The Federal Data Center Enhancement Act (FDCEA) is set to expire in September without an apparent replacement, potentially ending requirements for federal agencies to report on data-center efficiency, resilience, energy and water use, and contractor sustainability. Wired reports: Despite the public backlash, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the government agency that sets guidance for how agencies implement policies in line with the president's agenda, is not providing any plans for how federal agencies should manage the sunset or continue to implement reporting beyond the timeline of the law. This, current and former workers at OMB and the General Services Administration (GSA) say, signals that the Trump administration is set to take an even more hands-off approach to data center oversight and regulation. A replacement for the requirements laid out in FDCEA would, in other administrations, have been in the works for months ahead of its expiration. An employee with the GSA, the agency that oversees the government's IT services and helps to implement the FDCEA, says that the lack of any sort of plan is highly uncommon. The employee spoke to WIRED on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation. "Never in the history of data center policies has a policy expired without another one having been painstakingly worked on for three years behind the scenes," says the GSA employee. "The technology has changed so much it's not about getting everything right, it's about doing the best they can and updating to a new policy. They claim they're going to make sure private companies pay their fare share, but they haven't explained how they'll do that." [...] There has been a burst of data-center-related legislation introduced in Congress this year, from bills that mandate environmental reviews of data centers to bills designed to protect local moratoriums. However, it appears that none of these bills are designed to address the requirements in FDCEA, nor do they specifically address federally run or leased data centers. [...] A search of reginfo.gov, the OMB website that contains reports on the president's Unified Agenda, also turns up nothing for the FDCEA. "By letting this expire, OMB is going to enter into this new age of prioritizing rapid AI development over any sort of centralized control or rigorous standards," says the anonymous GSA employee who spoke to Wired. "In the absence of a new policy from OMB, [GSA] has no directive or measurable standards with which to point agencies towards managing data centers efficiently."

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alternative_right shares a report from The Hill: The FBI released an urgent security warning to the public about a fast-acting scam targeting Microsoft 365 users on Teams, Outlook and OneDrive. The agency warned that the hacking platform Kali365 seeks out OAuth device codes, allowing scammers to sneak past multi-factor authentication codes, and without the need for a password, to access Microsoft accounts. Scammers will send a phishing email impersonating a trusted document-sharing service with a device code and instructions on how to verify, according to the FBI. "Kali365 lowers the barrier of entry, providing less-technical attackers access to AI-generated phishing lures, automated campaign templates, real-time targeted individual/entity tracking dashboards, and OAuth token capture capabilities," the FBI stated. The platform is sold to scammers with a $250 per month subscription. The FBI, which first detected Kali365 in April, described the hacking platform as an "emerging Phishing-as-a-Service platform." Hackers with limited skills can access advanced phishing tools through the platform, according to NordPass.

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The community of developers continuing to maintain Ubuntu Touch for smartphones has released the Ubuntu Touch 24.04-2.0 beta ahead of the planned stable release in mid-July...

Google is removing Chrome's last remaining workarounds for Manifest V2 extensions, effectively ending support for legacy ad blockers such as the original uBlock Origin. 9to5Google reports: CyberNews points out a Chromium commit that removes support for the "kExtensionManifestV2Disabled" flag, which is referred to as "dead code" seeing as Chrome no longer supports Manifest V2 extensions. This removal acts as the final stop for many Manifest V2-based ad blocker extensions that were still in use today -- the flag was effectively a loophole to continue using these extensions. A Googler on the commit explains: "MV2 extensions are no longer allowed in any supported version of Chrome, and we are removing support for them and the associated functionality. We won't be able to provide / maintain this functionality indefinitely due to the complexity and tech debt, as well as the security risks it entails (we've actually found a number of bugs that are specific to MV2 lately). Of course, other browsers can continue supporting these if they so desire." This will also impact other Chromium-based browsers, though the comment notes that "other browsers can continue supporting these if they so desire." Neowin points out that Microsoft Edge and Opera are likely to follow suit. Chrome 150, set to be released later this month, will remove this flag, while other leftover bits of Manifest V2 will be removed in the v151 release.

