FFmpeg swscale Rewrite Begins Landing With 2.6x Faster Overall, As Much As 254x
Now that FFmpeg 8.0 has shipped for this widely-used multimedia library, development is back on of major feature work toward the next major release. Landing on Monday was the initial code for a major rewrite to the swscale code in providing a new frame...
2025-09-02 06:27
Intel Power Slider Support For Panther Lake Set To Premier In Linux 6.18
Last month Intel posted new Linux patches for a "SoC power slider" feature premiering with upcoming Intel Core Ultra Series 3 "Panther Lake" laptops. That SoC Power Slider support for the Intel int340x is now expected to be upstreamed with the Linux 6....
2025-09-02 06:14
Linux's Current & Future Rust Graphics Drivers Getting Their Own Development Tree
To help in accelerating the development of kernel graphics drivers and any other NPU/accelerator drivers written in the Rust programming language, the Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem is creating its own DRM-Rust development tree for drivers an...
2025-09-02 05:57
Hello Developer: September 2025
Be ready for the new design. Whether you’re a longtime pro or a hobbyist, get inspired and make your apps and games look their best by exploring videos, downloads, and docs.Plus, sign up for one-on-one appointments to dive into machine learning and A...
A closer look at the 50th Anniversary Surface Laptop
To celebrate its 50th anniversary, Microsoft Surface team has created 50 limited-edition Surface Laptops featuring unique cosmetic details. Read more...
2025-09-02 01:58
Stolen luggage at LAX recovered thanks to Apple AirTag
An Apple helped a West Hollywood man recover his stolen suitcase after landing at Los Angeles International Airport last week. Here’s what happened. more…
2025-09-02 01:29
This Macintosh programming book library will take you back, even if you weren’t there for it
Over the weekend, Daring Fireball’s John Gruber linked to a fantastic collection of early Macintosh programming books (via Michael Tsai). It is a carefully assembled catalog of more than 150 books from as early as 1983, covering everything from Apple...
2025-09-02 00:53
New GIMP 3.2 Development Release Brings Link Layers and Vector Layers
GIMP 3.2 open-source image editor has a new development release available for public testing, promising many new features and enhancements. Here’s what's new! The post New GIMP 3.2 Development Release Brings Link Layers and Vector Layers appeared fi...
2025-09-01 23:02
Linux Release Roundup (August 2025)
August flew by, but not without dropping off a fresh helping of Linux app updates. In this post, I round up and run through releases which hit my radar, but didn’t quite blip hard enough to warrant a full article. Plenty of app releases did get dedic...
2025-09-01 22:59
Linux App Release Roundup (August 2025)
August flew by, but not before dropping off a fresh batch of Linux app updates. In this post, I round up some of the smaller app releases that hit my radar, but didn’t blip strongly enough to warrant a full article. Of course, plenty of app updates d...
2025-09-01 22:59
Android Droppers Now Deliver SMS Stealers and Spyware, Not Just Banking Trojans
Cybersecurity researchers are calling attention to a new shift in the Android malware landscape where dropper apps, which are typically used to deliver banking trojans, to also distribute simpler malware such as SMS stealers and basic spyware. These ca...
2025-09-01 22:58
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Helldivers 2 split-screen co-op is “technically feasible,” says CEO — 8-player mode would be “cool but messy”
Helldivers 2’s CEO says split-screen co-op is “technically feasible” and even 8-player lobbies could be possible, as the game surges after its Xbox release and Halo crossover.
2025-09-01 22:25
WhatsApp Status is getting a Close Friends feature
While most U.S. users have never used—or even heard of—WhatsApp Status Updates, Meta recently revealed that the tab is now used by 1.5 billion people per day worldwide. And soon, WhatsApp will take a page from Instagram by adding a Close Friends fe...
2025-09-01 22:24
Rumor: AirPods Pro 3 features may not all arrive at launch
While we expect Apple to unveil AirPods Pro 3 alongside iPhone 17 and Apple Watch Series 11 next week, there’s one new feature that may not be ready for showtime. more…
2025-09-01 22:17
After a decade, CDKeys has a new name — and I hate it
CDKeys is officially rebranding as Loaded, but gamers have had a mixed response so far.
2025-09-01 22:15
Why the CDKeys rebrand to Loaded raises eyebrows among gamers
CDKeys is officially rebranding as Loaded, but gamers have had a mixed response so far.
2025-09-01 22:15
Intel just got $5.7B from the US government — but Trump could block foundry spinoff
The US now owns 9.9% of Intel and wants the chipmaker to retain control of its foundry business.
2025-09-01 22:04
You can try Apple’s lightning-fast video captioning model right from your browser
A few months ago, Apple released FastVLM, a Visual Language Model (VLM) that offered near-instant high-resolution image processing. Now, you can take it for a spin, provided you have an Apple Silicon-powered Mac. Here’s how. more…
2025-09-01 21:41
Redox gets COSMIC Readers and tons of bugfixes
The months keep slipping through our fingers, during this, our slow but relentless march towards the inevitability of certain death, so it’s time for another month of improvements to Redox, the general-purpose microkernel operating system written in ...
2025-09-01 21:05
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