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      Intel Preparing WiFi 8 "UHR" Support For Their IWLWIFI Linux Driver

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 13:35

    Intel open-source software engineers have been busy beginning to prepare their upstream IWLWIFI wireless driver in the Linux kernel for supporting their next-gen WiFi adapters supporting the WiFi 8 "Ultra High Reliability" standard...
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      Linux 7.2 Proceeding To Deprecate AF_ALG Due To "Massive Attack Surface", Drops Offloading

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:48

    The Linux kernel's AF_ALG interface for user-space applications to directly access the Linux kernel's built-in cryptographic engine is proceeding with a quick deprecation cycle due to a "massive attack surface" with increased vulnerabilities coming to light due to AI/LLM-based tooling...
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      Phoronix Marking 22 Years Of Linux Hardware Coverage This Week

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:34

    On 5 June marks 22 years since starting Phoronix.com for covering the Linux hardware space and open-source news...
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      Some Elements Of Intel APX Not Proving Beneficial On Nova Lake / Diamond Rapids

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 10:14

    Some compiler tuning merged today to the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC) is disabling some features of Advanced Performance Extensions (APX) for upcoming Intel Nova Lake and Diamond Rapids processors as they are not proving worthwhile for performance...
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      NBD-VRAM Provides Swap Space On Your NVIDIA GeForce GPUs

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 9:57

    An open-source developer has created NBD-VRAM as a way to create swap space on your consumer NVIDIA GPU's video memory under Linux...
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      FreeBSD 15.1-RC2 Restores PadLock RNG For VIA & Zhaoxin CPUs

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 9:46

    A second release candidate of FreeBSD 15.1 was warranted and in turn released this weekend which now pushes the stable release back by one week...
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      NVIDIA Announces RTX Spark Superchip For Laptops & Desktops

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 9:33

    Jensen Huang used his Computex keynote today to formally announce RTX Spark as their new superchip for compact desktop PCs and laptops...
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      AI-Driven Security Disclosures, NVIDIA Vera & Linux 7.1 Features That Made An Exciting May

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 4:00

    May 2026 is now in the books after writing 275 original Linux/open-source minded news articles and another 20 featured-length benchmark articles / Linux hardware reviews. There was a lot of exciting topics in May to keep the month interesting and as we approach the Phoronix 22nd birthday this week...
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      Intel Xeon 6+ & Intel Ethernet E835 Launch

      news.movim.eu / Phoronix • 3:00

    Last year at Tech Tour Arizona, Intel announced Clearwater Forest as the Xeon 6+ series. Details were rather light then while for Computex, Intel is announcing that Xeon 6+ is now "launching" beginning tomorrow, 1 June. In addition to Xeon 6+, the new Intel Ethernet E835 is also launching while there are updates on Crescent Island and Diamond Rapids.