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British researchers at CERN report the discovery of Xi-cc-plus, a proton-like particle four times heavier than a regular proton, found in data from the upgraded LHCb detector after a 20-year search, promising new insights into the strong force that binds atomic nuclei.
Valve is reviving the Steam Machine for 2026 as a compact living-room Linux PC alongside the Steam Frame and Steam Controller; it uses a semi-custom AMD Zen 4 CPU, RDNA3 GPU, 16GB RAM, and 512GB–2TB storage, runs SteamOS with Proton to translate Windows games for Linux, and relies on FidelityFX Super Resolution upscaling for 4K/60FPS where feasible. Pricing and a firm release date aren’t announced yet, but Valve says it will sit at a premium PC-like price and has acknowledged RAM/storage shortages affecting plans; the company is also expanding its game-verification program to cover Steam Machine titles.
Installer No. 116 surveys reader tips for ditching Big Tech, highlighting Proton for email/calendar/docs, Signal for private messaging, Nextcloud for open-source, self-hosted services, and Home Assistant for smart homes; it also flags privacy-focused or open-source options (Firefox, Kagi, Ecosia, Linux Mint, GrapheneOS, Jellyfin, Obsidian) and shares Paris Marx’s homescreen plus crowdsourced picks, showing that a non‑Big Tech life is increasingly feasible.
D7VK 1.3 adds Direct3D 5 support atop Vulkan, extending the DXVK-based Proton compatibility layer to run classic Windows games on Linux, and adds FSAA emulation along with logging improvements and various fixes.
Wine 11.0 stable release brings NTSYNC support on recent Linux kernels, a stable WoW64 mode, exclusive fullscreen support, improved Wine Wayland driver support, Vulkan improvements, and broader gaming enhancements to run Windows software on Linux and bolster Proton/Steam Play.
Valve has significantly advanced its SteamOS Linux-based operating system, making it a strong competitor to Windows for PC gaming, especially with the success of Proton that allows Windows games to run seamlessly on Linux. This shift is challenging Microsoft's dominance in PC gaming, as more gamers and manufacturers adopt SteamOS for better performance and flexibility, including on Arm hardware, signaling a potential future where Windows is no longer the default gaming platform.
Steam on Linux has reached a new high, surpassing 3% market share for October 2025, driven by the success of Steam Deck and Proton, with Linux now at 3.05% overall, marking its best performance in a decade.
Proton has launched a new open-source two-factor authentication app called Proton Authenticator, aiming to provide a privacy-focused alternative to Google and Microsoft’s tools. It offers secure, offline-capable code generation, cross-device sync, and data backup, emphasizing user control and transparency. The app is free and available across multiple platforms, marking Proton's entry into the 2FA market alongside its existing privacy tools.
Proton has launched a free, open-source authenticator app available across all major platforms, offering secure, encrypted, and offline-compatible two-factor authentication to enhance account security and user privacy.
Proton has launched Lumo, a privacy-focused AI assistant that encrypts all chats, keeps no logs, and operates without third-party data sharing, emphasizing transparency and European data protection standards.
Proton has launched Lumo, a privacy-focused AI chatbot that stores data locally with zero-access encryption, ensuring user privacy and preventing third-party access, positioning itself as an alternative to larger tech company AI services.
Valve's Proton Experimental has been updated to include initial speech synthesis support and various game fixes for Steam Deck and Linux. The update also simplifies modding by allowing most mods to be extracted next to the game executable without additional steps. This change, along with previous updates like NVIDIA Optical Flow API support, enhances the gaming experience on Linux. Proton 9.0-4 is also in testing as the next stable version.
Proton has introduced passkey support for its Proton Pass password manager, emphasizing that access is free, universal, and open-source. The company criticizes big tech's approach to passkey support, stating that it locks customers into specific platforms or requires paid plans. In contrast, Proton aims to make passkeys accessible to everyone, offering a one-click interface, open-source and end-to-end encryption, and compatibility with all standard and business plans.
Physicists have long sought to understand the distribution of matter and energy within protons, particularly the elusive "Druck term" which represents the arrangement of pressures and forces. While traditional gravitational experiments were deemed impractical due to the weakness of gravity, a breakthrough in the late 1990s and early 2000s revealed a workaround involving two-photon scattering events. By analyzing the energies and momentums of particles resulting from these events, physicists were able to extract the proton's internal pressures, revealing intense forces at the proton's core and shedding light on its stability.
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