Operating Systems

Duolingo brings AI video calling to Android amid Mandarin learning boom driven by RedNote
Amid a surge in users to learn Mandarin to operate TikTok's Chinese alternative, RedNote, Duolingo has launched an AI-powered video call feature for all Android users. Read more...
2025-01-17 06:22
In Case You Wondered, RADV Doesn't Work On AMD CDNA Instinct Accelerators
Samuel Pitoiset of Valve's Linux graphics driver team landed some changes on Thursday to the open-source RADV driver within Mesa around GPU checks for the hardware supported by this popular AMD Vulkan driver on Linux systems...
2025-01-17 06:14
Apple halts AI summaries for news apps with latest beta updates amid issues
With the latest beta software for iPhone, iPad, and Mac, Apple has temporarily stopped AI summaries for news apps after it was accused of displaying false facts. Read more...
2025-01-17 06:06
RadeonSI UVD/VCE Video Acceleration Improvements Merged For Mesa 25.0
At the start of the new year I talked about patches improving AMD Radeon video encode/decode for older GPUs. That work to the RadeonSI Gallium3D driver's UVD and VCE support has now been merged ahead of the Mesa 25.0 code branching coming up in just ov...
2025-01-17 05:59
It looks like advertisers can just pay Meta to avoid getting roasted by Community Notes
Meta's Community Notes won't apply to paid advertisements and boosted posts, which could be a potential way for advertisers to be spared from Community Notes. Read more...
2025-01-17 05:50
Your Microsoft 365 subscription cost is going up for the first time in 12 years — but don't worry, it now includes a "monthly allotment" of Copilot
Microsoft has announced that it is increasing the price of its Microsoft 365 Personal and Home subscriptions for the first time in 12 years, and is also adding Copilot.
2025-01-17 04:53
Apple Watch Crash Detection credited with saving 55-year-old man who passed out while driving
No, that voice you heard wasn’t a call from the other side. It was emergency services calling to help thanks to Crash Detection on Apple Watch. That’s exactly what happened to a 55-year-old Apple Watch customer in Massachusetts after passing out wh...
2025-01-17 02:03
Sony cancels two first-party live service projects, including a God of War entry
Live service games in development at Sony first-party studios don't seem to be fairing well. Two projects from Bend Studio and Bluepoint have now been canceled. Read more...
2025-01-17 00:28
PlayStation just reportedly canceled two live service games that likely would've launched on Windows PC
PlayStation reportedly cancels two live-service games, including a live-service God of War from Bluepoint Games.
2025-01-16 23:36
Intel releases new graphics driver with CoD Black Ops 6 performance improvements and more
The latest graphics drivers from Intel are here, and they offer performance improvements in Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 and the initial support for new graphics cards and processors. Read more...
2025-01-16 22:44
Apple’s most affordable iPad has an AI problem
Apple’s 10th-gen iPad is (regular $349), especially when you consider that the next comparable display size in the lineup starts at $600. iPad 10 has a full-screen design, fun colors, Touch ID, USB-C, and impressive cameras. However, there’s one mi...
2025-01-16 22:35
Corsair MP600 PRO XT 8TB NVMe Gen4 SSD with heatsink is lowest priced
You can get Corsair's MP600 PRO XT SSD if you are looking for an 8TB PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSD as it is available for the lowest price. It comes with a heatsink too. Read more...
2025-01-16 22:28
Meta allegedly used 'crude tactics' to close in on OpenAI’s 2-year lead building AI uncontested — Sam Altman admitted creating ChatGPT without copyrighted data is impossible
Meta reportedly used copyrighted content to train its AI models and seemingly tried to cover its tracks to avoid copyright infringement-related issues, including removing copyright headers and document identifiers.
2025-01-16 22:23
League of Legends sparks fury — Gamers roil over latest update, Riot admits it "screwed up on this one"
What is happening with League of Legends at the moment? Players are downright pissed.
2025-01-16 22:06
Rumor Replay: Apple’s big 2025 product release plans
This is Rumor Replay, a weekly column at 9to5Mac offering a quick rundown of the most recent Apple product rumors, with analysis and commentary. Today: Apple’s big 2025 product release plans, including iPhone 17 Pro camera upgrades, 17 Air thinness, ...
2025-01-16 21:04
Netgear Nightwawk Wi-Fi 6E router is now 55% off
If you are looking for a powerful and modern Wi-Fi router, check out the Netgear Nighthawk Wi-Fi 6E router, which is currently available with a massive 55% discount. Read more...
2025-01-16 21:00
Apple 2025 hardware, Zuckerberg attacks Apple, iOS 18.3 beta
Benjamin and Chance react to Mark Zuckerberg’s recent comments about Apple having not done anything good recently … as we also look forward to everything Apple is set to announce this year. Apple gets in hot water about ‘Enhanced Visual Search’...
2025-01-16 21:00
Report: Apple TV+ cancels returning comedy series after losing its star actor
This week Apple TV+ is celebrating two big moments: the return of Severance plus Silo’s season 2 finale. But now some not-so-positive news has emerged: comedy Dick Turpin has been unexpectedly canceled. more…
2025-01-16 20:47
Highlights from the Diablo 4 Developer Update: More loot and less backtracking
The Diablo 4 Developer Update streamed live today on Youtube with more on Season 7: Season of Witchcraft and changes coming to both Seasonal and Eternal Realms.
2025-01-16 20:44
PCI Express 7.0 Remains On Track For 2025, v0.7 Spec Published
Back in 2022 the PCI Express 7.0 specification was announced with hitting 128 GT/s and planned availability in 2025. Since then they have been iterating on the spec with PCI-SIG members and today they announced the PCI Express 7.0 v0.7 specification...
2025-01-16 20:25