Linux 6.14 To Add Support For SpacemiT's "Energy Efficient AI" RISC-V CPUs
The upcoming Linux 6.14 kernel is poised to introduce initial support for SpacemiT platforms, the Chinese computing chip company developing "next-generation RISC-V high-performance CPUs." For this next Linux kernel release the SpaceMiT Key Stone K1 oct...
2025-01-17 10:02
Honor Magic7 Pro review: featuring Snapdragon 8 Elite, AI Zoom, AI Eraser, and more
HONOR launched the Magic7 Pro in the UK and Ireland on Jan 16, and we have been testing some of its AI features. Read more...
2025-01-17 10:00
After almost three year wait, Severance season two starts streaming on Apple TV+ today
Severance premiered in February 2022, almost three years ago. With the season ending on an all-time cliffhanger, fans of the show have been eagerly waiting for more. However, the effect of Hollywood strikes and other factors delayed production signific...
2025-01-17 09:45
European Privacy Group Sues TikTok and AliExpress for Illicit Data Transfers to China
Austrian privacy non-profit None of Your Business (noyb) has filed complaints accusing companies like TikTok, AliExpress, SHEIN, Temu, WeChat, and Xiaomi of violating data protection regulations in the European Union by unlawfully transferring users' d...
2025-01-17 09:44
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Apple was fined $2.1B last year, but could pay it all off in a week
Apple was fined a global total of more than $2.1B last year for antitrust violations, but the sum was only the equivalent of just over a week’s worth of free cash flow. Encrypted email company Proton put together its latest Tech Fines Tracker, in whi...
2025-01-17 09:00
Python eats the world
In this week’s Python Report: Everyone’s favorite snake-named language is getting closer to being everyone’s favorite language, period. We also have a guide to unpacking the power of Python’s abstract base classes, and a tutorial for developer...
2025-01-17 09:00
Federated learning: The killer use case for generative AI
Let’s imagine a fictional company, Global Retail Corporation, a multinational retail chain struggling with its initial approach to AI integration. They built custom generative AI applications on their cloud provider using OpenAI’s APIs for broader...
2025-01-17 09:00
LibreOffice 25.2 RC2 For Last Minute Testing This Updated Free Software Office Suite
LibreOffice 25.2 RC2 is out today with the official release of this updated open-source office suite coming in just about two weeks...
2025-01-17 08:35
How Star Blizzard tried to hack the WhatsApp accounts of government and diplomatic staff
Microsoft has outlined a phishing scam used by the Russian hacking group Star Blizzard to get into the WhatsApp accounts of US government and diplomatic staff. Read more...
2025-01-17 08:32
This Asus X670E AMD Ryzen board with one of the best Windows boot times is lowest priced
One of the Asus X670E chipset AMD motherboards has fallen to its lowest price. It is a high value for money product. Read more...
2025-01-17 08:14
Microsoft Edge is redesigning Vertical tabs on Windows 11, and it looks really nice
Microsoft Edge experiments with a fresh vertical tabs layout which improves the overall presentation of the feature. The post Microsoft Edge is redesigning Vertical tabs on Windows 11, and it looks really nice appeared first on Windows Latest
2025-01-17 07:27
Fedora 42 Boot Splash Screen Looks To Workaround GPU Drivers Taking Too Long To Load
Linux kernel graphics drivers have been growing too much in size that they are taking too long to load at boot time for quickly lighting up the display to present the nice Plymouth boot splash experience. This has led to situations of the Plymouth boot...
2025-01-17 07:02
TSMC CEO says Arizona fabs won't manufacture latest-gen chips before Taiwan
TSMC's fabrication units in Arizona won't be manufacturing the latest chips such as the 2nm before its Taiwanese counterparts do. Read more...
2025-01-17 06:58
AMDXDNA Submitted For Linux 6.14 With Kernel Accelerator/Graphics Driver Updates
Due to Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) lead maintainer David Airlie of Red Hat going on holidays the next two weeks, he's preemptively submitted the DRM/accelerator feature pull request ahead of the Linux 6.14 merge window officially opening...
2025-01-17 06:38
Duolingo brings AI video calling to Android amid Mandarin learning boom driven by RedNote
Amid a surge in users to learn Mandarin to operate TikTok's Chinese alternative, RedNote, Duolingo has launched an AI-powered video call feature for all Android users. Read more...
2025-01-17 06:22
In Case You Wondered, RADV Doesn't Work On AMD CDNA Instinct Accelerators
Samuel Pitoiset of Valve's Linux graphics driver team landed some changes on Thursday to the open-source RADV driver within Mesa around GPU checks for the hardware supported by this popular AMD Vulkan driver on Linux systems...
2025-01-17 06:14
Apple halts AI summaries for news apps with latest beta updates amid issues
With the latest beta software for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, Apple has temporarily stopped AI summaries for news apps after it was accused of displaying false facts. Read more...
2025-01-17 06:06
RadeonSI UVD/VCE Video Acceleration Improvements Merged For Mesa 25.0
At the start of the new year I talked about patches improving AMD Radeon video encode/decode for older GPUs. That work to the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver's UVD and VCE support has now been merged ahead of the Mesa 25.0 code branching coming up in just ov...
2025-01-17 05:59
It looks like advertisers can just pay Meta to avoid getting roasted by Community Notes
Meta's Community Notes won't apply to paid advertisements and boosted posts, which could be a potential way for advertisers to be spared from Community Notes. Read more...
2025-01-17 05:50
Here’s how Google is using LLMs for complex internal code migrations
Code migration is a critical process in maintaining software applications. It helps improve performance and resilience, keeps systems up to date, and removes stale or irrelevant code. But it can be complex and time-consuming on a number of levels, not...
2025-01-17 05:00