Operating Systems

Intel's Open Image Denoise Begins Preparing For Panther Lake Xe3 Graphics
Open Image Denoise 2.3.2 was released by Intel on Monday. Contrary to being a point release, it's actually an exciting update...
2025-01-14 06:09
Report: TikTok denies claims of possible sale to Elon Musk
January 19 is rapidly approaching for TikTok, and the company has denied reports from Bloomberg that it is planning to sell its U.S. operations to Elon Musk. Read more...
2025-01-14 05:22
Meta starts implementing 'Community Notes' on Threads
While the official rollout is a few months away, Meta has started implementing the 'Community Notes' feature on its Threads website. Read more...
2025-01-14 05:06
Mai Shiranui is headed to Street Fighter 6 with a new gameplay reveal — here's when you can play her
Fatal Fury's Mai Shiranui is headed to Street Fighter 6 in February 2025, with a new gameplay reveal showing off her moves.
2025-01-14 02:48
The Blood of Dawnwalker is a new vampire RPG and 'narrative sandbox' from former Witcher and Cyberpunk developers
Rebel Wolves, a team founded by former CD Projekt RED developers, is working on The Blood of Dawnwalker, a vampire RPG being built in Unreal Engine 5.
2025-01-14 01:49
Enlightenment 0.27 Released with Bug Fixes, New Modules
Enlightenment 0.27, released this week, brings a wealth of incremental improvements to users of this unique desktop environment. Though not as well known or widely used as GNOME, Xfce, KDE Plasma, et al, Enlightenment (often abbreviated as just ‘E’...
2025-01-14 01:30
OpenZFS 2.3 Is Out with Linux 6.12 Support, RAIDZ Expansion, Fast Dedup, and More
OpenZFS 2.3 file system and volume manager is now available for download with support for Linux kernel 6.12 LTS and several new features. Here's what's new! The post OpenZFS 2.3 Is Out with Linux 6.12 Support, RAIDZ Expansion, Fast Dedup, and More appe...
2025-01-14 00:38
Meta is already working on adding Community Notes to Threads
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg recently shared a video in which he announced a series of changes coming to the company’s platform policies such as Instagram and Threads. Among them, the executive revealed that it will switch from fact-checking to a Communi...
2025-01-14 00:11
Haiku Activity & Contract Report, December 2024 (ft. Iceweasel)
This report covers hrev58369 through hrev58486. Iceweasel The biggest piece of news from last month is the arrival of “Iceweasel”, a web browser built from Mozilla Firefox source code but without any official branding or registered trademarks, in t...
2025-01-13 23:30
Chinese social networking app tops US App Store ranking amid potential TikTok ban
TikTok risks being banned from the US in the coming days as a bill signed by President Biden requires its parent company ByteDance to divest from the app. Amid the risk of a potential ban, users are already looking for alternatives – and another Chin...
2025-01-13 23:11
Meta accused of training its AI using pirated content from torrents
A new day, a new controversy around artificial intelligence. This time, Meta has been accused of using pirated content from torrents to train its large language model (LLM) Llama, which powers Meta AI. The case was one of the first copyright lawsuits f...
2025-01-13 21:48
OpenZFS 2.3 Released With RAIDZ Expansion, Fast Dedup, Direct I/O & Other Great Improvements
OpenZFS 2.3 is out as stable this evening as the latest major feature release to this open-source ZFS file-system implementation used on Linux and FreeBSD systems. OpenZFS 2.3 is heavy on new features...
2025-01-13 20:42
Apple is launching 20+ new products this year, here’s what’s coming
Apple has a huge lineup of products coming in 2025, including three new Home products, six devices getting rare updates, five new iPhones, and more. Based on the reporting of Mark Gurman and Ming-Chi Kuo especially, here’s a full lineup of what’s c...
2025-01-13 20:37
Fedora 42 Cleared To Ship WSL Images For Easy Windows Subsystem For Linux Use
The Fedora Engineering and Steering Committee (FESCo) has granted approval of the change proposal for shipping Fedora Linux WSL images to enhance the user experience for those wanting to run this Linux distribution within the confines of Microsoft's Wi...
2025-01-13 20:25
Illinois launching Apple Wallet IDs support this year
Another state has committed to supporting digital IDs in Apple Wallet by the end of the year. Illinois says it will launch “the best mobile ID program in the nation” by the end of 2025… more…
2025-01-13 19:48
Microsoft has filed a gaming patent for "crafting and altering game narratives" using generative AI
A new patent filed by Microsoft purports to demonstrate how game designers and players alike can alter a narrative experience using generative AI.
2025-01-13 19:47
openSUSE Tumbleweed Now Offers Wayland Support for the LXQt Desktop
openSUSE Tumbleweed users can now install the latest LXQt desktop environment with Wayland support from the official repositories. Here's how! The post openSUSE Tumbleweed Now Offers Wayland Support for the LXQt Desktop appeared first on 9to5Linux - do...
2025-01-13 19:45
Nvidia showers Trump with praise as it bashes the Biden rule
With under 10 days to Trump's inauguration, Biden's new rules are set to impact Nvidia's AI chip exports, leading the company to respond by praising Trump and criticizing Biden. Read more...
2025-01-13 19:42
Windows 11 Microsoft Paint AI Generative erase is now available for everyone
When I was cropping one of my screenshots in Microsoft Paint, I noticed a new "generative erase" button. It's the same feature that rolled out to Windows Insiders in November. The post Windows 11 Microsoft Paint AI Generative erase is now available for...
2025-01-13 19:41
Is Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 on Xbox?
Will Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2 — one of 2025's biggest new RPGs — come to Xbox when it launches next month? Here's what you need to know.
2025-01-13 19:34