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The newest open-source project out of Intel is the Intel Performance Skills project that is providing AI agent skills to help with CPU performance analysis and performance optimizations on Linux...

An anonymous reader quotes a report from Ars Technica: A decade ago, AMD added a protection to its high-end CPUs to protect them against cold boot attacks and other types of physical exploits that siphon sensitive data out of the connected memory chips. Short for Transparent Secure Memory Encryption, TSME encrypts the entire contents stored in memory, making the data useless to physical attackers. Over time, AMD added TSME to lower-end processors, including the consumer version of its Ryzen chips, a CPU that costs less than the Pro version. Over the years, users of these lower-end chips have gotten used to the added security. Recently and without warning or notice, this lower-end line of AMD chips suddenly dropped the protection, and did so in a way that was impossible to detect on Windows machines and required a fair amount of technical work when using Linux. AMD has yet to say why TSME worked on these CPUs, or even to confirm the change. AMD declined to answer questions sent by email other than to say TSME "is a security feature only applied to PRO CPUs as part of AMD PRO Technologies." The statement is the first known time the chipmaker has explicitly made this restriction public. [...] There's no indication that AMD ever advertised or marketed TSME as being available in consumer CPUs. AMD has long said that a related memory protection, Secure Memory Encryption (SME), is available only in the Pro and Epyc CPU tiers. SME is OS-managed. It uses a single key and allows the OS to selectively encrypt individual memory pages. TSME is firmware-managed. It encrypts all RAM with no OS involvement. When active, it provides protection against physical attacks, including cold boot exploits, DRAM interface snooping, and memory module removal. It activates silently when enabled in the BIOS, making it the more practically useful of the two protections. Ben Kilpatrick, a self-described "privacy-conscious Linux hobbyist," discovered that TSME had stopped working on his consumer Ryzen processor despite remaining enabled in the BIOS. He spent months investigating, persuaded MSI engineers to test multiple CPUs, motherboards, and firmware versions, and filed a public AMD bug report that traced the change to newer AGESA firmware apparently disabling TSME on consumer chips while retaining it on Pro and EPYC models. "AMD engineers' comments, such as those mentioned above, and the years of TSME working just fine in the lower-cost tier processors, have understandably conditioned Kilpatrick and other users to reasonably regard it as an expected part of the chip package," reports Ars Technica. "AMD quietly removing it and providing no acknowledgment or explanation strikes these users as something of a betrayal." Joe Fitzgerald, an expert in silicon-level security, said in an interview: "They could have not realized they did it leading to their cagey responses, or they could have done it intentionally and tried to get away with it, leading to the same cagey responses. But I really feel like an explanation should be in order, even if it was 'TSME was never supposed to be supported. We did ship some firmwares that erroneously enabled it, but you shouldn't use them since we can't guarantee it'll work properly.'"

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The FreeBSD Project announced today the launch of an AI-Assisted Vulnerability Discovery Project with grant funding provided by the Linux Foundation backed Alpha-Omega project. Alpha-Mega has sponsors including Microsoft, AWS, Google, Anthrophic, OpenAI, and others who will now be helping with FreeBSD uncovering new vulnerabilities by leveraging AI...

Longtime Slashdot reader necro81 writes: The heavily promoted, $499 T1 "Trump Phone" was originally said to be "Made in the USA" and ship in September 2025. Later, that was downgraded to "Assembled in the USA." Given the Trump Organization's lack of engineering or supply chain expertise, many assumed the "T1" would just be a private-label phone made by someone else. After a number of delays, the first phones are finally shipping. iFixit has performed a teardown and concluded that the T1 is a just gold-painted 2024 HTC U24 Pro -- a device from a Taiwanese company, probably using mainland China design and supply chains. In collaboration with NBC News, the iFixit team examined both phones using CT scans, side-by-side teardowns, and even reassembled a working T1 using a U24 Pro main board. As for "assembled in the USA," that may be true, in the same sense that your phone's repairman can "assemble" a phone from a handful of subassemblies sourced from someone else. Or it may have been assembled in Guangdong, China like the other U24 Pros. iFixit sums it up: "What you have is not an 'American-Proud Design,' but a phone designed in China, made in China, with the vast majority of parts sourced from China. I'm failing to find any stirring of American pride within me. I've certainly felt it before, so I can confirm that it is absent at this time." Quinn Nelson of Snazzy Labs on YouTube also published a comprehensive video of his experience ordering, unboxing, and tearing down the phone. "From pre-order emails landing in Gmail spam thanks to botched DMARC records, to paying for the $47.45 Trump Mobile 47 Plan over the phone, the entire buying experience was a disaster worthy of its own review," writes Nelson.

