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The EU KIDS Act Should Make Services Safer, Not Create an Internet Badge

The European Commission’s proposed EU KIDS Act addresses a growing concern shared by parents, educators, policymakers, and young people: some online services are designed to encourage excessive use, exploit users’ attention, or expose minors to harmful interactions. Protecting children online is an important and legitimate policy objective.

Tor Project blog

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You can ensure people worldwide can exercise their human rights to digital privacy and access to information by making a donation today. Every donation, of any size, makes a difference.

New Release: Tor Browser 15.0.25

This version includes important security updates to Firefox.

9to5Linux

Mozilla Thunderbird 158 Email Client Improves Quick Filter Responsiveness

Mozilla Thunderbird 158 looks like a smaller update due to the faster development cycle, updating the ExtensionSettings policy to install add-ons from update_url when install_url is not set, and improving the responsiveness of the quick filter.

TUXEDO Stellaris 16 Gen8 Linux Laptop Unveiled with Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus

The 8th-gen TUXEDO Stellaris 16 Linux laptop is powered by the Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus processor with 24 cores (8 performance cores and 16 efficiency cores) and a 5.6 GHz clock speed, up to 96 GB DDR5-6400 or 128 GB DDR5-5600 RAM, and ultra-high-speed NVMe PCIe 5.0 SSD storage.

Linux Mint 27 “Adrien” Slated for Release on Christmas, Based on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS

That’s right, the next major Linux Mint release will be Linux Mint 27, not Linux Mint 23 as initially thought, and since Linux Mint 22.3 “Zena” was the last to reach the end of the alphabet, the devs are now starting all over but using boys’ names this time, so the codename of Linux Mint 27 is “Adrien.”

Mozilla Firefox 159 Enters Public Beta Testing with Wayland Improvements

Firefox 159 promises easier access to saved passwords from the sidebar by default, the ability to search open tabs with a keyboard shortcut, support for importing bookmarks from Google Chrome profiles that are signed in to a Google account, and improved visuals for menus and panels on Linux and Windows.

Ubuntu’s Myna Speech-to-Text App Is Now Available as a Technology Preview

Myna brings AI-powered speech-to-text dictation to the Ubuntu Desktop using local models. While Myna prioritizes local speech recognition, feature releases will also support online models. However, the app doesn’t require an active Internet connection and processes audio in memory and discards it after use.

Ubuntu 27.04 “Tenacious T-Rex” Is Slated for Release on April 22nd, 2027

Ubuntu 27.04 “Tenacious T-Rex” will be Canonical’s 46th Ubuntu release, and it’s an interim one that will be supported with software and security updates for only nine months, until January 2028, targeting bleeding-edge Ubuntu users who are willing to trade Ubuntu LTS’s stability for the latest technologies.

Mozilla Firefox 158 Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New

Highlights of Mozilla Firefox 158 include improved PDF handling on Linux and macOS systems by using the SkPDF PDF-generation backend for Skia, allowing PDFs to be more accessible and also addressing various PDF rendering issues, support for the new JPEG XL image format, and support for storing custom wallpapers in the New Tab page.

9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 11th, 2026

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Dictator Can Make Obama US President Again

“Never wrestle with pigs. You both get dirty and the pig likes it.” — George Bernard Shaw

Xmas in Two Months

Feels a bit festive already

In Safe Hands

We’ll be doing fine this coming Christmas and next year

IRC is Not Dying, Quit Repeating This FUD

It hurts it

Noisy People at Gyms

No simple fix

The Green-Eyed Bird

Birds are incredible animals

Keeping Our Country Free

“Give me a country where I can be free”

Tropical Fish

Finally.

CR-2026-007405: Holding Reform UK Party Limited Accountable

The more they talk, the worse it gets

ManCity Back on Topic (Football)

Tomorrow

LinuxGizmos.com

(Updated) 32-channel logic analyzer supports 1.4GS/s sampling and USB 3.2 Gen2 streaming

Sipeed’s SLogic32U3 is a 32-channel logic analyzer designed for high-speed digital capture over USB 3.2 Gen2. The device supports configurable sample rates based on the number of active channels, direct streaming to a host system, optional analog acquisition modules, and software support across Windows, Linux, and macOS.

ZOTAC CM5-PICO Fanless Industrial PC with Dual HDMI and M.2 Expansion

ZOTAC’s ZBOX PRO CM5-PICO is a compact industrial computer powered by the Raspberry Pi Compute Module 5. The fanless system supports dual 4K displays, Gigabit Ethernet, M.2 expansion, and a 40-pin GPIO header, with an aluminum enclosure designed for continuous operation in embedded and edge computing applications.

Abietec AX61 Wireless Modules Leverage Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, and Matter

Abietec, a subsidiary of Raytac, offers the AX61 series of wireless modules based on NXP’s RW612 and RW610 microcontrollers. The small-form-factor modules support Wi-Fi 6, Bluetooth 5.4, and Matter connectivity, with multiple antenna configurations and an accompanying development kit for embedded and IoT applications.

Zymbit ZYMKEY 5 Security Module Offers 640 Key Slots for Raspberry Pi

Zymbit’s ZYMKEY 5 is a hardware security module for Raspberry Pi systems, offering 640 key slots, filesystem encryption, device authentication, and physical tamper detection. It also supports additional cryptographic algorithms compared to its predecessor.