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Linux kernel to drop 486 and early 586 support

6 days 12 hours ago
Get in the bin: For the first time since 2012, some older CPU generations are being chopped

Kernel 6.15 is taking shape and it looks like it will eliminate support for Intel's 486 chip and its contemporaries.…

Liam Proven

India ready to greenlight Starlink – as long as it lets New Delhi censor, snoop

6 days 13 hours ago
Officials demand device registration, location locking, logs of user activity

India’s telecom regulator has signaled it’s ready to let Starlink and other satellite-broadband providers operate – but only if they agree to strict conditions, including setting up “special monitoring zones” within 50km of land borders where law enforcement and security agencies are permitted to monitor users.…

Simon Sharwood