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NVIDIA Is Helping To Improve Linux's Dynamic Display Mux Support For Laptops
In addition to NVIDIA engineers being at XDC 2024 in Montreal last week for talking about their Wayland driver plans, there was also a presentation by NVIDIA's Daniel Dadap around current Linux challenges in supporting dynamic display mux hardware on m...
2024-10-14 13:00
Get Norton Secure VPN for 1 Device, 1 Year Subscription for only $8.99
Get 1 Year of Real-Time Threat Protection & Online Privacy for Windows, iOS, Mac, and Android - All in One Comprehensive Solution. Read more...
2024-10-14 12:58
Intel Z890 LGA1851 motherboards hit pre-order at Newegg starting from $189
Intel Z890 chipset packing LGA 1851 motherboards have gone up for pre-order at Newegg.
2024-10-14 12:56
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Samsung smart TVs from 2023 pick up One UI update, an interface similar to Galaxy phones
In some exciting news, Samsung is pushing a new One UI update for smart TVs that were released in 2023. Read more...
2024-10-14 12:10
Spotify launches Audiobooks in France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and Luxembourg
Spotify's Audiobooks for Premium subscribers are now rolling out to more European countries starting today. Read more...
2024-10-14 11:38
PSA: Windows 10 has entered its final year of free support — here's what you need to know
The death of Windows 10 is now fast approaching. We have just one year left of free support and security updates before Microsoft pulls the plug, meaning everyone still running Windows 10 should now be thinking about an exit strategy ahead of October 1...
2024-10-14 11:33
Google warns it will end support for uBlock Origin soon "because it doesn't follow best practices for Chrome extensions" — leaving over 30 million users susceptible to intrusive ads
Google warned it's ending support for the Manifest V2 framework soon via the Chrome Web Store. This means uBlock Origin and other extensions that aren't Manifest V3 compliant won't be supported much longer.
2024-10-14 11:06
Change this Windows setting right away -- especially if you have children or pets
Curious children like to press or could bump into your power button. Here's how to stop them from suddenly turning off your computer.
2024-10-14 11:03
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Ericsson wins contract to supply 5G equipment to Indian carrier Airtel
Ericsson has secured a significant multi-billion dollar contract to supply 5G equipment to Bharti Airtel. Read more...
2024-10-14 10:58
AMD EPYC 9755 DDR5-4800 vs. DDR5-6000 Memory Performance
With the newly-launched AMD EPYC 9005 series processors continuing to use Socket SP5, there is drop-in upgrade compatibility for existing EPYC 9004 series motherboards/servers. That's assuming, of course, the vendor provides a BIOS update for enabling ...
2024-10-14 10:45
Gartner predicts 85 million electric vehicles will hit the roads by the end of 2025
Analyst firm Gartner forecasts 85 million electric vehicles on the roads by the end of 2025, highlighting significant growth in battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles globally. Read more...
2024-10-14 10:44
UK considering making USB-C the common charging standard, following the EU
The UK Government has begin a consultation into whether USB-C should be made a common charging standard. Read more...
2024-10-14 10:28
Canonical at RISC-V Summit North America 2024
The RISC-V Summit North America is a premier annual event that brings together the global RISC-V community – including technical, industry, domain, ecosystem and special interest groups who define the architecture’s specifications. All the experts ...
2024-10-14 10:11
9to5Linux Weekly Roundup: October 13th, 2024
The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for October 13th, 2024, brings news about Ubuntu 24.10, KDE Plasma 6.2, Inkscape 1.4, Linux 6.10 EOL, openSUSE Leap Micro 6.0, Tails 6.8, new Linux laptop, new KDE software updates, as well as all the latest distro and soft...
2024-10-14 10:01
GCC 15 "Stage 1" Feature Development Ending Next Month
Richard Biener of SUSE published a GCC 15.0.0 status report for outlining the current development state of the GCC 15 open-source compiler as it works its way toward the stable GCC 15.1 release in the early months of 2025...
2024-10-14 09:52
TSMC is building new chip-making plants in Europe to get away from U.S. - China tensions
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expanding into Europe by creating more fabrication units for AI and automotive sectors, while also trying to respond to geopolitical tensions. Read more...
2024-10-14 09:38
How do we fund open source?
The world has come to rely upon the free work of millions of skilled software developers—the maintainers of free open-source software (FOSS) projects. But the world hasn’t given them a tip. While it’s true that many open-source maintainers are p...
2024-10-14 09:00
Making genAI work for you
It’s not often someone can talk about genAI in a “pragmatic and realistic” way, but those are exactly the accolades handed out to AWS Product Management Director Massimo Re Ferrè following his recent generative AI (genAI) talk. It’s not hard ...
2024-10-14 09:00
Making generative AI work for you
It’s not often someone can talk about genAI in a “pragmatic and realistic” way, but those are exactly the accolades handed out to AWS Product Management Director Massimo Re Ferrè following his recent generative AI (genAI) talk. It’s not hard ...
2024-10-14 09:00
ICYMI: Google warns uBlock Origin not "best" for you, will "permanently disable" it soon
ICYMI, Google has confirmed it would soon make it impossible to keep using unsupported Chrome extensions like uBlock Origin. Read more...
2024-10-14 08:14