📰 New RatHat Android malware uses AI to automate device control

A new Android malware called RatHat has been discovered, targeting users with an AI-powered subsystem that helps operators remotely navigate compromised devices.

🔗 Source: https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-rathat-android-malware-uses-ai-to-automate-device-control/

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https://bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-rathat-android-malware-uses-ai-to-automate-device-control

📰 AMD P-State Driver For Linux 7.4 Will Tune For Zen 6 Client CPUs

Linux 7.4 looks like it will be a very exciting kernel update for AMD customers. On the AMD Radeon graphics side HDMI 2.1 is being enabled by default with the AMDGPU driver with the HDMI FreeSync, VRR, and ALLM features in tow. On the AMD Ryzen client CPU side, there will be Zen 6 tuning with the AMD P-State CPU frequency scaling driver...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-AMD-P-State-Zen-6

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https://phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-AMD-P-State-Zen-6

📰 GE-Proton 11-7 brings more Wine Wayland upgrades, launcher fixes, game fixes and more

GE-Proton 11-7 has arrived and there's quite a lot of gaming improvements here for SteamOS / Linux fans.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/ge-proton-11-7-brings-more-wine-wayland-upgrades-launcher-fixes-game-fixes-and-more/

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https://gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/ge-proton-11-7-brings-more-wine-wayland-upgrades-launcher-fixes-game-fixes-and-more

Plugin4Shell leaves Copilot and Gemini CLI exposed to zero-click RCE

GitHub Copilot and deprecated Gemini CLI remain exposed to Plugin4Shell, a zero-click remote-code-execution flaw affecting four major AI coding agents. Anthropic and OpenAI have released fixes for Claude Code and Codex, but organizations using the other two agents must migrate or apply compensating controls because marketplace protections cannot block the attack.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/plugin4shell-leaves-copilot-and-gemini-cli-exposed-to-zero-click-rce/

📰 Krita 5.3.4 and 6.0.4 Are Out with Android and Qt 6 Updates

Krita 5.3.4 adds Android animation and timelapse rendering, while Krita 6.0.4 continues the Qt 6 transition with newer Wayland support.

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https://linuxiac.com/krita-5-3-4-and-6-0-4-are-out-with-android-and-qt-6-updates

Huawei pulls Ascend 960DT launch into Q1 2027 to challenge Nvidia

Huawei is accelerating the Ascend 960DT AI chip, moving its release from the third quarter to the first quarter of 2027 as it expands its challenge to Nvidia. The faster schedule is paired with a strategy to combine thousands of processors into large AI systems, although Huawei’s latest scaling figures raise questions about how quickly those systems can grow.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/huawei-pulls-ascend-960dt-launch-into-q1-2027-to-challenge-nvidia/

Calibre ebook manager adds AI-powered fiction writing game

The latest update to Calibre, the open-source ebook manager, adds an AI-powered writing game. Calibre v9.15 introduces a “Create Your Own Adventure” mode that, per the release notes, lets you build a fictional world and hand control of it to an AI that responds to your choices to manage it in real time. “This is a little different from the usual run of calibre features,” the changelog notes with, with understatement, saying it began as a way for developers to test the AI backends present in the manager before becoming something “something fun to use”. It isn’t the first puzzling […]
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https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/09/calibre-ebook-app-ai-ficton-writing

OpenAI brings GPT-6 Astra to law firms with Astra for Law

OpenAI has launched Astra for Law, a legal-focused edition of GPT-6 Astra that adds specialized research data and legal reasoning controls to the model introduced in OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra launch. The platform is aimed at law firms and legal-technology providers that want AI for case research, drafting, analysis, and custom workflows.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/openai-brings-gpt-6-astra-to-law-firms-with-astra-for-law/

📰 Linux's Yogafan Driver Prepares Support For Newer Lenovo Laptops

Introduced back in Linux 7.1 was the Yogafan HWMON driver for supporting fan speed monitoring across various Lenovo Yoga, Legion, Flex, Slim, and IdeaPad laptops. An initial set of Lenovo laptops was initially supported by this driver while succeeding kernel versions have continued building out the support...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Yogafan-More-Laptops

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https://phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Yogafan-More-Laptops

Tether shrinks multilingual AI to a 36MB on-device package

Tether AI Research has released open-source TranslatePsy-EuroNano models that translate among English and nine European languages without sending text to the cloud. The smallest deployment is 36MB—up to 17.6 times smaller than an equivalent Firefox Bergamot setup—making private, offline translation more practical for mobile and edge applications.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/tether-shrinks-multilingual-ai-to-a-36mb-on-device-package/

Стабильный выпуск СУБД MariaDB 13.0

Представлен выпуск СУБД MariaDB 12.0.2, который отмечен как первый стабильный релиз ветки 13.0. Ветка MariaDB 13.0 отнесена к промежуточным выпускам (rolling), продолжающим постепенное развитие функциональности и сопровождаемым до стабильного релиза следующей ветки. Одновременно доступен выпуск MariaDB 13.1.1, имеющий статус кандидата в релизы.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66303

