Usage-based pricing killing your vibe - here's how to roll your own local AI coding agents

Do we even need Anthropic or OpenAI's top models, or can we get away with a smaller local model? Sure, it might be slower, ...
Hackaday

This Week In Security: State Malware, State Hardware Bans, And Stuxnet Before Stuxnet Was Cool

Making headlines everywhere is the CopyFail Linux kernel vulnerability, which allows local privilege escalation (LPE) from any user to root privileges on most kernels and distributions. Local ...

One tool call to rule them all? New open source Python tool Runpod Flash eliminates containers for faster AI dev

With Flash GA, the company is attempting to transition from being a provider of raw compute to becoming the essential ...
Cybernews

One tiny exploit gives full Linux access: all kernels since 2017 are vulnerable

The critical "Copy Fail" bug (CVE-2026-31431) affects all Linux kernels since 2017, allowing unprivileged local users to gain ...
MUO on MSN

I switched to Linux without losing my Windows workflow — here's how WSL made that possible

I stopped choosing between Windows and Linux.
InfoWorld

Why it’s so hard to create stand-alone Python apps

Ever wonder why packaging a Python app and its dependencies as a single executable is such a pain? Blame it on the dynamism ...
MUO on MSN

3 apps I self-host that genuinely made my life better

My homelab actually pays off now.
komonews

Trump administration shuts down IRS Direct File, taxpayers to seek other free options

Each year, Americans spend an average of $240 to prepare and file their annual tax returns, according to the IRS Taxpayer Advocate Service. And the process is so complicated that about one million ...
Runner's World

How to Stay Sane and Motivated During Your Longest Runs

You’ve probably had this experience training for a marathon: You look at your training plan and see a long weekend run on the schedule. It could be seven miles or 14 miles or 20 miles, and instead of ...