A Linux developer used AI to fix bottlenecks that caused problems when building the kernel. The resulting AI-generated code needed a lot of work.

Brazilian patent BRPI0109962B1 has expired, which means that DivX and Xvid are no longer problematic for Linux, but it doesn’t mean that video is all of a sudden fully unleashed.

Thanks to AI bug hunters, the Linux kernel is seeing record numbers of vulnerabilities, and it's overwhelming developers.

So long as Linux is distributed under the GPL, MIT, BSD, and Apache licenses, the OS is  exempt from being required to verify the age of its users in California.

35 years ago, a Finnish student began a humble project that would forever change the course of technology.