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Microclouds can have many names and offer many features. They can be hosted by a regional cloud provider or specialize in a specific use case, such as the rise of GPU cloud providers focusing on the exploding AI space. They could even be clouds that d...

If all code is legacy code, then we are all maintainers. I carry an image in my head of a vast sea of silent, diligent, dedicated coders who silently maintain much of the code that makes the world go round. I carry this image because I am one of tho...

As AI models become increasingly commoditized, the data required to train and fine-tune them has never been more critical. While procuring high-quality data is expensive and raises privacy concerns, there is a powerful alternative that companies like ...

JRuby, which dates back to 2001 as a Ruby language implementation for the JVM, is set to arrive at version 10 shortly after the new year. JRuby 10 promises to be fully compatible with Ruby 3.4.0, a planned update to Ruby that brings changes for froze...

Mozilla Firefox 131 is now available to download with a small set of improvements in tow. The first change I noticed when opening Firefox 131 is the new icon for the ‘all tabs’ feature1. Previously a small downward pointing arrow, this new—more o...

GIGABYTE has launched its new X870E/X870 motherboards, featuring AI-powered performance, DDR5, Wi-Fi 7, advanced cooling, and more. Read more...

More than 140,000 phishing websites have been found linked to a phishing-as-a-service (PhaaS) platform named Sniper Dz over the past year, indicating that it's being used by a large number of cybercriminals to conduct credential theft. "For prospective...

Recently I came across a minor mystery—the model numbers of the original IBM PC. For such a pivotal product, there is remarkably little detailed original information from the early days. ↫ Michal Necasek Count me surprised. When I think IBM, I th...

The maker of the uBlock Origin Lite extension has ended its support in the Firefox Add-ons Store, citing a "nonsensical and hostile" review process. Read more...

For those making use of "reverse PRIME" setups where you have a primary NVIDIA discrete GPU while monitors are connected to Intel integrated graphics as the secondary GPU, such configurations should be working nicely with the upcoming Ubuntu 24.10 rele...

While the Linux 6.12 merge window only ended this weekend and won't be out until November, already code is beginning to accumulate for DRM-Next of graphics driver improvements targeting the Linux 6.13 cycle that in turn will be the first major Linux ke...

Igalia open-source developer Carlos Garcia Campos has written a new blog post to outline recent graphics improvements found in WebKitGTK 2.46 and WPEWebKit 2.46. Most notable with the new stable release is using the Skia library rather than Cairo as th...

During the month of September on Phoronix there were 265 original news articles and 16 Linux hardware reviews / featured benchmark articles. Here's a look back at the most exciting content for September...

Microsoft has shared a Group Policy fix for the Windows 11 KB5043145 update, which is breaking PCs and causing restarts, green screens, blue screens, and USB and Bluetooth failures. Read more...

Alleged renders of the Google Pixel 9a have surfaced online, showing off a totally new flat camera module. Read more...

Cybersecurity researchers have uncovered a new cryptojacking campaign targeting the Docker Engine API with the goal of co-opting the instances to join a malicious Docker Swarm controlled by the threat actor. This enabled the attackers to "use Docker Sw...

Windows 11 continues its growth, and according to Statcounter, it has just reached a new, all-time high market share. Read more...

WordPress 6.7 Beta 1 is now ready for download and testing! This version of the WordPress software is under development. Please do not install, run, or test this version of WordPress on production or mission-critical websites. Instead, it is recommende...

The Linux Mint project head has unveiled exciting updates for Cinnamon 6.4, including a modernized theme featuring darker contrasts and rounded edges. Users can expect this in December. Read more...

You may have received an Excessive Heat Warning on your iPhone today even if you’re nowhere near the affected area. This is probably why.