Ubuntu 24.10 Fixes a Pesky File Picker Paper-Cut
Ubuntu 24.10 features a clutch of headline-worth changes, but also plenty of less obvious fixes for “paper cuts” – including a decades-long issue with thumbnails in the GTK file picker. Feeling deja-vu? GNOME 44 (shipped in Ubuntu 23....
Haiku R1/beta5 has been released!
After about a year and a half since the last beta, Haiku R1/beta5 has been released. See “Release Notes” for the release notes, “Press contact”, for press inquiries … and “Get Haiku!” to skip all that and just...
Apple is well on its way to making iPhones theft-proof
Apple’s latest theft-prevention measure went live for beta testers yesterday: Activation Lock for iPhone components. The move is likely to generate some controversy, as it introduces another barrier to DIY repairs using parts harvested from broken de...
Is Towerborne on Steam Deck?
Towerborne seems like a perfect Steam Deck game, and it's just gone into Early Access on Steam, here's everything we know about Towerborne being playable on the Valve handheld.
Life without Python’s ‘dead batteries’
This (half-)month in Python and elsewhere: Python’s “dead batteries” are about to be removed—and soon. Here’s how to live without them. Also, get started with Pillow for image processing, and find out how Python’s built-in enum module make...
New AI reporting regulations
The U.S. Commerce Department announced on Monday that it is proposing detailed reporting requirements for advanced developers of artificial intelligence and cloud computing providers. In an era when artificial intelligence and cloud computing are driv...
