Arch Linux 2026.08.01 Ships Kernel 7.1.5 and a New Niri Window Manager Profile
Arch's August ISO is the first to ship Linux kernel 7.1.5 out of the box, bundling Archinstall 4.4 with a new Niri tiling compositor profile and Plymouth boot splash support. »
Six Linux Kernels Patched in One Day to Close a 16-Year-Old POSIX Timer Race Condition
Greg Kroah-Hartman coordinated six simultaneous LTS kernel releases on July 30, all fixing a use-after-free race in POSIX CPU timers that has been present in the kernel since around 2010. »
Korea Just Open-Sourced Its Largest AI Model — K-EXAONE 2.0 Packs 750 Billion Parameters Under Apache 2.0
LG AI Research dropped South Korea's biggest foundation model on Hugging Face, switching to Apache 2.0 — free for commercial use — while scoring 70.1 average across 24 benchmarks. »
Firefox 153 Arrives with Split View, On-Device AI, and a Two-Week Release Cadence
Mozilla's latest release packs a rebuilt profile system, native split-view browsing, HDR video on Windows, and on-device AI for enterprise — plus the announcement that Firefox will ship every two weeks starting September 2026. »
Mistfall Hunter Launches on PC, PS5, and Xbox with Day-One Game Pass
Bellring Games' dark fantasy extraction ARPG dropped on July 29th across all major platforms, landing on Xbox Game Pass from day one at a $24.99 entry price for those outside the subscription. »