Operating Systems

Apple’s full product lineup could soon arrive on Amazon…sort of
Amazon is a go-to retailer for many users, but if you’re shopping for Apple devices, you’ll only find certain products for sale. Soon, that may change—sort of—thanks to a new Amazon test. more…
2025-02-12 14:51
Elden Ring Nightreign has a release date — here's when you can team up in FromSoftware's new co-op experience
Elden Ring Nightreign is launching on May 30, 2025, letting players team up in a new co-op focused experience.
2025-02-12 14:38
Google announces I/O 2025 developer conference for May 20-21
Google I/O 2025 is scheduled for May 20-21. Expect Android 16, potential Wear OS updates, AI advancements, and maybe even a glimpse of Android XR with Samsung's Project Moohan. Read more...
2025-02-12 14:38
Google's AI image remixing tool 'Whisk' is now available in 100+ countries
After initially launching in the US, Google's generative AI tool 'Whisk' is now accessible to more people. Read more...
2025-02-12 14:22
Apple announces new Apple Health Study that uses iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods
Apple is launching a holistic health study that aims to determine how Apple products “play a role in advancing and improving physical health, mental health, and overall wellbeing.” Enrollment for the brand new Apple Health Study opens today in Appl...
2025-02-12 14:18
Here are the Mac apps and utilities I couldn’t live without
My colleague Zac Hall yesterday shared the Mac apps he currently uses, and it got me thinking about the Mac apps and utilities I couldn’t live without. Some are major apps, like Final Cut Pro, but there are a bunch of utilities I use on a regular bas...
2025-02-12 14:16
Kandji announces Vulnerability Management aimed at delivering a stronger security posture for Apple in the enterprise
IT and security teams often struggle with visibility into vulnerabilities, leading to long remediation timelines. A McKinsey report shows that 37% of companies take over three months to resolve vulnerabilities. Today, Kandji is announcing a solution th...
2025-02-12 14:00
ARCTIC Freezer 4U-SP5 Provides Effective Cooling For AMD EPYC 9004/9005 CPUs
Along with the recently reviewed ARCTIC Freezer 4U-M for Ampere Altra, ARCTIC Cooling had also recently sent over their ARCTIC Freezer 4U-SP5 heatsink for cooling AMD EPYC 9004/9005 server processors within 4U rackmount height requirements. This cooler...
2025-02-12 14:00
Windows 11 Patch Tuesday tweaks taskbar and adds handy icon in system tray for AI effects
Windows 11's Patch Tuesday update is here, and it brings security improvements and a small handful of new features to PCs.
2025-02-12 13:54
Built by one of Diablo and Blizzard's co-founders, this new Xbox game tasks you with raising a son in the zombie apocalypse — you've already been bitten
In "Undying," you play as a mother doomed to succumb to a zombie plague. With time very much not on your side, your goal is to give your son the skills he needs to survive in a bleak world.
2025-02-12 13:05
Darktable 5.0.1 Adds Support for Leica SL3-S, Minolta DiMAGE 5, and Panasonic S5D
Darktable 5.0.1 open-source RAW image editor is now available for download with support for new cameras, new noise profiles, and bug fixes. Here's what's new! The post Darktable 5.0.1 Adds Support for Leica SL3-S, Minolta DiMAGE 5, and Panasonic S5D ap...
2025-02-12 13:00
Mesa 25.0-rc3 Released With Numerous RADV & RadeonSI Fixes
Mesa 25.0-rc3 is out today as a rather large weekly release candidate to Mesa 25.0 that will be debuting as stable later this month...
2025-02-12 12:51
Apps sold location data for US military and intelligence personnel serving overseas
It was discovered last year that location data for US military and intelligence personnel serving overseas was being sold by a Florida-based data broker, but the source of that sensitive data was unclear at the time. It’s now been revealed that the d...
2025-02-12 12:14
Edge 134 Dev gets updated personalization settings and more
This week's Microsoft Edge Dev update is now available. It adds improved theme settings, new printing features, and more. Read more...
2025-02-12 11:52
AI in 2025: is it an agentic year?
2024 was the GenAI year. With new and more performant LLMs and a higher number of projects rolled out to production, adoption of GenAI doubled compared to the previous year (source: Gartner). In the same report, organizations answered that they are usi...
2025-02-12 10:19
Linux 6.13 Performance For 250Hz vs. 1000Hz Timer Frequency Comparison
Given the recent patch proposal to raise the Linux kernel's default timer frequency from 250Hz to 1000Hz, I ran some fresh benchmarks looking at the 250Hz vs. 1000Hz comparison on some modern desktop hardware...
2025-02-12 10:05
GNU Shepherd 1.0.2 Service Manager Delivers Fixes
In addition to the recent release of SysVinit 3.14 and systemd continuing to tack on new features, the GNU Shepherd system/user service manager written in Guile Scheme is out today with a new release...
2025-02-12 10:00
US and UK refuse to join global declaration on trustworthy AI
The US and UK refused to sign an AI safety declaration at the Paris summit, prioritizing national interests and raising concerns about global AI governance. Read more...
2025-02-12 09:34
Apple could soon address the biggest flaw in its boldest product bet
On the eve of potential Apple product announcements, an interesting possibility has crossed my mind—especially regarding Friday’s news. more…
2025-02-12 09:03
Open-Source Licensing Gets AI Upgrade
Developers of the openSUSE community continue their commitment toward improving legal compliance and software transparency with the release of the Cavil Legal Text dataset on Hugging Face. This dataset is designed to enhance automated legal text classi...
2025-02-12 09:00