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Android's sideloading changes, the big Visual Studio Code update, better Linux phones, and more: News roundup

Everything you may have missed from the past week.
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Systemd Merges Age Verification: Here’s What You Need to Know

Systemd adds a birthDate field for age verification. Learn what PR #40954 does, why it matters, and why users are worried about privacy.

EndeavorOS Titan is one of the most unique Arch-based Linux distros I've tried - here's why

EndeavorOS Titan is the newest release in this Arch-based distribution, and it is well worth the update, especially if you depend on proper GPU drivers.
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This AI Assistant Makes the Linux Desktop Much Smarter

Newelle turns your Linux GNOME desktop into a smart assistant with AI chat, voice commands, mini apps, and document search.
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'How Old Are You?' Linux Grapples With New Age Check Rules

Linux distribution maintainers are among the developers scrambling to comply with a raft of upcoming laws that will require them to comply with age assurance or ...

Amazon security boss says crims abused max-security Cisco firewall flaw weeks before disclosure

Ransomware criminals exploited CVE-2026-20131, a maximum-severity bug in Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center software, as a zero-day vulnerability more than a month before Cisco patched the hole, ...