Welcome to the LWN.net Weekly Edition for July 16, 2026

• An update on the scraper situation: the battle between bots and publishers continues.
• Lockless MPSC FIFO queues for io_uring: a look at performance gains coming to io_uring in 7.2.
• Continued coverage from the 2026 Linux Storage, Filesystem, Memory Management, and BPF Summit:
• Topics in filesystem testing: a discussion on testing filesystems, especially on patches aimed at the stable kernels.
• Shielding running kernels against exploits with BPF: John Fastabend discusses a strategy for quickly immunizing vulnerable kernels against new exploits.
• Sending packets directly from BPF: a facility to allow BPF to make outgoing network requests.
• Kitty chases the mouse: a look at the Kitty GPU-based terminal emulator.
• QBE 1.3: metaprogramming, performance, and cross-platform support: a lightweight alternative to compiler backends such as LLVM and GCC.

This week's edition also includes these inner pages:

• Brief items: Brief news items from throughout the community.
• Announcements: Newsletters, conferences, security updates, patches, and more.

Please enjoy this week's edition, and, as always, thank you for supporting LWN.net.