Cosmic Desktop Arrives!
This week in Linux News, Gnome gets an official system tray icon extension, and Manjaro moves into the immutable space. Also, SysVint gets an upgrade and System76 releases the Cosmic Desktop.

Will Your Car Report You To The Police?
This week in the Weekly News Roundup, Ford works on a patent to report you to the police, secure boot is compromised, and ADT was hacked. Also, Google was deemed an illegal monopoly and we also visit sillyville.

Linux
https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2024/08/gnome-official-status-icons-extension

https://manjaro.org/news/2024/manjaro-immutable-testing

https://www.phoronix.com/news/SysVinit-3.10

https://9to5linux.com/system76-launches-pop_os-24-04-lts-with-cosmic-alpha-desktop-environment

Privacy
https://www.techradar.com/computing/social-media/google-and-meta-reportedly-skirting-their-own-rules-to-ad-target-young-teens-shows-why-tech-giants-cannot-regulate-themselves

https://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2024/08/illinois-changes-biometric-privacy-law-to-help-corporations-avoid-big-payouts/

https://supercarblondie.com/ford-tech-would-tell-cops-if-someone-speeds/

Security
https://securityaffairs.com/166765/hacking/0-0-0-0-day-browsers-attack.html

https://arstechnica.com/security/2024/07/secure-boot-is-completely-compromised-on-200-models-from-5-big-device-makers/

Data Leaks
https://securityaffairs.com/166539/data-breach/personal-data-3-billion-people-data-breach.html

https://techcrunch.com/2024/08/08/home-security-giant-adt-says-it-was-hacked/

AI Overlords
https://www.technologyreview.com/2024/08/05/1095600/we-need-to-prepare-for-addictive-intelligence/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/bryanrobinson/2024/07/23/employees-report-ai-increased-workload/

Business
https://www.techradar.com/computing/browsers/google-is-developing-a-new-web-monetization-feature-for-chrome-that-could-really-change-the-way-we-pay-for-things-online

https://www.techradar.com/computing/theres-no-price-microsoft-could-pay-apple-says-dont-worry-safari-will-never-force-you-to-use-bing-for-search

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/article/2024/aug/06/google-antitrust-monopoly-ruling

Silly
https://www.theverge.com/2024/8/7/24211339/humane-ai-pin-more-daily-returns-than-sales

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/ai-toothbrushes-are-coming-for-your-teeth-and-your-data/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/08/nzxt-wants-you-to-pay-up-to-169-month-to-rent-a-gaming-pc/

https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2024/07/logitech-has-an-idea-for-a-forever-mouse-thatrequires-a-subscription/