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[$] Calibre adds AI "discussion" feature

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Par :jzb

Version 8.16.0 of the calibre ebook-management software, released on December 4, includes a "Discuss with AI" feature that can be used to query various AI/LLM services or local models about books, and ask for recommendations on what to read next. The feature has sparked discussion among human users of calibre as well, and more than a few are upset about the intrusion of AI into the software. After much pushback, it looks as though users will get the ability to hide the feature from calibre's user interface, but LLM-driven features are here to stay and more will likely be added over time.

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« L’app pour te faire des potes », ce Tinder pour adolescents made in France est accusé d’avoir livré des mineurs à des prédateurs

Wizz, une application présentée comme un moyen pour les adolescents de se faire de nouveaux amis, se retrouve accusée d’avoir servi de terrain de chasse à de nombreux prédateurs sexuels pour entrer en contact avec des mineurs. Aux États-Unis, les médias tirent la sonnette d'alarme et appellent les politiques à agir.

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Announcing Vojtux: a Fedora-based accessible Linux distribution

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Par :jzb

Vojtěch Polášek has announced an unofficial effort to create a Fedora-based distribution designed for visually impaired users:

My ultimate vision for this project is "NO VOJTUX NEEDED!" because I believe Fedora should eventually be fully accessible out of the box. We aren't there yet, which is where Vojtux comes in to fill the gap. [...]

Key Features:
-Speaks out of the box: When the live desktop is ready, Orca starts automatically. After installation, it is configured so that it starts on the login screen and also after logging in.
-Batteries included: Comes with LIOS , Ocrdesktop, Tesseract, Audacity, and command-line tools like Git and Curl. There are also many preconfigured keyboard shortcuts.

See the repository for instructions on getting the image.

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[$] Better development tools for the kernel

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Par :corbet
Despite depending heavily on tools, the kernel project often seems to under-invest in the development of those tools. There has been progress in that area, though. At the 2025 Maintainers Summit, Konstantin Ryabitsev, who is (among other things) the author of b4, led a session on ways in which the kernel's tools could be improved to make the development process more efficient and accessible.
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Conçu par une start-up française, ce « Tinder pour ados » aurait livré des mineurs à des prédateurs sexuels

Wizz, une application présentée comme un moyen pour les adolescents de se faire de nouveaux amis, se retrouve accusée d’avoir servi de terrain de chasse à de nombreux prédateurs sexuels pour entrer en contact avec des mineurs. Aux États-Unis, les médias tirent la sonnette d'alarme et appellent les politiques à agir.

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Security updates for Monday

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Par :jzb
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (firefox, grafana, kernel, libsoup3, mysql8.4, and wireshark), Debian (ruby-git, ruby-sidekiq, thunderbird, and vlc), Fedora (apptainer, chromium, firefox, golangci-lint, libpng, and xkbcomp), Mageia (golang), SUSE (binutils, chromium, firefox, gegl, go1.25, govulncheck-vulndb, hauler, kernel, keylime, libpng12, pgadmin4, postgresql16, python, python-Django, python-django, python3, python311, rhino, thunderbird, unbound, and xkbcomp), and Ubuntu (usbmuxd).
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