The /tmp directory in Linux stores temporary files created by applications, services, and users. It is designed for short-lived data rather than permanent storage.
coreboot 26.09 moves firmware builds to C23, hardens parsers, adds TPM-backed DDR5 SPD cache verification, and advances AMD EPYC Turin support with the first GIGABYTE MZ33-AR1 board port.
NC State researchers built a feather-star-inspired soft robot that can rise, hover, swim forward and backward, and rotate using only two pneumatic actuators.
EPFL’s FiberMotor is only 1–3 mm thick, slides like a tiny telescope, and can be bundled into flexible actuators for robotic fingers and wearable robotics.
Researchers in Vienna and Beijing have independently demonstrated operational nuclear clocks using thorium-229, shifting precision timekeeping from electron transitions to the atomic nucleus itself.
The FBI says a third-party contractor failed to apply an explicitly issued security patch before a breach exposed sensitive employee data. Reuters sources identify Accenture and Oracle PeopleSoft, while Oracle’s critical PeopleSoft flaw carried a 9.8 CVSS score.
AMD EPYC Verano appears to be getting a dedicated SB1 socket for its 2027 AI-host platform. Dynatron already lists an SB1 cooler for Verano, while AMD confirms LPDDR5X SOCAMM2 and future Instinct rack-scale positioning.