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QEMU 11.0 Could Finish Removing 32-bit Host CPU Support:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/QEMU-Patches-Drop-32-bit-Host

Kodi downloads are going offline on January 12-13 and installs will fail -- but don't panic:
https://betanews.com/2026/01/08/kodi-downloads-are-going-offline-next-week-and-installs-will-fail-but-dont-panic/

Google to release AOSP source code less frequently:
https://betanews.com/2026/01/07/google-to-release-android-source-code-less-frequently/
(Just the usual corporate style "boil the frog" strategy against cumtom AOSP roms...)

Brave's new adblock engine cuts memory usage by 75% across all platforms:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/brave-s-new-adblock-engine-cuts-memory-usage-by-75-across-all-platforms/

ollama 0.14 Can Make Use Of Bash For Letting AI/LLMs Run Commands On Your System:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/ollama-0.14-rc2

COCOS 4 Game Engine Goes FOSS:
https://itsfoss.com/news/cocos-4-game-engine/

Based on Transport Tycoon Deluxe, OpenTTD gets some big new features in v15:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/based-on-transport-tycoon-deluxe-openttd-gets-some-big-new-features-in-v15/

The excellent free Command & Conquer - Combined Arms gets more missions and co-op:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2026/01/the-excellent-free-command-conquer-combined-arms-gets-more-missions-and-co-op/

TrueNAS WebShare: ZFS-Backed, Enterprise-Grade File Sharing From The Web Browser:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/TrueNAS-WebShare

GNU ddrescue 1.30 "Orders of Magnitude" Better In Recovery From Drives With A Dead Head:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GNU-ddrescue-1.30

Proton raised $1.27 million in their 2025 Lifetime Account Charity Fundraiser to support a better internet:
https://proton.me/blog/2025-lifetime-fundraiser-results

Home Assistant 2026.1 brings home dashboard improvements & more purpose-specific triggers:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/home-assistant-2026-1-brings-home-dashboard-improvements-and-more-purpose-specific-triggers/

Zed adds Dev Container support, enabling the creation of reproducible dev environments:
https://alternativeto.net/news/2026/1/zed-adds-dev-container-support-enabling-the-creation-of-reproducible-dev-environments/

GCC 16 Lands Support For Using Picolibc:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/GCC-16-Picolibc

Redox OS Begins Developing Its Own Intel Graphics Driver:
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Redox-OS-Own-Intel-GPU-Driver

My Joplin config got some update: custom styling for to-do and checklist items:
https://codeberg.org/fossery-tech/joplin-desktop-config
(Additionally, I fixed the image link in the README, so now you can actually see the screenshot.)

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