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Last month a new GCC back-end was proposed for WebAssembly to allow C/C++ code to be compiled to WASM with this GNU compiler toolchain. The GCC Steering Committee has evaluated it and approves the notion of WebAssembly back-end for GCC...

Du côté de NVIDIA, on n'est pas du genre à revoir à la hausse ses prix officiels, c'est un fait. Un exemple qui le montre clairement : en ce 15 juin 2026, la GeForce RTX 5090 est toujours officiellement à 1 999 $, comme vous pouvez le constater sur le site de la firme. Et il en va de même pour toute...

Longtime Slashdot reader schwit1 shares a report from NBC News: British Prime Minister Keir Starmer has announced a sweeping ban on social media use for those under 16, joining other countries around the world seeking to protect children online. "It's a big step for our country," Starmer said in a recorded video message released Monday. "Social media is making our children unhappy and unsafe, and as a parent, as much as a Prime Minister, I just can't let that go on anymore," he added. The ban will include social platforms like Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X, while there is no intention for messaging services like WhatsApp and Signal to be included, the government said in a release. [...] Starmer's government called Monday's announcement a "landmark" move, saying the new measures would be brought to Parliament before Christmas, with protections expected to come into force next spring. Beyond the blanket social media ban, the restrictions will also include blocks on functions such as livestreaming and stranger communication with children for under-16s, it added. "It's not an easy thing to do. I'll be honest about that," Starmer said. "We haven't rushed into it. We've looked carefully at the evidence, and we'll have to adapt our approach as technology changes, learn from other countries which are taking similar steps." He went on to say that it will face resistance from some of the most powerful companies in the world. "But we will take them on, and we will win, because the need for action could not be any clearer."

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Fox is buying Roku for $22 billion, combining Fox's sports, news, entertainment, Tubi, and Fox One offerings with a streaming platform that reaches about 100 million people. The companies say the merger would create the "third-largest player in US television by share of viewing," while Fox insists Roku will remain open to competing apps after the deal closes. CNN reports: Fox has dabbled in streaming over the past few years -- finally launching its Fox One competitor last August -- but has lacked a serious streaming business with the ability to compete in a space dominated by YouTube, Netflix, Amazon, Disney+, HBO Max, Paramount+ and Peacock. With CNN parent company Warner Bros. Discovery receiving initial US regulatory approval to combine with Paramount, Fox's purchase of Roku became more urgent. [...] The deal is expected to close in the first half of 2027 with the companies forecasting $400 million in savings. "This is a defining moment for Fox, and a natural extension of the deliberate and focused strategy we have been executing for nearly a decade," said Fox CEO Lachlan Murdoch. "Today, we take the next step: bringing together the most valuable live content portfolio in video consumption with the preeminent streaming platform through which America watches it." Murdoch said Roku will continue to offer competing apps. "It's essential that Roku remain open and partner-friendly business. We don't see that changing at all."

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Les publicités comparatives sont rares en France, avec notre Code de la consommation très strict qui fait passer à bien des fabricants l'envie de s'y essayer. Comme ce n'est pas dans nos habitudes d'en croiser, il est toujours intéressant de voir ce qui peut se faire ailleurs à ce sujet, surtout qua...

After days of dealing with 1,500+ packages in the Arch Linux AUR containing malware, the latest headache in the Arch Linux User Repository is Russian spam and offensive messages...

