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Apple recently discontinued these 15 products
Apple’s had a very eventful fall, with a jam packed September event, an iPad mini 7 launch in mid October, followed up by an “exciting week of announcements” at the end of the month. With all of those new product announcements, there were also a ...
2024-12-29 16:37
Linux 6.13-rc5 Released To Cap Off Linus Torvalds' Birthday Week
The holiday between Christmas and New Year's is... Linus Torvalds' birthday on 28 December. Capping off the Linux creator's 55th birthday week is the Linux 6.13-rc5 kernel release...
2024-12-29 16:30
Orcs Must Die 3 is free to claim on the Epic Games Store today
The Epic Games Store's daily mystery giveaway promotion has unveiled Orcs Must Die 3 as its latest freebie. It's available to claim for 24 hours. Read more...
2024-12-29 16:00
KDE Amarok 3.2 Music Player Released With Initial Qt6/KF6 Support
Back in April was the release of the Amarok 3.0 music player for KDE after a six year hiatus and their first version ported to using the Qt5 toolkit and KDE Frameworks 5. Now in ending out 2024, the Amarok team has released an updated version of this o...
2024-12-29 16:00
Square Enix: 'Final Fantasy VII Rebirth' "cannot be exclusive to one console," again implying an eventualXboxlaunch
Square Enix recently revealed during an interview with IGN that Final Fantasy VII Rebirth cannot remain exclusive to one console if they wish sell it to a wider audience, which means we could see a potential Xbox port down the road.
2024-12-29 15:06
WD_BLACK 2TB SN7100 NVMe Gen4 SSD is a great deal as part of Winter sales 2024
WD has its BLACK 2TB SN7100 NVME Gen4 SSD up for sale for its lowest-ever price. Have a look if you are looking for something like that under $150. Read more...
2024-12-29 14:04
Razer's new cooling pad really does let you push your laptop to its limit, but wow, it's loud!
The Razer Laptop Cooling Pad aims to keep your laptop performing at its best, and it's a surprisingly effective accessory. That massive fan can make a ton of noise, though.
2024-12-29 14:00
10 cool features Windows 11 received in 2024
In 2024, Windows 11 received many updates. Here are ten convenient changes and features you may find useful for your daily PC usage. Read more...
2024-12-29 13:16
Benchmarking The AMD INVLPGB Linux Kernel Patches For Better Performance
Last weekend a Meta engineer posted Linux kernel patches to make use of the AMD INVLPGB instruction for broadcast TLB invalidation. The Linux kernel can in turn invalidate TLB entries on remote CPUs without needing to send IPIs and without having to wa...
2024-12-29 12:35
Microsoft Weekly: more Windows 11 24H2 bugs as 2024 ends
Here is the final Microsoft Weekly new recap in 2024. Apps receive updates, new Windows 11 24H2 bugs emerge, and more. Read more...
2024-12-29 11:44
Kdenlive Preparing For An Exciting 2025 With Background Removal Tool & More
The KDE app Kdenlive that is a very popular and featureful open-source video editor is preparing for an exciting 2025...
2024-12-29 10:15
Faster USB Performance For xHCI DbC Coming With Linux 6.14 Plus A 10 Year Old Bug Fixed
Thanks to work from Intel engineers, the upcoming Linux 6.14 kernel cycle will feature faster USB xHCI DbC performance for debug performance and a few other missing xHCI bits being addressed. Plus there is a fix for a rare 10 year old USB bug report...
2024-12-29 09:45
Ubuntu's Great Year From 24.04 LTS To Focusing More On Performance Optimizations
From my independent monitoring, Ubuntu Linux had a pretty great year. Ubuntu 24.04 LTS shipped and has been well received across enterprises, Canonical engineers have been focusing more on performance optimizations for Ubuntu, and there has been other ...
2024-12-29 07:01
Fish Shell Outlines Their Successes & Challenges Going From C++ To Rust
Earlier this month the Fish Shell 4.0 went into beta with the C++ code ported to Rust. Now with most of the Fish Shell code transitioned to Rust, the project put out a blog post this weekend outlining the successes and challenges they have encountered ...
2024-12-29 06:53
Apple DWI Backlight Linux Driver Updated For Various iPhones, iPods & iPads
While Linux 6.13 is introducing basic support for various Apple iPads and iPhones using A-series SoCs, the support is just that: basic. Various feature limitations remain for those dreaming over the prospects of running Linux on older Apple mobile devi...
2024-12-29 06:49
Linux 6.13-rc5 To See Fix For Intel TDX CoCo VMs Potentially Leaking Decrypted Memory
The x86 fixes pull request was sent out this morning ahead of the Linux 6.13-rc5 kernel being released later today. Both x86 fixes this week pertain to Intel bits: a self-test issue on upcoming Intel FRED (Flexible Return and Event Delivery) systems an...
2024-12-29 06:24
The mouse I will never play games without is currently $80 off. Here's why this is a must-buy for any serious PC gamer looking for an easy upgrade.
The SUPERLIGHT was the first mouse that dramatically improved my gameplay; I recommend it to everyone I know.
2024-12-29 00:42
The mouse I will never play games without is currently $80 off, a must-buy for any serious PC gamer looking to upgrade
The SUPERLIGHT was the first mouse that dramatically improved my gameplay; I recommend it to everyone I know.
2024-12-29 00:42
Windows 11 24H2 Wi-Fi DHCP internet issue is still not fixed, headache for sysadmins
Windows 11 24H2 has a bug that renders Wi-Fi connections useless, which means the PC no longer have internet access after the update. The post Windows 11 24H2 Wi-Fi DHCP internet issue is still not fixed, headache for sysadmins appeared first on Window...
2024-12-28 22:13
Onkyo 9.2 RZ50 7.2 NR6100 8K Dolby Atmos/Vision, IMAX Enhanced, THX, DTS AVRs are deals
Onkyo has dropped the price of the TX-RZ50 to its lowest-ever price of under $850. Meanwhile, the NR6100 continues to be the best deal. Read more...
2024-12-28 21:00