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Google warned it's ending support for the Manifest V2 framework soon via the Chrome Web Store. This means uBlock Origin and other extensions that aren't Manifest V3 compliant won't be supported much longer.

Ericsson has secured a significant multi-billion dollar contract to supply 5G equipment to Bharti Airtel. Read more...

With the newly-launched AMD EPYC 9005 series processors continuing to use Socket SP5, there is drop-in upgrade compatibility for existing EPYC 9004 series motherboards/servers. That's assuming, of course, the vendor provides a BIOS update for enabling ...

Analyst firm Gartner forecasts 85 million electric vehicles on the roads by the end of 2025, highlighting significant growth in battery electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles globally. Read more...

The UK Government has begin a consultation into whether USB-C should be made a common charging standard. Read more...

The RISC-V Summit North America is a premier annual event that brings together the global RISC-V community – including technical, industry, domain, ecosystem and special interest groups who define the architecture’s specifications. All the experts ...

The 9to5Linux Weekly Roundup for October 13th, 2024, brings news about Ubuntu 24.10, KDE Plasma 6.2, Inkscape 1.4, Linux 6.10 EOL, openSUSE Leap Micro 6.0, Tails 6.8, new Linux laptop, new KDE software updates, as well as all the latest distro and soft...

Richard Biener of SUSE published a GCC 15.0.0 status report for outlining the current development state of the GCC 15 open-source compiler as it works its way toward the stable GCC 15.1 release in the early months of 2025...

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is expanding into Europe by creating more fabrication units for AI and automotive sectors, while also trying to respond to geopolitical tensions. Read more...

ICYMI, Google has confirmed it would soon make it impossible to keep using unsupported Chrome extensions like uBlock Origin. Read more...

The new ThinkSmart Core Gen 2 offers a Full Room Kit option and a range of ports, aiming to enhance meeting room capabilities, available for $2,900. Read more...

The Wine developers at CodeWeavers who also collaborate with Valve on Steam Play's Proton have been working to enhance input device support for Proton/Wine gaming. In particular, for various gaming input devices that were never designed with Linux supp...

For those that happen to have a Corsair Void headset or are looking for a new gaming headset this upcoming holiday season, the upcoming Linux 6.13 kernel cycle is expected to merge a new driver for these wired and wireless PC gaming headsets...

Inkscape 1.4 released on Sunday as the newest version of this cross-platform, open-source vector graphics editor...

Llamafile is the open-source project from Mozilla that allows distributing large language models as a single file that can work across operating systems, run on CPUs or GPUs, and all-around makes it much easier to distribute and run LLMs. This Mozilla ...

When it comes to open-source vector graphics software there’s perhaps nothing else as well known or as well made for the task than Inkscape – and a brand new version is now released. Inkscape 1.4 adds a crop of new features and improves accessibili...

When it comes to open-source vector graphics software there’s perhaps nothing else as well known or as well made for the task than Inkscape – and a brand new version is now released. Inkscape 1.4 adds a crop of new features and improves accessibili...

With the latest release stacked with new features, you may be looking to upgrade to Ubuntu 24.10 from Ubuntu 24.04 LTS but wondering exactly how. Well, in this post I show (though in some cases, remind) you how. “I just wait for Ubuntu to tell me, ri...

Inkscape 1.4 open-source SVG (Scalable Vector Graphics ) editor is now available for download with new features and enhancements. Here's what's new! The post Inkscape 1.4 Open-Source SVG Editor Released with Filter Gallery, Modular Grids appeared first...

According to multiple reports, Microsoft may be about to announce and broadcast a brand-new Xbox Partner Preview showcase. Read more...