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The Oculus Go’s operating system is being unlocked, John Carmack announces

The Verge

Most notably, it was the release of Doom ’s source code in the late ‘90s that has allowed the classic shooter to be hacked into dozens of unusual devices from ATMs to digital cameras. This open-sourcing tradition continued up until the Doom 3 engine, whose source code was released in 2011.

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Cisco Talos Reports Microsoft Windows Policy Loophole Being Exploited by Threat Actor

Tech Republic Security

Learn how a malicious driver exploits a loophole in the Windows operating system to run at kernel level.

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References to 'realityOS' found in Apple source code

TechSpot

References to the operating system, reportedly codenamed Oak, were found in App Store upload logs and open source code.

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China says “no thanks” to Intel and AMD on government devices

Dataconomy

processors from government-operated computers and servers, thereby excluding chips manufactured by Intel and AMD, according to a report by the Financial Times. Authorities above the township level are mandated to acquire processors and operating systems deemed “safe and reliable” as per the Financial Times. and China.

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Huawei announces HarmonyOS update for its smartphones

The Verge

Huawei has announced that its HarmonyOS operating system is coming to its smartphones via a forthcoming update. Huawei’s consumer business CEO Richard Yu says the company is updating around 100 of its devices globally to the new operating system, which also includes tablets like the MatePad Pro.

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A hack nearly gained access to millions of computers. Here’s what we should learn from this.

Vox

One of the most fascinating and frightening incidents in computer security history started in 2022 with a few pushy emails to the mailing list for a small, one-person open source project. Linux is an open source operating system — as opposed to closed systems from companies like Apple — that runs on tens of millions of devices.)

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Google’s new Fuchsia OS arrives first on old Nest Hub

The Verge

Google’s long-awaited Fuchsia OS is starting to quietly roll out on its first consumer device, the first-generation Nest Hub, 9to5Google reports. Google’s work on Fuchsia OS first emerged in 2016 , and the open-source operating system is notable for not being based on a Linux kernel, instead using a microkernel called Zircon.