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Key Takeaways: * Rust moved from experiment to mainstream in the Linux kernel, but it also produced the kernel's first Rust CVE this year. * Linus Torvalds actively shaped decisions: rejecting low-quality patches, enforcing formatting changes, and influencing Rust policy. * Meta adopted the Steam Deck–designed scheduler on its hyperscaler
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* Canonical accelerated migration to Rust system components (sudo-rs, Rust Coreutils) across Ubuntu 25.10. * Rust transitions uncovered performance regressions, unattended-upgrade breakage, and two sudo-rs vulnerabilities. * Canonical advanced ARM64 desktop ISOs, x86_64-v3 builds, Multipass open sourcing, and Java investment. * Ubuntu 26.04 LTS remains the focal point; Canonical exceeded $300M
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* Key Takeaways: * QNX now offers a Self-Hosted Developer Desktop running QNX 8.0 with an Xfce session on Wayland. * Toolchains include GCC and LLVM/Clang, plus Python and common build utilities for on-device development. * Distributed as a QEMU virtual machine (tested on Ubuntu); Raspberry Pi native image exploration is planned.
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* Key takeaways: * Google is rolling out the ability for Gmail users to change their @gmail.com address without losing data or services. * Old addresses remain active and continue to receive mail; saved content (emails, photos, messages) is preserved. * The feature is limited to accounts that end in @gmail.com and
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* Key Takeaways: * iOS 26.3 will enable easier data transfer between iPhone and Android through an Apple–Google collaboration. * EU users gain third‑party smartwatch notifications (e.g., Garmin Fenix 8), new NFC components and faster peer‑to‑peer Wi‑Fi due to the DMA. * Apple plans a late January–
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* Key Takeaways: * Google’s support pages in several languages indicate a gradual rollout to let some users change their @gmail.com address. * The new address keeps the @gmail.com domain; the old address becomes an alternate and still receives email and sign-ins. * Data (Drive, Photos, YouTube) remains intact, but you
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* Key Takeaways: * Google is rolling out a feature that lets users replace their @gmail.com primary address without creating a new account. * The old address becomes an alias; messages to both addresses land in the same inbox and stored data (Drive, Google Photos, purchases) remains intact. * You can sign in
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* You may soon be able to change an existing @gmail.com address to a different @gmail.com without creating a new Google Account. * Google’s Hindi support page, cited by 9to5Google, says the original Gmail handle will remain active and both addresses will point to the same account. * Data (emails,
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* Transfer to Android lets iPhones wirelessly migrate photos, messages, apps, and phone numbers to Android devices. * Notification Forwarding enables iPhone alerts to appear on third‑party smartwatches in the EU only. * New EU interoperability tools: proximity pairing, expanded NFC roles, and high‑bandwidth peer‑to‑peer Wi‑Fi. * Small UI
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• Google is gradually rolling out a new option to change an @gmail.com address to a different @gmail.com username. • The old Gmail address becomes an alias; both old and new addresses receive email and can be used to sign in. • Accounts can change their Gmail username up to three
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• Threads now supports short, in-feed podcast episode previews that play directly in users’ feeds. • Meta is hosting live podcast events to encourage creators and listeners to build communities on Threads. • Threads aims to shift podcast conversations from fan-run Facebook Groups to host-led interactions on its app. • The move pits Threads
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* Familiar Face library cleaned up to improve person identification accuracy. * Animal detection now distinguishes cats and dogs at distance and better preserves colors. * Home Brief descriptions for people are more accurate when faces aren’t visible. * Longer videos get richer AI-generated summaries to capture important events. What’s included in