Aptivi Weekly Tech News Issue #21 (Week 43 – 10/24/2026)
Every week, we collect every event that happened within Aptivi, our projects, and other interesting tech news. This issue shows you the brief summary of our project releases and some of our articles posted on the Aptivi Blog and on the Newsroom, as well as some links to other interesting resources, such as the most intriguing tech news during the week.
As technology evolves quickly, we have to move quickly with the current to make sure that we don’t miss any of the interesting technology-related events, such as new releases and other interesting events that revolutionize the tech world.
What happened at Aptivi?
During this week, sets of events have happened at Aptivi, and we have chosen to summarize some of the most intriguing events that we have covered here at Aptivi Blog and Aptivi Newsroom, as well as other Aptivi updates in case they happen.
Linux 7.3 was officially available as a general release after seven release candidates.
Samsung started globally rolling out the One UI 9.0 update for the Galaxy A37 and the Galaxy S23, starting from Europe. Additionally, the stable update had landed to the LTE version of the Galaxy A07, starting from countries like Indonesia and the Philippines. Additionally, Samsung has prepared the new One UI 9.0 Watch Beta for the Galaxy Watch8 and Watch7.
Additionally, you can check out this week’s issue of Linux Weekly Digests in this link.
There are some other updates that happened with Aptivi. We have announced our first big milestone that will happen on November 5th, which is a big leap since our major rebrand that happened back in February. Meanwhile, we’ve officially started supporting our projects that run on One UI 9.0, which is based on Android 17.
Most intriguing tech news
Here, we collect some of the most intriguing news that caught our attention, and our readers can explore this list below:
- [October 24th, 2026] Linux’s Early Boot-Time Physical Memory Allocator Sees Big Speed-Up: ~268s To ~50ms
- [October 24th, 2026] Samsung NavStar’s transparent hints feature has a limitation that disappoints users
- [October 24th, 2026] 539 MM Patches Merged For Linux 7.4 From Optimizations To More DAMON
- [October 24th, 2026] systemd Merges Support For Rust Programs
- [October 24th, 2026] Linux 7.4 Graphics Driver Changes Headlined By AMDGPU HDMI 2.1 Features
- [October 24th, 2026] Wild 0.11 Linker Released – Now Able To Link Linux Kernel Modules, WASM By Default
- [October 24th, 2026] KDE Plasma 6.9 Stabilizes KWin’s Wayland Picture-In-Picture Support
- [October 23rd, 2026] Fwupd 2.1.9 Linux Firmware Updater Adds New Hardware Support
- [October 23rd, 2026] Samsung Members announces three-day community service suspension
- [October 23rd, 2026] FFmpeg 9.1 Preps For Release With APV Vulkan Encoder, NVIDIA Optical Flow FRUC
- [October 23rd, 2026] Linux 7.4 Introduces New Driver For The Nintendo Switch 2 – Thanks To Valve
- [October 23rd, 2026] Linux 7.4 Fixes AMD CPU TLB Size Reporting For Zen 5 & Newer
- [October 23rd, 2026] Google makes a privacy policy exception to use your Gmail and Photos data for ads
- [October 23rd, 2026] Samsung Rolls Out One UI 9 to Galaxy M47, A26 and A17
- [October 23rd, 2026] Samsung prepares Galaxy T1 ear-hook earbuds launch to enter fitness wearables segment
- [October 22nd, 2026] Is Samsung Already Preparing for One UI 9.5 Beta?
