Wrapping up my GSoC 2025 project: a working per-document sidecar (process isolation) prototype for GNOME Papers with D-Bus page objects and shared-memory rendering.
WeiterlesenSynchronise two directories, e.g. Nextcloud and an encrypted USB drive with archive, recursive, partial, and progress flags: rsync -varP src destination
WeiterlesenFind and Replace for Text Editing (or simply Find and Replace) is a Firefox addon to do what its name says by Blake Altice (originally written...
WeiterlesenThere are multiple ways to improve your experience in the terminal. You can get a nice prompt with starship. On Linux and macOS, you can switch...
WeiterlesenEngaging Introductions: Capturing Your Audience’s Interest The initial impression your blog post makes is crucial, and that’s where your introduction comes into play. Hook your readers...
WeiterlesenEngaging Introductions: Capturing Your Audience’s Interest The initial impression your blog post makes is crucial, and that’s where your introduction comes into play. Hook your readers...
WeiterlesenA short news to announce that you can now donate to the gedit text editor project! Donations will be used to continue the development and maintenance...
WeiterlesenWe’ve been waiting for this one! After a few teasers, including as recently as gamescom – featuring a very hot anime man, MiHoYo has finally lifted...
WeiterlesenFromSoftware has dropped something of an expected announcement for players of Elden Ring Nightreign. If you’re still playing the online co-op action RPG, you’ve likely defeated...
WeiterlesenAs the board announced earlier today, I will be stepping down from the Executive Director role this week. It’s been an interesting four months. If you...
WeiterlesenBattlefield Studios has shared a few key details about what to expect from the next Battlefield Labs test. Unfortunately, Labs remains closed to most of the...
WeiterlesenThe latest game in the grand HoYoverse has been unveiled. This morning, Chinese developer MiHoYo announced a new entry in the Honkai series – Honkai: Nexus...
WeiterlesenToday, we’re excited to announce the Awesome Copilot MCP Server – a simple way to search those customizations and save them directly to your repository from...
WeiterlesenWe are starting to trust AI with high-stakes tasks, including running automated factories and guiding military drones through hostile airspace. But when it comes to managing...
WeiterlesenWe’re releasing a more advanced speech-to-speech model and new API capabilities including MCP server support, image input, and SIP phone calling support.
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WeiterlesenOpenAI launches a $50M People-First AI Fund to help U.S. nonprofits scale impact with AI. Applications open Sept 8–Oct 8, 2025 for grants in education, healthcare,...
WeiterlesenWhile superconducting qubits are great at fast calculations, they struggle to store information for long periods. A team at Caltech has now developed a clever solution:...
WeiterlesenIn the past few weeks, I’ve been working on the MR for my lookahead algorithm. And now, it’s finally merged! There’s still some more work to...
WeiterlesenOpenAI surveyed over 1,000 people worldwide on how AI should behave and compared their views to our Model Spec. Learn how collective alignment is shaping AI...
WeiterlesenOpenAI and Anthropic share findings from a first-of-its-kind joint safety evaluation, testing each other’s models for misalignment, instruction following, hallucinations, jailbreaking, and more—highlighting progress, challenges, and...
WeiterlesenActivision has made a major announcement regarding a particular feature in this year’s Call of Duty, Black Ops 7. The game, which had its full reveal...
WeiterlesenThis week is the last week of Google Summer of Code for this year edition, and I’ll do a summary of what we have been doing...
WeiterlesenWe hear from people who say they have been unfairly banned from Facebook and Instagram.
WeiterlesenArtificial intelligence (AI) has transformed the coding sphere, with AI coding tools completing source code, correcting syntax errors, creating inline documentation, and understanding and answering questions...
WeiterlesenHow we think about safety for users experiencing mental or emotional distress, the limits of today’s systems, and the work underway to refine them.
WeiterlesenToday marks both a milestone and a turning point in my journey with open source software. I’m proud to announce the release of KDE Gear 25.08.0...
WeiterlesenOn the spring 2024 I presented my candidature, and eventually got elected for the Board of Directors at the GNOME Foundation. Directors are elected democratically by...
WeiterlesenIt’s been a heck of a year for Love and Deepspace, but it’s clearly on its way to more wider, global recognition. The Infold Games-developed romance...
WeiterlesenWhat are code imports? Launchpad’s code import service allows users to automatically mirror code from external version control systems into Launchpad. Historically, this has supported imports...
