Operating Systems

Qualcomm announces Snapdragon Game Super Resolution 2 with several significant improvements
Qualcomm has released Snapdragon Game Super Resolution 2 (GSR2), a new temporal upscaling technology for Adreno GPUs. Read more...
2024-10-23 11:42
Why the Apple Intelligence delays? What about the new Siri? Craig Federighi explains [Video]
When the iPhone 16 line-up was launched without most of the headline AI features, there was much criticism about the Apple Intelligence delays. The WSJ’s Joanna Stern has now sat down with Apple software lead Craig Federighi to ask him to explain why...
2024-10-23 11:20
Gentoo Linux Touts DTrace 2.0 Support
More than a decade ago the DTrace tracing framework from Sun Microsystems was one of the long sought features from Solaris desired by Linux developers. Oracle ended up porting DTrace to Linux over the years but without too much fanfare outside of Oracl...
2024-10-23 10:53
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 FAQ – Story, Gameplay, Xbox Game Pass, everything you need to know
Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is an upcoming original RPG developed by Sandfall Interactive and published by Keplar Interactive. Here is everything you need to know about this upcoming game from its gameplay, story, characters, platforms, and more.
2024-10-23 10:37
Save up to 19% on Samsung's new 990 EVO Plus SSDs
Samsung's new 990 EVO Plus SSDs are now available, and the 1TB and 2TB versions are already available with up to a 19% discount. Read more...
2024-10-23 10:30
Windows 11 24H2 makes PCs faster with reduced CPU usage for Windows Update
Microsoft improves Windows 11 update efficiency, assures faster installs while using less CPU and RAM to apply it. The post Windows 11 24H2 makes PCs faster with reduced CPU usage for Windows Update appeared first on Windows Latest
2024-10-23 10:06
Workshop Continues with GNOME Extensions
The openSUSE Project will live-stream Episode 10 of it Contribution Workshop series on Oct. 24 at 18:00 UTC on openSUSE’s YouTube and X platforms for a GNOME Extensions workshop. The session will cover how to enhance and customize the GNOME desktop e...
2024-10-23 10:00
Significant CRC32C Throughput Optimization On The Way To The Linux Kernel
Google engineer Eric Biggers has worked on some very nice performance optimizations for the crypto code within the Linux kernel such as faster AES-GCM for Intel and AMD CPUs, much faster AES-XTS disk/file encryption with modern CPUs, and many other opt...
2024-10-23 09:56
Microsoft releases fixes for incorrect battery estimation on Surface Pro 9
If your Surface Pro 9 is shutting down abruptly due to incorrect battery level estimation, the latest firmware update will save your day. Read more...
2024-10-23 09:46
Microsoft Edge on Android tests new extensions, including VPN (Nord, Touch, etc)
Edge on Android experiments with a few more hidden extensions which lets you block youtube ads, use vpn, and download media from websites. The post Microsoft Edge on Android tests new extensions, including VPN (Nord, Touch, etc) appeared first on Windo...
2024-10-23 09:45
I review gaming monitors for a living, and these 7 incredible early Black Friday deals are the ones to get. Here's why.
Black Friday isn't here yet, but the deals are already flowing. Here are the ones to grab if you're looking for a new gaming monitor.
2024-10-23 09:42
A leaked internal report claims Apple Intelligence could be two years behind OpenAI's ChatGPT but it’s hard to count the iPhone maker out of the AI race: “By 2026, nearly every Apple device with a screen will run it"
A new report by Bloomberg's Mark Gurman suggests the iPhone maker's Apple Intelligence offering could be two years behind OpenAI's ChatGPT even before it ships.
2024-10-23 09:37
Anthropic's upgraded Claude AI model outperforms OpenAI-o1 in coding and can use a Windows 11 PC like humans — potentially backing NVIDIA CEO's claim about software development being dead in the water
Anthropic recently unveiled an upgraded version of Claude 3.5 Sonnet and a new model dubbed Claude 3.5 Haiku. The upgraded version ships with enhanced coding capabilities and shares the same performance specs as Anthropic's Claude 3 Opus LLM.
2024-10-23 09:26
New Outlook for Windows finally getting personal non-Microsoft account support
Microsoft has confirmed that the New Outlook for Windows app is finally getting personal account support. Read more...
2024-10-23 09:06
TSMC might have possibly violated U.S. export bans after its chip was found in Huawei device
TSMC might be in trouble after its chip was found in a teardown of a Huawei device, which is a possible violation of U.S. export restrictions on Chinese companies. Read more...
2024-10-23 08:38
Microsoft changes what happens when you open Office files on iOS and Android
Microsoft is making changes to how its mobile productivity apps open Word, Excel, and PowerPoint files. Read more...
2024-10-23 07:50
Microsoft Authenticator gets three major improvements to enable secure authentication
Microsoft has released a major update to its Authenticator app, enhancing the passkey registration process and overall security. Read more...
2024-10-23 07:16
Samsung may have finally ended the chipset confusion for the Galaxy S25 series
The latest report suggests that Samsung may have finally found the chipset it wants inside next year's Galaxy S25 series. Read more...
2024-10-23 06:50
Intel Preps PXP GuC Auto-Teardown & Improvements For Old iGPUs With Linux 6.13
Intel engineers this morning sent out their newest pull request of "drm-intel-gt-next" material to queue in DRM-Next ahead of the upcoming Linux 6.13 merge window. There is a new feature enabled on newer Intel graphics hardware as well as some improvem...
2024-10-23 06:45
Linux 6.13 To Default To AMD P-State Driver For EPYC 9005 CPUs
It was just earlier this week that AMD posted Linux patches to switch EPYC over to using the AMD P-State driver rather than the long-used generic ACPI CPUFreq driver. This should lead to better power efficiency out-of-the-box and is a change being made...
2024-10-23 06:32