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Yugabyte is adding new features to the latest release of its database, YugabyteDB 2.19, aimed at evolving it from a Postgres-compatible distributed database to a distributed PostgreSQL database. That seems like a fine distinction, but according to Yug...

Zorin OS 17.2 distribution is now available for download powered by Linux kernel 6.8 from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS and featuring various UI enhancements, as well as updated components. Here's what's new! The post Zorin OS 17.2 Is Out Now Powered by Linux Kerne...

Well this is a hell of a surprise... Microsoft announced today that DirectX will be adopting SPIR-V as the interchange format of the future. Microsoft's DirectX 12 will accept shaders compiled to SPIR-V, the intermediate representation defined by The K...

You can now save passkeys to Google Password Manager, making it easier to use passkeys across your devices.

After several weeks of testing Valve has released Proton 9.0-3 as the newest version of this Wine downstream that powers Steam Play for being able to enjoy Windows games on Linux...

Open source software (OSS) is at a critical juncture in Europe, offering significant potential to drive digital innovation, enhance security, and promote digital autonomy. The new Linux Foundation Research report, Open Source Maturity in Europe: Miles...

Oliver Smith as the Interim Engineering Director for Ubuntu Desktop at Canonical is out with a new status update on Ubuntu 24.10 development and related ambitions. This also includes more details about bringing the KDE Plasma desktop to Ubuntu Core Des...

There has been a lot of talk the past few days over the AMD AGESA PI 1.2.0.2 update that has begun rolling out to AMD AM5 motherboards with BIOS updates. The AGESA 1.2.0.2 is said to improve inter-core latency for Ryzen 9000 "Zen 5" processors when cor...

Thunderbird and its features help you do things. Crossing things off your to-do list means getting your time and energy back. Using Thunderbird and its Add-ons for productivity? Now that’s how you take your workflow to the next level. One of Thun...

The European Commission has taken the next step in forcing Apple to comply with the Digital Markets Act. The EC has started two so-called specification proceedings, in which they can more or less order Apple exactly what it needs to do to comply with t...

The Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) kernel graphics/display driver updates have been submitted and already merged for the in-development Linux 6.12 kernel...

The core perf subsystem updates have been merged for the in-development Linux 6.12 kernel...

The Java platform includes a variety of language features and library types for dealing with exceptions, which are divergences from expected program behavior. In my previous article, you learned about Java’s basic exception handling capabilities. Th...

Microsoft’s journey to today’s Windows App SDK and Win UI as a unified framework for building .NET desktop applications hasn’t been smooth. Today’s platform brings modern tools and designs to familiar frameworks, but it’s hard to update olde...

The Java platform includes a variety of language features and library types for dealing with exceptions, which are divergences from expected program behavior. In my previous article, you learned about Java’s basic exception handling capabilities. Th...

Intel engineers today released OpenVINO 2024.4 as the newest version of their open-source AI toolkit. OpenVINO 2024.4 prepares for upcoming Intel Core Ultra Series 2 "Lunar Lake" processors, supports newer Gen AI models, now supports Python 3.12, and f...

Caching has long been one of the most successful and proven strategies for enhancing application performance and scalability. There are several caching mechanisms in .NET Core including in-memory caching (IMemoryCache API), distributed caching (IDistr...

The scheduler updates have been submitted for the Linux 6.12 kernel and come with several notable enhancements...

The Microsoft Hyper-V updates have been submitted for the Linux 6.12 kernel. They are mostly small changes but does bring work to optimize the boot time for large Hyper-V VMs...