Phil Shapiro

How digitally sovereign is your organization? This Red Hat tool can tell you in minutes Red Hat's toolkit offers governments and enterprises a way to measure the control they actually have over their data, infrastructure, and operations in this era of geopolitical cloud anxiety.

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Red Hat's toolkit offers governments and enterprises an #opensource way to measure their cloud control.

Words and wonder: using poetry as part of the patient experience A series of Mondays in 2025 saw me carry a box of creative writing prompts, balanced like a baby on my hip, and push one palm against hospital double doors leading to an oncology and haematology day u...

"A poem is a portal. It can offer entry to themes of love, family, identity, nature, and much else. A poem may look spare, but its ability to show us the world anew is mighty." Writing by
@gosspoems.bsky.social in @thelancet.com about the healing power of poetry. tinyurl.com/healingpoetr...

Just published on FOSS Force: We Look at Debian 13.3 ‘Trixie,’ the Latest From the Crown Jewel of Linux Distros fossforce.com/2026/02/we-l...

You’re applying for a position as an #embedded systems developer. Are you ready for the questions a hiring manager is likely to ask? Check your answers for these 38 questions to prepare for the job interview.
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Linux after Linus? The kernel community finally drafts a plan for replacing Torvalds Linus plans to live forever. But just in case he doesn't, there's now a succession plan (though no actual successor).

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Mind you, Linus told me he has no plans whatsoever to retire, but if something were to go wrong, there's a way to replace him now. #Linux

Why the internet kept breaking and taking down your favorite sites in 2025 There's a reason outages kept frustrating users last year, according to Cloudflare.

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Would it surprise you to know that DNS played a large role? No, I didn't think it would.

Silver price surge has enterprise technology costs | TechTarget The silver price surge driven by supply deficits and tech demand are quietly increasing hardware and data center costs, forcing CIOs to manage volatility.

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The surging price of silver is good news for those who have invested in it, but it also has significant effects on the enterprise.

Chainguard EmeritOSS backs MinIO, other orphaned projects Chainguard EmeritOSS, a project to maintain vital but unsupported programs has also adopted a number of Prometheus and database exporters.

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#OpenSource has a problem. There are many under-supported or even abandoned open-source programs that are still widely used, but there’s no one at the driver’s wheel.

IBM warns AI spend fails without AI literacy AI literacy is a must going forward. But that means far more than just knowing how to write LLM prompts. At a meeting at IBM Raleigh, IBM distinguish...

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#AI literacy is far more than just knowing how to craft prompts; it requires learning across disciplines to master AI to benefit both businesses and society.

At 25, Wikipedia embodies what the internet could have been - but can it survive AI? Wikipedia has overcome its growing pains, but AI is now the biggest threat to its long-term survival.

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#Wikipedia just turned 25, but with #AI stealing its data and readers, will it make it to 30?

Physical AI is not Yet Another Buzzword. The premise is that AI technologies should incorporate bodily awareness, including an object’s sense of space, motion, and interactions. That may sound like another way to describe robotics, but there is a distinction.
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Shopify, Walmart Endorse Google's New Open Commerce Protocol UCP aims to reduce transaction friction and establish an interoperable alternative to closed shopping ecosystems like Amazon’s.

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The retail #AI protocol standards war is heating up.

Even Linus Torvalds is vibe coding now It was on a very silly project, but with even Linux's creator now using AI, the debate over code quality, maintainability, and developer skills is likely to intensify.

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Mind you, it is on a rather silly project. But then, if you're vibe coding, those are exactly the ones you should be using it on. #AI

Microsoft 365 Copilot app rebrand was bad, others were worse Opinion: The software wasn't actually renamed, but you couldn't be blamed for being confused

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The worst of the no-good, awful tech rebrands.

The most durable tech is boring, old, and everywhere Opinion: From COBOL and C to Linux and SQL, the unglamorous software that keeps the world running refuses to disappear

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Love them or hate them, these legacy technologies will be with us for decades still to come.

