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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:38 Sponsor: Proton Mail
01:36 Firefox 139 adds AI summaries
04:06 Wayland to restore window size and position
06:10 Framework 12 preorders are open
07:37 Microsoft's AI detects 20 vulnerabilities in bootloaders
09:50 Nvidia open sources PhysX and Flow SDK
11:24 Wine 10.5 is out
12:10 Older AMD GPUs can now emulate ray tracing
14:10 Valve's new VR headset could come soon
16:29 Sponsor: Tuxedo Computers

Links:


Firefox 139 adds AI summaries
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/04/firefox-nightly-introduces-experimental-link-previews-with-ai-summary

Wayland gets a protocol to restore window size and position
https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/wayland/wayland-protocols/-/merge_requests/238

Framework 12 preorders are open, but not in the US
https://frame.work/fr/en/blog/framework-laptop-12-pre-orders-are-now-open

Microsoft's AI detects 20 vulnerabilities in bootloaders
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-uses-ai-to-find-flaws-in-grub2-u-boot-barebox-bootloaders/

Nvidia open sources PhysX and Flow SDK
https://github.com/NVIDIA-Omniverse/PhysX/discussions/384

Wine 10.5 is out
https://gitlab.winehq.org/wine/wine/-/releases/wine-10.5

Older AMD GPUs can now emulate ray tracing
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/2025/04/mesa-25-1-will-make-indiana-jones-the-great-circle-playable-on-older-amd-gpus/

Valve's new VR headset could come soon
https://www.techradar.com/computing/virtual-reality-augmented-reality/valve-leak-hints-that-its-next-vr-headset-could-be-landing-sooner-than-we-realized