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Cash App data breach victims have just a few weeks to claim up to $2,575
If you had a Cash App account between August 2018 and August 2024, you could be eligible to claim up to $2,575 in compensation for a data breach – but only if you submit your claim quickly … more…
2024-10-28 12:52
Microsoft heard you like Windows updates, so it updated how updates update
Installation time, restart time, and CPU usage are now all reduced when installing monthly Windows updates.
2024-10-28 12:36
Neither Apple nor Masimo could admit what the $250 case was really about
The $250 (yep, there’s no missing ‘M’ from the end of that number) Apple was awarded in its patent infringement case against Masimo might seem amusing – as John Gruber wryly noted, it’s just about enough to buy one Apple Watch SE. But what wa...
2024-10-28 12:27
Canonical at India Mobile Congress 2024 – a retrospective
With an ambition to become Asia’s technology hub for telecommunications in the 5G/6G era, India hosts the annual India Mobile Congress (IMC) in Pragati Maidan, New Delhi. IMC is an annual trade exhibition for the telecommunication sector, bringing to...
2024-10-28 12:02
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D beats the 7800X3D by 26% in leaked Blender benchmarks — outpaces even the current-generation Ryzen 7 9700X by 11%
Improved thermals and higher clocks thanks to AMD's 2nd Generation V-Cache allow the Ryzen 7 9800X3D to pull ahead of its predecessor by almost 26% in Blender.
2024-10-28 11:48
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Raspberry Pi OS Now Enables Wayland by Default on All Raspberry Pi Models
The latest Raspberry Pi OS release enables the Wayland windowing system by default across all models of Raspberry Pi by using the labwc Wayland compositor. The post Raspberry Pi OS Now Enables Wayland by Default on All Raspberry Pi Models appeared firs...
2024-10-28 11:24
Researchers Uncover OS Downgrade Vulnerability Targeting Microsoft Windows Kernel
A new attack technique could be used to bypass Microsoft's Driver Signature Enforcement (DSE) on fully patched Windows systems, leading to operating system (OS) downgrade attacks. "This bypass allows loading unsigned kernel drivers, enabling attackers ...
2024-10-28 10:59
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Trinity TDE R14.1.3 Lets Linux Users Still Enjoy The KDE 3.5 Desktop Experience
The Trinity Desktop Environment as a still-maintained fork of the KDE 3.5 desktop software is out with a new point release...
2024-10-28 10:53
Firefox 132 Ready With Certificate Compression, Accelerated SVG Filter Primitives
Mozilla Firefox 132.0 release builds are now available for Linux, macOS, and Windows for this newest monthly feature release to this open-source web browser...
2024-10-28 10:46
Tesla invites device suppliers and automotive manufacturers to use new connector standard
Tesla has invited all device suppliers and automotive manufacturers to use its new Low-Voltage Connector Standard (LVCS), this could lower the cost of EVs for consumers. Read more...
2024-10-28 10:30
Sched_ext Scheduler Idle Selection Being Extended For LLC & NUMA Awareness
While the sched_ext extensible scheduler code was merged for Linux 6.12, work on sched_ext itself it is not over. New patches this weekend continue working on NUMA awareness for it with its default idle selection policy while similar work on CPU last l...
2024-10-28 10:12
Imagining the future of Cybersecurity
October 2024 marks the 20th anniversary of Ubuntu. The cybersecurity landscape has significantly shifted since 2004. If you have been following the Ubuntu Security Team’s special three-part series podcast that we put out to mark Cybersecurity Awarene...
2024-10-28 09:55
Qualcomm Adreno Rusticl-Based OpenCL Merged For Mesa 24.3
Another feature to look forward to with this quarter's Mesa 24.3 release is the open-source Freedreno Gallium3D driver for Qualcomm Adreno hardware now supporting Rusticl-based OpenCL compute...
2024-10-28 09:49
"We automated 150 tasks with AI agents, just copy us": Microsoft's Windows Agent Arena brings AI assistants keyboard-deep to Windows PCs but there are critical security and performance concerns
Microsoft unveiled a new benchmark called Windows Agent Arena, designed to promote testing of AI agents in Windows operating system environments. However, it's not up to par with human performance and presents critical security concerns.
2024-10-28 09:30
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 27th, 2024
The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for October 27th, 2024, brings news about GNOME 47..1, OpenSSL 3.4, Tor Browser 14, KDE Plasma 6.2.2, PeaZip 10 , Parrot OS 6.2, Thelio Astra, AlmaLinux OS Kitten, Ubuntu turns 20, as well as all the latest distro and softw...
2024-10-28 09:21
Visual Studio Code vs. Sublime Text: Which code editor should you use?
In my comparisons of JavaScript editors and JavaScript IDEs, my top recommendations often include Sublime Text (as an editor) and Visual Studio Code (as either an editor or an IDE). Neither is restricted to JavaScript, or even JavaScript plus HTML an...
2024-10-28 09:00
Bridging the performance gap in data infrastructure for AI
In the current technology landscape, organizations are looking to AI to provide transformative product differentiation and groundbreaking new revenue streams. In 2023, large language models (LLMs) dazzled folks with the possibility of new capabilities...
2024-10-28 09:00
Open source gets complicated
Oh, for the days when “open source” was simply the business-friendly version of “free software.” When we could make believe that the Open Source Definition (OSD) crafted for a world of packaged software shipped on CDs or other physical media w...
2024-10-28 09:00
Raspberry Pi OS Now Using Wayland By Default On All Models
Over the past year we have seen Raspberry Pi working a lot on Wayland support for the Raspberry Pi OS desktop and using it on their latest Raspberry Pi models. With today's new Raspberry Pi OS update, Wayland is being used by default across all Raspber...
2024-10-28 08:37