Windows 11 26H2 evaluation ISOs give enterprises 90 days to test

Microsoft has released free Windows 11 26H2 Enterprise Evaluation ISOs, giving IT professionals 90 days to test the upcoming release without a product key. The downloads follow Windows 11 26H2 reaching the Release Preview stage and provide organizations with installation media for compatibility and deployment testing before general availability.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/windows-11-26h2-evaluation-isos-give-enterprises-90-days-to-test/

Опубликована библиотека управления памятью jemalloc 5.3

Представлен релиз библиотеки управления памятью jemalloc 5.4.0, предлагающей альтернативную реализацию функций malloc, оптимизированную для снижения фрагментации и работы на многопроцессорных системах. Для решения проблем с блокировками на многоядерных системах в jemalloc для каждого ядра CPU используется своя изолированная область распределения памяти, что позволяет добиться линейной масштабируемости при росте числа потоков.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66304

California’s new AI order could require frontier models to have a kill switch

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has ordered an expert panel to design tougher AI safety rules, including independent oversight and emergency shutdown mechanisms for frontier models. The two-month timetable comes as federal action remains stalled, while California separately expands protections for children, students, and the public against several AI-related risks.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/californias-new-ai-order-could-require-frontier-models-to-have-a-kill-switch/

New features in Microsoft Desired State Configuration v3.3.0

Microsoft has released Desired State Configuration (DSC) v3.3.0, the latest version of its cross-platform configuration management platform. DSC lets you describe the desired state of a Windows or Linux system in a YAML or JSON configuration document and then apply, verify, or export that state with the dsc command-line tool. Version 3.3.0 adds three built-in Windows resources, a registry-backed adapter, wider --what-if support, new expression functions, and Linux packages on Microsoft's package repository. The release follows DSC v3.2.0: new Windows resources, version pinning, and Bicep integration, which introduced the first wave of built-in Windows resources.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/new-features-in-microsoft-desired-state-configuration-v3-3-0/

📰 I Spent Time With GeForce NOW to See If It's Gameable on Linux

The native Linux client recently left beta, so I tested it on Ubuntu to see how it performed.

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https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17463310/geforce-now-linux-review

GitHub Copilot adds AI cost controls, Sentry fixes, and agent metrics

GitHub Copilot’s latest weekly release adds controls for balancing model cost, quality, and response time, while making code review and agent usage more manageable for development teams. The update also brings Sentry-powered crash investigation to the Copilot app and highlights how AI agents now help Microsoft ship VS Code weekly—although its release notes warn that Copilot-generated text may contain errors.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/github-copilot-adds-ai-cost-controls-sentry-fixes-and-agent-metrics/

Mustafa Suleyman criticizes Anthropic’s anthropomorphism of Claude

Microsoft AI CEO Mustafa Suleyman criticizes Anthropic for anthropomorphizing its Claude AI models and entertaining questions about whether they have feelings, preferences, moral welfare, or rights. In a CNBC interview, he argues that treating AI as potentially conscious or entitled to protections could make systems harder to interrupt, shut down, or control. Suleyman says current models are mathematical systems that predict sequences from training data, not biological beings with physical experiences, pain, or human-style consciousness. He also outlines safeguards including auditable reasoning logs and independent real-time evaluations.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/mustafa-suleyman-criticizes-anthropics-anthropomorphism-of-claude/

Laser is a new, modern CD ripper for Linux

Under my bed is a giant box of CDs that I’ve been meaning to rip for years. Some aren’t on Spotify, some are, but not the right version and one is by an artist I’m half convinced is a folk memory or the Mandela effect. Laser is a new GTK4/libadwatia CD ripping application for Linux that’s coaxed me into getting on with the job. CD sales in the UK are booming as younger buyers put off by the gentrified price of vinyl turn to cheaper physical formats. Perhaps that’s why, a decade after optical drives disappeared from laptops, Linux suddenly […]
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📰 Linux's Yogafan Driver Prepares Support For Newer Lenovo Laptops

Introduced back in Linux 7.1 was the Yogafan HWMON driver for supporting fan speed monitoring across various Lenovo Yoga, Legion, Flex, Slim, and IdeaPad laptops. An initial set of Lenovo laptops was initially supported by this driver while succeeding kernel versions have continued building out the support...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Yogafan-More-Laptops

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https://phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.4-Yogafan-More-Laptops

📰 Acronis cPanel Backup Plugin Vulnerability Exploited in Targeted Attacks

Acronis has warned that a high-severity security flaw in its Backup plugin for cPanel and Web Host Manager (WHM) deployments has been exploited in the wild.The vulnerability, tracked as CVE-2026-87886 (CVSS score: 7.8), is described as a case of local privilege escalation due to insecure file permissions. It affects the following versions - Acronis Backup plugin for cPanel & WHM (Linux.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/acronis-cpanel-backup-plugin.html

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