Giffgaff add contract buyout worth £300 to UK full fibre broadband plans

Mobile operator and internet provider giffgaff, which has already made their new full fibre (FTTP) broadband packages available to 4.2 million premises via nexfibre and Virgin Media’s UK networks, has moved to further entice new customers to the service by offering to buy them out of their existing…

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2026/09/giffgaff-add-contract-buyout-worth-300-to-uk-full-fibre-broadband-plans.html

#ISPNews #FTTP #Giffgaff

Openreach AI tools prevent 3,000 UK full fibre broadband cancellations a month

Network access provider Openreach (BT) has today revealed that their recent adoption of two new and complementary AI (Artificial Intelligence) tools, which provide customers with clearer updates and immediate answers, are now helping to prevent more than 3,000 Full Fibre (FTTP) broadband cancellatio…

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2026/09/openreach-ai-tools-preventing-3000-uk-full-fibre-broadband-cancellations-a-month.html

#ISPNews #BT #FTTP

London Internet Exchange Passes 1Tbps of Traffic on LON2 Network

The member‑owned and not-for-profit London Internet Exchange (LINX), which manages a large chunk of UK and global data traffic through their switches via 900 members (broadband ISPs, mobile operators, CDNs etc.), has revealed that their secondary LON2 network has hit 1Tbps (Terabits / sec) of traffi…

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2026/09/london-internet-exchange-passes-1tbps-of-traffic-on-lon2-network.html

#ISPNews #Business #FibreOptic

Digiphile's VR collection is back to celebrate the Steam Frame launch

Stock up on some quality VR games for the launch of the Steam Frame, or just bag a good deal for whatever headset you're using with Digiphile's VR collection.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/digiphiles-vr-collection-is-back-to-celebrate-the-steam-frame-launch/

#GameBundle #VirtualRealityVR #Misc

The Triple-i Initiative showcase returns October 8th

Crammed full of what will no doubt be some really interesting looking games, The Triple-i Initiative showcase is back again on October 8th.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/the-triple-i-initiative-showcase-returns-october-8th/

#Upcoming #Event #Misc

JUJUTSU KAISEN RUMBLE: SURVIVATON delayed into 2027

JUJUTSU KAISEN RUMBLE: SURVIVATON, from the creator of Vampire Survivors and Shueisha Games, has been delayed into 2027 so they can get it right.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/jujutsu-kaisen-rumble-survivaton-delayed-into-2027/

#Steam #IndieGame #Upcoming

Freshwave claims UK missing out on £103bn boost from better indoor Mobile signals

Wireless infrastructure provider Freshwave, which naturally has its own vested interests, have today published their 2026 Mobile Connectivity ROI Index that claims poor indoor mobile network (4G, 5G etc.) connectivity could be damaging the UK economy to the tune of £103bn a year.
The index itself pa…

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2026/09/freshwave-claims-uk-missing-out-on-103bn-boost-from-better-indoor-mobile-signals.html

#ISPNews #4G #5G

OpenAPV Sees Big Update For Advancing The Advanced Professional Video Codec

OpenAPV as the open-source reference implementation of the Advanced Professional Video (APV) codec today saw its v1.1.1 release, succeeding v0.3.0 as the prior release...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/OpenAPV-1.1.1

#phoronix #linux #opensource

Linux Patch Coming To Fix Under-Reported AMD Zen 5 TLB Sizes

A minor reporting issue on Linux that has gone unaddressed until now is for properly conveying the Translation Lookaside Buffer (TLB) sizes on AMD Zen 5 processors...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Fix-AMD-Zen-5-TLB-Sizes

#phoronix #linux #opensource

Raspberry Pi Desktop Overhauled On Raspberry Pi OS, Adds Icon Dock

The Raspberry Pi Desktop on Raspberry Pi OS has seen a major overhaul to better modernize the desktop computing experience on the ARM64 single board computers...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Raspberry-Pi-Desktop-2026

