An old-style PC BIOS served the function of a bootloader in loading the operating system kernel, and of an API in providing a ...

Linux 7.2 has removed the kernel-side strncpy API after a six-year cleanup, shifting low-level code toward explicit ...

FishMonger, a China-nexus threat group, has deployed an undocumented version of the Linux backdoor against government targets in several countries.

Apple yesterday held its WWDC 2026 Platforms State of the Union, detailing a wide range of updates to its developer tools and platforms, headlined by a major expansion of the Foundation Models ...

Publicly released exploit code for an effectively unpatched vulnerability that gives root access to virtually all releases of Linux is setting off alarm bells as defenders scramble to ward off severe ...

Alpaca has completed its acquisition of European fintech WealthKernel, which will now operate as Alpaca Europe The acquisition gives Alpaca a regulated brokerage and custody presence across the UK and ...

The Ubuntu 24.04.4 HWE ships the Linux 6.17 kernel and Mesa 25.2.7, the latter a sizeable leap over the 25.0.x series in the 24.04.3 HWE update last August. New versions of Intel VAAPI driver (2.4.1), ...

Abstract: Developers often want to find out how to use a certain API (e.g., FileReader.read in JDK library). API usage examples are very helpful in this regard. Over the years, many automated methods ...

Microsoft is gradually integrating Rust into the Windows kernel and is also gradually converting Windows driver development. Microsoft is taking stock. Due to the complexity of the Windows kernel API, ...

A weak point has been lurking in the Linux kernel since 2019. The kernel function IO_uring can be used to bypass all common security controls-for complete root access. Even leading security solutions ...

Concerns surfaced last September when Microsoft software engineer Wedson Almeida Filho stepped away from the Rust for Linux project, citing frustration with "nontechnical nonsense" – which is one way ...