May 16, 2026

KDE gets €1M, 3 big vulnerabilities for Linux, EU privacy disaster brewing

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02:00 KDE gets 1.2M euros from STF

https://kde.org/announcements/sovereign-tech-fund-invests-kde/

04:49 DirtyFrag vulnerability & Killswitch proposed

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/05/08/active-attack-dirty-frag-linux-vulnerability-expands-post-compromise-risk/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0.6-Released

https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-killswitch-proposal/

06:55 Yet another vulnerability for Linux

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-fragnesia-linux-flaw-lets-attackers-gain-root-privileges/

07:51 And another Linux flaw discovered

https://github.com/0xdeadbeefnetwork/ssh-keysign-pwn

09:33 Plasma 6.7 beta released

https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Plasma_6#Plasma_6.7

12:22 EU wants Google to share anonymized user data with other engines

https://www.techradar.com/vpn/vpn-privacy-security/google-is-not-collaborative-and-not-in-the-spirit-of-complying-with-this-regulation-can-the-eu-commission-strong-arm-google-into-levelling-the-playing-field-of-the-search-engine-market-and-is-this-really-in-the-interest-of-your-privacy

16:39 Fedora discusses making an “AI desktop spin”“

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-ai-developer-desktop-objective/184941

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-ai-developer-desktop-objective/184941/54

https://www.techradar.com/pro/i-have-zero-evidence-in-front-of-me-that-users-are-being-driven-away-from-fedora-because-of-ai-ubuntu-and-fedora-confirmed-to-both-get-ai-support-soon

https://linuxiac.com/fedora-ai-desktop-initiative-blocked-after-council-vote-reversal/

20:38 Abstract brings some of their software to Linux

https://abstract3d.com/2026/05/01/abstract-rolls-out-native-linux-support-built-for-the-pipelines-that-power-production/

22:43 CEMU infected with malware

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/cemu-linux-malware

https://rentry.org/cemu-security-psa

24:06 Wine improves Wayland driver

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-Wayland-Pointer-Warp

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May 16, 2026

KDE gets €1M, 3 big vulnerabilities for Linux, EU privacy disaster brewing

26 minutes

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02:00 KDE gets 1.2M euros from STF

https://kde.org/announcements/sovereign-tech-fund-invests-kde/

04:49 DirtyFrag vulnerability & Killswitch proposed

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/security/blog/2026/05/08/active-attack-dirty-frag-linux-vulnerability-expands-post-compromise-risk/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Linux-7.0.6-Released

https://itsfoss.com/news/linux-killswitch-proposal/

06:55 Yet another vulnerability for Linux

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/new-fragnesia-linux-flaw-lets-attackers-gain-root-privileges/

07:51 And another Linux flaw discovered

https://github.com/0xdeadbeefnetwork/ssh-keysign-pwn

09:33 Plasma 6.7 beta released

https://community.kde.org/Plasma/Plasma_6#Plasma_6.7

12:22 EU wants Google to share anonymized user data with other engines

16:39 Fedora discusses making an “AI desktop spin”“

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-ai-developer-desktop-objective/184941

https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/fedora-ai-developer-desktop-objective/184941/54

https://www.techradar.com/pro/i-have-zero-evidence-in-front-of-me-that-users-are-being-driven-away-from-fedora-because-of-ai-ubuntu-and-fedora-confirmed-to-both-get-ai-support-soon

https://linuxiac.com/fedora-ai-desktop-initiative-blocked-after-council-vote-reversal/

20:38 Abstract brings some of their software to Linux

https://abstract3d.com/2026/05/01/abstract-rolls-out-native-linux-support-built-for-the-pipelines-that-power-production/

22:43 CEMU infected with malware

https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2026/05/cemu-linux-malware

https://rentry.org/cemu-security-psa

24:06 Wine improves Wayland driver

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Wine-Wayland-Pointer-Warp

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