Late Night Linux – Episode 374

Late Night Linux – Episode 374

From Late Night Linux by The Late Night Linux Family

February 24, 2026 · 25 min

About this episode

The episode discusses Discord's new age gating policy, an AI agent's controversial blog post, trust issues with a tech publication, Firefox's new AI features, and updates from KDE.

Discord’s new age gating policy might be a real opportunity for open source but it’s not clear that we have anything that can compete, the complex and bizarre tale of an AI agent writing a blog post attacking a FOSS maintainer, why we lost some trust in a major tech publication, the Firefox AI kill switch arrives, and a quick KDE Korner.   News Piss up at The Shipwrights Arms (just next to London Bridge station) on Saturday 27th June from 6pm until late Discord Launches Teen-by-Default Settings Globally Discord Voluntarily Pushes Mandatory Age Verification Despite Recent Data Breach Hackers Expose Age-Verification Software Powering Surveillance Web I Verified My LinkedIn Identity. Here’s What I Actually Handed Over. An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – More Things Have Happened An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – Forensics and More Fallout An AI Agent Published a Hit Piece on Me – The Operator Came Forward The obnoxious GitHub OpenClaw AI bot is … a crypto bro Editor’s Note: Retraction of article containing fabricated quotations Sorry all this is my fault Firefox 148 Now Available With The New AI Controls /…

Topics covered

  • Discord age gating policy
  • AI agent controversy
  • trust in tech publications
  • Firefox AI controls
  • KDE updates

Keywords

  • Discord
  • AI agent
  • Firefox
  • KDE
  • age verification
  • FOSS
  • OpenClaw AI
  • Plasma 6.6

Sponsors

Automox

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Discord, FOSS, Firefox, KDE

Products: Plasma 6.6, OpenClaw AI

Places: London Bridge

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