TurtleBot3 OpenCR firmware update from a snap
The TurtleBot3 robot is a standard platform robot in the ROS community, and it’s a reference that Canonical knows well, since we’ve used it in our tutorials. As a matter of fact, we use it to demonstrate some of our work, such as distributing a ROS...
Cloudflare Goes With AMD EPYC Genoa-X For Their Next-Gen Servers
Cloudflare's always-interesting technical blog laid out their details today concerning their next-gen "12th Generation" in-house servers that will be powering their vast web infrastructure. With these next-gen Cloudflare servers they are going with AMD...
Intro to Node’s built-in SQLite module
Node 22.5.0 now bundles SQLite, a lightweight, in-process relational database that requires no additional infrastructure but packs considerable capability. Let’s get to know this handy new built-in feature in Node.js. What is SQLite? Relational data...
Google suite leverages conversational AI for customer support
Google Cloud has introduced Customer Engagement Suite with Google AI, an application suite that combines conversational AI with contact-center-as-a-service (CCaaS) functionality for automated customer relations support. The software uses the Google Ge...
Intel Lunar Lake Linux Benchmarks Are Still Forthcoming
While there were many Windows reviews/benchmarks out Tuesday for Intel Core Ultra 200 Series "Lunar Lake" laptops on various websites, Linux tests are still awaiting due to having resorted to pre-ordering a Lunar Lake laptop myself for delivering Linux...
Ubuntu 24.10 ARM ISO Supports the ThinkPad X13s
Ubuntu 24.10 supports the Snapdragon-powered Lenovo ThinkPad X13s laptop in the official ‘generic’ ARM64 ISO — a notable change. Although it is possible to use Ubuntu 23.10 on the Thinkpad X13s it requires using of a custom ISO spun-up sp...
Intel Xeon 6980P "Granite Rapids" Linux Benchmarks
With the Intel Xeon 6900P "Granite Rapids" launch today the review embargo has now expired. I began with my Intel Granite Rapids Linux benchmarking a few days ago and have initial benchmarks to share for the flagship Xeon 6980P processors paired with M...
Intel Launches Xeon 6900P Series "Granite Rapids" Processors
Building off the launch earlier this year of the first Xeon 6 processors with the Xeon 6700E "Sierra Forest" processors, today Intel is lifting the wraps on the much anticipated Xeon 6900P "Granite Rapids" processors. Where as Sierra Forest is optimize...
Formation of the Open Regulatory Compliance Working Group
By: Dirk-Willem van Gulik, ASF VP Public Affairs Today the Eclipse Foundation announced the official formation of the Open Regulatory Compliance Working Group (ORC WG). This initiative will first and foremost capture current best practices around softw...
Intel Gaudi 3 Linux Driver Support Expected Next Month
Intel used their Enterprise Tech Tour last week in Oregon to not only provide insight into the new Xeon 6900 "Granite Rapids" server processors (and Xeon 6980P benchmarks) but also to shed more light on their Gaudi 3 AI inference accelerator. The quest...
VIDEO: The Thunderbird Council
The Thunderbird Council is an important part of the Thunderbird story, and one of the main reasons we’re still around. In this month’s office hours, we sat down to chat with one of the very first Thunderbird Council members, Patrick Cloke, ...
