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Vulkan 1.4.311 Released With New Extension For BFloat16
The Vulkan 1.4.311 specification update is out today with a handful of issues resolved with various clarifications and other subtle refinements. Plus two new extensions...
2025-03-21 05:55
Severance’s season two finale now available on Apple TV+
Don’t worry, this is a spoiler-free post. The season two finale of Severance, the most popular show on Apple TV+, is now available for streaming on the platform. This is also the show’s longest episode to date, which is certainly very welcome by fa...
2025-03-21 03:01
OpenAI announces next-generation audio models to power voice agents
OpenAI has launched new speech-to-text and text-to-speech audio models, gpt-4o-transcribe, gpt-4o-mini-transcribe, and gpt-4o-mini-tts, which provide improved accuracy and more. Read more...
2025-03-21 01:56
Developers: apply these 10 mitigations first to prevent supply chain attacks
DevOps leaders hoping to find a single cybersecurity risk framework that will prevent their work from experiencing the kinds of compromises that lead to supply chain attacks will have a hard time, according to a new research paper. In a paper submitte...
2025-03-21 01:04
Ubisoft reveals Assassin's Creed Shadows has passed one million players on launch day
Ubisoft Quebec has revealed that its latest RPG, Assassin's Creed Shadows, has already crossed the one million players mark on the first day of launch. Read more...
2025-03-21 00:36
Painkiller is back, a "modern reimagining" of the classic announced for 2025
The classic Painkiller from the early 2000s is coming back under a new studio. This reimagined version is releasing later this year. Read more...
2025-03-21 00:02
Microsoft just "leaked" an Xbox interface mock up which has Steam game integration
Microsoft's Xbox app is undergoing rapid development ahead of its partner handheld "Kennan." This might be an early look at the next big update.
2025-03-20 23:47
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord - War Sails expansion announced with Vikings and naval warfare
The first major expansion for Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord has been announced, taking players north to a brand new island featuring Nords, naval warfare, pirates, massive sea battles, and more. Read more...
2025-03-20 23:36
The Last of Us Part II Remastered PC system requirements and exclusive features announced
Naughty Dog is finally bringing the final installment of The Last of Us to PC gamers in April, and now, the game's system requirements and exclusive graphics features have been revealed. Read more...
2025-03-20 23:00
Apple hit with lawsuit over ‘false advertising’ of Apple Intelligence features
Apple continues to face the fallout from its decision to delay the “more personalized Siri” that it first announced last summer as part of Apple Intelligence. Axios reports that Apple is facing a federal lawsuit alleging that its “promotion of no...
2025-03-20 22:50
Threads adds topics to profiles and new options for managing posts
Meta on Thursday announced new features coming to Threads, the company’s microblogging platform. Users will now have the option to add specific topics to their profiles, as well as more controls over who can reply or quote a post. more…
2025-03-20 22:41
Microsoft .NET 10 Preview 2 shines on C#, runtime, encryption
Microsoft has unveiled a second preview of its planned .NET 10 developer platform, featuring enhancements related to encryption, the .NET runtime, and the C# language. Published March 18, .NET 10 Preview 2 follows the February 25 debut of Preview 1. P...
2025-03-20 22:41
Gemini app rolling out Audio Overviews to Android, iOS
As announced earlier this week, the Gemini app is getting the ability to generate Audio Overview podcasts, with Android and iOS users beginning to see this capability today. more…
2025-03-20 22:33
Meta brings new features to Threads, including reply settings and a better video player
Threads, X's competitor, is getting new features to let users limit replies, personalize profiles with topics, and more. Read more...
2025-03-20 22:24
FOSS infrastructure is under attack by AI companies
What do SourceHut, GNOME’s GitLab, and KDE’s GitLab have in common, other than all three of them being forges? Well, it turns out all three of them have been dealing with immense amounts of traffic from “AI” scrapers, who are effectively perfor...
2025-03-20 22:19
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9to5Mac Daily: March 20, 2025 – EU forcing Apple to make more iPhone changes
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2025-03-20 22:14
elementary OS 8.1 Brings Bug Fixes, New Kernel + More
Didn’t get around to trying last year’s elementary OS 8.0 release? No bother as elementary OS 8.1 arrived this week, providing an opportune jumping-on point for new users. Based atop the recent Ubuntu 24.04.2 release, elementary OS 8.1 is powered b...
2025-03-20 22:10
elementary OS 8.0.1 Brings Bug Fixes, New Kernel + More
Didn’t get around to trying last year’s elementary OS 8.0 release? No bother as elementary OS 8.0.1 arrived this week, providing an opportune jumping-on point for new users. Based atop the recent Ubuntu 24.04.2 release, elementary OS 8.1 is powered...
2025-03-20 22:10
Xbox App will reportedly become a universal launcher for all installed games on PC
The Xbox app on PC may be aiming to become a universal launcher for games installed on the machine, similar to Playnite or GOG Galaxy. Read more...
2025-03-20 22:08
5 more Call of Duty cheat providers have been shuttered by Activision
Cheats have been a huge problem in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and Warzone, but a rash of cease and desists sent to cheat providers by Activision are clearing up the problem.
2025-03-20 21:53