- [October 22nd, 2026] Steam Client Update Fixes Vulkan Game Freezes on Linux
- [October 22nd, 2026] Galaxy Z Fold 8 Ultra-Based Samsung W27’s Luxury Makeover Surfaces Ahead of Launch
- [October 22nd, 2026] Samsung Galaxy Fit 4 leak reveals three colors and familiar design
- [October 22nd, 2026] Linux 7.4 Adapts AMD Zen 6 For Less Costly CPU Security Mitigation
- [October 22nd, 2026] PHP rushed emergency patch after critical RCE flaws leaked online
- [October 22nd, 2026] Samsung’s October 2026 Security Update Reaches Galaxy S25 Series, Fold 7, and Flip 7 in the US
- [October 22nd, 2026] Bose acquires Skullcandy
- [October 22nd, 2026] Linus Torvalds Eliminates Unsafe __get_user() & __put_user() Functions In Linux 7.4
- [October 21st, 2026] Exclusive: Samsung’s Galaxy A08 5G Is Starting to Take Shape
- [October 21st, 2026] Linux 7.4 To Close Files Synchronously For close_range, exec & exit
- [October 21st, 2026] LiberNT: New ReactOS Fork Aims for Windows 11 Compatibility
- [October 21st, 2026] Microsoft says it’s optimizing Windows 11 for 8GB PCs, so I tested 26H2 on an 8GB laptop
- [October 21st, 2026] Fwupd Working Toward Proper Android Integration
- [October 21st, 2026] Breaking! Galaxy M16, A16 5G, A16 4G Get One UI 9 Update
- [October 21st, 2026] Breaking! Galaxy A17 Receives One UI 9 Stable Update
- [October 21st, 2026] Breaking! Samsung Releases Stable One UI 9 for Galaxy A55 and A35
- [October 21st, 2026] YouTube’s war on the Dislike button appears to be far from over
- [October 21st, 2026] Samsung starts One UI 9.0 rollout to Galaxy M Series
- [October 20th, 2026] Galaxy A56 Gets Quick Share AirDrop Support With One UI 9 Update
- [October 20th, 2026] Galaxy S26 Ultra users report Keys Cafe theme issues after One UI 9.0 update
- [October 20th, 2026] Samsung Galaxy S27 series leak suggests no major display design changes
- [October 20th, 2026] YouTube’s war on the Dislike button appears to be far from over
- [October 20th, 2026] qBittorrent 5.3 Released with Web UI Improvements, Security Fixes
- [October 20th, 2026] Galaxy S27 might drop to 8GB of RAM; other Android phones could go back to 4GB
- [October 20th, 2026] OpenBSD 8.0 released
- [October 20th, 2026] Samsung signs huge DRAM and HBM contracts
- [October 20th, 2026] SparkyOS 2026.10 Debuts as an Arch-Based Portable Linux Distro
- [October 20th, 2026] KDE Plasma 6.8.1 Released with KWin Fixes, RDP Improvements
- [October 20th, 2026] Linux 7.4 Adding New Emulation Function While Some Old CPUs May Soon Be Phased Out
- [October 20th, 2026] OpenBSD 8.0 Released With Intel Arc A-Series, Other Hardware Improvements
- [October 20th, 2026] Exclusive: Galaxy S27, S27+ and S27 Ultra Screen Protector Images Show Expected Sizes
- [October 19th, 2026] APT 3.3.4 Adds SHA3 Support, Strengthens Download Verification
- [October 19th, 2026] ReactOS Now Supports Installation on NTFS After Nearly a Decade of Work
- [October 19th, 2026] Btrfs Brings More Performance Improvements For Linux 7.4
- [October 19th, 2026] Samsung Galaxy Fit 4 and Galaxy Buds On move closer to launch
- [October 19th, 2026] Microsoft issues warning about Exchange Server becoming “unstable” after October 2026 update
- [October 19th, 2026] Samsung Electronics Expands SSD Brand Campaign Across Global Landmarks
- [October 19th, 2026] Linux 7.4 Removing Its Broken & Rarely Touched Code For ARM64 Big Endian
- [October 19th, 2026] TAINT_FORCED_BIND Sent In For Linux 7.4 To Deal With Major Fuzzing Attack
- [October 19th, 2026] Samsung Galaxy F70 arrives with familiar specs
- [October 19th, 2026] Leak Suggests Samsung Galaxy S27 Series Will Launch on Time
- [October 18th, 2026] Exclusive: Samsung’s Galaxy XCover Scan Surfaces With RFID Reader Hint
- [October 18th, 2026] Linux 7.4 Features Very Exciting With Radeon HDMI 2.1 By Default, AMD PerfOpt, Apple M4
- [October 18th, 2026] There’s a new Android 17 version for Samsung Galaxy S27 phones
- [October 18th, 2026] Gentoo Plans to Drop Chromium, Google Chrome Remains Available
- [October 18th, 2026] GNOME 51.1 Released with Shell, Mutter, and Security Fixes
- [October 18th, 2026] Windows 11 will block ReFS on USB drives, even as Microsoft bets big on its NTFS alternative
- [October 18th, 2026] Two designs revealed for Galaxy S27, Plus, Pro and Ultra
- [October 18th, 2026] ReactOS Can Now Be Installed & Used With Its NTFS Driver
- [October 18th, 2026] Fedora Linux 45 Delayed, New Release Date Set for October 27
Please note that the order of events are listed in the descending order from the newest to the oldest.
Summary
This week, Aptivi started providing official support for those who are using projects on Android phones and tablets running One UI 9.0, while announcing a big release date on November 5th.
In the other hand, Linux 7.3 was available as a general release after seven release candidates, and Samsung started pushing One UI 9.0 for the Galaxy S23, Galaxy Z Fold/Flip5, and A37 globally, as well as the Galaxy A07’s One UI 9.0 in countries like Indonesia and the Philippines.
So, thank you to whoever read our posts, liked them, and commented on them, whether it’s on the Fediverse or not. We appreciate your interaction, engagement, and support, and this motivates us into going ahead moving forward.
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