WeiterlesenOpenAI announces the launch of OpenAI Learning Accelerator, an initiative that aims to bring advanced AI to India’s educators and millions of learners nationwide through accelerated...
WeiterlesenResearchers discovered that bees use flight movements to sharpen brain signals, enabling them to recognize patterns with remarkable accuracy. A digital model of their brain shows...
WeiterlesenAs the world moves further into the digital age, data analytics is increasingly becoming a key element in shaping a company’s business strategy. Today, data influences...
WeiterlesenWhen Harvard Business Review calls something the sexiest tech job of the 21st Century, you know it’d reflect very poorly on you if you were still...
WeiterlesenOrganizations are opening their doors to data related fields like Big Data and unlocking its power. This increases the value of Big Data professionals who know...
WeiterlesenThe job market in the IT sector has been continuously growing. And from the many surveys that are conducted every year, it is evident that in...
WeiterlesenBig Data is the buzzword of the 21st century, and it is not hard to see why. As businesses collect more and more data, the demand...
Weiterlesen## Bureaucracy You may have noted that there wasn’t a Foundation Update last week. This is because almost everything that has been happening at the Foundation...
WeiterlesenHow crisp and 4K-ified a nostalgic menu looks on a big TV is the silliest thing I’ve ever been excited about, but Metal Gear Solid Delta:...
WeiterlesenSince the beginning of the decade, The Sims 4 has shown a consistent preoccupation with sustainable living and reclaiming industrial spaces. Read more
WeiterlesenHoYoverse has delivered some more fresh gamescom week news – and no, it’s not the big Genshin Impact update we covered yesterday. This time, it’s all...
WeiterlesenThe Battlefield 6 beta is well and truly behind us. By EA’s own admission, it had the most players in Battlefield history, for a beta or...
WeiterlesenDiscover how a specialized AI model, GPT-4b micro, helped OpenAI and Retro Bio engineer more effective proteins for stem cell therapy and longevity research.
WeiterlesenA research team has created a quantum logic gate that uses fewer qubits by encoding them with the powerful GKP error-correction code. By entangling quantum vibrations...
WeiterlesenCompanies are using AI to do basic coding tasks instead of hiring junior staff.
WeiterlesenWe want to provide an update on the recent service outages affecting our infrastructure. The Arch Linux Project is currently experiencing an ongoing denial of service...
Weiterlesen2K and developer Visual Concepts have released a new trailer for the upcoming NBA 2K26 MyCareer cinematic-style story mode, Out of Bounds. Read more
WeiterlesenWhen Randy Newman sang “You Got a Friend in Me” on the soundtrack of Pixar’s Toy Story, he captured a feeling that every child understands—the deep...
WeiterlesenGenshin Impact’s big annual update is not far off. Thanks to this year’s gamescom, we’ve got our first look at one of the new characters joining...
WeiterlesenDiscover how Blue J is transforming tax research with AI-powered tools built on GPT-4.1. By combining domain expertise with Retrieval-Augmented Generation, Blue J delivers fast, accurate,...
WeiterlesenThe moment many feared would come following Xbox’s recent, wide-ranging price hikes of its consoles and games has arrived – Sony has officially announced that it’s...
WeiterlesenWritten by: Maggie Liu, Thiago Rotta, Vinicius Souza, James Tooles, & Microsoft AI Co-Innovation Labs 1. Introduction Generative AI is moving from proof‑of‑concept pilots to mission‑critical workloads...
WeiterlesenMany business owners in the software development industry are investing a lot into LLM bots, marketed as “generative AI”. Some of them go as far as...
WeiterlesenDiscover how MIXI, a leader in digital entertainment and lifestyle services in Japan, uses ChatGPT Enterprise to transform productivity, boost AI adoption across teams, and create...
WeiterlesenVery much right on schedule, Krafton has released Island Getaway, the long-teased DLC pack for life sim game inZOI. The first time we got solid details...
WeiterlesenThe big Black Ops 7 media blowout has officially begun, kicking off, of course with last night’s gamescom Opening Night Live reveal. The trailer coincided with...
WeiterlesenIf you have spent any time around HID devices under Linux (for example if you are an avid mouse, touchpad or keyboard user) then you may...
WeiterlesenWe’ve been expecting today’s reveal, of course, ever since Activision confirmed back in July that Black Ops 7 would be part of Opening Night Live’s line-up...
WeiterlesenIn the previous post, we talked about the importance to have a flexible homelab with Proxmox, and set it up. Long story short, I only have...