Invité de BFM Business pour les 30 ans de Bouygues Telecom, le directeur général Benoît Torloting s’est livré. Il a d’abord déroulé l’histoire de l’opérateur. Puis il a attaqué le dossier brûlant du rachat de SFR. Cette interview de Benoît Torloting est à retrouver en vidéo plus bas. Elle mêle souvenirs de pionnier et annonces […]

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Le rachat de SFR rebat les cartes des télécoms français. Si vous êtes abonné, une question domine : que va-t-il se passer pour vous ? La migration des clients SFR se ferait, selon Bouygues Telecom, sans changement de carte SIM ni coupure. Voici ce qui changerait, quand, et ce que vous avez à faire (ou […]

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Babygirl arrive sur Prime Video ce lundi 15 juin 2026. Le thriller avec Nicole Kidman, très remarqué à sa sortie en salles, débarque en streaming. Voici ce qu’il faut savoir avant de lancer le film depuis votre Bbox. Le film Le casting Comment regarder Babygirl sur Prime Video : un thriller qui a fait parler […]

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BrianFagioli writes: Google CEO Sundar Pichai delivered Stanford University's 2026 commencement address, but despite leading one of the companies at the center of the AI boom, he spent very little time discussing artificial intelligence. Instead, the speech focused on optimism, working on hard things, and following your interests. The omission is notable given how many graduates are entering a job market being reshaped by AI. While Pichai briefly referenced a "rewiring of technology," he largely avoided discussing AI's impact on careers, automation, or the future of work. Was the Google CEO intentionally steering clear of a controversial topic, or was he simply trying to deliver a timeless commencement speech rather than a technology-focused one? Hyping AI during a commencement speech has been a surefire way to get boos -- unless you're Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak, who reminded college graduates that they already posses "AI" of their own: "actual intelligence." You can read Pichai's commencement speech here. "If you're not from here, California is advertised as being really lush and green. But when I looked out the window, it was more... brown," said Pichai during his speech. "I guess I said this out loud, I'm not sure why. My host, Mrs. Jane Earl, gently corrected me. 'We prefer to call it golden,' she said.And that's exactly what I mean by choosing optimism. It's about reframing for the positive: Where I saw brown, she saw golden. This slight change of perspective had a huge ripple effect on how I thought about the world around me."

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Petit acteur sur le marché français et européen des appareils de streaming, Roku est en revanche un poids lourd en Amérique du Nord. Et c’est ce qui explique la grosseur du chèque signé par le groupe Fox pour s’offrir le constructeur : 22 milliards de dollars.

Grosse transaction dans le paysage du streaming : Fox, un des principaux groupes audiovisuels américains (Fox News, Fox Sports…), a annoncé l’acquisition de Roku pour la modique somme de 22 milliards de dollars. Cela représente une prime d’environ 20 % par rapport à la valeur de l’action Roku vendredi dernier ; la clôture de l’opération est prévue pour le premier semestre 2027.

Fox ajoute donc à son arsenal tout un catalogue de boîtiers de streaming et de téléviseurs connectés, mais ce n’est pas tellement le matériel qui intéresse le groupe détenu par la famille Murdoch, bien que Roku soit un mastodonte dans ce secteur. La plateforme revendique plus de 100 millions de foyers actifs dans le monde… un monde qui reste largement circonscrit à l’Amérique du Nord. Roku est tout simplement la plateforme numéro 1 aux États-Unis, au Canada et au Mexique en nombre d’heures visionnées.

Fox cherche surtout à renforcer sa position sur le marché plus général du streaming qui lui échappe aujourd’hui. « Ensemble, Fox et Roku entendent créer un groupe média et technologique de nouvelle génération doté d’une grande envergure, à la croisée de deux tendances majeures qui redessinent la consommation vidéo : la place toujours centrale du sport et de l’information en direct, et la progression continue du streaming », peut-on lire dans le communiqué.

