Canonical has launched Minimal Ubuntu Pro, enhancing cloud security with lightweight images and robust features. Available on AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, it offers minimized attack surfaces and long-term support.

Pulumi added support for managing Terraform and OpenTofu state in Pulumi Cloud and introduced native HCL support in its infrastructure as code engine. These changes allow teams to use Terraform, OpenTofu, Pulumi languages, and HCL side by side, with shared state visibility, governance features, and AI-assisted operations available across tools.

Linus Torvalds argues that Linux kernel guidelines should treat AI like any other development tool, not as a special case, saying documentation cannot solve bad submissions. At the same time, he openly acknowledges using an AI coding tool in a personal project, signaling pragmatic acceptance of AI-assisted development outside core kernel policy.

The analysis of Linux kernel bugs shows that some bugs remain undiscovered for over 20 years, with an average lifespan of 2.1 years. The study examined 125,183 bug-fix pairs and found that certain subsystems have longer bug lifetimes. A tool developed for the research identified 92% of historical bugs, and findings indicate that bug discovery has improved over time.

In 2025, Internet growth was driven less by humans and more by AI, with AI crawling and user-triggered access surging while post-quantum encryption secured over half of human web traffic. Security risks intensified as record-breaking DDoS attacks topped 30 Tbps and government-imposed shutdowns accounted for nearly half of major global outages.

The Rust experiment in the Linux kernel concludes, confirming its suitability and permanence in kernel development, with Rust now used in production and supported by major Linux distributions.

AWS introduces an autonomous AI DevOps Agent to enhance incident response and system reliability, integrating with tools like Amazon CloudWatch and ServiceNow for proactive recommendations.

AWS introduces Graviton5-based EC2 M9g instances, boosting performance by 25% and enhancing scalability while reducing costs.

A security research project led by Luke Marshall scanned 5.6 million GitLab repositories, uncovering over 17,000 live secrets and earning $9,000 in bounties, highlighting GitLab's larger scale and higher exposure risk compared to Bitbucket.

AWS Compute Optimizer now helps identify unused NAT Gateways to boost cost savings by analyzing traffic activity and route table associations.