Late Night Linux – Episode 292
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NVIDIA makes more of its drivers easier to install, the EU is probably going to redirect FOSS funding to AI, Mark Zuckerberg abuses the term “open source”, Proton jumps the shark, a trio of typical Google stories, and the shortest KDE Korner in history.
News
NVIDIA Transitions Fully Towards Open-Source GPU Kernel Modules
The next Nvidia driver makes even more GPUs “open,” in a specific, quirky way
FOSS funding vanishes from EU’s 2025 Horizon program plans
Open Source AI Is the Path Forward
The first GPT-4-class AI model anyone can download has arrived: Llama 405B
Introducing Proton Wallet – a safer way to hold Bitcoin
Introducing Proton Scribe, a private writing assistant that writes and proofreads emails for you
Google halts its 4-plus-year plan to turn off tracking cookies by default in Chrome
Google’s reCAPTCHA v2 just labor exploitation, boffins say
Google’s shortened links will stop working next year
Contribute to KDE with more than just C++
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