Operating Systems

Linux Fixes Indirect Branch Predictor Barrier "IBPB" Handling For Older AMD CPUs
Merged today to Linux 6.12 Git were bug fixes to AMD's Indirect Branch Predictor Barrier (IBPB) handling that can be optionally used as part of the Retbleed and Speculative Return Stack Overflow (SRSO) mitigations on older AMD processors...
2024-10-18 10:42
Sea of Thieves Season 14 is live with stealth focus, but two features get delayed
Rare has pushed the Season 14 content update to Sea of Thieves. It brings a grapple gun, stealthy blow pipes, crouching, disguises, and a lot more. Read more...
2024-10-18 10:40
A huge disaster: Qualcomm cancels Snapdragon X Elite devkit just days after first orders arrive, multiple months later than planned
The highly anticipated $900 Snapdragon X Elite developer kit that was first announced on stage at Microsoft's developer conference earlier this year has been canned
2024-10-18 09:45
Google moves Gemini app team under DeepMind to better compete with OpenAI
Google is undergoing another reorganization, moving the Gemini app team under Google DeepMind and shifting Assistant teams to Platforms & Devices. Read more...
2024-10-18 09:34
Microsoft Edge 131 Dev gets improved password flyout and Profile Preference page
This week's Microsoft Edge Dev update packs improvements for the password flyout and all sorts of bug fixes. Read more...
2024-10-18 09:18
Laptop Vendor Malibal Suggests Not Supporting Coreboot
In a rather surprising post this morning, laptop vendor Malibal that offers both Linux and Windows systems is suggesting to not support the Coreboot project for open-source system firmware...
2024-10-18 09:00
Microsoft explains how to fix Windows 11 24H2 0xc1900101 by trying again or trying harder
Many users are seeing the "0xc1900101" error code when trying to upgrade to Windows 11 24H2 or those testing it. Microsoft has explained how to fix it..sort of. Read more...
2024-10-18 08:48
Microsoft releases Edge 130 with improved settings and more
The latest feature update for Microsoft Edge delivers improved settings and a lot of other changes under the hood. Read more...
2024-10-18 08:32
Calibre 7.20 Adds New PDF Input Engine, Updates Tolino Shine 5 Firmware
Calibre 7.20 open-source ebook manager is now available for download with a new default PDF Input engine, new firmware for the Tolino Shine 5 reader, and other changes. Here's what's new! The post Calibre 7.20 Adds New PDF Input Engine, Updates Tolino ...
2024-10-18 07:59
Calibre 7.20 Adds New PDF Input Engine, Supports New Tolino Shine 5 Firmware
Calibre 7.20 open-source ebook manager is now available for download with a new default PDF Input engine, new firmware for the Tolino Shine 5 reader, and other changes. Here's what's new! The post Calibre 7.20 Adds New PDF Input Engine, Supports New To...
2024-10-18 07:59
Report: Intel desperately seeks to raise cash, plans to sell Altera stake
According to a new report, Intel is actively seeking to raise some capital by selling a stake in its Altera division amid financial challenges. Read more...
2024-10-18 07:18
Microsoft confirms Outlook getting new "Modern" as well as custom AI themes soon
Microsoft has confirmed new "Modern" and Copilot-powered custom AI themes are coming to Outlook very soon. Read more...
2024-10-18 07:00
AMD ROCm Looks Like It Will Finally Be Supporting OpenCL 3.0 Soon
The OpenCL 3.0 compute specification has been out in finalized form since September 2020. Since then NVIDIA's official Windows/Linux drivers have been exposing OpenCL 3.0 going back to 2021, the Intel Compute Runtime stack has also been exposing OpenCL...
2024-10-18 06:38
Ubuntu Snaps Up Intel's NPU User-Space Software So It's Easier To Accelerate AI
Ubuntu Linux maker Canonical has announced the availability of an Intel NPU driver Snap package within their Snap Store to make it easier to leverage the Intel neural processing unit (NPU) on Core Ultra processors within Ubuntu Linux...
2024-10-18 06:27
Valve Contributes OpenVR Video Driver To SDL
Merged to upstream SDL today is an OpenVR video driver that was developed at Valve Software...
2024-10-18 06:14
Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund Has Invested Over $24.9M In Open-Source In Two Years
Germany's Sovereign Tech Fund (STF) is today celebrating its second anniversary for "empowering public digital infrastructure." In the past two years it has invested more than €23 million (about $24.94M USD) into sixty open technologies...
2024-10-18 06:07
Perplexity introduces Internal Knowledge Search and Spaces
With the new Internal Knowledge Search, Perplexity's paying customers can integrate web results and internal files for better answers from Perplexity. Read more...
2024-10-18 05:38
Oppo shows off ColorOS 15, full of smooth animations and lots of iOS… ‘inspiration’ [Video]
Ahead of a rollout starting in November, Oppo has revealed ColorOS 15 with some big UI changes, but also a lot of… let’s say “inspiration” from iOS. more…
2024-10-18 01:18
Developers now required to provide public address and phone number for EU App Store
As we reported in August, a change coming to the App Store in the European Union would force developers to provide a public address and phone number that would become visible to customers in the region. As of today, the change has come into effect and ...
2024-10-18 00:23
Instagram now lets you quickly add a song to your Spotify library
Instagram and Spotify on Thursday announced an update to both apps that will bring new integration to make their users’ lives a bit easier. Instagram users will now have a quick and easy way to add songs they like to their Spotify library with just a...
2024-10-18 00:08