Code And Let Live
The state of the art in agent isolation is a read-only sandbox. At Fly.io, weâve been selling that story for years, and weâre calling it: ephemeral...
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Reproducible Builds (diffoscope): diffoscope 310 released
The diffoscope maintainers are pleased to announce the release of diffoscope version 310. This version includes the following changes: [ Chris Lamb ] * Reference the...
WeiterlesenFriday Five â January 9, 2026
Red Hat Expands Collaboration with NVIDIA to Pair Enterprise Open Source with Rack-Scale AI for Faster, Production-Ready InnovationRed Hat and NVIDIA have expanded their collaboration to...
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The best Apple Watch to buy
If you have an iPhone, the Apple Watch is the best smartwatch for you. But there was only one Apple Watch when the smartwatch launched in...
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How to Build and Deploy an AI Agent with LangChain, FastAPI, and Sevalla
Artificial intelligence is changing how we build software. Just a few years ago, writing code that could talk, decide, or use external data felt hard. Today,...
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Pioneer Sphera is bringing Dolby Atmos in cars to the people
The Pioneer Sphera can be installed into a single-DIN space in your dash. I fully believe that once someone hears Dolby Atmos music in their car,...
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Qwen3 vs GPT-5.2 vs Gemini 3 Pro: Which Should You Use and When?
A few years back, choosing an AI model was simple. You pick the most capable one you can afford and move on. But today, that approach...
WeiterlesenDima Kogan: Meshroom packaged for Debian
Like the title says, I just packaged Meshroom (and all the adjacent dependencies) for Debian! This is a fancy photogrammetry toolkit that uses modern software development...
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Who Benefited from the Aisuru and Kimwolf Botnets?
Our first story of 2026 revealed how a destructive new botnet called Kimwolf has infected more than two million devices by mass-compromising a vast number of...
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UK Prime Minister says âwe will take actionâ on Grokâs disgusting deepfakes
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer says the country will take action against X following reports that the platform’s Grok AI chatbot is generating sexualized deepfakes of...
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Reproducible Builds: Reproducible Builds in December 2025
Welcome to the December 2025 from the Reproducible Builds project! Our monthly reports outline what weâve been up to over the past month, highlighting items of...
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How AI Accelerates PMUT Design for Biomedical Ultrasonic Applications
This whitepaper provides MEMS engineers, biomedical device developers, and multiphysics simulation specialists with a practical AI-accelerated workflow for optimizing piezoelectric micromachined ultrasonic transducers (PMUTs), enabling you...
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Michigan man learns the hard way that âcatch a cheaterâ spyware apps arenât legal
In 2002, Bryan Fleming helped to create pcTattletale, software for monitoring phone and computer usage. Fleming’s tool would record everything done on the target device, and...
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The best earbuds weâve tested for 2026
Itâs hard to buy a bad pair of wireless earbuds these days, and with constant discounts and deals wherever you look, now is as good a...
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How to Build Your First Shopify App: A Beginnerâs Guide
Shopify powers more than a million online stores around the world. Many store features you see every day, such as discounts, bundles, and order fulfillment are...
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Why a Chinese Robot Vacuum Company Spun Off Not One but 2 EV Brands
The pivot doesnât look out of place at CES, where Chinese electronics companies are increasingly applying their manufacturing prowess to new industries.
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Wi-Fi advocates get win from FCC with vote to allow higher-power devices
The Federal Communications Commission plans to authorize a new category of wireless devices in the 6 GHz Wi-Fi band that will be permitted to operate at...
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Electric Snowblower Clears the Way With Hobby Parts
If you live in snow country and own a home, you either have a snowblower or wish you did. The alternatives are either an expensive and...
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Honeycombâs âPrivate Cloudâ Is Largely About OpenTelemetry, AI and AWS
The observability provider Honeycomb has named its recent offering for private cloud â eponymously called Private Cloud. It is largely designed to accommodate the explosion of...
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High RAM prices mean record-setting profits for Samsung and other memory makers
Supply shortages and big price increases for RAM and storage have been a major drag for enthusiasts and PC builders in recent months. And while we...
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RFK Jr.âs dietary guidance: Food funnel features slab of red meat, butter
Anti-vaccine Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and Agriculture Secretary Brook Rollins unveiled the delayed 2025â2030 Dietary Guidelines for America Wednesday, which is already drawing criticism...
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Why Are Grok and X Still Available in App Stores?
Elon Muskâs chatbot has been used to generate thousands of sexualized images of adults and apparent minors. Apple and Google have removed other ânudifyâ appsâbut continue...
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The coolest laptops we saw at CES 2026
Gamers, roll up! CES is always jam-packed with new laptop announcements, acting as a barometer for the year’s upcoming releases. The proofs of concept at the...
