Mozilla Firefox 155 is released, making Smart Window available in USA, Canada & France. Plus, blocked tracker counts, container reordering and Linux fixes.
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Getting is planning to ‘sunset’ IRC as an official support method, and some long-time users aren’t happy. The recently Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS release announcement didn’t include a link to the Ubuntu Support IRC channel under its “if you have a question” section – though, from looking, the last announcement to list IRC was the one for Ubuntu 24.10). That led to questions on if the Ubuntu support IRC channel is still an official community support option (the Help app in Ubuntu 26.04 still has links to pages which mention IRC). Aaron Rainbolt, an Ubuntu Community Council member, said the omission […]
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If you’re wondering why you can’t do a directly upgrade to Ubuntu 26.04 from 24.04 yet, despite the Resolute Raccoon’s first point release being live, there is a reason. Canonical’s Oliver Reiche said in the mailing list announcement for Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS that upgrades will be delayed by a few weeks to allow couple of backports to land. These will “address regressions in a recent version of rust-coreutils”. Users on Ubuntu 25.10 are not affected by this; upgrades from 25.10 went live in April. Unlike the ISOs, which target a fixed release date, upgrades don’t. When the ISO drops that doesn’t mean […]
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OpenShot 4.0 sees the open-source video editor add colour grading tools, a recording dock for audio and screen capture and new AI effects.
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A new version of open-source ebook manager Calibre is out – and it lets you create custom book covers using generative AI. Calibre 9.14, released August 28, lets you edit metadata for any book in your library and click an “AI Generate button” lets to make ebook covers in “styles such as romance, sci-fi, pulp fiction etc”. You need to set an AI provider (with an API key) that supports image generation for the feature to work. A strange feature? Perhaps. Most ebooks I own already have covers. While it might be amusing (for a hot minute) to see a […]
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Why security buyers are rethinking what matters most.
Security teams typically don’t struggle to find vulnerabilities as much as they have in the past. The harder part usually begins after the report arrives, once dozens of findings land in front of engineering teams already juggling patch schedules, production deadlines, and internal disagreements about urgency. Platforms like XBOW, OffSec, and Cobalt have entered that environment as organizations started rethinking what they actually need from pentesting vendors beyond annual compliance exercises.
A vulnerability may look severe inside a dashboard, while no one internally agrees whether it creates meaningful exposure or simply adds another item to an already crowded queue. Infrastructure also changes too quickly for static testing cycles to answer every operational question.
APIs update mid-quarter, contractors receive temporary access that lingers longer than expected, and cloud permissions change quietly during routine development work. Buyers evaluating vendors now spend more time asking whether testing accurately reflects the systems employees use every day.
Long reports stopped carrying the same weight years ago. Security teams already know modern environments contain weaknesses. What many organizations want now is clearer evidence showing which findings deserve immediate attention and which ones can wait without creating major operational exposure. That distinction became harder to ignore as remediation timelines stretched across larger environments.