Understanding VBS Enclaves, Windows’ new security technology
Recently Microsoft announced efforts to improve security in its planned Recall AI assistant tool. Many of the details were not a surprise, as it built on familiar tools and services I’ve written about during the past few years, but the most importan...
2024-10-03 09:00
Fedora's Kernel Build Now Enabling Sched_Ext Support
Now that sched_ext was upstreamed into the mainline Linux kernel as part of the many great features in Linux 6.12, Fedora's kernel builds are prepared to enable this innovative scheduler feature that allows for new scheduling policies to be loaded via ...
2024-10-03 08:37
NVIDIA just debuted its new open-source advanced AI model with state-of-the-art capabilities to take on OpenAI's 'magical' GPT-4o
NVIDIA recently unveiled powerful open-source multimodal large language models (LLMs) dubbed NVLM 1.0 with the flagship model, NVLM-D-72B featuring up to 72 billion parameters.
2024-10-03 08:33
OpenAI's "collapse" fears reportedly date back to Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever's abrupt departure — beyond recent bankruptcy reports with projections of $5 billion in losses within the next 12 months
The departure of OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever raised concern among top officials in the firm behind the curtains. They reportedly tried to get the Chief Scientist back on the team by extending him a new and possibly lucrative deal, but their e...
2024-10-03 08:30
OpenAI tells investors not to invest in competing AI startups
After raising $6.6 billion in the latest funding round, OpenAI has asked its investors not to invest in competing startups such as Ilya Sutskever's SSI, Elon Musk's xAI, and Anthropic. Read more...
2024-10-03 08:16
Apple pulls another faulty update after reports of bricked Apple Watch
Apple pulled the latest watchOS 11.1 beta after user reports of bricked and frozen Apple Watch models. Read more...
2024-10-03 07:52
Microsoft posts workaround for Windows 11 24H2 Defender bug when upgraded from Home to Pro
Microsoft has published a workaround for IT admins on a Defender onboarding issue related to Windows 11 24H2 Home to Pro migration. Read more...
2024-10-03 07:36
Google Updates Patches For AutoFDO+Propeller Optimized Linux Kernel
Google engineers have been working on support for the Linux kernel to leverage AutoFDO feedback directed optimizations and Propeller optimizations when compiling the Linux kernel with LLVM/Clang. In turn this can help Linux systems see 2~10% better per...
2024-10-03 06:48
Giga Computing Announces GA On Their AmpereOne Servers
After years of AmpereComputing talking about AmpereOne AArch64 server processors, it looks like we are finally on the cusp of seeing broader availability of the processors and servers/motherboards for this ARM server platform up to 192 cores. At the en...
2024-10-03 06:17
NetworkManager 1.50 Released - Now Ensures Offensive Terms Don't Appear In Settings
NetworkManager 1.50 released on Wednesday as the newest version of this software commonly used on the Linux desktop for managing wired and wireless network connections...
2024-10-03 06:00
UXL Foundation Hosting Virtual oneAPI DevSummit 2024 Next Week
The Unified Acceleration Foundation (UXL Foundation), which was formed out of Intel's oneAPI software efforts, will be hosting a virtual developer summit...
2024-10-03 05:46
Amazon announces new Fire HD 8 tablets with improved camera, performance and more
Amazon has announced updated Fire HD 8 tablets with 50% more RAM, an upgraded camera, and longer battery life. Read more...
2024-10-03 05:30
Apple Search Ads expands to Turkey and 20 additional countries
Apple Search Ads is continuing its expansion into new geographic segments, following a successful rollout to Brazil earlier this year. Starting today, developers can start buying Apple Search Ads for placement in Turkey, and 20 additional countries. mo...
2024-10-03 05:00
Google Home for iPhone adding Favorites homescreen widget
After coming to Android earlier this year, Google Home now offers widgets that let you quickly control smart devices from your homescreen on iPhone and iPad. more…
2024-10-03 02:34
Apple pulls watchOS 11.1 beta 3 after users report frozen devices
Apple has pulled the watchOS 11 beta 3 update, according to Aaron Perris on X. The update was initially released to developers yesterday, but some users are having problems after installing the latest beta. more…
2024-10-03 01:14
Mozilla’s New Logo Looks Even Better Animated
A few months ago I reported that Mozilla is getting a brand revamp and that it incorporates the non-profit company’s iconic red dinosaur mascot – now I have a bit more info. A reader, Nicolas, recently pointed me to the website of global design age...
2024-10-03 01:08
Mozilla’s New Branding Looks Even Better Animated
A few months ago I reported that Mozilla is getting a brand revamp and that it incorporates the non-profit company’s iconic red dinosaur mascot – now I have a lick more info. A reader, Nicolas, recently pointed me to the website of global design ag...
2024-10-03 01:08
NetworkManager 1.50 Adds Support for Configuring Wi-Fi Channel Width in AP Mode
NetworkManager 1.50 open-source network connection manager for Linux-based distributions is now available with various improvements and new features. Here’s what’s new! The post NetworkManager 1.50 Adds Support for Configuring Wi-Fi Channel Width i...
2024-10-03 00:25