WeiterlesenMesa 26.0 RADV Merges The Big Ray-Tracing Improvement For UE5 Lumen
The RADV ray-tracing improvement covered earlier this week for some big performance gains for Unreal Engine 5 titles running under Linux thanks to Steam Play has...
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The Pulse #158: new ways of coding with AI tools
The Pulse is a series covering events, insights, and trends within Big Tech and startups. Notice an interesting event or trend? Hit reply and share it...
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MAGA Is Already Rewriting the ICE Shooting in Minneapolis
The federal governmentâs narrative of the Minneapolis shooting conflicts wildly with video footage of the incident shared online.
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A New JavaScript Framework? In this Economy?
After 20 years in software, full-stack developer Yaniv Soussana is tired of complexity in React-based JavaScript frameworks. So the creator of the app conversion tool Wappaa...
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The 70 Best Movies on Disney+, WIREDâs Picks (January 2026)
Tron: Ares, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Taylor Swift: The Eras TourâThe Final Show are just a few of the movies...
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Best Bird Feeders With Cameras, Tested and Reviewed (2026)
These bird feeders come with cameras and connected apps to let you see and learn about the birds in your neighborhood.
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The Full-Sized 32-Wheeled, Articulated Bus Built for a 1976 Movie
Regardless of what your opinion is on cult-classic movies that got mixed-to-negative box office reviews when they were released, you have to admire the ones that...
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YouTube will now let you filter Shorts out of search results
As part of a few changes to its search filters, YouTube is going to allow you to search specifically for Shorts or longform videos. Right now,...
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Is it even worth mentioning that Elon Musk blew past his own Full Self-Driving goals again?
Last year, Tesla defied its critics by boldly launching a robotaxi service that, by the end of the year, required no human supervision and was available...
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Few pairs of budget earbuds deliver like Nothingâs Ear (a), which are down to $59
Nothingâs Ear (a) come in a bright yellow color, though you can also buy them in black and white. The new year has brought a wave...
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Unify the Data Stack for AI With Incremental Cloud Migrations
Even as AI offloads repetitive tasks and accelerates learning and productivity, you hear more anecdotes every day about AI systems that werenât quite ready for production....
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These Bose Noise-Canceling Earbuds Are $50 Off
With top-quality noise reduction and advanced spatial audio support, these earbuds might come for your AirPods.
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These dogs eavesdrop on their owners to learn new words
When it comes to cognitive ability, not all dogs are created equal. Most dogs can learn simple action cues like âsitâ or âdown.” But so-called âgifted...
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AI Devices Are Coming. Will Your Favorite Apps Be Along for the Ride?
Tech companies are calling AI the next platform. But some developers are reluctant to let AI agents stand between them and their users.
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Grok assumes users seeking images of underage girls have âgood intentâ
For weeks, xAI has faced backlash over undressing and sexualizing images of women and children generated by Grok. One researcher conducted a 24-hour analysis of the...
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The best deals on 4K TVs
Sonyâs Bravia 8 II remains one of the best OLED TVs you can buy, and Super Bowl deals will likely make in an unbeatable value. Things...
WeiterlesenLogitech MX Anywhere 3S Mouse With Linux 6.19 Now Supports High Resolution Scrolling
For those that happen to have a Logitech MX Anywhere 3S mouse connected via Bluetooth, the upcoming Linux 6.19 kernel release is enabling HID++ support for...
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ChatGPT Health lets you connect medical records to an AI that makes things up
On Wednesday, OpenAI announced ChatGPT Health, a dedicated section of the AI chatbot designed for “health and wellness conversations” intended to connect a user’s health and...
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Why Most APIs Fail in AI Systems and How To Fix It
Over the past few years, Iâve reviewed thousands of APIs across startups, enterprises and global platforms. Almost all shipped OpenAPI documents. On paper, they should be...
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TanStack Releases Framework Agnostic AI Toolkit
Introducing TanStack AI: a revolutionary, framework-agnostic toolkit empowering developers with unparalleled control over their AI stack. This open-source release features a unified interface across multiple providers...
WeiterlesenMesa 26.0 Now Supports GPU Hardware Replay With The Intel Xe Kernel Driver
The Intel Mesa graphics drivers have supported a GPU hardware replay feature for making it easier to reproduce issues. But until now that functionality has only...
WeiterlesenFedora Linux 43 election results
The Fedora Project has announced the results of the Fedora 43 election cycle. Five seats were open on the Fedora Engineering Steering Committee (FESCo), and the winners...
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Seasonal Switch 2 sales show significant slowing as annual cycle sunsets
Nintendo’s Switch 2 was an unmitigated market success for Nintendo following its launch last June, selling a record-setting 3.5 million units worldwide in its first four...
