Similarweb and Chartbeat reveal how AI is starving media sites of search traffic

New data from Similarweb and Chartbeat, reported by Axios, shows how AI-driven search and chat interfaces are cutting deeply into the referral traffic and engagement that once supported news websites. Google appears to be the main culprit: its AI Overviews answer more queries directly, reducing the need to visit original sources. Similarweb recorded just 47.6 million U.S. visits to about 100 major news sites in July, down from more than 70 million at the 2024 peak, while AI referrals remain too small to compensate.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/similarweb-and-chartbeat-reveal-how-ai-is-starving-media-sites-of-search-traffic/

Microsoft Teams can now block external bots before they enter meetings

Microsoft Teams now lets administrators automatically reject identified external bots instead of sending them to the lobby for manual approval. The control extends Teams’ meeting bot detection, helping organizations keep unauthorized AI notetakers, transcription services, and recording tools out of sensitive calls.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/microsoft-teams-can-now-block-external-bots-before-they-enter-meetings/

📰 Flatpak 1.18.3 Fixes Subsandbox Startup and Updates Meson Wrap Subprojects

Flatpak 1.18.3 Linux application sandboxing and distribution framework is now available for download with various bug and crash fixes for the stable Flatpak 1.18 series.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/flatpak-1-18-3-fixes-subsandbox-startup-and-updates-meson-wrap-subprojects

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📰 Classic physics-based browser game Happy Wheels gets revived on Steam

Happy Wheels is a game all about getting from A to B, and failing constantly while creating a rather amusing bloody mess.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/classic-physics-based-browser-game-happy-wheels-gets-revived-on-steam/

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https://gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/classic-physics-based-browser-game-happy-wheels-gets-revived-on-steam

Claude Opus 5.5 cuts long coding-session costs with cheaper cache reads

Claude Opus 5.5 is designed for the way developers now use coding agents: longer sessions, larger contexts, and fewer interruptions. Anthropic says the model can cost about 40% less than Opus 5 on typical token-billed workloads, with the biggest savings coming from cached context and fewer wasted turns.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/claude-opus-5-5-cuts-long-coding-session-costs-with-cheaper-cache-reads/

Ubuntu переходит на ускоренный цикл устранения уязвимостей в пакетах с ядром Linux

Компания Canonical объявила о переходе на унифицированный 2-недельный цикл подготовки обновлений пакетов с ядром Linux с публикацией нового обновления каждую неделю. Цикл разработки обновлений сокращён в связи с увеличением интенсивности выявления уязвимостей в ядре Linux. Новый цикл формирования очередного корректирующего обновления пакета с ядром теперь будет запускаться каждую неделю без разделения на обычные обновления и обновления с устранением уязвимостей.

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66335

📰 New Linux Kernel Flaw Gives ARM64 KVM Guests Read-Write Access to Host Memory

A new flaw in the Linux kernel's KVM virtualization code for ARM64 processors can leave a freed piece of host memory exposed to a guest virtual machine on hosts with nested virtualization enabled.The bug, tracked as CVE-2026-89775, allows a guest to read and write host kernel memory, and the researcher who found it says it can be used to escape the guest and run code on the host machine.

🔗 Source: https://thehackernews.com/2026/09/new-linux-kernel-flaw-gives-arm64-kvm.html

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📰 Alibaba Contributing $3M USD To Omarchy To Work On Making "Ideal" Agentic OS

The Omarchy project announced today that Alibaba Cloud will be contributing a total of three million USD to their foundation for helping development of this Linux distribution and working to make it an "ideal agentic operating system"...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Omarchy-Alibaba-3M

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https://phoronix.com/news/Omarchy-Alibaba-3M

📰 Steam Tests New Pyrowave Codec on Linux and SteamOS

Valve is testing Pyrowave, a new low-latency Steam Remote Play codec available on Linux and SteamOS through the experimental SteamRT3 client.

🔗 Source: /

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https://linuxiac.com/steam-tests-new-pyrowave-codec-on-linux-and-steamos

📰 systemd 262 Released With AI/LLM Canary For Unreviewed Code, LUO Integration

Systemd 262 made it out today as the newest feature update to this Linux init system and service manager. As with most systemd releases, it's heavy on new features and functionality...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/systemd-262

#linux #systemd

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https://phoronix.com/news/systemd-262

📰 Raspberry Pi Disallows RAM Upgrades to Fight Fraud, Does it Make Sense?

A resurfacing firmware lock is catching out new buyers and tinkerers who want to revive dead hardware.

