The EDAC (Error Detection and Correction) driver monitors and reports memory errors on systems with ECC RAM, but for the Intel 440BX chipset, it has been non-functional since 2007 due to incompatibility with the Intel AGP driver, meaning hardware-level error correction still works without software notifications.

No, the Intel 440BX chipset itself remains fully supported in Linux 7.0 and works fine, including in virtual machines like VMware; only the broken EDAC driver (~500 lines of code) is removed to streamline the kernel.

The incentives refer to Illinois' data center tax credit program, which provides tax breaks for new data center developments to encourage business recruitment and economic growth.

The suspension addresses concerns over data centers' impact on the power grid, rising consumer energy bills, and resource allocation; during the two-year moratorium starting July 1, state agencies will study these effects to ensure financial sustainability and fair infrastructure use.

Liquid cooling in smartphones is a heat management system that uses flowing coolant to transfer heat away from high-performance components. The RedMagic 11 Pro features a pulsating water-cooling system that works similarly to PC water-cooling but operates differently—it balances heat distribution without directly contacting the chip. The system transfers heat from hot areas (like the left side where the processor is located) to cooler areas on the phone, using a sealed system with non-conductive, leak-proof coolant that remains stable across extreme temperatures from -60°C to 108°C. This is combined with other cooling technologies including a vapor chamber, liquid metal layer, and a 24,000 RPM turbo fan to achieve comprehensive thermal management.

The RedMagic 11 Pro's advanced cooling system is significant because mobile gaming performance is typically limited by heat rather than processor specifications. The phone's AquaCore Cooling System—featuring the industry's first mass-produced flowing liquid cooling combined with a 13,116 mm² vapor chamber (the largest in the industry), liquid metal 3.0, and a 24,000 RPM turbo fan—enables sustained high performance during demanding games. Testing shows that the vapor chamber does most of the thermal work, maintaining strong stability even when liquid cooling circulation is disabled. This comprehensive cooling approach allows the phone to run graphically intensive games like Cyberpunk 2077 at playable frame rates while keeping surface temperatures remarkably low (36.2°C front, 37.2°C back) and reducing power consumption by nearly 25% compared to the previous generation.

Section 230 of the 1996 Communications Decency Act is a federal law that protects social media platforms and other internet services from legal liability for content posted by users. Specifically, Section 230(c)(1) states that "No provider or user of an interactive computer service shall be treated as the publisher or speaker of any information provided by another information content provider." This means platforms like Meta and YouTube are generally not held responsible for what their users post. In the current lawsuits over social media addiction and mental health, tech giants are expected to invoke this legal protection to shield themselves from liability. However, plaintiffs are attempting to circumvent Section 230 by arguing that the platforms themselves created addictive features—treating the addiction as a product defect rather than user-generated content, which would fall outside Section 230's protections.

Courts generally apply a three-prong test to determine if Section 230 immunity applies. First, the defendant must be a "provider or user" of an "interactive computer service." Second, the cause of action must treat the defendant as the "publisher or speaker" of the harmful information. Third, the information must be "provided by another information content provider"—meaning the defendant did not create the harmful content themselves. All three prongs must be satisfied for Section 230 immunity to apply. In the current social media addiction cases, the critical question is whether the platforms' algorithmic design features that encourage compulsive use constitute content "provided by another information content provider" or whether they represent the platforms' own conduct, which would not be protected by Section 230.

Gross bookings refers to the total value of all reservations made through Booking Holdings' platforms before deducting commissions, taxes, and other expenses. It is a key metric because it reflects the overall demand for travel services across the company's brands (Booking.com, Priceline, Agoda, KAYAK, and OpenTable) and indicates the scale of customer activity. Unlike revenue, which only captures the company's earnings, gross bookings shows the full transaction volume, making it a more comprehensive indicator of market demand and business momentum.

Booking Holdings projects Q1 2026 revenue growth of 14%-16% with gross bookings growth of 14%-16% and room nights growth of 5%-7%. This guidance is significant because it demonstrates sustained momentum in the travel sector despite economic uncertainties. Historically, Booking has shown strong performance: Q2 2025 revenue grew 16.0% year-over-year to $6.80 billion, and Q1 2025 revenue grew 12.7% year-over-year to $9.01 billion. The projected 14%-16% growth rate for Q1 2026 indicates the company expects to maintain or slightly accelerate this growth trajectory, reflecting robust travel demand recovery.

Macron's criticism centers on the lack of algorithmic transparency rather than free speech itself. He argued that social media platforms cannot claim to protect free speech when users don't understand how algorithms work, how they're trained, or what content they're being shown. According to Macron, 'Freedom of speech is pure nonsense if no one knows how you came to this so-called freedom of speech, especially when it leads from one hate speech to another.' His position is that true free speech requires transparent algorithms so users can understand how their information is being filtered and presented.

Macron advocates for mandatory algorithmic transparency and regulation of social media platforms, particularly regarding their impact on children and democratic processes. In contrast, the Trump administration's national security strategy states it will resist attempts by foreign states to 'censor our discourse' or restrict freedom of speech, viewing European regulations as censorship. The Trump administration has indicated it would cultivate 'resistance to Europe's current trajectory,' offering tacit support to European far-right parties opposed to such regulations. Macron warned that France and Spain could become targets for US pressure due to their proposed social media bans for minors.

A stack-based buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a buffer than it can hold, causing the excess data to overwrite adjacent memory on the stack. In CVE-2026-2329, the vulnerable endpoint '/cgi-bin/api.values.get' uses a 64-byte buffer without proper length checking, allowing attackers to write past the buffer boundaries. This is critical because it requires no authentication and can be triggered remotely, giving attackers immediate root-level access to the device—the highest privilege level on the system. The CVSS score of 9.3 out of 10 reflects this severity.

Once an attacker gains root access through the buffer overflow, they can reconfigure the device's SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) settings to route calls through a malicious SIP proxy server they control. This proxy acts as an intermediary that transparently intercepts all incoming and outgoing calls without triggering any alarms or visible indicators on the phone. The user experiences normal dialing and audio, but the attacker can simultaneously listen to conversations in real-time. Additionally, with root access to the device, attackers can extract stored credentials and potentially reconfigure billing settings, enabling toll fraud by making unauthorized calls charged to the compromised organization.