How I use Samsung's secret Wi-Fi menu to seriously improve my connectivity Here's how to find Connectivity labs on your Galaxy phone - and the 7 features I actually use.

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If you use a Samsung smartphone and want to make the most of its Wi-Fi, I've some really helpful suggestions for you.

Linux will be unstoppable in 2026 - but one open-source legend may not survive Linux and open source are gearing up for a big year, with desktop growth, Rust, and security leading the way.

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Most of #Linux and #opensource software will have a great year in 2026. Firefox? Not so much.

After Vizio Ruling, SFC Pushes Back And Torvalds Weighs In - FOSS Force The court ruled, SFC fired back, and Linus Torvalds couldn’t resist weighing in. Here’s what actually happened.

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My Holiday Hopes for Linux and Open Source - FOSS Force Here’s Jack Wallen’s wish list for Linux and open source in 2026 -- from the desktop to the developers who keep it alive.

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Excited to see @thelibrariansfilm.bsky.social playing at The Prytania on Jan 4th! @la-cac.org
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Why I Wouldn't Want John Solomon's New CMO Job at Mozilla - FOSS Force Firefox’s market share has cratered. Mozilla’s dependence on Google and executive pay have soared. What John Solomon is really walking into.

Just published on FOSS Force: Why I Wouldn’t Want John Solomon’s New CMO Job at Mozilla fossforce.com/2025/12/why-...

The internet in 2025: Bigger, more fragile than ever - and 'fundamentally rewired' by AI Cloudflare's annual review describes a busier, more brittle, more hostile network. Frankly, I'm worried

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The Internet in 2025 was bigger, faster, and more brittle than ever.

The state of open-source networking: The foundations and technologies driving today’s networks Mapping the core projects (SONiC, Cilium, DPDK) and foundations (LFN, CNCF) driving data center, 5G, and Kubernetes connectivity.

Mapping the core projects (SONiC, Cilium, DPDK) and foundations (LFN, CNCF) driving data center, 5G, and Kubernetes connectivity. @networkworld.bsky.social www.networkworld.com/article/4107...

Calibre 8.16’s AI Wants to Talk Books. It Can’t Even Find Mine. - FOSS Force After looking at the new Calibre 8.16 which puts AI on the playing field, our writer wonders if that's a good idea.

Just published on FOSS Force: Calibre 8.16’s AI Wants to Talk Books. It Can’t Even Find Mine.

Papermoon: A Space-Grade Linux for the NewSpace Era Discover Papermoon, the open source project creating a standard, space-grade Linux to replace bespoke software for satellites and spacecraft in the NewSpace era.

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Discover Papermoon, the open source project creating a standard, #space-grade #Linux to replace bespoke software for satellites and spacecraft in the NewSpace era.

A Cross-Domain Software Infrastructure Platform Is Necessary for Cloud-Native SDVs Software-defined vehicles require a software infrastructure platform that is modular, hardware-agnostic and cross-domain.

Traditional middleware options have become complex and rigid. That's an issue in designing software-defined vehicles. SDVs need a developer-friendly open software framework that embeds edge analytics, containers, and over-the-air (OTA) update capabilities. No biggie.
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Linux 6.18: All About the New Long-Term Support Linux Kernel The newest version of the Linux kernel offers two years of long-term support, plus upgrades to the slab memory allocator, security hardening and more.

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What exactly is Long Term Support #Linux, and what's in the latest LTS Linux kernel?

The Sneetches on Nietzsches. philshapirochatgptexplorations.blogspot.com/2025/12/the-...

Linus Torvalds is 'a huge believer' in using AI to maintain code - just don't call it a revolution Torvalds is sick of all the AI hype, but says AI is finally maturing to the point where it will be useful for Linux developers and maintainers.

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Torvalds is really starting to like #AI for #Linux code maintenance.

This new Linux platform will let you update your next car at home - as soon as 2027 Toyota, Honda, and Mazda are building a new open-source car platform that runs everything from entertainment to navigation - and could even power self-driving.

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Your 2028 and beyond model-year car will run #Linux and open-source software.