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https://feed.itsfoss.com/link/24361/17469532/raspberry-pi-blocks-ram-upgrades

📰 Giada 1.6 Loop Machine Adds Time-Stretching Playback Mode for Sample Channels

Giada 1.6 open-source minimalistic and hardcore music production software has been released today as a major update that introduces several new features and improvements.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/giada-1-6-loop-machine-adds-time-stretching-playback-mode-for-sample-channels

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📰 SPEC Releases SPECviewperf 15.0.1 For Linux

SPEC back in May 2025 introduced SPECViewPerf 15 as the newest major release of this industry-standard workstation graphics benchmark. Sadly, the Linux support once again fell behind with SPECViewPerf 15 only debuting on Microsoft Windows. Today though Linux has caught up with SPEC releasing a Linux-native build of SPECViewPerf 15.0.1...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/SPECviewperf-15.0.1-Linux

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https://phoronix.com/news/SPECviewperf-15.0.1-Linux

📰 KDE's proposed LLM policy discussion gets locked after a fiery community clash

With the Linux kernel accepting LLM submissions, distro developers are beginning to ask themselves if AI code has a place within their own project. We've seen distros take both sides, with Gentoo and Void choosing the anti-AI option while Debian allowing only high-quality LLM-generated content. Now, it's KDE's turn to work out what level of LLM-made content is allowed, and the community has some strong thoughts from both camps.

🔗 Source: https://www.xda-developers.com/kdes-proposed-llm-policy-discussion-gets-locked-after-a-fiery-community-clash/

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https://xda-developers.com/kdes-proposed-llm-policy-discussion-gets-locked-after-a-fiery-community-clash

📰 Variable Refresh Rate "VRR" Target Limiter Proposed For Linux Graphics Drivers

A new proposal being discussed is introducing a Linux user-space API to be able to specify frame rate targets for Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) handling on the Linux desktop...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/VRR-Target-Rate-Limiter-uAPI

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https://phoronix.com/news/VRR-Target-Rate-Limiter-uAPI

📰 Mozilla Firefox 156.0.1 Is Now Available for Download with Various Bug Fixes

Mozilla Firefox 156.0.1 open-source web browser is now available for download with various bug fixes and improvements for all supported platforms.

🔗 Source: https://9to5linux.com/mozilla-firefox-156-0-1-is-now-available-for-download-with-various-bug-fixes

#firefox #opensource

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📰 NetBSD 10.2 Released With New Hardware Support and Security Fixes

NetBSD 10.2 is out as the second point release in the 10.x stable series, adding new Ethernet, VMware, ARM, and security improvements.

🔗 Source: /

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https://linuxiac.com/netbsd-10-2-released-with-new-hardware-support-and-security-fixes

📰 JSAUX launch the E-Ink and Pixel Matrix Faceplates for Steam Machine

More Steam Machine modding customization is here, with the launch of the JSAUX E-Ink and Pixel Matrix Faceplates.Read the full article on GamingOnLinux.

🔗 Source: https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/jsaux-launch-the-e-ink-and-pixel-matrix-faceplates-for-steam-machine/

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https://gamingonlinux.com/2026/09/jsaux-launch-the-e-ink-and-pixel-matrix-faceplates-for-steam-machine

📰 Ubuntu Linux Maker Canonical Achieved $345M USD In Revenue For 2025

In 2024 Canonical generated nearly $300M USD in revenue for this company behind Ubuntu Linux and other services and software solutions. For 2025, they not only broke $300M but well exceeded it with $345M in revenue...

🔗 Source: https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Canonical-Did-345M-2025

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https://phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Canonical-Did-345M-2025

Выпуск среды рабочего стола COSMIC 1.9.0

Компания System76, разрабатывающая Linux-дистрибутив Pop!_OS, опубликовала выпуск среды рабочего стола COSMIC 1.9.0. Пакеты с COSMIC 1.9.0 доступны в дистрибутиве Pop!_OS 24.04 и в ближайшее время ожидаются в Fedora, NixOS, Arch Linux, openSUSE, Aeyrin OS, Redox и CachyOS. Код написан на языке Rust и распространяется под лицензиями GPLv3 (приложения) и MPL-2.0 (библиотеки).

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https://www.opennet.ru/opennews/art.shtml?num=66339

Microsoft Security September 2026: Purview network DLP, Priority Cleanup, eDiscovery, and Intune for GCC High

Microsoft's September 2026 security roundup adds a Security Copilot detonation summary to Microsoft Defender for Office 365 and network-level data loss prevention (DLP) through Microsoft Purview and Microsoft Entra Global Secure Access. Purview also gains larger auto-labeling simulations, eDiscovery support for user-owned SharePoint Embedded containers, file-level archiving, and permanent deletion with Priority Cleanup. In addition, Intune Remote Help, Enterprise Application Management, and Microsoft Cloud PKI are coming to GCC High. This article explains the requirements, configuration steps, and limitations of each feature.
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https://4sysops.com/archives/microsoft-security-september-2026-purview-network-dlp-priority-cleanup-ediscovery-and-intune-for-gcc-high/