Android 15 Released To The Android Open-Source Project

Google announced today that the Android 15 source code has been released to the Android Open-Source Project (AOSP)...
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Android-15-AOSP-Release

New Patches Bring Rust Linux Kernel Support To MIPS

When it comes to the Rust programming language support within the Linux kernel one of the limitations is that the CPU architecture support isn't as widespread. Currently Rust for Linux supports x86_64, AArch64 (ARM64) little-endian, LoongArch, and RISC-V. While those cover the main targets, POWER is notably missing and many other niche CPU architectures supported by the Linux kernel…
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Rust-Linux-Kernel-MIPS-Patches

Mozilla Is Interested In A Rust JPEG-XL Decoder For Firefox & Google Might Develop It

Mozilla is interested in a Rust-written JPEG-XL image decoder for its memory safety characteristics compared to the existing C++ code they rely on for JPEG-XL image support in Firefox. While Google previously removed JPEG-XL support from Chrome/Chromium, it may be Google that comes to the rescue and writes a Rust-based JPEG-XL image decoder that can …
https://www.phoronix.com/news/Mozilla-Interest-JPEG-XL-Rust