WeiterlesenWe were promised a new look at Ghost of Yotei at this year’s gamescom, and Opening Night Live indeed kept that promise. The Geoff Keighley-hosted show...
WeiterlesenResident Evil Requiem has reminded everyone why it’s one of 2026’s most-anticipated games, having just reemerged to deliver something new for us to admire. That, of...
WeiterlesenHollow Knight: Silksong, the DLC-turned-sequel to one of the best indie metroidvanias, has been in limbo for what felt like a decade. Extended radio silence and...
WeiterlesenFor the past three and a half years, I’ve done the most rewarding work of my life with Endless Access (formerly Endless OS Foundation). I’ve helped...
WeiterlesenI haven’t posted for quite some time, and a lot has happened. For instance, my wife revived Edubuntu and my work with Ubuntu Studio now spans...
WeiterlesenA special from Edinburgh, where art and performance meet tech with spectacular results.
WeiterlesenWhen an application runs, it performs a tremendous number of tasks, with many happening behind the scenes. Even a simple to-do application has more than you’d...
WeiterlesenHello! I’m working on an interesting project this month, related to open source Linux operating systems. Actually I’m not working on it this week, I’m instead...
WeiterlesenPFAS were once prized for their durability, but now firms are developing ways to destroy them.
WeiterlesenThink of the Web as a digital territory with its own social contract. In 2014, Tim Berners-Lee called for a “Magna Carta for the Web” to...
WeiterlesenLearn how DoorDash is scaling AI adoption to empower employees to build, learn, and innovate faster in a conversation with Chief People Officer Mariana Garavaglia.
WeiterlesenHere’s how you can upgrade to Debian 13 “Trixie” from Debian 12 “Bookworm”. Debian 13 “Trixie” is released on August 9, 2025 with many new features...
WeiterlesenThe numbers paint a stark picture of our orbital traffic problem: More than 11,000 active satellites currently circle Earth, with thousands more planned for launch in...
WeiterlesenResearchers have unveiled a new quantum material that could make quantum computers much more stable by using magnetism to protect delicate qubits from environmental disturbances. Unlike...
WeiterlesenFor the next five months, machine-learning gurus can try to best predict the speech of a brain-computer interface (BCI) user who lost the ability to speak...
WeiterlesenWomen’s NBA players are set to take the court alongside their male NBA counterparts in NBA 2K26’s MyTeam mode for the first time. WNBA players will...
WeiterlesenNew tech promises to dub film and TV into different languages without losing the quality of the performance.
WeiterlesenAn update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include: Fixed...
WeiterlesenAn update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include: Added...
WeiterlesenOpenAI announced GPT-5 last week in “GPT-5 and the new era of work“. Working with OpenAI, we rolled out GPT-5 support the day it launched, making...
WeiterlesenLaptop Mag powers down after 34 years of tech journalism
WeiterlesenSome today fear that artificial intelligence will one day destroy humanity. But if the rise of the machines doesn’t get us, drug-resistant bacteria just might. These...
WeiterlesenOpenAI’s GPT-OSS, released on August 5, was never going to grab the spotlight. The company’s release schedule guaranteed that, as it quickly followed GPT-OSS with GPT-5,...
WeiterlesenThe second and final weekend of the Battlefield 6 beta has officially kicked off, giving everyone another chance to spend a few more days with the...
WeiterlesenShare My Research is Synced’s column that welcomes scholars to share their own research breakthroughs with over 1.5M global AI enthusiasts. Beyond technological advances, Share My Research also calls...
WeiterlesenThe South American country is dealing with very high inflation ahead of its latest general election.
WeiterlesenCiao a tutti! In this blog, I’m pumped to share my experience attending GUADEC 2025 held in Brescia, Italy. Let’s start 🙂 During the conference, I...
WeiterlesenAn understanding of the passage of time is fundamental to human consciousness. While we continue to debate whether artificial intelligence (AI) can possess consciousness, one thing...
WeiterlesenImagine the ability to control machines with your mind instead of having to type on a keyboard or click on a mouse. Now Facebook’s parent company,...
WeiterlesenDebian 13 “Trixie” GNU/Linux operating system is finally released on Saturday, 9 August 2025. This is a Long Term Support (LTS) release with five years of...
WeiterlesenSeemingly content to spoil all of the game’s gamescom 2025 reveals, inZOI developers have made yet another announcement just days before the show’s start. Less than...
