Operating Systems

Truecaller's biggest iPhone update brings real-time caller ID
Truecaller has shipped one of the biggest features of its iPhone app in years. The app now supports real-time caller ID on iOS, which has been available on Android for a long time. Read more...
2025-01-22 11:36
How to watch Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2025
Samsung is expected to announce its Galaxy S25, Galaxy S25 Plus, and Galaxy S25 Ultra at Galaxy Unpacked 2025. Here's how to tune in to see if Samsung also unveils some Galaxy laptops.
2025-01-22 11:35
AMD Announces The AMDGPU Composition Stack "ACS" For Advanced Linux Desktop Features
An unexpected surprise today are AMD Linux software engineers announcing a new project a bit further outside the scope of their open-source graphics drivers... The AMDGPU Composition Stack "ACS" is for delivering new advanced features atop Wayland for ...
2025-01-22 10:12
Nvidia 5090 apparently shows huge performance boost vs 4090 in 3DMark benchmarks but hold on
The RTX 5090 scores in the popular 3DMark benchmarks have apparently leaked and it shows an impressive lead over RTX 4090. However, there is a catch. Read more...
2025-01-22 10:12
"We made a mistake in not being more transparent": OpenAI secretly accessed benchmark data, raising questions about the AI model's supposedly "high scores" — after Sam Altman touted it as "very good"
A new report suggests OpenAI secretly funded and accessed the FrontierMath benchmarking data, raising concerns about whether the company used the data to train o3.
2025-01-22 10:07
Call of Duty teases Season 2 for Black Ops 6 and Warzone with what could be AI-generated images
Two teaser images for Call of Duty Season 2, launching January 28, have been released by Activision.
2025-01-22 10:03
Call of Duty teases Season 2 for Black Ops 6 and Warzone with what could be AI-generated images [Updated with new trailer]
Two teaser images for Call of Duty Season 2, launching January 28, have been released by Activision.
2025-01-22 10:03
Microsoft flags macOS bug — remotely bypassing Apple's sophisticated System Integrity Protection (SIP) security solution and allowing unauthorized third-party rootkit installs
Microsoft uncovered a vulnerability allowing attackers to circumvent macOS's System Integrity Protection (SIP), granting them access to the kernel by loading third-party code.
2025-01-22 10:01
Very Promising Linux Patch Optimizes TLB Flushes During Page Reclamation
Google engineer Vinay Banakar sent out a patch this week for the Linux kernel's memory management code to optimize TLB flushes during page reclaim and are showing very promising results...
2025-01-22 10:01
Bringing multiple windows to Flutter desktop apps
Over the past 5 years, Canonical has been contributing to Flutter, including building out Linux support for Flutter applications, publishing libraries to help integrate into the Linux desktop and building modern applications for Ubuntu, including our s...
2025-01-22 10:00
Call of Duty introduces a new Operator bundle to raise funds for fire relief in LA
Pick up a new operator bundle in Call of Duty and support the fight against the LA wildfires
2025-01-22 09:53
Microsoft releases KB5050575 OOBE (initial setup) update for Windows 11 24H2, Server 2025
Microsoft has released a new OOBE update under KB5050575 for Windows 11 version 24H2 as well as for Windows Server 2025. Read more...
2025-01-22 09:16
Here's how and when to watch Samsung Galaxy Unpacked 2025, and what to expect
Samsung's Galaxy Unpacked 2025 event is just around the corner. Here's what you can expect from the event and where to livestream it on Jan 22. Read more...
2025-01-22 09:00
Linux's KUnit Will Now Default To Using Hardware Acceleration For Faster Testing
Surprisingly a change not made years ago, the Linux Kernel Unit Testing "KUnit" framework with the Linux 6.14 kernel is set to use hardware acceleration by default for faster testing where available...
2025-01-22 08:51
Xbox will soon work with external drives larger than 16TB
Microsoft is improving external storage support for Xbox consoles, allowing users to connect drives larger than 16TB. Read more...
2025-01-22 08:42
Windows 11/10 package manager UniGetUI gets major download and install improvements
WingetUI, now known as the UniGetUI, has received a major update that makes downloading packages a lot easier. Read more...
2025-01-22 08:30
Google releases Android 15 QPR2 Beta 3 with important bug fixes
Android QPRs build on major Android updates, and Google has now released Android QPR2 Beta 3 with fixes for issues reported by developers and users. Read more...
2025-01-22 08:12
VirtualBox fixes Windows 11 24H2 BSOD, improves Windows driver installs, NVMe, and more
A couple of new VirtualBox releases are out. The updates bring Windows 11 24H2 BSOD fix and manymore improvements. Read more...
2025-01-22 07:22
Linux 6.14 Working To Make It Less Painful Debugging Early Boot Issues
Linux kernel developers are working to make it easier to debug early boot issues such as Kexec failures as currently dealing with such situations can be a frustrating and time consuming headache for figuring out the problems prior to the kernel being f...
2025-01-22 06:55
AMD Releases Orochi 3.0 For HIP & CUDA API Switching At Run-Time
Back in April 2022 was the announcement by AMD's GPUOpen team of Orochi as a library for HIP/CUDA API run-time switching. Making use of Orochi allows for dynamically targeting either AMD HIP or NVIDIA CUDA at run-time to ease the distribution/usage of ...
2025-01-22 06:35