Open Source

Windows 11 vs. Linux Benchmarks For Intel Arc B-Series "Battlemage" Shows Strengths & Weaknesses
Last week with the availability of the Intel Arc B-Series Battlemage graphics cards I ran benchmarks looking at the GPU compute performance, Linux gaming benchmarks, and also the workstation graphics capabilities. The Intel Arc B580 graphics showed som...
2024-12-17 11:03
Mozilla partners with Ecosia for a better web
Your tech choices matter more than ever. That’s why at Mozilla, we believe in empowering users to make informed decisions that align with their values. In that spirit, we’re excited to announce our partnership with Ecosia, a search engine that prio...
2024-12-17 11:00
Fedora Asahi Remix 41 Now Ready For Apple Silicon Devices
Fedora Asahi Remix 41 as the re-base of the Asahi Linux work for Apple Silicon devices atop the recently released Fedora 41 is now ready for Apple device users...
2024-12-17 10:09
LLVM Merges TySan As Sanitizer For Type-Based Aliasing Violations
The LLVM compiler stack offers a number of sanitizers like the AddressSanitizer, MemorySanitizer, UndefinedBehaviorSanitizer, and others for detecting different coding issues like data races, memory addressing issues, use of uninitialized memory, and m...
2024-12-17 09:56
NVIDIA Launches $249 "Gen AI Supercomputer" With Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit
NVIDIA today announced the Jetson Orin Nano Super Developer Kit as their "most affordable generative AI Supercomputer" with this upgraded Jetson Nano offering 1.7x better GenAI performance while also costing less than its predecessor. This new product ...
2024-12-17 09:00
Top 5 use cases for small language models
Since ChatGPT arrived in late 2022, large language models (LLMs) have continued to raise the bar for what generative AI systems can accomplish. For example, GPT-3.5, which powered ChatGPT, had an accuracy of 85.5% on common sense reasoning data sets, ...
2024-12-17 09:00
Smarter devops: How to avoid deployment horrors
Many devops organizations implement advanced CI/CD, infrastructure as code, and other automations to increase deployment frequency. In the State of DevOps Report 2023, 18% of respondents were classified as elite performers for being able to deploy on-...
2024-12-17 09:00
Does AWS have a complexity problem?
At AWS re:Invent 2024, Amazon Web Services addressed a critical concern for enterprises using modern cloud technology: managing the growing complexity of cloud environments at scale. Enterprises are confronted by the challenges of evolving systems, ma...
2024-12-17 09:00
Linux 6.1 LTS Kernel To Receive An Extra Year Of Support
Greg Kroah-Hartman has decided to extend the Linux 6.1 LTS planned lifespan from four to five years...
2024-12-17 06:41
Fedora Atomic Desktops For POWER PPC64LE To End Due To Finding No Users
While Fedora is often times eager to introduce new spins and other variants as well as supporting a comprehensive set of CPU architectures, it doesn't always drive new users. In the case of atomic versions of Fedora Linux for desktop use on POWER hardw...
2024-12-17 06:29
Intel IFS For Clearwater Forest & VSEC For Panther Lake Land In Linux 6.13
Merged yesterday as part of "fixes" to the Linux 6.13 were new Intel support additions for their next-generation Core Ultra and Xeon processors...
2024-12-17 06:14
Qt 6.9 Beta Released With New Toolkit Features
Qt 6.9 beta is out today as the first test release for this updated Qt6 toolkit...
2024-12-17 05:56
JavaScript is still number one – JetBrains report
JavaScript is the most-used programming language, according to JetBrains’ State of Developer Ecosystem Report 2024. But the languages with the most promising growth prospects are TypeScript, Rust, and Python, the report says. This year’s report fo...
2024-12-17 02:42
Kali Linux 2024.4 Released with Linux Kernel 6.11, GNOME 47, and New Hacking Tools
Kali Linux 2024.4 ethical hacking and penetration testing distribution is now available for download with Raspberry Pi 500 support, new tools, GNOME 47 support, and more. Here's what's new! The post Kali Linux 2024.4 Released with Linux Kernel 6.11, GN...
2024-12-17 00:41
Ubuntu brings comprehensive support to Azure Cobalt 100 VMs
Ubuntu and Ubuntu Pro support Microsoft’s Azure Cobalt 100 Virtual Machines, featuring their new 64-bit Arm processors. With over 95% of packages compiled for this architecture, users can deploy a wide range of workloads—from application servers to...
2024-12-17 00:17
Microsoft Recall screenshots credit cards and Social Security numbers, even with the “sensitive information” filter enabled
Microsoft’s Recall feature recently made its way back to Windows Insiders after having been pulled from test builds back in June, due to security and privacy concerns. The new version of Recall encrypts the screens it captures and, by default, it h...
2024-12-16 23:36
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Aerospike Vector Search adds self-healing live indexes
Real-time database provider Aerospike has updated its Aerospike Vector Search database extension for powering generative AI applications. The update offers new indexing and storage capabilities for real-time accuracy, scalability, and ease of use for ...
2024-12-16 21:51
State of the Word 2024: Legacy, Innovation, and Community
On a memorable evening in Tokyo, State of the Word 2024 brought together WordPress enthusiasts from around the world—hundreds in person and millions more online. This event marked the first time State of the Word was hosted in Asia, reflecting the pl...
2024-12-16 21:28