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Linus Torvalds prepares to ship Linux 7.2. The kernel stands at more than 43 million lines. That figure comes straight from Phoronix’s feature overview. And the code keeps growing. Even as old sections get removed.

Search professionals have long chased followed links from high-authority domains. Yet the rules shifted years ago. Backlinks still carry weight. Their dominance has faded.
According to data compiled by Search Atlas, backlinks now account for about 45 percent of off-page ranking influence in 2026, down from 80 percent in 2012. Brand mentions and entity signals make up the remaining 55 percent. The change reflects how Google and AI-powered answer engines weigh reputation.

Houston welcomed Tim Cook on a humid August morning. The Apple CEO stood alongside U.S. Secretary of Commerce Howard Lutnick, Senator Ted Cruz, and local leaders as the company officially opened its Advanced Manufacturing Center. The 20,000-square-foot facility sits inside a larger plant already building AI servers and preparing to assemble Mac minis later this year. This marks more than a ribbon-cutting. It signals Apple’s accelerated push to anchor high-tech production stateside.

General Motors and its partner LG Energy Solution are bringing battery production back to life in northeast Ohio. After seven months of silence, the Ultium Cells joint-venture plant in Warren will resume making cells next week. The move returns roughly 1,400 workers to the factory floor. Yet the restart tells only part of a larger story about hesitation in the American electric-vehicle supply chain.