#phoronix #linux #opensource

Raspberry Pi OS September Update Adds New Dock, Revamped Desktop Controls

Raspberry Pi OS September 2026 update adds a new dock, revamped desktop controls, a new screenshot tool, and Linux kernel 6.18.50 LTS.

https://linuxiac.com/raspberry-pi-os-september-update-adds-new-dock/

#LinuxDistros #LinuxOpenSourceNews #raspberrypi

Khronos Group opens EU Entity to support European Projects with open standards

Khronos Group, who oversee various open standards like Vulkan and OpenGL, have formally opened up a Brussels-based European entity.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/khronos-group-opens-eu-entity-to-support-european-projects-with-open-standards/

#PressRelease #Misc #gamingonlinux

Mozilla Firefox 157 Enters Public Beta Testing with Brand-New Nova Design

Firefox 157 open-source web browser is now available for public beta testing with a brand-new design, proper support for displaying HDR videos encoded in 8-bit color formats as HDR and other changes.

https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-157-enters-public-beta-testing-with-brand-new-nova-design

#Apps #News #Firefox

An updated look for the Raspberry Pi Desktop

Some optional new features which might enhance your experience of the Raspberry Pi Desktop.

https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/an-updated-look-for-the-raspberry-pi-desktop/

#RaspberryPiOS #RaspberryPiSoftware #raspberrypi

New Linux Patches Improving Hibernation Speed In 2026

A new patch series being worked on is enhancing the Linux kernel's hibernation allocator to allow for faster performance when hibernating the system...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-Improv-Hibernation-2026

#phoronix #linux #opensource

VDURA's Sentinel watches over fleets for faults

https://www.blocksandfiles.com/storage-management/2026/09/15/vduras-sentinel-watches-over-fleets-for-faults/5296508

#blocksandfiles #linux #opensource

Telesat’s Lightspeed satellites to provide automated backup for subsea cables

The European Space Agency (ESA) has chosen satcom specialist neXat to lead a new €1.5m (£1.28bn) project that aims to create an automated satellite backup (failover) for when submarine fibre optic networks suffer outages (cable breaks). The new system will be supported by Telesat’s future Lightspeed…

https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2026/09/telesats-lightspeed-satellites-to-provide-automated-backup-for-subsea-cables.html

#ISPNews #Europe #FibreOptic

Firefox 157 Beta Released With Latest Enhancements

The Firefox release train keeps on rolling. With Firefox 156 released, Firefox 157 is now in beta ahead of the planned release coming up at the end of September...

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Firefox-157-Beta

#phoronix #linux #opensource

Mass-Scanning Campaign Exploits Vite Flaw to Extract Cloud Credentials From Exposed Dev Servers

Cybersecurity researchers have disclosed details of a mass-scanning campaign that has targeted Vite deployments siphon sensitive data.

The first is an automated effort aimed at internet-exposed Vite development servers that's designed to steal cloud credentials, configurations from Amazon Web Servi…

https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/mass-scanning-campaign-exploits-vite.html

#thehackernews #linux #opensource

Attack Chains, Not Just Attack Surfaces: Why Testing Individual Techniques Misses the Point

Introduction

Security teams have gotten pretty good at testing against what can hurt them. Can this EDR agent catch this payload? Will my organization fail the phishing simulation? Does this SIEM rule fire on this particular technique? And, in more mature organizations, this testing happens continu…

https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/attack-chains-not-just-attack-surfaces.html

#thehackernews #linux #opensource

Human Attacker Exploits Marimo RCE, Reaches SSH Bastion in Eight Seconds

With artificial intelligence (AI) shrinking the window between vulnerability discovery and exploitation and lowering the barrier to entry for bad actors, new findings from Sysdig show that skilled human operators can move just as swiftly after gaining initial access.

In one instance highlighted by…

https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/human-attacker-exploits-marimo-rce.html

#thehackernews #linux #opensource