Open Source

Vivaldi 7.0 Delivers New UI, Dashboard Feature + More
Vivaldi 7.0 is out, and the makers describe it as not merely an update but ‘a new Vivaldi’ entirely. Those familiar with the browser will instantly see why, as Vivaldi finally gets an overdue UI redesign: there’s a new theme, pill-shaped floating...
2024-10-24 19:39
Vivaldi 7.0 Released with New UI, Dashboard Feature + More
Vivaldi 7.0 is out, and the makers describe it as not merely an update but ‘a new Vivaldi’ entirely. Those familiar with the browser will instantly see why, as Vivaldi finally gets an overdue UI redesign: there’s a new theme using pill-shaped flo...
2024-10-24 19:39
Next.js 15 arrives with faster bundler
Vercel has released Next.js 15, the latest version of the company’s React-based web framework, featuring a stable, production-ready version of the high-performance Turbopack bundler optimized for JavaScript and TypeScript. Written in the Rust langua...
2024-10-24 19:32
Some Clarity On The Linux Kernel's "Compliance Requirements" Around Russian Sanctions
When a number of Russian Linux developers were removed from their MAINTAINERS file in the Linux kernel, it was described as due to "compliance requirements" but vague in what those requirements entailed. Linus Torvalds then commented on the Russian Lin...
2024-10-24 13:15
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K "Arrow Lake" Delivers Strong Linux Performance
Earlier this month Intel announced the Core Ultra 200S "Arrow Lake" processors and today they go on sale. In turn, the review embargo also lifts for these new desktop processors. Up first today on Phoronix is the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Linux performan...
2024-10-24 11:00
Enter the Neoverse with Azure’s Cobalt servers
Microsoft has been running Arm servers as part of Azure for some time now, initially with Altera Ampere hardware, but now with its own Cobalt 100 hardware. The Cobalt processors are based on Arm’s Neoverse architecture and were first announced nearl...
2024-10-24 09:00
AMD EPYC 9755 Performance On The Linux 6.11 & Linux 6.12 Kernels
For the recently launched AMD EPYC 9005 series "Turin" processors there is good support out-of-the-box running on the likes of Linux 6.8 as found with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. The one exception is if wanting to engage CPU power monitoring you need a RAPL/Powe...
2024-10-24 08:36
Intel Media Stack Updated With Full Support For Lunar Lake, Initial Battlemage Support
Intel today released the Intel Media Driver 2024Q3 release to provide updated Video Acceleration API (VA-API) support for Linux systems along with an updated oneVPL GPU Runtime...
2024-10-24 06:44
NVIDIA Shipping Around One Billion RISC-V Cores In Their 2024 Products
Going back to 2016 we've known of NVIDIA beginning to use RISC-V to replace their Falcon micro-controller and other micro-controllers within their graphics processors to using this common open-source ISA. That use has continued to grow and an unofficia...
2024-10-24 06:35
Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ Launches: 26 TOPS Accelerator For $110
Following the launch of the Raspberry Pi AI Kit back during the summer with up to 13 TOPS performance for AI inference, the Raspberry Pi AI HAT+ was announced today with up to 26 TOPS capabilities...
2024-10-24 06:16
Raspberry Pi Launch Own-Brand SSDs Priced From $30
One of the best things about the Raspberry Pi 5 (other than the performance boost over its predecessor) is how much simpler it is to add an SSD. And if you’re running a full desktop OS like Ubuntu you should use an SSD: startup times are blazingly fa...
2024-10-24 00:44
Microsoft improves Windows’ update experience, and announces support for MIDI 2.0 and a new audio driver for professionals
Windows 11, version 24H2 represents significant improvements to the already robust update foundation of Windows. With the latest version, you get reduced installation time, restart time, and central processing unit (CPU) usage for Windows monthly updat...
2024-10-23 22:03
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Release Notes for Safari Technology Preview 206
Safari Technology Preview Release 206 is now available for download for macOS Sequoia beta and macOS Sonoma.
2024-10-23 21:31
Syncfusion open-sources UI controls for .NET MAUI
Developer tools maker Syncfusion has released a set of open source UI controls for Microsoft’s .NET MAUI (Multi-platform App UI), for building high-performance applications for iOS, Android, macOS, and Windows from a single codebase. The Syncfusion ...
2024-10-23 18:57
How developers can automate ‘computer use’ with Anthropic’s new LLM
Anthropic’s Claude 3.5 Sonnet large language model has gained a new ability: operating a computer.   The new ability, which the company is calling “computer use,” is currently in beta test. It enables developers to instruct Claude 3.5 Sonnet, ...
2024-10-23 18:15