Why Use a Mail Client vs Webmail
Many of us Thunderbird users often forget just how convenient using a mail client can be. But as webmail has become more popular over the last decade, some new users might not know the difference between the two, and why you would want to swap your bro...
2024-09-10 13:27
Triangle JUG 2024
Triangle JUG 2024 I had the great pleasue of speaking at Triangle Java User Group yesterday. It was the first time I did this presentation titled Jakarta EE meets AI. It is a very demo heavy presentation, so lots of things can go wrong, but the demo go...
2024-09-10 13:04
Oracle’s HeatWave data analytics service gets new gen AI features
Oracle released new generative AI features among other updates to its managed data analytics and database service, Oracle HeatWave at its CloudWorld 2024 conference. Oracle HeatWave encompasses several modules including HeatWave Lakehouse, HeatWave on...
2024-09-10 13:00
What’s new for developers? (September 2024)
Keep updated with this list of development-related changes from the past month. Most of them are included in WordPress trunk, Gutenberg 19.0 or 19.1.
2024-09-10 13:00
GNU C Library Tuning For AArch64 Helps Memset Performance By ~24%
A patch merged yesterday to the GNU C Library (glibc) codebase can help the memset() function's performance by 24% as measured on an Arm Neoverse-N1 core...
2024-09-10 13:00
Parallels releases Parallels Desktop 20 with AI development tools, macOS Sequoia compatibility, and Windows 11 24H2 support
Parallels has just released the brand new Parallels Desktop 20 for Mac. The new version includes an AI-ready virtual machine toolkit that can be securely downloaded and operated offline, making it easier than ever for developers to experiment with and ...
2024-09-10 13:00
Apple loses Irish tax case on final appeal: Must pay €13B
The final appeal over the Apple Irish tax case has been decided by Europe’s highest court, and the Cupertino company has lost. It must now pay €13B in back tax to the Irish government. The ruling ends an eight-year court battle between Apple and th...
2024-09-10 12:57
Are you buying an iPhone 16? [Poll]
Best iPhone 16 accessories
2024-09-10 12:38
Here’s everything Apple announced yesterday – and a few surprises
Yesterday’s ‘Glowtime’ event of course saw the announcement of the new iPhone 16 line-up, with the rest of the announcements spanning both hardware and software. While most of the pre-event reporting on the iPhone 16 models was accurate, there we...
2024-09-10 12:30
Intel Linux Graphics Driver To Finally Expose GPU Package Temperature
With the upcoming Linux 6.12 kernel the Intel graphics driver will finally be able to report GPU fan speeds. Another long sought feature is also on the way for this open-source Linux driver: GPU package temperature reporting for Intel discrete GPUs...
2024-09-10 12:24
AlmaLinux Announces Certification SIG, Hardware Certification Program
AlmaLinux to further distinguish itself from other RHEL-based Linux distributions has announced a Certification Special Interest Group (SIG) and out of that is coming a AlmaLinux Hardware Certification Program...
2024-09-10 11:27
Canonical Working To Package GraalVM For Ubuntu Linux
While OpenJDK Java is available via the Ubuntu package archive and the go-to JVM on Ubuntu Linux, Canonical is working to package up Oracle's GraalVM as another option for enhancing the Java stack on Ubuntu...
2024-09-10 10:42
Oracle inks deal with AWS to offer database services
In continuation of its efforts to help enterprises migrate to the cloud, Oracle said it is partnering with Amazon Web Services (AWS) to offer database services on the latter’s infrastructure. This is Oracle’s third partnership with a hyperscaler t...
2024-09-10 10:23
Break for Async User-Unhandled exceptions in the Visual Studio Debugger
Before .NET 9, the debugger was unable to track exceptions thrown from user-code async methods into non-user code framework methods, such as ASP.NET middleware. We are pleased to announce that you will now start seeing the debugger stop for these user-...
2024-09-10 10:00
A critical juncture for public cloud providers
Public cloud providers are expensive, and I’m not alone in that opinion. Civo, a company specializing in public cloud services, recently published a report on the state of the cloud market. Civo surveyed more than 500 professionals in the cloud indu...
2024-09-10 09:00
Intel QATlib 24.09 Improves Performance For Multi-Threaded Apps & Multi-Socket Servers
Intel today released a new version of QATlib, the QuickAssist Technology library for enjoying hardware-accelerated offloading of security, authentication, and compression needs. Recent Intel Xeon CPUs with built-in QAT accelerators stand to benefit a l...
2024-09-10 08:55
Let’s meet at World Summit AI and talk about open source and AI tooling, with a dash of GenAI
Date: 9-10 October 2024 Booth: B8 After Data & AI Masters, we cross the North Sea to attend one of the leading AI events inEurope. Between the 9th and 10th of October, our team will be in Amsterdam at World Summit AI for the second year in a row. I...
2024-09-10 08:35
When the PC and Internet were new
If you haven’t figured it out by now, I’m kind of an old gray-bearded guy. Well, getting there, anyway. Sure, I like to think I’m still 27 years old, but I’m not. I’ve been around.  I’m one of those guys who was lucky enough to get an A...
2024-09-10 08:30
Finding the right large language model for your needs
Though generative AI is relatively new compared with other artificial intelligence technologies, it is already being used to support tasks ranging from vetting job applicants to diagnosing and recommending treatments for illnesses. IDC predicts that b...
2024-09-10 08:15