A new Linux kernel bug lets an ordinary, unprivileged user become root. It now hits Android too. Researchers have named it Bad Epoll. The Bad Epoll vulnerability carries the identifier CVE-2026-46242.

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Microsoft's Linux server distribution is now available as an ISO to install on your own server or virtual machine.

Microsoft's principal program manager for Azure open source, Lachlan Evenson, told ZDNET that the company chose Fedora as its upstream so Azure Linux could tap into the RPM ecosystem while Microsoft ...

Sachi Kamiya's Sentient Foundation, backed by Peter Thiel's Founders Fund, has committed $42 million to open-source AGI as crypto becomes the payment rail for AI agents.

Microsoft's Fedora-derived Azure Linux 4 has hit a new milestone: you can now run it outside of Azure. The project's GitHub page now offers ISO file downloads in addition to its A ...

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