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🧱 Building better initramfs: A deep dive into dracut on Fedora & RHEL
Learn how to harness the full power of dracut, the modern tool behind Fedora and RHEL's boot process. This hands-on guide explores real-world scenarios, custom module configurations, and performance tuning tips for building better initramfs images.
2025-07-04 08:00
Microsoft cuts 830 jobs in Washington as global layoffs target Xbox and sales
Microsoft's recent layoff of 9,000 employees affected 830 workers in Washington, Microsoft's home state in the US. Read more...
2025-07-04 07:02
Intel Enables Wildcat Lake Display & Experimental Flip Queue For Linux 6.17 Graphics
Intel today sent out a batch of new kernel graphics/display driver code for queuing ahead of the Linux 6.17 merge window opening in a few weeks. There is now DRM Panic support for the Intel i915 and Xe kernel drivers, Wildcat Lake "WCL" display enablem...
2025-07-04 07:00
Microsoft tells Windows, Mac, Android users to turn it "off & on" if OneDrive Search breaks
Microsoft last month confirmed that OneDrive Search was not working properly for many users. Today, the company has shared a workaround if the function still does not work. Read more...
2025-07-04 06:42
Debian Looks To Attract More Contributors, Eyes Budget For AI/LLM Usage By Debian Developers
The Debian project is hoping to address challenges of mentoring newcomers to contribute to the Debian Linux distribution as well as making it more known that open-source contributors can do more than just work on Debian packaging but that help is neede...
2025-07-04 06:30
Redis 8.2 Preparing More Performance Optimizations, SVS-VAMANA
The first release candidate of Redis 8.2 is now available for testing of this popular in-memory key-value database. Redis 8.2 is building off the recent Redis 8.0 release that ended up going tri-licensing with the AGPLv3 stemming from developer/communi...
2025-07-04 06:19
Bash 5.3 Released With Many Improvements
Three years since the Bash 5.2 release and one year since the first alpha release, GNU Bash 5.3 was released overnight as the newest step forward for this popular shell used on Linux and other operating systems...
2025-07-04 06:09
European and American companies call for the AI Act to be postponed
While EU eyes are on August to implement its controversial AI Act, tech companies have asked for a delay as they still don't know how to comply. Read more...
2025-07-04 05:38
Meta pushes for EU-wide digital majority age, wants parental approval for teen app downloads
Meta has said it would like the EU to introduce a Digital Majority Age where parents get to control what apps kids install, policed at the OS or app store level. Read more...
2025-07-04 04:56
Hideo Kojima's "OD" is still in development with Xbox, at least for today
Microsoft has culled many second-party publishing projects at Xbox, but OD isn't one of them.
2025-07-04 02:21
Open Source at the Crossroads of AI Opportunity and Cybersecurity Necessity
Each year, Open Source Summit North America, hosted by the Linux Foundation, brings together people from around the world to learn, connect, and collaborate. As a Research Mentee, I had the amazing opportunity to attend this conference and see firstha...
2025-07-04 01:21
Microsoft begins removing PowerShell 2.0 as it cleans up Windows 11
Microsoft has confirmed that Windows 11's next release won't ship with PowerShell 2.0, which originally debuted in Windows 7. The post Microsoft begins removing PowerShell 2.0 as it cleans up Windows 11 appeared first on Windows Latest
2025-07-04 01:04
You can now use Copilot AI to search, read local files on Windows 11 / 10
The Copilot app on Windows 11 (and Windows 10) can now look up files on the local storage or files synced to the local storage. The post You can now use Copilot AI to search, read local files on Windows 11 / 10 appeared first on Windows Latest
2025-07-04 00:23
Apple reverts China slump, sees first iPhone quarterly growth in two years [report]
For the past two years, Apple has been having a tough time in China. Just recently, the U.S. trade war and local incentives from the Chinese government really got in the way of iPhone sales. However, Apple seems to be regaining control of the situation...
2025-07-03 23:24
EA is killing a game I didn't even know was alive
EA has announced that its ambitious live-service extraction shooter, Anthem, will sunset servers on January 12, 2026. The game will be unplayable, as it was designed to be an online-only experience.
2025-07-03 23:14
Xbox CEO Phil Spencer reportedly couldn't stop playing ZeniMax's unannounced game — and now it's canceled
A report from Bloomberg indicates that Microsoft Gaming CEO Phil Spencer enjoyed playing ZeniMax Online Studios' new MMORPG months before it was canceled.
2025-07-03 23:07
The big "Stop Killing Games" petition just hit 1 million signatures — in partial thanks to one dev who tried to kill it
#StopKillingGames completed its goal despite one prominent developer opposing the movement.
2025-07-03 23:02
GIMP 3.2 Adds New Painting Mode, Photoshop Patterns + More
GIMP 3.2 will include a new Overwrite painting mode, support for Photoshop pattern files, and expanded file format support. You're reading GIMP 3.2 Adds New Painting Mode, Photoshop Patterns + More, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewh...
2025-07-03 22:59
GIMP Dev Release Adds New Painting Mode & Text Outline Settings
GIMP 3.2 will include a new Overwrite painting mode, support for Photoshop pattern files, and expanded file format support. You're reading GIMP Dev Release Adds New Painting Mode & Text Outline Settings, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce e...
2025-07-03 22:59
GIMP 3.2 Dev Release Adds New Paint Mode + More
GIMP 3.2 will include a new Overwrite painting mode, support for Photoshop pattern files, and expanded file format support. You're reading GIMP 3.2 Dev Release Adds New Paint Mode + More, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu. Do not reproduce elsewhere without...
2025-07-03 22:59