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[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for July 23, 2026
Inside this week's LWN.net Weekly Edition: Front: LLMs in the kernel; GNOME save and restore; Fedora changes; BPF and tracepoints; BPF and LSMs; famfs; sched_ext. Briefs: GNOME security; PyPI policy; Arch on aarch64;...
Trump’s Plan for Science: More Money for A.I., Less for Universities
Michael Kratsios, President Trump’s science adviser, proposed overhauling how the government funds research. Democrats said Mr. Trump’s actions had weakened science.
Ctrl-Alt-Speech Spotlight: PwC’s Dan Hays On The Future Of Trust & Safety
Ctrl-Alt-Speech is a weekly podcast about the latest news in online speech, from Mike Masnick and Everything in Moderation‘s Ben Whitelaw. Subscribe now on Apple Podcasts, Overcast, Spotify, Pocket Casts, YouTube, or...
NASA Sets Coverage for Astronaut Chris Williams, Crewmates Return
NASA astronaut Chris Williams and Roscosmos cosmonauts Sergey Kud-Sverchkov and Sergei Mikaev are wrapping up their 241‑day mission aboard the International Space Station. The crew and its Soyuz MS-28 spacecraft will...
A New Look – and Sound – for Messier 94
NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory unveiled this new look at the galaxy NGC 4736, also known as Messier 94, on June 30, 2026. Messier 94 is a spiral galaxy with a bright inner ring around it, called a starburst ring,...
The SEC Pays a Texting Fine
Also 351 exchange ETFs, SpaceX lockup releases and zombie funds.
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger launch bid for 2032 Afcon
Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger - three countries led by military governments - submit a joint bid to host the 2032 Africa Cup of Nations.
Money Box
Will planned house-sale reforms improve the system in England, Wales and Northern Ireland?
Mapping Io’s Hidden Heat With NASA’s Juno
Description This graphic illustrates the areas of Jupiter’s moon Io sampled by the Microwave Radiometer (MWR) instrument aboard NASA’s Juno spacecraft during two close flybys. The black overlapping lines show the...
Wall Street Won’t Give Up on Saylor’s Strategy, Sees 170% Upside
Michael Saylor’s Strategy Inc. is confronting a collapse of confidence almost everywhere — except among Wall Street analysts.
Who is Mykhailo Drapatyi, Ukraine's new commander-in-chief?
Drapatyi becomes Ukraine's third commander-in-chief since Russia's full-scale invasion in February 2022.
Maduro Trial Date Set for June 2027 in US Drug-Trafficking Case
Nicolás Maduro appeared in court for the first time since March as a judge set a June 1, 2027, date for the ousted Venezuelan leader’s trial in a US drug-trafficking and narco-terrorism conspiracy case.
Chokepoints for Ocean Trade: Strait of Hormuz, and What Else?
For those who can be fuzzy on global geography, like me, it’s perhaps useful to say that the Persian Gulf is a body of water bordered by eight countries: Bahrain, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United...
Menlo Ventures’ Matt Murphy explains what AI startups founders must do differently
Anthropic leaped to a $47 billion revenue run rate by May, compared to $9 billion in 2025. It’s the kind of growth that Menlo Ventures’ Matt Murphy says he’s never seen in 25 years of investing, not in the internet...
Open models recap: more on Kimi K3, Qwen 3.8, Xi's WAIC speech, distillation, the open-closed gap, and what's next
A podcast with Florian Brand.
Samsung unveils new Galaxy Z8 foldables and Galaxy Watches, available August 7
Samsung's new foldables are slimmer, faster, and more expensive.
'Devastated' Millie Bobby Brown leads Kaylee Hottle tributes
The 18-year-old Godzilla vs Kong actress died in a car crash in Frederick, Maryland.
YouTube star MrBeast marries Thea Booysen
The world's biggest YouTuber said he had finally found his "Mrs Beast".
Redmond's reaper cometh: October 2026 set to bury a graveyard of Microsoft products
Office LTSC 2021, Windows Server 2022, Publisher, and Entra ID risk policies all facing the chop within weeks of each other
Eels defend Luai's 2027 signing ahead of Chiefs move
Parramatta coach Jason Ryles is unapologetic about agreeing to Jarome Luai's one-season stopover at the Eels.
Software glitch allowed about 400 noncitizens to vote in New Jersey, governor says
New Jersey's governor says a software error led to about 400 noncitizens voting in 2023 and 2024. NPR's Leila Fadel talks to David Becker of the nonpartisan Center for Election Innovation & Research.
Fatal landslides in May 2026
Satellite image of the aftermath of the 26 May 2026 landslides in Yongchuan District, Chongqing. Image copyright Planet Labs, used with permission, captured on 3 June 2026.
When China Gets Its Own Mythos
Preparing for an AI cyber crisis.
The Iran Cease-Fire Was Doomed to Fail
Why transactionalism won’t deliver peace in the Middle East.
Rising Crude, US Rate-Hike Bets Counter Dollar Inflow Support for Rupee
The Indian currency has fallen about 2% from its June high.
Foreign tourists increasingly flock to Seoul's markets, hiking spots
SEOUL, July 22 (Yonhap) -- Foreign tourists in Seoul are increasingly visiting t...
Tuesday discussion post
AIPAC, lobster boats, and “The Odyssey”
European Commission: ‘Guidance to Google for AI Interoperability on Android & Sharing of Google Search’
What the EC is dictating to Google is just breathtaking in scope.
NASA to Host Media Briefing on Roman Telescope, Launching Next Month
Media are invited to join NASA for a virtual news conference at 2 p.m. EDT, Wednesday, July 29, to preview the Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope mission, scheduled to launch from the agency’s Kennedy Space Center in...
Tour de France stage 16: Evenepoel beats Pogacar again but Lipowitz latest GC contender to crash out
Analysis of stage 16 of the 2026 Tour de France, a 26km time trial between Évian-les-Bains and Thonon-les-Bains
LSE Will Trade 22.83 Hours a Day
Also BlackRock vs. BlackRock, the Warner ticking fee, Polymarket insider trading and data center gold mining.
Taylor Farms Spent Big on MAGA and Anti-Regulatory Lobbying Before Diarrhea Outbreak
The company donated more than $3.6 million to conservative groups between 2020 and 2025, including $1 million to the MAGA Inc. super PAC.
Replay: Lebanon's Joseph Aoun and US's Donald Trump hold press conference
Rewatch as Lebanese President Joseph Aoun meets US President Donald Trump as pressure mounts on Beirut to disarm Hezbollah.
McSweeney trumps Hain as Northants maintain that winning feeling
Commanding 88 sets up a five-wicket victory against Warwickshire at Wantage Road
Dundalk sign Irish underage striker Dillon from QPR
Dundalk FC have signed Republic of Ireland Under-21 striker Cian Dillon from Queens Park Rangers on a multi-year contract.