Raspberry Pi HEVC Decoder Driver Posted For Linux Kernel Review
The latest work that Raspberry Pi is working to upstream to the mainline Linux kernel is a HEVC/H.265 video decode driver that works on Raspberry Pi 4 and Raspberry Pi 5 single board computers...
2024-12-21 09:31
Weekend PC Game Deals: Winter Sales 2024 Edition
This weekend's PC game deals include the latest entry in the daily refreshing games offer from Epic, a DRM-free games bundle, and a whole lot of winter sales to go through. Read more...
2024-12-21 09:30
Curl Drops Support For Hyper Rust HTTP Backend Citing Little Demand
The widely-used Curl project has removed support for its Rust-written Hyper HTTP back-end that they were experimentally shipping for several years. The removal of this Rust back-end comes from having little end-user and developer interest in this porti...
2024-12-21 08:44
Never forgive them
The people running the majority of internet services have used a combination of monopolies and a cartel-like commitment to growth-at-all-costs thinking to make war with the user, turning the customer into something between a lab rat and an unpaid int...
2024-12-21 08:26
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AdaptiveCpp 24.10 Delivers More Performance Optimizations
AdaptiveCpp 24.10 is out today as this implementation of SYCL and C++ standard parallelism for CPUs and GPUs across hardware vendors. This compiler for C++ heterogeneous programming models has tacked on more features and additional performance optimiza...
2024-12-21 06:48
GNOME User Sharing Ported From C To Rust, libadwaita Adds Adaptive Preview Mode
It's not only KDE seeing nice improvements ahead of the holidays but GNOME developers were also busy this week preparing new improvements to their open-source desktop stack. There's been some rather exciting changes on the GNOME front as we prepare to ...
2024-12-21 06:21
KDE Plasma 6.3 Improving Game Controller Joystick Support, Many Fixes
While the Christmas holidays are quickly approach, KDE developers remain busy working on new features for the upcoming Plasma 6.3 desktop as well as continuing to land many bug fixes...
2024-12-21 05:58
Instagram to replace AR filters with controversial AI-generated videos
As we reported in August, Meta has confirmed that it will discontinue Spark, Instagram’s AR filters, in January 2025. At the time, the company didn’t give many details except to say that it would prioritize its efforts on other products. Now we kno...
2024-12-20 23:51
What does APPEND do in DOS?
The working principle of APPEND is not complicated. It primarily serves as a bridge between old DOS applications which have no or poor support for directories, and users who really, really want to organize files and programs in multiple directories and...
2024-12-20 23:23
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Qualcomm scores BIG win against Arm, can continue to sell Snapdragon X chips for PCs
Arm's lawsuit against Qualcomm seemingly has failed as the latter was not found guilty of using Arm's tech without a proper license. However, the actual fate between the two companies remains unknown.
2024-12-20 23:17
US gov't set to ban Huawei intermediary Sophgo over AI chip supplies — partnership skirted US chip sanctions
U.S. to ban Sophgo, which supplied AI chiplets to Huawei, but its affiliate Bitmain avoids sanctions.
2024-12-20 22:57
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Deep Research in Gemini is now available in 40 more languages
Google has announced yet another update to Gemini, making Deep Research available in more than 40 languages. Read more...
2024-12-20 22:40
Intel releases new graphics driver with fixes for new Arc B-Series graphics cards
Intel has a new graphics driver with various gaming fixes for the recently launched Arc B-Series graphics cards. Read more...
2024-12-20 22:24
T2 Linux takes weird architectures seriously, including my beloved PA-RISC
With more and more Linux distributions – as well as the kernel itself – dropping support for more exotic, often dead architectures, it’s a blessing T2 Linux exists. This unique, source-based Linux distribution focuses on making it as easy as poss...
2024-12-20 21:47
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Tim Cook says Apple ‘never talked about’ charging for AI, here’s why
Over the past few months, two big waves of Apple Intelligence features have debuted via iOS 18.1 and iOS 18.2. While some have speculated Apple is planning paid AI services in the future, Apple’s CEO Tim Cook recently said that charging has never eve...
2024-12-20 21:38
All the changes Apple has made to the Photos app since iOS 18
As part of iOS 18, Apple unveiled the biggest-ever redesign to the Photos app. With a single-pane interface, the new Photos app highlights collections and curation while being fully customizable to your liking. The rollout of the Photos app, however, p...
2024-12-20 21:32
Microsoft introduces Radar the Elf for this year's NORAD Santa Tracker
Christmas Eve is just around the corner, and Microsoft is launching Santa Tracker with Radar the Elf Read more...
2024-12-20 21:28
Microsoft Edge won’t stop nagging users to set itself as default on Windows 11
You can easily change the default browser on Windows 11, thanks to the EU, but does that mean Microsoft will stop nagging you from using Microsoft Edge? Certainly not. The post Microsoft Edge won’t stop nagging users to set itself as default on Windo...
2024-12-20 20:55
AMD ROCm 6.3.1 Released With Instinct MI325X Support, ROCm Runfile Installer
Building off the ROCm 6.3 release from earlier this month, there's been a Friday night drop of ROCm 6.3.1 with some rather exciting end-of-year improvements...
2024-12-20 20:47
How Chrome's Autofill can drive more conversions at checkout
Learn how Google Chrome’s autofill feature can reduce the time you spend filling out forms and make online checkouts a breeze.
2024-12-20 20:40