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How to Protest Safely in the Age of Surveillance
Law enforcement has more tools than ever to track your movements and access your communications. Hereâs how to protect your privacy if you plan to protest.
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Americaâs new dietary guidelines ignore decades of scientific research
The new year has barely begun, but the first days of 2026 have brought big news for health. On Monday, the USâs federal health agency upended...
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3 Ways Enterprises Can Scale AI Gains in 2026
Most organizations are ending 2025 with tangible AI wins. Developers are shipping code faster, costs are down and leadership is thrilled that everyone is embracing AI....
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People Are Using AI to Falsely Identify the Federal Agent Who Shot Renee Good
Online detectives are inaccurately claiming to have identified the federal agent who shot and killed a 37-year-old woman in Minnesota based on AI-manipulated images.
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Itâs Not a Leica, Itâs a Lumix
Thereâs an old adage in photography that the best camera in the world is the one in your hand when the shot presents itself, but thereâs...
WeiterlesenGentoo looks back on 2025
Gentoo Linux has published a 2025 project retrospective that looks at how the community has evolved, changes to the distribution, infrastructure, and finances for the Gentoo...
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How to Not Be Overwhelmed by AI â A Developerâs Guide to Using AI Tools Effectively
If youâre a developer, youâll likely want to use AI to boost your productivity and help you save time on menial, repetitive tasks. And nearly every...
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Dirk Eddelbuettel: RcppCCTZ 0.2.14 on CRAN: New Upstream, Small Edits
A new release 0.2.14 of RcppCCTZ is now on CRAN, in Debian and built for r2u. RcppCCTZ uses Rcpp to bring CCTZ to R. CCTZ is...
Weiterlesen[$] SFC v. VIZIO: who can enforce the GPL?
The Software Freedom Conservancy (SFC) is suing VIZIO over smart TVs that include software licensed under the GPL and LGPL (including the Linux kernel, FFmpeg, systemd,...
Weiterlesen[$] GPLv2 and installation requirements
On December 24 2025, Linus Torvalds posted a strongly worded message celebrating a ruling in the ongoing GPL-compliance lawsuit filed against VIZIO by the Software Freedom...
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How to Optimize React
React makes it easy to build UIs, but building fast React apps is a different skill altogether. We just posted a hands-on, real-world React Performance Optimization...
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Bose SoundTouch End of Life Gets Less Painful With Public API Release
The API documentation opens the door for developers to build their own control apps (hopefully open source ones).
WeiterlesenTwo new stable kernels
Greg Kroah-Hartman has released the 6.18.4 and 6.12.64 stable kernels. As always, each contains important fixes throughout the tree. Users are advised to upgrade.
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Autonomous, Resilient Workflows: How Close Are They to Reality?
As enterprises push deeper into AI-driven automation, the conversation is moving from simple task automation to truly autonomous, resilient workflows. These systems observe, decide, adapt and...
WeiterlesenLinux 6.18 LTS vs. Liquorix Kernel On AMD Ryzen Threadripper Workstation Performance
It’s been a while since running benchmarks of the Liquorix kernel as an enthusiast-tailored downstream version of the Linux kernel focused on responsiveness for gaming, audio/video...
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The Time Clock Has Stood the Test of Time
No matter the item on my list of childhood occupational dreams, one constant ran throughout: I saw myself using an old-fashioned punch clock with the longish...
WeiterlesenSecurity updates for Thursday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (gcc-toolset-14-binutils, gcc-toolset-15-binutils, httpd, kernel, libpng, mariadb, mingw-libpng, poppler, python3.12, and ruby:3.3), Debian (foomuuri and libsodium), Fedora (python-pdfminer and wget2),...
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Trump withdraws US from worldâs most important climate treaty
Donald Trump has decided to withdraw the US from the worldâs most important climate treaty, as well as from dozens of other international organizations, as the...
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Linux Kernel Bugs Hide for 2+ Years on Average
Study of 20 years of kernel history finds bugs hide for 2+ years on average, some for decades.
WeiterlesenHow to Merge PDF Files in Linux with pdfunite Command (2026 Guide)
Learn how to merge PDF files in Linux using pdfunite command. Step-by-step tutorial with examples, scripting tips, faq and troubleshooting. The post How to Merge PDF...
WeiterlesenIntel Panther Lake Laptops For Pre-Order Scarce So Far
On Monday at CES Intel announced Panther Lake as Core Ultra Series 3 with the initial laptop designs to be available for pre-order starting the following...
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Former Google CEO plans to singlehandedly fund a Hubble telescope replacement
Prior to World War II the vast majority of telescopes built around the world were funded by wealthy people with an interest in the heavens above....
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ChatGPT falls to new data-pilfering attack as a vicious cycle in AI continues
Thereâs a well-worn pattern in the development of AI chatbots. Researchers discover a vulnerability and exploit it to do something bad. The platform introduces a guardrail...
