Will We FINALLY Get a Linux Phone Here?
This week in Linux News, we finally have a tool for managing SystemD, Debian gets cold, and another distro moves to Matrix. Also, we might have a new Linux phone that works.

A Nightmare on Kroger Street
This week, Kroger starts tracking everyone, Mastercard has a security bumble, and GPS Tracking data leaked. Also, the AI arms race is on, and everything is spam but spam. We also visit SillyVille.

Linux
https://linuxiac.com/isd-is-a-new-tool-offering-a-user-friendly-approach-to-systemd-management/

https://linuxiac.com/debian-13-freeze-begins-in-march-debian-15-codename-revealed/

https://news.itsfoss.com/debian-logs-off-twitter/

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Ubuntu-Developers-Matrix

https://linuxiac.com/liberux-nexx-linux-phone/

Privacy
https://www.theverge.com/2025/1/27/24353289/fbi-warrantless-backdoor-searches-unconstitutional-ruling

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/27/meta-ai-can-now-use-your-facebook-and-instagram-data-to-personalize-its-responses/

https://www.hypefresh.com/kroger-and-microsoft-are-changing-shopping-with-facial-recognition/

Security
https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/27/hackers-are-targeting-machine-identities-token-security-just-raised-20m-to-stop-them/

https://krebsonsecurity.com/2025/01/mastercard-dns-error-went-unnoticed-for-years/

Data Leaks
https://www.malwarebytes.com/blog/news/2025/01/unitedhealth-almost-doubles-victim-numbers-from-massive-change-healthcare-data-breach

https://techcrunch.com/2025/01/30/angelsense-exposed-location-data-and-personal-information-of-tracked-users/

AI Overlords
https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2025/01/ios-18-3-disables-controversial-ai-generated-news-app-notifications/

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/jan/29/deepseek-artificial-intelligence-ai-safety-risk-yoshua-bengio

Business
https://www.techradar.com/phones/network-providers/vodafone-makes-worlds-first-satellite-video-call-with-a-standard-phone-heres-why-thats-a-big-deal

https://www.androidauthority.com/youtube-long-unskippable-ads-problem-3519957/

https://news.itsfoss.com/facebook-ban-fiasco/

Silly
https://notthebee.com/article/georgia-man-orders-a-drill-online-and-he-literally-got-a-printed-out-picture-of-the-drill-in-the-mail/

https://notthebee.com/article/watch-these-restaurant-employees-save-their-robot-from-a-would-be-kidnapper/

https://www.newsweek.com/new-asteroid-tesla-roadster-space-astronomy-spacex-space-2021178