Operating Systems

AMD Ryzen 5 9600X & Ryzen 7 9700X Linux Performance With 105 Watt cTDP
Motherboard vendors have begun rolling out updated BIOS versions for AMD AM5 platforms that allow a configurable TDP on the Ryzen 5 9600X and Ryzen 7 9700X processors to allow a 105 Watt cTDP compared to the base 65 Watt TDP. For those wondering about ...
2024-09-11 12:25
Meta scraped all public Facebook and Instagram posts since 2007 for AI training
Meta has admitted to scraping all public Facebook and Instagram posts made since 2007 in order to train its generative AI model, adding to the privacy contrast with Apple Intelligence. While the admission was made during a public enquiry in Australia, ...
2024-09-11 12:17
Ubuntu 24.10 To Enhance Snap Permissions Handling
With the upcoming Ubuntu 24.10 release, Canonical is introducing permission prompting for more control over Snap access to systems to enhance security...
2024-09-11 12:00
OLED MacBook Pro ‘highly likely’ to launch in 2026 – consensus view [U]
Tech analyst Omdia said back in May that Apple is “highly likely” to launch its first OLED MacBook Pro models in 2026, despite some reports that the switch would happen in 2025. Two more analysts have now expressed the same opinion, stating that Ap...
2024-09-11 11:42
AirPods Pro hearing aid upgrade hits stocks of major brands
Apple’s announcement of the new AirPods Pro hearing aid feature has triggered a fall in the stock value of major standalone hearing aid brands. The Cupertino company had long been expected to add hearing aid features to AirPods, and Monday’s event ...
2024-09-11 11:31
AT&T ‘free’ iPhone 16 Pro offer requires $2,735 spend over three years
An AT&T ‘free’ iPhone 16 promo invites both new and existing customers to “get the new iPhone 16 Pro, on us, with eligible trade-in, guaranteed.” As is usual with such offers, however, the headline giveth and the small print taketh away –...
2024-09-11 11:03
Python 3.13 RC2, with and without GIL
Python 3.13 RC2 is now available in Tumbleweed. This new version of the Python interpreter will be released in October 2024. There is a lot of changes and new features in 3.13, but we’re also bringing exiting experimental features in Tumbleweed. Expe...
2024-09-11 09:00
Linux 6.12 Kernel To Add New Features For Intel & AMD Systems, Many Other Changes Too
With Linux 6.11 expected for release on Sunday that in turn will mark the start of the two-week merge window for Linux 6.12. The Linux 6.12 cycle will get underway and work towards its stable release in mid to late November. Ahead of the Linux 6.12 mer...
2024-09-11 08:47
System insights with command line tools: lsof and lsblk
In our ongoing series on Linux system insights, we have a look into essential command-line utilities that provide information about the system’s hardware and status. Following our previous discussions on lscpu, lsusb, dmidecode and lspci, we now ...
2024-09-11 08:00
Device Tree Patches Posted For Review To Boot Linux On Apple A7 To A11 Devices
Device Tree patches have been posted to the Linux kernel mailing list for review and possible upstreaming to the mainline Linux kernel for booting Apple iPhones, iPads, and iPods that use the A7 to A11 SoCs...
2024-09-11 06:50
Verso Taking Shape As A Servo-Powered Web Browser
With Mozilla having backed away from the Servo web engine years ago and recent open-source development on Servo focused on making it suitable for embed purposes into other applications/software, it's remained to be picked up by any standalone web brows...
2024-09-11 06:22
LLVM Makes Progress On Using ClangIR To Compile GPU Kernels
ClangIR is a new IR for LLVM's Clang compiler built atop MLIR. Thanks to this year's Google Summer of Code, there has been progress on being able to compile GPU kernels using ClangIR as another improvement for heterogeneous programming with this open-s...
2024-09-11 06:04
Torvalds Inclined To Release Linux 6.11 This Coming Sunday
With this past weekend's release of Linux 6.11-rc7, the kernel changes for the week were larger than prior RCs and Torvalds was a bit hesitant on releasing v6.11 this coming Sunday due to the upcoming that takes place next week in Vienna, Austria. But ...
2024-09-11 05:57
Kernel Shader Variants Merged For Mesa's Rusticl OpenCL Driver
The latest Rust-written OpenCL driver "Rusticl" work by Red Hat engineer Karol Herbst is support for shader variants and introducing an optimized kernel variant...
2024-09-11 05:46
Apple will give users the option to stay on iOS 17 and get security patches
Apple has already confirmed that it will release iOS 18 to the public next week, on September 16. The update brings a lot of new features, but some users may not want to install it right away to avoid bugs and compatibility issues with important apps. ...
2024-09-10 23:54
Developers can now submit iOS 18-ready apps to the App Store
As the official launch of iOS 18 approaches, Apple is now inviting developers to submit their new apps or updates ready for the next versions of the company’s systems. This also includes watchOS 11 and macOS Sequoia, which are coming next week. more…
2024-09-10 21:11
Here are all the iPhone 16 features that won’t be ready at launch
Apple announced a feature-packed iPhone 16 lineup. There are new A18 chips, larger Pro displays, Camera Control, better battery life, Apple Intelligence, Visual Intelligence, and a lot more. But more so than ever before, a variety of new iPhone feature...
2024-09-10 20:56
Juno Tab 3 Linux Tablet — Nice, But Overpriced?
Juno Computers have announced their latest Linux tablet, the Juno Tab 3, and it’s available to buy preloaded with Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (or a choice of other Linux distributions). Which is great. The Juno Tab 3 is powered by an Intel N100 processor, 1...
2024-09-10 20:28
9to5Mac Daily: September 10, 2024 – iPhone lineup changes, new AirPods Pro features
Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from 9to5Mac. 9to5Mac Daily is available on iTunes and Apple’s Podcasts app, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play, or through our dedicated RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. Sponsored by ...
2024-09-10 20:23
wolfSSL "Immediately Retired" From Fedora Linux For Failing To Follow Packaging Rules
WolfSSL is an embedded SSl/TLS library designed for a range of use-cases and available as open-source under the GNU GPLv2. WolfSSL was recently packaged and added to Fedora Linux since Netatalk began building against wolfSSL and in the longer-term plan...
2024-09-10 20:11