Operating Systems

VKD3D 1.15 Released With Better Tessellation Shader Support
VKD3D 1.15 is out today as the newest version of this upstream Wine project for implementing the Microsoft Direct3D 12 APIs atop the Vulkan API for better Windows gaming on Linux and other D3D12 workloads on Linux or macOS when paired with MoltenVK...
2025-02-19 08:45
Greg Kroah-Hartman Makes A Compelling Case For New Linux Kernel Drivers To Be Written In Rust
The debate over the Linux kernel's Rust programming language policy continues... While some kernel maintainers are against it, Linus Torvalds has reportedly said he would override maintainers that may be against honoring Rust code. Linux's second-in-co...
2025-02-19 08:40
Microsoft 365 price hike email rolls out, but Microsoft won’t admit it’s because of Copilot
Windows Latest spotted that Microsoft has begun sending emails to existing subscribers about the Microsoft 365 price hike due to Copilot. The post Microsoft 365 price hike email rolls out, but Microsoft won’t admit it’s because of Copilot appeared ...
2025-02-19 08:21
RISC-V and Fedora: All Aboard!
2025 is the year of Linux on RISC-V. No, seriously. Sit back down–you can’t get off until the next stop anyways. Fedora is jumping on the RISC-V train as a fifth architecture. While there’s still some work to be done, we’ve hit some major miles...
2025-02-19 08:00
YouTube on Android TV now shows lyrics and album art when viewing music video content
YouTube on Android TV will display lyrics for music videos, helping you sing correctly during karaoke nights. Read more...
2025-02-19 07:14
Servo Begins Reworking Its Embed API So It's Easier To Integrate
One of the most logical paths forward for the Servo web browser engine is making it compelling for embedding within applications as an alternative to the Chromium Embedded Framework (CEF), WebKitGTK, and other browser engines. Servo developers recently...
2025-02-19 06:50
Manjaro Linux 25.0 Coming Along With Updated Desktops, Btrfs Filesystem By Default
Manjaro Linux lead developer Philip Müller has provided a status update concerning the upcoming Manjaro 25.0 distribution release...
2025-02-19 06:32
The newest member of the Apple family is likely to come with a naming rebrand
It has been heavily rumored, and now some credible sources are implying the upcoming iPhone SE to get a name change. Read more...
2025-02-19 06:32
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ "Strix Halo" On Linux?
Yesterday a number of Windows reviews began appearing for the AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395 "Strix Halo" with the debut of the ASUS ROG Flow Z13 as the first laptop to ship this SoC with 16 cores / 32 threads, 64 MB L3 cache, and 40 graphics cores with the...
2025-02-19 06:22
Ex-OpenAI CTO's new AI startup brings onboard over two dozen former OpenAI employees
Mira Murati, the former OpenAI CTO, has reportedly hired multiple employees from the ChatGPT maker for her new AI startup, Thinking Machines Lab. Read more...
2025-02-19 06:16
Intel oneDNN 3.7 Begins Tuning For Xe3 Graphics, Adds More Granite Rapids Optimizations
Intel software engineers on Tuesday released oneDNN 3.7 as the newest version of this oneAPI Deep Neural Network Library that is in turn used by software like ONNX, MATLAB, PaddlePaddle, Apache MXNet, and others as part of the building blocks for deep ...
2025-02-19 06:11
Sovereign Tech Agency Investing €515k Into The Eclipse Foundation
Germany's Sovereign Tech Agency (née Sovereign Tech Fund) announced they have begun investing into the Eclipse Foundation and the work they are doing on open-source integrated development environment (IDE) software...
2025-02-19 05:57
Hands-on: DJI’s new Osmo Mobile 7P and its exciting Multifunctional Module
As reported by our sister site DroneDJ, DJI announced on Tuesday the new Osmo Mobile 7 gimbal series with two different models. I’ve been testing a lot of smartphone gimbals recently as vlogging has become a hobby for me. Luckily, I was invited by DJ...
2025-02-19 03:43
The director for one of 2025's best games was a Windows Phone fan, says Microsoft was "shocked" that he was voluntarily using it — I experienced similar
Daniel Vávra of Warhorse Studios fame was a Windows Phone fan, showcasing good taste. He also had a similar experience that I did upon visiting Microsoft HQ.
2025-02-19 02:38
Apple removes apps with missing ‘trader’ contact information from EU App Store
Apple last year announced an important change coming to the App Store in the EU that would force developers to share their contact information with customers in some cases. Now that the deadline has arrived, Apple is removing apps from developers who h...
2025-02-19 00:49
Sad news for fans: The Ai Pin is going away as HP acquires Humane
HP is acquiring Humane, and the company has announced the shutdown date for the Ai Pin, advising users to transfer their data off the platform to prevent data loss. Read more...
2025-02-19 00:08
Apple to face public hearing in Brazil next week over App Store rules
The Brazilian antitrust regulator has been investigating Apple for imposing anti-competitive terms and conditions on the App Store. Although the company was given more time to make its case after a judge overturned an injunction against the App Store l...
2025-02-19 00:01
Windows 11 Release Preview build 26100.3321 is out with improved battery indicator and more
Microsoft is rolling out Windows 11 build 26100.3321 for Release Preview Insiders. It adds an improved battery indicator, File Explorer fixes, and more. Read more...
2025-02-18 23:52
Humane wrapped its bet against the iPhone in the cloak of AI and lost
The Ai Pin is officially dead. Parts of Humane have been sold to HP, and the Ai Pin will cease to function in a week. Cause of death? An outdated and undercooked bet against the iPhone made by former Apple engineers that Humane tried to disguise as art...
2025-02-18 23:22
Power Profiles Daemon 0.30 Preps Support for Linux 6.14
A new version of the Power Profiles Daemon (PPD) was uploaded to the Plucky archives today, and should soon make its way out to Ubuntu 25.04 daily builds —but what’s changed? The power-profiles-daemon is what those of who run Ubuntu (or Linux Mint...
2025-02-18 23:04