Avec Roku, Fox met également la main sur The Roku Channel, l’un des principaux services gratuits financés par la publicité aux États-Unis, qui viendra compléter sa propre plateforme Tubi.

Certaines sources évoquent chez CNN l’impérieuse nécessité pour Fox de sortir de son isolement relatif, surtout après les premiers feux verts réglementaires donnés au rapprochement entre Paramount et Warner Bros. Discovery. Fox risquait de devenir le seul grand groupe média américain sans véritable plateforme de distribution grand public.

Au-delà de ses box, Roku est aussi et surtout un coffre au trésor publicitaire. L’entreprise possède en effet une montagne de données utilisateurs, des outils de ciblage publicitaires et un important inventaire d’espace publicitaire sur les téléviseurs connectés. Le groupe pourra ainsi vendre des campagnes qui combineront ses deux principaux canaux de diffusion Fox News et Fox Sports, mais aussi Tubi, The Roku Channel et au-delà, l’écosystème de Roku.

Histoire de rassurer les partenaires qui ont contribué au succès de Roku, Fox promet que la plateforme restera ouverte – elle continuera d’accueillir Netflix, Disney+, YouTube, Prime Video et d’autres services qui sont désormais des concurrents directs.

Petit acteur sur le marché français et européen des appareils de streaming, Roku est en revanche un poids lourd en Amérique du Nord. Et c’est ce qui explique la grosseur du chèque signé par le groupe Fox pour s’offrir le constructeur : 22 milliards de dollars.

Grosse transaction dans le paysage du streaming : Fox, un des principaux groupes audiovisuels américains (Fox News, Fox Sports…), a annoncé l’acquisition de Roku pour la modique somme de 22 milliards de dollars. Cela représente une prime d’environ 20 % par rapport à la valeur de l’action Roku vendredi dernier ; la clôture de l’opération est prévue pour le premier semestre 2027.

Fox ajoute donc à son arsenal tout un catalogue de boîtiers de streaming et de téléviseurs connectés, mais ce n’est pas tellement le matériel qui intéresse le groupe détenu par la famille Murdoch, bien que Roku soit un mastodonte dans ce secteur. La plateforme revendique plus de 100 millions de foyers actifs dans le monde… un monde qui reste largement circonscrit à l’Amérique du Nord. Roku est tout simplement la plateforme numéro 1 aux États-Unis, au Canada et au Mexique en nombre d’heures visionnées.

Fox cherche surtout à renforcer sa position sur le marché plus général du streaming qui lui échappe aujourd’hui. « Ensemble, Fox et Roku entendent créer un groupe média et technologique de nouvelle génération doté d’une grande envergure, à la croisée de deux tendances majeures qui redessinent la consommation vidéo : la place toujours centrale du sport et de l’information en direct, et la progression continue du streaming », peut-on lire dans le communiqué.

Avec Roku, Fox met également la main sur The Roku Channel, l’un des principaux services gratuits financés par la publicité aux États-Unis, qui viendra compléter sa propre plateforme Tubi.

Certaines sources évoquent chez CNN l’impérieuse nécessité pour Fox de sortir de son isolement relatif, surtout après les premiers feux verts réglementaires donnés au rapprochement entre Paramount et Warner Bros. Discovery. Fox risquait de devenir le seul grand groupe média américain sans véritable plateforme de distribution grand public.

Au-delà de ses box, Roku est aussi et surtout un coffre au trésor publicitaire. L’entreprise possède en effet une montagne de données utilisateurs, des outils de ciblage publicitaires et un important inventaire d’espace publicitaire sur les téléviseurs connectés. Le groupe pourra ainsi vendre des campagnes qui combineront ses deux principaux canaux de diffusion Fox News et Fox Sports, mais aussi Tubi, The Roku Channel et au-delà, l’écosystème de Roku.

Histoire de rassurer les partenaires qui ont contribué au succès de Roku, Fox promet que la plateforme restera ouverte – elle continuera d’accueillir Netflix, Disney+, YouTube, Prime Video et d’autres services qui sont désormais des concurrents directs.