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Updated Serpent OS Alpha Brings Few Fixes To This Original Linux Distribution
Last week Ikey Doherty's Serpent OS Linux distribution debuted in alpha form while kicking off the new week is updated install media to provide a few fixes for this original from-scratch Linux distribution...
2024-12-30 06:38
AMD's GPUOpen Vulkan Memory Allocator Now Supports Vulkan 1.4
AMD's GPUOpen team managed to squeeze in a new Vulkan Memory Allocator release into 2024. As a reminder this is a easy to use/integrate Vulkan memory allocation library for both Windows and Linux systems with hopes of making memory allocation and resou...
2024-12-30 06:26
Meta AI bots could soon get Facebook profiles and interact with users
Meta could soon give AI bots Facebook profiles. They could end up generating their own content and start interacting with users. Read more...
2024-12-30 06:20
xxHash 0.8.3 Brings Runtime Vector Extension Handling For x86/x86_64
Meta's Yann Collet of Zstd fame is rounding out 2024 by releasing xxHash 0.8.3 as the newest update to this extremely fast non-cryptographic hash algorithm. The xxHash fast hash algorithm pushes for RAM speed limits and with the v0.8.3 update brings mo...
2024-12-30 06:17
Porn videos show up in search results for some artists on Spotify
Some Spotify users have spotted a troubling issue of porn videos showing up on search results for some popular artists on the platform. Read more...
2024-12-30 06:04
Apple might finally stop embarrassing iPhone owners by boosting iPhone 17 refresh rate
A Chinese tipster claimed Apple wants to boost the iPhone 17 screen refresh rate to further sweeten the pot for customers. Read more...
2024-12-30 04:26
GNOME’s New Image Viewer Adds Image Editing Features
Loupe (aka Image Viewer) is GNOME’s modern successor to the venerable Eye of GNOME has picked up its first batch of image editing features. The features in question were only recently merged upstream, aren’t finished, and not yet included in a stab...
2024-12-30 01:44
Dozens of Chrome Extensions Hacked, Exposing Millions of Users to Data Theft
A new attack campaign has targeted known Chrome browser extensions, leading to at least 35 extensions being compromised and exposing over 2.6 million users to data exposure and credential theft. The attack targeted publishers of browser extensions on t...
2024-12-29 23:24
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16 Chrome Extensions Hacked, Exposing Over 600,000 Users to Data Theft
A new attack campaign has targeted known Chrome browser extensions, leading to at least 16 extensions being compromised and exposing over 600,000 users to data exposure and credential theft. The attack targeted publishers of browser extensions on the C...
2024-12-29 23:24
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Windows 11 is showing more Xbox Game Pass PC ads notifications. Turn them off
You're not alone, but there's indeed a new surge in PC Game Pass ads on Windows 11. Whether you call these pop-up ads, recommendations or even notifications, Microsoft is not planning to give up on the nagging. The post Windows 11 is showing more Xbox ...
2024-12-29 22:33
Amarok 3.2 “Punkadiddle” Music Player Officially Released, Now Ported to Qt 6
Amarok 3.2 open-source music player app is now available for download with initial Qt 6 and KDE Frameworks 6 port, as well as other changes. Here's what's new! The post Amarok 3.2 “Punkadiddle” Music Player Officially Released, Now Ported to Qt 6 a...
2024-12-29 21:38
New Open Source Terminal App Ghostty is Spookily Good
We’re seeing something of a terminal emulator renaissance of late with the humble no-frills console being reimagined, rethought, and rewired to use GPU acceleration, containerised workflows, and (naturally) AI. Ghostty is a new, open-source and cros...
2024-12-29 20:19
Ghostty: New Open Source Terminal That’s Spookily Good
We’re seeing something of a terminal emulator renaissance of late, with developers keen to reimagine, rethink, and rewire the humble console to leverage GPU acceleration, containerised workflows, and (in some cases) integrate AI/LLMs. Ghostty is a n...
2024-12-29 20:19
Apple is redesigning the Magic Mouse: Here’s what we know so far
Mark Gurman from Bloomberg recently reported that Apple will be redesigning the – for the first time since its introduction in 2009. In the mouses fifteen-year history, the design has remained mostly the same, besides the switch from AA batteries to ...
2024-12-29 18:06
Save 89% on this 2025 CompTIA Certification Training Bundle by IDUNOVA
Catalyze a career in IT with these expert-led courses for CompTIA's hottest certification exams at a discount! Read more...
2024-12-29 18:00
MNT Reform Next open-source modular laptop crowdfunder goes live for $1,099
MNT's Reform Next open-source modular laptop crowdfunding campaign is now live.
2024-12-29 17:37
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Microsoft's Windows dark mode has been embarrassingly incomplete for nearly a decade
It's been almost 10 years since Windows gained a dark mode, and it's still broken and incomplete in the latest version of Windows 11.
2024-12-29 17:06
iPhone SE 4 coming next year with these 5 upgrades
Now that the iPhone 16 lineup has been released to customers, some people might be thinking about what’s next for the iPhone. However, it isn’t the iPhone 17, and it’s just a few months away. more…
2024-12-29 16:42
These 15 Apple products were discontinued this fall
Apple’s had a very eventful fall, with a jam packed September event, an iPad mini 7 launch in mid October, followed up by an “exciting week of announcements” at the end of the month. With all of those new product announcements, there were also a ...
2024-12-29 16:37