WeiterlesenScientists have designed swarms of microscopic robots that communicate and coordinate using sound waves, much like bees or birds. These self-organizing micromachines can adapt to their...
WeiterlesenFind out how Singapore is now dealing with cyber threats from other states and criminals.
WeiterlesenThis listing collects desktop notes applications including sticky notes that we recommend for Ubuntu 24.04 Noble Numbat. We included here KNotes, which are well-known and full-featured,...
WeiterlesenDespite their impressive language capabilities, today’s leading AI models have a patchy relationship with the truth. A new “bullshit index” could help quantify the extent to...
WeiterlesenElden Ring Nightreign servers are back online following three hours of maintenance that kicked off earlier today in preparation for the release of the game’s latest...
WeiterlesenThis is the BETA release for Linux Mint 22.2 “Zara”. Linux Mint 22.2 is a long term support release which will be supported until 2029. It...
WeiterlesenHere’s a quick tutorial on how you can connect your Ubuntu or Fedora Linux from macOS. Accessing your Linux machine (like Ubuntu or Fedora) from a...
WeiterlesenBuilt with OpenAI o3, o3-Pro, GPT-4.1, and GPT-5, Basis’ AI agents help accounting firms save up to 30% of their time and expand capacity for advisory...
WeiterlesenWe’ve just sent a letter to Gov. Gavin Newsom calling for California to lead the way in harmonizing state-based AI regulation with national—and, by virtue of...
WeiterlesenIndia tackles the problem of making AI translate between its many languages and dialects
WeiterlesenLove and Deepspace has officially jumped on the summer episode train with its latest banner event, You And Midsummer. The seasonal event is very much beach-themed,...
WeiterlesenThis is a heads ups that if you install xkeyboard-config 2.45 (the package that provides the XKB data files), some manual interaction may be needed. Version...
WeiterlesenIf you’re after more evidence that this year’s Battlefield 6 launch is going to be one of the biggest ever for the series, the game’s beta...
WeiterlesenThe man command, is short for manual. It provides access to the various up-to-date on-board documentation pages. This helps users utilize the Linux/Unix operating systems in...
WeiterlesenA roundup of the key features of the latest Debian 13 release. After almost two years of development, Debian 13 “Trixie” is now available to download...
WeiterlesenDebian 13 has finally been released! One of the biggest and under-hyped features is support for HTTP Boot. This allows you to simply specify a URL...
WeiterlesenAs generative AI systems advance, so too does their appetite for energy. Training and running large language models consumes vast amounts of electricity. AI’s energy demand...
WeiterlesenAfter 2 years, 1 month, and 30 days of development, the Debian project is proud to present its new stable version 13 (code name trixie).
Weiterlesentl;dr: I’m asking the biggest users of the LVFS to sponsor the project. The Linux Foundation is kindly paying for all the hosting costs of the...
WeiterlesenLife sim inZOI is gearing up for the launch of the game’s first DLC, which developer Krafton made a lot less mysterious today. The add-on is...
WeiterlesenGenshin Impact will undergo some major changes starting next month, which will make it unplayable on a number of older devices. This, unfortunately, includes the PlayStation...
WeiterlesenJoin us to test the 6.16 kernel for Fedora Linux 43 during August 10 – 16! What is a test week? Test weeks are organised by...
WeiterlesenThe Ubuntu Studio team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu Studio 24.04.3 LTS. This is a minor release which wraps-up the security and bug...
Weiterlesen1. Introduction End-to-end testing has evolved dramatically, and Playwright stands at the forefront. Playwright offers a full ecosystem empowering developers to write, debug, and maintain tests...
WeiterlesenThe wait is finally over. Today, right now, OpenAI is releasing its latest and greatest large language model, GPT-5, and making it available through the ChatGPT...
WeiterlesenAugust greetings, comrades! Today I want to bookend some recent work on my Immix-inspired garbage collector: firstly, an idea with muddled results, then a slog through...
WeiterlesenAs AI image generators advance, telling real images from AI-generated images has proven close to impossible. A recent study from Microsoft with 12,500 global participants found...
WeiterlesenThe first leg of the Battlefield 6 beta is live, for those who managed to get a code. Everyone else, however, is seemingly just as happy...
WeiterlesenIntroducing GPT-5 in our API platform—offering high reasoning performance, new controls for devs, and best-in-class results on real coding tasks.
WeiterlesenGPT-5 is OpenAI’s most advanced model—transforming enterprise AI, automation, and workforce productivity in the new era of intelligent work.
