Operating Systems

In ‘garbage’ move, Roku testing auto-playing video ads before loading the home screen
Roku has confirmed user reports that it is testing auto-playing video ads before loading the home screen. Owners of Roku-powered smart TVs are understandably unimpressed … more…
2025-03-18 12:14
Volvo expands support for Apple’s Car Key feature
Volvo is expanding its support for Apple’s Car Key platform. The automaker is now rolling out a software update to the Volvo EX30 with support for Car Key. This allows drivers to store a key in the Apple Wallet app on their phone and use it to start,...
2025-03-18 11:56
Apple loses antitrust appeal in Germany, now faces new App Store rules
Apple has been facing increased antitrust scrutiny in Germany since a new law came into effect, and the company has now lost its latest appeal. The Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office) had argued that it should have the right to directly order Appl...
2025-03-18 11:50
Apple loses antitrust appeal in Germany, could face new App Store rules
Apple has been facing increased antitrust scrutiny in Germany since a new law came into effect, and the company has now lost its latest appeal. The Bundeskartellamt (Federal Cartel Office) had argued that it should have the right to directly order Appl...
2025-03-18 11:50
Blender 4.4 Released With Vulkan Improvements & AMD HIP RT No Longer Experimental
Blender 4.4 is out today as the newest version of this incredible, open-source 3D modeling software...
2025-03-18 11:38
Spike Jonze AirPods 4 short film now online, starring Pedro Pascal
Apple yesterday teased a new Spike Jonze short film starring Pedro Pascal, as a creative way to show off the benefits of the Active Noise Cancellation feature on AirPods 4. The film – just over five-and-a-half minutes long and titled Someday – is n...
2025-03-18 11:07
I upgraded a million-dollar live streaming camera setup with this $50 game controller
A $50 game controller transformed my million-dollar streaming setup and became an unexpected upgrade for streaming at the University of Nottingham.
2025-03-18 10:49
Apple announces major expansion of Tap to Pay on iPhone
Tap to Pay on iPhone is the ultimate in convenience for small businesses looking to accept contactless payment from both mobile wallets and physical cards, and from today it’s available in nine more countries. It allows retailers to accept contactles...
2025-03-18 10:48
OpenJDK Java 24 Released With Garbage Collector Improvements, Deprecating x86 32-bit
Along with the GraalVM 24 update today, Oracle has formally released OpenJDK Java 24. JDK 24 is now out under general availability status with many new features and changes...
2025-03-18 10:43
Fedora 42 Beta Released With Countless Improvements
The beta of Fedora Linux 42 is out this morning with countless improvements over the prior release. There is the near-final GNOME 48 desktop packages and a whole host of other software updates for living on the leading-edge of open-source software as w...
2025-03-18 10:12
Apple @ Work Podcast: Homebrew enterprise management on macOS
Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional-grade platform all the solutions necessary to seamlessly and automatically deploy, manage & pro...
2025-03-18 10:00
Microsoft releases new Windows Terminal updates with fixes and Mark Mode improvements
Microsoft has a couple of new Windows Terminal updates with improvements for Mark Mode and various bug fixes. Read more...
2025-03-18 09:34
Linux Kernel's Zstd Code Gets A Co-Maintainer
Hopefully leading to more timely updates to the Zstd compression code within the Linux kernel is a decision to add on a co-maintainer of the in-kernel Zstandard code...
2025-03-18 09:07
GraalVM Updated For Java 24, Adds Graal Neural Network Profiler For Better Performance
Ahead of the OpenJDK Java 24 release expected in the coming hours today, Oracle already released "GraalVM for JDK 24 Community 24.0" edition...
2025-03-18 09:00
RP2350 now generally available from Raspberry Pi, RP2354 stacked flash variants coming soon
Raspberry Pi has just released its latest product, the RP2350 microcontroller. It's available in A and B variants, with stacked flash variants coming soon. Read more...
2025-03-18 08:50
Vivaldi 7.2 is now available with faster page loading, better keyboard shortcuts, and more
Vivaldi's latest update, version 7.2, is here, and it makes the browser faster and more customizable. Read more...
2025-03-18 07:52
Roku testing pre-home screen ads, users consider "jumping ship"
Roku is testing a very unpopular ad format to increase revenues, forcing some users to consider ditching Roku if it goes ahead. Read more...
2025-03-18 07:12
ARM64 SMT Run-Time Controls Staged Ahead Of Linux 6.15
If you happen to have a rare ARM64 platform with Simultaneous Multi-Threading (SMT) support, with the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel there is set to finally be run-time SMT controls similar to the functionality long available on x86/x86_64 processors...
2025-03-18 06:47
iPhone 18 Pro could feature Apple's C2 5G modem, lower-tier models may stick with Qualcomm
Apple's rollout of its own 5G modems continues, with the iPhone 17 Air expected to use the C1 chip. Future plans include the C2 modem for the Pro, while some iPhone models may still use Qualcomm. Read more...
2025-03-18 06:42
Theora 1.2 Beta Released After 16 Years
Theora is Xiph.Org's first released video codec designed for use with Ogg. Theora started out based on the VP3 codec. It's been over 16 years since the release of the libtheora 1.0 reference software implementation and tagged this week was libtheora 1....
2025-03-18 06:31