Operating Systems

Linux 6.14 Sees Last Minute Fix For A Two Year Old Regression Causing A 30% Performance Drop
Submitted today ahead of the Linux 6.14 stable release expected Sunday is a lone scheduler fix for the kernel. This patch is for reverting a change made to the Linux kernel two years ago that ended up regressing some workloads with a significant perfor...
2025-03-21 09:00
Apple losing more than $1 billion per year on Apple TV+ 
Apple TV+ is losing Apple around $1 billion per year, according to sources familiar with the matter. It has reportedly been spending around $5 billion on content each year since 2019. Read more...
2025-03-21 08:56
AMD Announces Open-Source "GAIA" For GenAI But Currently Windows-Only
AMD on Thursday announced GAIA for "Generative AI Is Awesome" as a means of easily running local large language models (LLMs) on Ryzen AI PCs with the XDNA NPU. GAIA provides an easy software demonstration for Ryzen AI capabilities but sadly for the mo...
2025-03-21 08:30
Apple in trouble? Lawsuit seeks penalties for "false advertising" over Apple Intelligence
Apple faces a class-action lawsuit for "falsely advertising" its Apple Intelligence features that failed to deliver the promised AI capabilities. Read more...
2025-03-21 08:16
Atomfall preorder guide — Bonus, Collector's Edition, and where to buy
Atomfall is finally coming out soon, and preorders are live. Here's where you can get a copy, as well as all the benefits each edition gives you.
2025-03-21 08:06
Contribute at the Fedora 42 CoreOS Test Week
The Fedora 42 CoreOS Test Week focuses on testing FCOS based on Fedora 42. The FCOS next stream has been rebased on Fedora 42 content. This will be coming soon to testing and stable. To prepare for the content being promoted to other streams, the Fedor...
2025-03-21 08:00
Gemini app redesigns ‘plus’ menu, adds Canvas on Android and iOS
Following the web introduction on Tuesday, Gemini Canvas is now rolling out to the Android and iOS app with a redesign of the plus menu. more…
2025-03-21 07:01
Choose Freedom, Not Trialware
A few weeks ago, a customer walked into a Best Buy, which is a well-known retailer in North America that sells computers, appliances and gadgets of all kinds. On a mission to buy a new laptop for a family member, the customer sought something simple, r...
2025-03-21 07:00
ASUS ROG Flow Z13 Improvements For Linux, RGB Controls For The ROG Ally
A set of eleven patches being worked on for the ASUS HID and platform drivers work to enhance the support for the AMD Strix Halo powered ROG Flow Z13 (2025) laptop as well as adding RGB control support for the ROG Ally gaming handheld...
2025-03-21 06:46
Dynamic EPP & Raw EPP Features Coming To AMD P-State Driver
The AMD P-State Linux kernel driver for CPU frequency scaling with modern Ryzen processors has been working out quite well and proving very effective over the prior ACPI CPUFreq generic driver use. Beyond recently being extended to becoming the default...
2025-03-21 06:28
Vulkan 1.4.311 Released With New Extension For BFloat16
The Vulkan 1.4.311 specification update is out today with a handful of issues resolved with various clarifications and other subtle refinements. Plus two new extensions...
2025-03-21 05:55
Severance’s season two finale now available on Apple TV+
Don’t worry, this is a spoiler-free post. The season two finale of Severance, the most popular show on Apple TV+, is now available for streaming on the platform. This is also the show’s longest episode to date, which is certainly very welcome by fa...
2025-03-21 03:01
OpenAI announces next-generation audio models to power voice agents
OpenAI has launched new speech-to-text and text-to-speech audio models, gpt-4o-transcribe, gpt-4o-mini-transcribe, and gpt-4o-mini-tts, which provide improved accuracy and more. Read more...
2025-03-21 01:56
Ubisoft reveals Assassin's Creed Shadows has passed one million players on launch day
Ubisoft Quebec has revealed that its latest RPG, Assassin's Creed Shadows, has already crossed the one million players mark on the first day of launch. Read more...
2025-03-21 00:36
Painkiller is back, a "modern reimagining" of the classic announced for 2025
The classic Painkiller from the early 2000s is coming back under a new studio. This reimagined version is releasing later this year. Read more...
2025-03-21 00:02
Microsoft just "leaked" an Xbox interface mock up which has Steam game integration
Microsoft's Xbox app is undergoing rapid development ahead of its partner handheld "Kennan." This might be an early look at the next big update.
2025-03-20 23:47
Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord - War Sails expansion announced with Vikings and naval warfare
The first major expansion for Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord has been announced, taking players north to a brand new island featuring Nords, naval warfare, pirates, massive sea battles, and more. Read more...
2025-03-20 23:36
The Last of Us Part II Remastered PC system requirements and exclusive features announced
Naughty Dog is finally bringing the final installment of The Last of Us to PC gamers in April, and now, the game's system requirements and exclusive graphics features have been revealed. Read more...
2025-03-20 23:00
Apple hit with lawsuit over ‘false advertising’ of Apple Intelligence features
Apple continues to face the fallout from its decision to delay the “more personalized Siri” that it first announced last summer as part of Apple Intelligence. Axios reports that Apple is facing a federal lawsuit alleging that its “promotion of no...
2025-03-20 22:50
Threads adds topics to profiles and new options for managing posts
Meta on Thursday announced new features coming to Threads, the company’s microblogging platform. Users will now have the option to add specific topics to their profiles, as well as more controls over who can reply or quote a post. more…
2025-03-20 22:41