A new Linux kernel bug lets an ordinary, unprivileged user become root. It now hits Android too. Researchers have named it Bad Epoll. The Bad Epoll vulnerability carries the identifier CVE-2026-46242.

Abstract: The performance of multi-threaded applications relies on efficient inter-process communication. One common practice is putting a thread asleep while waiting for a certain condition.

Microsoft is fundamentally updating its cloud distribution Azure Linux. Version 4.0 relies on a modern base and increased ...

The System76 Lemur Pro is a thin and light Linux laptop that’s been around in one form or another for about six years. But this year System76 is bringing the biggest updates to ...

AMD's next-gen Zen 6 processors have long been rumored to include a third tier of CPU core, and this all but confirms it.

Diablo 4 Season 14 has arrived, which means players expected the usual launch-day chaos. Balance arguments. Build panic.

Valve has finally released information on the Steam Machine pricing and release timing. Here's how to get on the waitlist and ...

And say hello to much better NTFS support. Linux creator Linus Torvalds has announced the release of Linux 7.1.

The latest development release of the Windows compatibility layer Wine 11.9 has arrived with new features and bug fixes. We usually see one new main stable release of Wine per year, so expect Wine 12 ...

Abstract: This paper provides a concrete implementation and comprehensive assessment of the energy-based fair queuing (EFQ) scheduling algorithm based on the Linux operating system. EFQ is an extended ...