Openwall Releases 'Linux Kernel Runtime Guard' 0.9.0

Long-time Slashdot reader xiando shares news from LinuxReviews: Linux Kernel Runtime Guard (LKRG) is a security module for the Linux kernel ...

Charles Geschke, co-founder of Adobe and co-inventor of the PDF, has died at 81

Photo by Roger Ressmeyer/Corbis/VCG via Getty Images Charles “Chuck” Geschke, a co-founder of Adobe who helped develop the PDF, has died ...

Federal investigators looking into breach at software code testing company Codecov

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge Federal officials are investigating a security breach at software auditing company Codecov, which...

Power Plants Become Bitcoin-Mining Operations. Are There Alternatives?

The New York Focus site writes: A decade ago, the bankrupt owner of the Greenidge power plant in Dresden, New York, sold the uncompetitive c...

China and Huawei's Dystopian 'New IP' Plan for 6G

Long-time Slashdot reader schwit1 shared this analysis from Just Security: Huawei's plans for 6G and beyond make U.S. concerns over 5G l...

Facebook Urged To Reconsider Its Plans for an Instagram for Children

Instagram for kids is a terrible idea, argues a columnist for the Observer. And yet: In March, Buzzfeed reported on Facebook's plans to ...

Slackware Approaches 28th Birthday With New Beta Release

Slashdot reader LeeLynx shares news from The Register about a Slackware 15 beta release (following the debut of February's alpha), "...