Episode

Firefox AI Kill Switch

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Linux Weekly Daily Wednesday
Published
Feb 5, 2026
Duration seconds
2551
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Summary

NVIDIA brings GeForce NOW to Linux PCs, Input Labs has a new open-source gamepad, Firefox is adding an AI kill switch, and Raspberry Pis are going up in price… again. Get a bonus hour of LWDW plus a video version of the podcast by supporting LWDW on a Patreon. Patreon:⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/lwdw⁠⁠⁠ Discord: ⁠⁠⁠https://discord.gg/uQVckr5gEZ⁠⁠ Topics GeForce NOW on Linux https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/geforce-now-thursday-linux/ Alpakka 2 gamepad https://www.indiegogo.com/en/projects/input-labs/alpakka-2 Firefox AI kill switch https://9to5linux.com/firefoxs-ai-kill-switch-lands-in-firefox-nightly-slated-for-firefox-148 Pi Price Bump #2 https://www.raspberrypi.com/news/more-memory-driven-price-rises/ Timestamps 00:00 Intro 06:19 GeForce NOW Linux beta 11:20 Thoughts on renting hardware 14:46 Alpakka 2 controller from Input Labs 24:33 Firefox AI kill switch 32:16 Raspberry Pi price increases