WeiterlesenThe Early Access portion of the Battlefield 6 beta kicked off earlier today across all platforms. Available today and tomorrow, this period of the beta does...
WeiterlesenLearn how GPT-5 unlocks new possibilities in coding and design.
WeiterlesenWe are introducing GPT‑5, our best AI system yet. GPT‑5 is a significant leap in intelligence over all our previous models, featuring state-of-the-art performance across coding,...
WeiterlesenDiscover how OpenAI’s new safe-completions approach in GPT-5 improves both safety and helpfulness in AI responses—moving beyond hard refusals to nuanced, output-centric safety training for handling...
WeiterlesenThis GPT-5 system card explains how a unified model routing system powers fast and smart responses using gpt-5-main, gpt-5-thinking, and lightweight versions like gpt-5-thinking-nano, optimized for...
WeiterlesenOne of the most popular modes of any FC game is, of course, Ultimate Team. With EA Sports FC 26, the developer is introducing a suite...
WeiterlesenAbout 90% of my Debian contributions this month were sponsored by Freexian. You can also support my work directly via Liberapay or GitHub Sponsors. DebConf I attended...
WeiterlesenToday, OpenAI for Government is announcing a new partnership with the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to launch a transformative initiative. For the next year, ChatGPT...
WeiterlesenAn update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include: Added...
WeiterlesenChina’s DeepSeek took the AI world by storm this year. Where is it now? And: AI doomsday?
WeiterlesenTux Typing (or tuxtype) is free software education game designed for kids to learn keyboard typing and English vocabularies by playing. As part of The Tux4Kids...
WeiterlesenJoin us this week for the Anaconda Web UI Installer test week where we are focusing testing on Anacondas brand new WebUI for KDE and Spins...
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WeiterlesenYou know your game is highly-anticipated when people rush to download it as soon as it becomes available, but also when they’re happy to launch it...
WeiterlesenIn celebration of the impending launch of the Battlefield 6 beta, EA has revealed a new Twitch Drops event that works just about as you’d expect....
WeiterlesenIt’s used by millions of us every day, but why was the Quick Response code invented?
WeiterlesenWe introduce gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b, two open-weight reasoning models available under the Apache 2.0 license and our gpt-oss usage policy.
WeiterlesenAI’s next frontier isn’t just about capability—it’s about who gets to use it. Our mission to put AI in the hands of as many people as...
WeiterlesenWe’re releasing gpt-oss-120b and gpt-oss-20b—two state-of-the-art open-weight language models that deliver strong real-world performance at low cost. Available under the flexible Apache 2.0 license, these models...
WeiterlesenIn this paper, we study the worst-case frontier risks of releasing gpt-oss. We introduce malicious fine-tuning (MFT), where we attempt to elicit maximum capabilities by fine-tuning...
WeiterlesenPartners holding big jigsaw puzzle pieces flat vector illustration. Successful partnership, communication and collaboration metaphor. Teamwork and business cooperation concept. I write this in the wake...
WeiterlesenStarting with 7.4.1-2, the following Zabbix system user accounts (previously shipped by their related packages) will no longer be used. Instead, all Zabbix components will now...
WeiterlesenEA looks to be pulling out all the stops when it comes to improving the feel of pretty much everything in EA Sports FC 26. The...
WeiterlesenOver the weekend, HoYoverse delivered some big news for Honkai: Star Rail enjoyers. The latest special program livestream spells all the beans on the game’s next...
WeiterlesenWhy Fedora for Architects Architects depend on digital tools for every stage of design, from sketching to modelling and documentation. But many popular tools are expensive,...
WeiterlesenWe build ChatGPT to help you thrive in all the ways you want. Learn how we’re improving support for tough moments, have rolled out reminders to...
WeiterlesenOn Saturday 19 July 2025, the annual Debian Developers and Contributors Conference came to a close.
WeiterlesenAn update to Team Fortress 2 has been released. The update will be applied automatically when you restart Team Fortress 2. The major changes include: Added...
WeiterlesenBattlefield 6 has been officially revealed. EA spelled a lot of the beans as part of the worldwide multiplayer gameplay reveal event, which also featured hours...
WeiterlesenEA certainly put together a compelling showcase of Battlefield 6’s multiplayer overnight. The event was laser-focused on the franchise’s core tenets, and how the teams at...
WeiterlesenDiscover how Figma is transforming digital design with AI. David Kossnick shares how tools like Figma Make empower teams to prototype, collaborate, and build with AI—reshaping...
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