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Linux 6.13 Performance For 250Hz vs. 1000Hz Timer Frequency Comparison
Given the recent patch proposal to raise the Linux kernel's default timer frequency from 250Hz to 1000Hz, I ran some fresh benchmarks looking at the 250Hz vs. 1000Hz comparison on some modern desktop hardware...
2025-02-12 10:05
GNU Shepherd 1.0.2 Service Manager Delivers Fixes
In addition to the recent release of SysVinit 3.14 and systemd continuing to tack on new features, the GNU Shepherd system/user service manager written in Guile Scheme is out today with a new release...
2025-02-12 10:00
US and UK refuse to join global declaration on trustworthy AI
The US and UK refused to sign an AI safety declaration at the Paris summit, prioritizing national interests and raising concerns about global AI governance. Read more...
2025-02-12 09:34
Apple could soon address the biggest flaw in its boldest product bet
On the eve of potential Apple product announcements, an interesting possibility has crossed my mind—especially regarding Friday’s news. more…
2025-02-12 09:03
Dynamic web apps with HTMX, Python, and Django
Python is one of the most popular programming language today, in part due to its large ecosystem of tools for data science and AI applications. But Python is also a popular choice for developing web apps, particularly using the Django web framework. I...
2025-02-12 09:00
Rust memory management explained
Rust shares many concepts with other languages intended for systems programming. For instance, Rust distinguishes between memory allocated from the stack and memory allocated from the heap. It also ensures that variables declared within a scope are un...
2025-02-12 09:00
Keep your code open to possibilities
I’ve been developing software for many years now. Decades. I’ve learned a lot along the way, and I dare to think that I’ve collected some wisdom about software development worth sharing with others. At some point, you think “Yeah, I’ve got...
2025-02-12 09:00
Open-Source Licensing Gets AI Upgrade
Developers of the openSUSE community continue their commitment toward improving legal compliance and software transparency with the release of the Cavil Legal Text dataset on Hugging Face. This dataset is designed to enhance automated legal text classi...
2025-02-12 09:00
World of Warcraft: The War Within's next big season, "Undermine(d)," gets a February 25 release date
The hotly anticipated update for World of Warcraft The War Within will finally release on February 25.
2025-02-12 08:50
World of Warcaft: The War Within's next big season, "Undermine(d)," gets a February 25 release date
The hotly anticipated update for World of Warcraft The War Within will finally release on February 25.
2025-02-12 08:50
Sam Altman rubbishes Elon Musk's $97.4 billion bid — OpenAI and its mission aren't for sale: “I wish he would just compete by building a better product"
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently claimed that Elon Musk's constant antics aimed are OpenAI are designed to slow the AI firm down as xAI plays catchup, including his $97.4 billion bid to acquire the ChatGPT maker.
2025-02-12 08:41
Paris AI Action Summit: A milestone for open and Public AI
As we close out the Paris AI Action Summit, one thing is clear: the conversation around open and Public AI is evolving—and gaining real momentum. Just over a year ago at Bletchley Park, open source AI was framed as a risk. In Paris, we saw a major sh...
2025-02-12 08:00
China's Baidu is baking a new generative AI model for later this year, says report
A next-gen generative AI model from Chinese tech giant Biadu is expected to arrive in the second half of 2025. Read more...
2025-02-12 07:00
Linux 6.15 To Bring More Improvements To DRM Panic "Screen of Death"
Now that the Linux 6.14 merge window has passed, new feature material aiming for the Linux 6.15 kernel is beginning to get ready for staging in DRM-Next ahead of that next merge window opening up around the end of March. Sent out today was the first ba...
2025-02-12 06:52
Apple and Alibaba partner up to bring support for Apple Intelligence in China
Apple and Alibaba have worked together to bring Apple Intelligence features to mainland China, where iPhone sales have recently slumped. Read more...
2025-02-12 06:44
Intel C1 Demotion Knob Proposed For The Linux Kernel To Help Newer Xeon CPUs
A patch has been proposed for the Linux kernel to add a C1 demotion knob via /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuidle/c1_demotion for more control over lower power state handling for recent Xeon Scalable processors. This C1 demotion knob can help with the perfo...
2025-02-12 06:35
Open-Source Qualcomm Adreno Vulkan Driver Matures To Default AArch64 Mesa Driver List
The open-source Qualcomm Adreno Vulkan driver within Mesa known as "TURNIP" has now matured enough that it's going to be built by default when compiling Mesa for ARM64/AArch64 hardware...
2025-02-12 06:30
Intel Thermal Daemon 2.5.9 Prepares For Panther Lake
Intel on Tuesday released Thermal Daemon 2.5.9 as their newest feature release of this open-source daemon to help monitor and control the CPU/SoC temperature within laptops and other modern Intel hardware...
2025-02-12 06:21
These Apple product announcements coming tomorrow through next few weeks
It sounds like a variety of new Apple products are preparing to launch. That’s according to Bloomberg‘s Mark Gurman, who has shared more details tonight about what to expect and when. more…
2025-02-12 03:17