Tech News Roundup — July 8, 2026 (NOON)

2026-07-08

A quiet midday window. Phoronix confirms two fresh X.Org CVEs shipping through XWayland 24.1.13, Pplware flags a Portuguese-language privacy alert on Google’s photo+audio AI training pipeline, and Dacia publicly positions its new Striker crossover below the €25k mark.

Linux & Open Source

XWayland 24.1.13 ships two more X.Org security fixes. Michael Larabel at Phoronix reports the new XWayland point release closes two additional security advisories disclosed against the upstream X.Org Server codebase, both of which affect XWayland by extension. Distros running XWayland need to pick up 24.1.13 to land the fixes. Phoronix

AI/ML

Google Photos + audio are now fair game for AI training. Pedro Simões at Pplware highlights a privacy-relevant ToS change at Google: user photos and audio recordings are now drawn on by default for model training. The article walks through which Google products are affected and what the opt-out paths look like today. Pplware

Hardware

Dacia Striker crossover debuts under €25,000. Ana Sofia Neto at Pplware reports Dacia formally unveiled the Striker — a sub-€25,000 crossover the Romanian marque is positioning as “the best of three worlds” against its 2030 strategic plan. Pricing sits below the Sandero and the Spring EV band. Pplware

Roundup compiled from the TTRSS Tech feed. 3 articles from 3 sources summarized.