Linus Torvalds released the eighth release candidate (RC8) for the upcoming Linux Kernel version 6.19 on 1 February 2026.

In a world teeming with Linux distributions — from Ubuntu to Arch, Debian to Fedora — the idea of building your own may seem daunting, if not redundant. Yet, for many technologists, enthusiasts, and ...

Anthropic researcher Nicholas Carlini successfully used teams of Claude Opus 4.6 AI agents to build a massive C compiler in Rust without human guidance. The two-week experiment, costing $20,000, ...

For years, Torvalds has managed kernel versioning with a lighthearted logic: increase the major number only when he can no ...