Security updates for Monday

GCHQ knew WannaCry hero risked arrests by travelling to the US

UK intelligence officials were reportedly aware that security researcher Marcus Hutchins risked arrest by travelling to the US to attend a series of cyber security conferences

British snoops at GCHQ knew FBI was going to arrest Marcus Hutchins

GCHQ was aware of FBI sting to arrest WannaCry 'hero' Marcus Hutchins

GCHQ knew FBI was planning to arrest WannaCry's 'accidental hero' before he travelled to the USA

DragonEgg Now Works With GCC 8, LLVM 6

DragonEgg has been best supported with GCC 4.6~4.8 and hasn't received too much attention in recent years. But for those still wishing to use it as a modern plug-in for GCC, it should now be working with GCC 8 development snapshots paired with the latest LLVM 6 code.

Oracle considering making Java open source

Oracle Wants to Give Java EE to the Open-Source Community

Oracle opens Java EE, any takers?

Oracle considers moving Java EE to an open source foundation

Oracle gives up on Enterprise Java

Android kernels: does upstream matter?

There is this false narrative floating around in the dev community on how upstreaming breaks drivers and OEM code. Upstreaming breaking drivers and OEM code is not universally true- in contrast, it defies the very definition of a stable kernel. You see, each and every Android device out there runs a version of the Linux Kernel– and it doesn’t have to be the latest version all the time.

Mesa 17.2-RC5 Released, Final Should Come Within One Week

The fifth and final planned release candidate of Mesa 17.2 is now available for testing.

Vulkan 1.0.59 Released With Shader Stencil Export

Vulkan 1.0.59 is now available this weekend as the latest minor update to this high-performance graphics API. As usual, the bulk of this Vulkan 1.0.x point release is made up of document clarification/fixes to the text. Of those changes, nothing too notable stands out for Vulkan 1.0.59 but there is one new extension.

A new Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire video shows off cats and sick pirates

Ryan "Icculus" Gordon is looking for new games to port to Linux, pay not required

Ryan "Icculus" Gordon [Official Site, Twitter], the man responsible for maintaining many development tools like SDL 2 and who ported many games to Linux, is looking for new games to port. The fun thing is, he doesn't require payment since he's funded by his Patreon.

Paradox Interactive reveal the first gameplay trailer for Surviving Mars

The HTC Vive just had a price cut, VR just became a little more accessible

Virtual Reality just became a little more accessible, as the HTC Vive [Steam] has had what looks like a permanent price cut!