Operating Systems

Intel's Newest Open-Source Project Is "Polite Guard"
Intel's newest open-source project and addition to their AI offerings is... Polite Guard...
2025-02-10 12:40
Android users who want TikTok would be best advised to copy iPhone users
Neither Apple nor Google have returned TikTok to their respective app stores, and with very good reason: the supposed get-out-of-jail-free card offered by Trump is nothing of the sort. Both companies would be left exposed to hundreds of billions of dol...
2025-02-10 12:18
Apple Touch Bar Backlight & Keyboard Mode Drivers Slated For Linux 6.15
For those making use of the Intel-powered Apple MacBook Pro laptops featuring the Touch Bar, better support for that interface is slated to land with the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel cycle...
2025-02-10 12:18
Dragon Quest 12 is still in development, says creator Yuji Horii, with new information coming soon
Yuji Horii, the creator of the Dragon Quest franchise, recently hosted a livestream to update fans on the developmental status of Dragon Quest 12.
2025-02-10 12:00
Monster Hunter Wilds responds to PSN outage — extending the second open beta test period to compensate its players
Fans who missed out on the Monster Hunter Wilds open beta due to a recent PSN outage can enjoy an extra day.
2025-02-10 12:00
Unreal Engine 5 engineers are looking to solve the problems many modern game developers have with its engine
Failure to "precache" is catching up with game developers who don't follow basic Unreal Engine development principles.
2025-02-10 12:00
Bill Gates says he'd "hide from the press" if former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer traded "the new and hot OS" for Windows 10
In a recent interview with Bill Gates, Mark Cuban compared The Mavericks trading Luka Doncic to Microsoft trading Windows 11 for Windows 10.
2025-02-10 12:00
Sam Altman doubts he'll be smarter than GPT-5 after promising the model would outperform the "mildly embarrassing" GPT-4 with "high scientific certainty"
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman recently revealed his doubts about being smarter GPT-5. The model is expected to enhance ChatGPT's user experience.
2025-02-10 12:00
Kingdom Come Deliverance 2 developer claims Witcher 4 development is slow, blasts open-world games on Unreal Engine 5
Co-founder of Warhorse Studios, Daniel Vávra, says using Unreal Engine for open-world games is a bad idea.
2025-02-10 12:00
I play ROG Ally handhelds connected to my TV like a console, and it's easy to set up
I love playing my ROG Ally and ROG Ally X while they're connected to my TV. Getting it all set up is really easy too. Here's how to do it.
2025-02-10 12:00
Seriously, more people need to be talking about this upcoming Xbox exclusive
Mecha BREAK is like Armored Core at a much faster pace, packaged as a free-to-play multiplayer mech shooter.
2025-02-10 12:00
How your feedback shapes the way we support open source software
Over the past year, we’ve been busy gathering  your feedback on the redesign of our support portal. We want to make sure the portal meets your evolving needs, and delivers the best possible support experience for your open source software. Your insi...
2025-02-10 11:00
GIMP 3.0 RC3 Released For A Final Round Of Testing
GIMP 3.0 RC3 is out today as what is hopefully the last release candidate before the long-awaited stable release of GIMP 3.0 as this long in development free software alternative to the likes of Adobe Photoshop...
2025-02-10 10:51
Microsoft is finally making Windows 11's Start menu more convenient
Microsoft is working on a much-needed improvement to Windows 11's Start menu that will allow users to access their apps with fewer clicks. Read more...
2025-02-10 10:50
PlayStation Network's outage over the weekend should serve as a reminder to Microsoft and Xbox on what can happen if you "put all your eggs into one basket"
All networks have downtime, but Microsoft is historically uniquely keen to rely on other networks to reach customers. PSN's prolific downtime this weekend is exactly why having your own ecosystem is important.
2025-02-10 10:18
Review: SwitchBot Wallet Finder is an incredibly useful accessory to track your wallet with iPhone Find My
I have an on my keychain to keep track of my keys, but obviously an AirTag is too big and bulky to fit inside a wallet. That’s what the SwitchBot Wallet Finder is for. Disguised inside a thin, credit-card form factor, the SwitchBot Wallet Finder conn...
2025-02-10 09:57
Python 3.14 Lands A New Interpreter With 3~30% Faster Python Code
Merged last week for Python 3.14 is a new tail-call intepreter that aims to offer significantly better performance with around 10% faster performance in PyPerformance or around a 40% speed-up in Python-heavy benchmarks. This tail-call interpeter can ev...
2025-02-10 09:02
Union Hopes To Address KDE's Fragmented Ways Of Styling Apps
KDE/Qt apps can be styled many different ways with Qt widgets, SVG-based styling, Qt Quick, and other routes for styling of applications. That fragmentation of different ways to styling KDE apps can probe problematic for UI designs and lead to a less c...
2025-02-10 08:51
The world's thinnest foldable OPPO Find N5 to launch globally on February 20
OPPO is cutting down the wait time by launching the world's thinnest foldable, the Find N5, globally and in China on February 20. Read more...
2025-02-10 08:34
Formerly Known As YQPkg, Myrlyn Package Manager GUI Adds Repository Configuration
You may recall the YQPkg package management tool announced last year that's been talked up by openSUSE developers as a Qt-based package manager GUI and alternative to YaST. It's now known as Myrlyn and has added repository configuration as its newest f...
2025-02-10 08:28