Operating Systems

Halide rejected from the App Store because it doesn’t explain why the camera takes photos
Halide may have been featured during the iPhone 16 keynote, but it seems that wasn’t enough to protect it from an over-zealous App Store reviewer. Lux co-founder Ben Sandofsky shared that the latest version of Halide was rejected from App Store … m...
2024-09-24 12:20
Jimmy Fallon and Tim Cook walk in Central Park, talking iPhone 16, AI, and mustard
With Apple CEO Tim Cook visiting New York for the iPhone 16 launch, comedian and The Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon took a walk with him in Central Park. Cook said that he tried to visit the Fifth Avenue store every iPhone launch “because it’s sort...
2024-09-24 11:48
macOS Sequoia screen recording permission nags can now be permanently vanquished
macOS Sequoia screen recording permission reminders can now be permanently vanquished, thanks to a new pay-what-you-like app. Apple’s new security feature was intended to make Macs safer, by reminding us that we’d granted a powerful and potentially...
2024-09-24 11:21
Meta's Connect event set to unveil AI voices from stars this week
Meta's latest update could bring celebrity voices to its AI chatbot, starting with John Cena and Judi Dench, during the upcoming Connect event this week. Read more...
2024-09-24 11:20
Data centre networking: What is OVN?
Providing an overview of Open Virtual Network (OVN), its architecture and the main drivers behind it in the data centre networking space.
2024-09-24 11:15
GroupMe gets a new update with Announcement Mode and more
GroupMe's latest update introduces Announcement Mode, allowing only group leaders to post. The update also facilitates group and event sharing, Read more...
2024-09-24 11:04
Intel Xeon 6980P "Granite Rapids" Linux Benchmarks
With the Intel Xeon 6900P "Granite Rapids" launch today the review embargo has now expired. I began with my Intel Granite Rapids Linux benchmarking a few days ago and have initial benchmarks to share for the flagship Xeon 6980P processors paired with M...
2024-09-24 11:00
Intel Launches Xeon 6900P Series "Granite Rapids" Processors
Building off the launch earlier this year of the first Xeon 6 processors with the Xeon 6700E "Sierra Forest" processors, today Intel is lifting the wraps on the much anticipated Xeon 6900P "Granite Rapids" processors. Where as Sierra Forest is optimize...
2024-09-24 11:00
Intel Gaudi 3 Linux Driver Support Expected Next Month
Intel used their Enterprise Tech Tour last week in Oregon to not only provide insight into the new Xeon 6900 "Granite Rapids" server processors (and Xeon 6980P benchmarks) but also to shed more light on their Gaudi 3 AI inference accelerator. The quest...
2024-09-24 11:00
California law requires schools to limit or prohibit the use of phones by students [U]
More schools are banning students from using smartphones in classes, with calls for a federal ban rather than the current mix of state laws. Apple’s home state of California is expected to be the next state to introduce a ban. Update: California has ...
2024-09-24 10:39
Apple @ Work Podcast: Surviving System Extensions
Apple @ Work is exclusively brought to you by Mosyle, the only Apple Unified Platform. Mosyle is the only solution that integrates in a single professional-grade platform all the solutions necessary to seamlessly and automatically deploy, manage &...
2024-09-24 10:00
4TB Samsung 990 PRO SSD is 38% off on Amazon
Samsung's flagship SSD, the 990 PRO, is currently available at its lowest price this year. You can save 38% on this drive. Read more...
2024-09-24 09:50
Linux 6.12 Adds A Kernel Stack Usage Histogram To Help With Optimizations
Merged as part of the memory management "MM" changes for the Linux 6.12 kernel is a kernel stack usage histogram to help developers in better optimizing the kernel stack sizes and minimizing memory waste...
2024-09-24 08:57
Microsoft 365 Apps Version 2409 rolls out with new features and fixes
Microsoft has begun rolling out Version 2409 of 365 Apps, featuring new data functions in Excel and improved permissions across Word and PowerPoint. Expect gradual deployment. Read more...
2024-09-24 07:54
Microsoft Edge PDF reader for Windows to upgrade language detection, add full page translation
Edge intends to improve PDF language detection and translation for many other languages which aren't supported currently. The post Microsoft Edge PDF reader for Windows to upgrade language detection, add full page translation appeared first on Windows ...
2024-09-24 07:28
Invisible watermarks are coming to images generated using DALL-E on Azure OpenAI service
Microsoft has introduced a new watermarking feature in Azure OpenAI Service to address the growing concerns of disinformation and deepfakes. This feature adds invisible watermarks to DALL·E images Read more...
2024-09-24 07:24
Logitech's new accessory with nine customizable full-color display keys makes the creative process easier when working in Adobe apps
Logitech's new MX Creative Console is a two-part accessory that features a keydial with a separate, customizable keypad. Preorders are now available.
2024-09-24 07:10
Intel LPSS Driver Adds Panther Lake Support In Linux 6.12
Going along with other early Linux kernel driver additions for enabling Panther Lake, the intel-lpss driver in Linux 6.12 has made its device ID additions for supporting Panther Lake H and Panther Lake P processors...
2024-09-24 07:07
Intel's LPMD "Low Power Mode Daemon" Now Identifies As The "Energy Optimizer"
The Intel LPMD open-source project is a user-space daemon for optimizing active idle power handling on Linux and can be useful particularly for modern Intel Core hybrid processors. LPMD is short for the "Low Power Mode Daemon" while with today's v0.0.7...
2024-09-24 06:43
GitHub Enterprise Cloud will offer data residency starting with the European Union
GitHub Enterprise Cloud will soon offer data residency support, starting with the European Union. This will allow enterprise customers to store their critical data in their preferred region Read more...
2024-09-24 06:34