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Owners are treating their pets to red light therapy, chiropractor massages and specialised supplements in hopes they can 'biohack' their 'fur babies' to live longer.

Zuck's empire declares triple the appetite of Apple or Microsoft, while Google packs the leaderboard, survey shows

by George Whittaker

Linux creator Linus Torvalds has officially released Linux Kernel 7.2, opening another chapter in the development of the world's most widely deployed open-source kernel. The final release arrived on August 16, 2026, following seven release candidates and roughly two months of development. Kernel.org now lists Linux 7.2 as the latest mainline release.

Linux 7.2 is a substantial update with improvements spanning CPU scheduling, storage performance, AMD and Intel hardware support, graphics, networking, virtualization, RISC-V, and Apple Silicon. Among its biggest additions are Cache-Aware Scheduling, USB4STREAM, AMD ISP4 support, and initial AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 FRL functionality.

Cache-Aware Scheduling Lands in Linux

One of the most interesting performance additions in Linux 7.2 is Cache-Aware Scheduling (CAS).

Modern processors frequently contain multiple last-level caches shared between groups of CPU cores. Traditional scheduling decisions don't always account optimally for those cache relationships, potentially moving tasks between cores in ways that increase cache misses.

Cache-Aware Scheduling gives the Linux scheduler additional information about cache topology so it can make smarter decisions about where workloads should run.

Early testing during development produced particularly impressive results for some server workloads, including major gains in certain MySQL configurations. The improvement varies significantly by hardware and workload, so users shouldn't expect similarly dramatic gains everywhere.

For modern AMD and Intel systems with increasingly complex CPU topologies, however, CAS provides another tool for extracting better performance from existing hardware.

USB4STREAM Enables High-Speed Connections Between Computers

Linux 7.2 also introduces USB4STREAM, an interesting new capability for transferring data directly between computers over USB4 or Thunderbolt connections.

Rather than treating USB primarily as a traditional host-to-device interface, USB4STREAM can facilitate high-speed communication between systems.

Potential applications include:

• Large file transfers
• Development environments
• High-speed system-to-system networking
• Debugging
• Specialized workstation workflows

With USB4 and Thunderbolt increasingly common on laptops and desktops, this could eventually become a useful option for moving large amounts of data between Linux machines.

AMD ISP4 Finally Reaches the Mainline Kernel

AMD users receive another important addition with the arrival of the AMD ISP4 driver.

ISP stands for Image Signal Processor, hardware responsible for processing camera data before it reaches applications.

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Microsoft MVP Loryan Strant has created the Microsoft Rebrand Registry, cataloging 72 Microsoft products and the 158 names they've had over the years. His analysis finds that Microsoft product names survive an average of two years and eleven months. The site even predicts which products are most likely to get renamed next, "by considering the amount of time the current name has applied, prior names, and the frequency with which Microsoft changes names of products in the same family," reports The Register. "That methodology led him to suggest an 'elevated' likelihood of name changes for the Azure App Service, Azure SQL Database, Azure DevOps, and Microsoft Dynamics 365 Field Service." From the report: Readers may remember that Strant has also created the site Let Me Correct That For You, which lists the exact names of Microsoft products -- an effort he told The Register he thinks is useful because Microsoft in its wisdom uses Camel Case for names like PowerPoint but went with conventional capitalization for Copilot. Another of his sites immortalizes Microsoft cloud product logos. He's also created HumbledandHonored.com, a site that generates social media posts MVPs can use to announce they have earned or retained Microsoft's awards. Strant told The Register that the Rebrand Registry came about after some banter between himself and other MVPs, during which the topic of Microsoft's many product name changes came up. He decided to do something about it.

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Actress Phyllida Law has died aged 94 surrounded by her loved ones at home.

Footage has captured the moment a drill artist who was has now been jailed was arrested with a gun at a probation meeting.

Footage has captured the moment a drill artist who was has now been jailed was arrested with a gun at a probation meeting.

The younger York princess said the couple looked to the people they 'love and admire, past and present' when naming the newest member of the British royal family.

The 21-year-old Norwegian royal announced the news by sharing her official portrait for the popular reality TV show, which is part of the International Dancing with the Stars franchise.

Ronald Adams, 63, was crushed to death in April of last year inside the conglomerate's Dundee Engine Plant in Michigan.

Since first opening its doors in the UK in 1992, it's hard to find anyone who hasn't, at some point in their lives, had a cheeky Nando's.

Dozens of parents, most of whom are British, are said to fear fertility clinics in northern Cyprus did not use the donors they had carefully selected.

London Stansted Airport has named five top destinations for a last-minute family escape.

Five weeks after the terrifying incident that saw Ljubiša Karovic suffer severe injuries, lawyer Vasileios Tsiaras is working with a US law firm to represent him and 35 other passengers.

Chatwin said the dramatic topic matter might have played a part in Panettiere's temperament during production of the movie.

Phishing, malvertising attacks could target devs to gain access to private corporate networks

Mathilde Favier, the director of public relations at Christian Dior Couture, has died at age 57 in a car accident in Western France along with her partner, film producer Nicolas Altmayer, 61.

As might be expected of the veteran horticulturalist, the grounds at his Herefordshire home - familiar to Gardeners' World viewers - are still looking healthy.

Peter Roberts, 40, sent the message in November 2024, four months after Reeves became Chancellor.

It had been converted to fire projectiles and ammunition