-for-science?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Tech giants unleash AI on weather forecasts: are they any good?
https://www.bbc.com/weather/articles/cwy6ykp7049o?utm_source=flipboard&utm_medium=activitypub
Posted into Business @business-BBCNews
Mutilation ban and microchips: EU lawmakers vote on cat and dog welfare https://phys.org/news/2025-06-mutilation-microchips-eu-lawmakers-vote.html #science
Axolotl Discovery Brings Us Closer Than Ever To Regrowing Human Limbs https://science.slashdot.org/story/25/06/19/2130210/axolotl-discovery-brings-us-closer-than-ever-to-regrowing-human-limbs?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon