Collaborate Disseminate
Linux 7.1 started phasing out support for Intel’s 37-year-old i486 processor. Linux 7.2 removed drivers for the old AMD Elan 32-bit systems on a chip.
And now some i586 and i686 class processors are being removed, reports Phoronix:
Supporting those … Continue reading Linux Kernel Starts Retiring Support for AMD’s 30-Year-Old K5 CPUs
Ford’s sales of electrified vehicles — including hybrids and all-electric models — dropped 31% from April 2025, reports Electrek. “Hybrid sales fell 32% to 15,758 vehicles, while EV sales continued to crash with just 3,655 all-electric mode… Continue reading Ford’s Electrified Vehicle Sales Dropped 31% in April From One Year Ago
The free/open source project OrcaSlicer is a popular fork of 3D printer slicing software from Bambu Lab. But Tuesday independent developer Pawel Jarczak shuttered the project “following legal threats from Bambu Lab,” reports Tom’s Hardware:
Jarczak’s … Continue reading Open Source Project Shuts Down Over Legal Threats from 3D Printer Company Bambu Lab
In Polymarket’s prediction market, “most people end up losing money,” reports the Washington Post — typically a few bucks.
“Since Polymarket launched in 2022, a few thousand people have lost the bulk of the money… and an even smaller group &m… Continue reading Most Polymarket Users Lose Money, While Top 1% Claim 76.5% of Gains, Study Finds
Open-source PS3 emulator RPCS3 “has been around since 2011,” Kotaku notes, and has made 70% of the PlayStation 3’s library fully playable, “bolstered in part by the many users who contribute to its GitHub page.” But their dev team “took to X today to v… Continue reading PlayStation3 Emulator Devs Politely Ask Contributors to Stop Submitting ‘AI Slop’ Pull Requests
An anonymous reader shared this report from Electrek:
A newly revealed Honda patent shows the company developing a simulated electronic clutch system for electric motorcycles, complete with torque-boost launches and even haptic feedback designed to mi… Continue reading Honda Patents a Fake Clutch for Electric Motorcycles
Major American cloud companies with data centers in the Persian Gulf “are channeling data out of the war zone through fiber-optic cables that an Iraqi telecom has strung alongside crude-oil pipelines,” reports RestofWorld.org:
The data centers serve c… Continue reading Big Tech is Moving Data Through the Gulf Using Fiber-Optic Cables Alongside Iraq’s Oil Pipelines
This week Amazon opened up its parcel shipping, fulfillment, and distribution “to businesses of all types and sizes.” Any business can now ship, store, and deliver “using the same supply chain that supports Amazon,” according to Monday’s announcement o… Continue reading Challenging UPS and FedEx, Amazon Opens Its Shipping Network to All Businesses
“General Motors sold the data of California drivers without their knowledge or consent,” says California’s attorney general, “and despite numerous statements reassuring drivers that it would not do so.”
In 2024, The New York Times “reported that aut… Continue reading GM Secretly Sold California Drivers’ Data, Agrees to Pay $12.75M In Privacy Settlement
An anonymous reader shared this report from Futurism:
In November, Amazon leaders sent an internal memo to employees, pushing them to use its in-house code generating tool, Kiro, over third-party alternatives from competitors. “While we continue to su… Continue reading Amazon Relents, Lets its Programmers Use OpenAI’s Codex and Anthropic’s Claude