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•                     DEVOPS #### Model Context Protocol prepares to break with its stateful pastBiggest overhaul since launch ditches sessions, guts little-used features, and leaves homebrew implementations facing a slog
  

  •                 Offbeat #### Tesla burns through a billion as Musk bets the farm on chips and botsOptimus remains 'very complex' and Robotaxis will try not to flatten your cat
    

    •             software #### IBM insists AI didn't kill software deals, just delayed themBig Blue says customers postponed rather than abandoned major purchases as hardware soaked up enterprise budgets
      

      •         offbeat #### UK pumps £708 million into its future fighter jetTempest cash lands alongside hypersonic target contract and BAE's 'loyal wingman' drone reveal
        

        •     AI and ML #### OpenAI scored an own goal with HuggingFace attack, showing how open Chinese models are winningClosed models with guardrails can still cause harm, but may also not be able to fix problems they caused
          

•                     Security #### Russians are posing as Signal support to launch phishing attacksPLUS: US takes down Iranian propaganda sites; Marketing company asks 'Why Do We Have Your Information?' And more!
  

  •                 Security #### Microsoft patches failed to fix on-prem SharePoint, which is now under zero-day attackPLUS: China upgrades smartphone surveillance tools; Ring eases anti-snooping stance; and more
    

    •             Black Hat and DEF CON #### DEF CON Franklin project enlists hackers to harden critical infrastructureVoting village reports have been so successful, says Jeff Moss, that the whole of DEF CON will now be included
      

      •         Security #### EQT buys majority share in Swiss cybersecurity biz AcronisWent at equivalent of $3.5B+ valuation for entire firm, though portion sold not specified
        

        •     Malware Month #### Ten years since the first corp ransomware, Mikko Hyppönen sees no end in sightOn the plus side, infosec's a good bet for a long, stable career
          

•                     #### GNOME can look like Windows – and Flashback can do it without extensionsNew 'Simple-taskbar' is an option, but there's a simpler, stabler way
  

  •                 #### A moment of silence, please, for the final release of Debian on x86-32New Debian versions hit FOSSland in the form of 13.6 and 12.15
    

    •             #### Baddies caught exploiting extensions bugs with perfect 10 scores on vulnerable Joomla websitesFlaws in iCagenda, Balbooa Forms extensions can impact open source CMS that powers a million sites worldwide
      

      •         #### Frame: A new X11 server – implemented directly in assemblyJoins yserver, Phoenix, and of course XLibre – and outlier Arcan
        

        •     #### Cinnamon 6.8 will support Wayland – if you want itNext version of Linux Mint’s desktop has both kinds of display server
          

          • #### KDE Plasma users face a dire omen of change: 6.6.6 arrives6.7 is now current, and in 6.8 you're getting Wayland whether you like it or not