Intel's Open PGL v0.7 Delivers New Experimental Features
Intel software engineers have released version 0.7 of Open PGL, their open-source Path Guiding Library (PGL) that can be used by 3D renderers to enjoy state-of-the-art path guiding methods for better sampling quality and efficiency...
AI in Healthcare: 5 Use Cases and 1 challenge
The accelerated developments in machine learning and artificial intelligence in healthcare have set the stage for some interesting transformations. By enabling better care for patients, optimizing processes, and generating new opportunities for medical...
Contribute at the Fedora Linux Test Week for Kernel 6.11
The kernel team is working on final integration for Linux kernel 6.11. This version was just recently released, and will arrive soon in Fedora Linux. As a result, the Fedora Linux kernel and QA teams have organized a test week from Sunday, September 29...
Asynchronous Device Shutdown Doesn't Make It For Linux 6.12
Patches for wiring up async device shutdown within the Linux kernel were queued via the driver core branch for the in-development Linux 6.12 kernel. However, at the last minute these asynchronous device shutdown patches were reverted so that they can b...
Last Call For The 2024 Phoronix Premium Oktoberfest Promotion
If you wanted to get in on the last Phoronix Premium promotion before the end-of-year holidays, this is your last chance to do so with the "Oktoberfest" sale ending this weekend for helping to support the site while enjoying ad-free browsing, native da...
Ubuntu Patches ‘Severe’ Security Flaw in CUPS
If you’ve cast a half-glazed eye over Linux social media feeds at some point in the past few days you may have caught wind that a huge Linux security flaw was about to be disclosed. And today it was: a remote code execution flaw affecting the CUP...
CUPS Remote Code Execution Vulnerability Fix Available
Four CVE IDs have been assigned that together form an high-impact exploit chain surrounding CUPS: CVE-2024-47076, CVE-2024-47175, CVE-2024-47176 and CVE-2024-47177. Canonical’s security team has released updates for the cups-browsed, cups-filters, li...
COSMIC DE Alpha 2 Released, This is What’s New
Chocks away —British saying, don’t stare at me weirdly— as the second alpha of System76’s homegrown COSMIC desktop environment has been released. To make it easy for us all to try out the latest improvements a second alpha build of Pop!...
5G mobile networks: A driver for edge computing
Recently, a striking report published by Omdia and Canonical highlighted that 86% of communication service providers (CSPs) are optimistic about the future of edge computing on telco networks. This is a market that is expected to grow substantial...