WeiterlesenDirk Eddelbuettel: RcppSpdlog 0.0.24 on CRAN: New Upstream
Version 0.0.24 of RcppSpdlog arrived on CRAN today, has been been uploaded to Debian, and also been built for r2u. This follows an upstream release on...
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My favorite musical discoveries of 2025
My favorite albums from last year. Balkan brass, an acoustic favorite of 80s returns, Ethio-jazz, Guatemalan singer-guitarist, jazz-rock/Indian classical fusion, and a unique male vocalist. moreâŠ
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Fragments: January 8
Anthropic report on how their AI is changing their own software development practice. Most usage is for debugging and helping understand existing code Notable increase in...
WeiterlesenNVIDIA Optimizes Printing Of Linux Memory Stats For 11% System Time Savings
A NVIDIA engineer restructuring some of the printf-related code within the memory resource controller “memcg” statistics printing code to reduce the system time by 11% for...
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The Download: mimicking pregnancyâs first moments in a lab, and AI parameters explained
This is todayâs edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of whatâs going on in the world of technology. Researchers are getting organoids...
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Google announces AI Overviews in Gmail search, experimental AI-organized inbox
Gmail made us all rethink how email could work when it debuted more than 20 years ago. Google thinks we’re in the process of another email...
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AI Coding Assistants Are Getting Worse
In recent months, Iâve noticed a troubling trend with AI coding assistants. After two years of steady improvements, over the course of 2025, most of the...
WeiterlesenMendix Cloud Private Connectivity powered by Tailscale now available in public beta
Mendix customers can now create private, secure connections between their Mendix Cloud apps and their own infrastructureâwithout the hassle of complex networking set ups and arduous...
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Using unstructured data to fuel enterprise AI success
Enterprises are sitting on vast quantities of unstructured data, from call records and video footage to customer complaint histories and supply chain signals. Yet this invaluable...
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Google Is Adding an âAI Inboxâ to Gmail That Summarizes Emails
New Gmail features, powered by the Gemini model, are part of Googleâs continued push for users to incorporate AI into their daily life and conversations.
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Creatine Supplements Are Everywhere. Do I Need Them? (2026)
Itâs the most studied supplement in sports medicine, but itâs not just for athletes anymore.
WeiterlesenAI & Humans: Making the Relationship Work
Leaders of many organizations are urging their teams to adopt agentic AI to improve efficiency, but are finding it hard to achieve any benefit. Managers attempting...
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2026 Is the Year of the RGB LED TV
The crop of next-generation TVs arriving this year has more accurate colors than ever, thanks to a fancy new kind of backlighting.
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What Testers Can Do to Ensure Software Security
A secure software development life cycle means baking security into plan, design, build, test, and maintenance, rather than sprinkling it on at the end, Sara Martinez...
WeiterlesenLinus Torvalds: “The AI Slop Issue Is *NOT* Going To Be Solved With Documentation”
The Linux kernel developers for months now have been debating proposed guidelines for tool-generated submissions to the Linux kernel. As part of the “tools”, the main...
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The Daring Attempt to End the Memory Shortage Crisis
The supply shortage of the RAM needed to build phones and PCs isnât going away. But a few companies have a plan to solve it.
WeiterlesenLinux Patches Enable Intel GPU Firmware Updating From Non-x86 Systems
The modern Intel Xe kernel graphics driver was designed from the start to be more broadly compatible with non-x86 architectures given their discrete graphics processors being...
WeiterlesenEtnaviv Driver Wires Up PPU Flop Reset Support Needed By Some Vivante Hardware
Sent out today was the latest batch of drm-misc-next changes to DRM-Next for staging ahead of the upcoming Linux 6.20~7.0 kernel cycle. The reverse-engineered Etnaviv DRM...
WeiterlesenWhat new legal challenges mean for the future of US offshore wind
For offshore wind power in the US, the new year is bringing new legal battles. On December 22, the Trump administration announced it would pause the...
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How 4Patriots and My Patriot Supply Cashed In on Prepping for the Apocalypse
How two big names in mainstream disaster preparedness helped sell Americans on fear, anxiety, and a new generator.
WeiterlesenAn Interview with Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros and Ajey Pandey About Building Power for AI
An Interview with Jeremie Eliahou Ontiveros and Ajey Pandey about how AI labs and hyperscalers are leveraging demand to build out entirely new electrical infrastructure for...
WeiterlesenLinux Kernel Considers Linking The Relocatable x86 Kernel As PIE In 2026
To allow for additional security hardening of the Linux kernel, a patch series has been updated more than one year later to link the relocatable x86_64...
WeiterlesenSven Hoexter: Moving from hexchat to Halloy
I’m not hanging around on IRC a lot these days, but when I do I used hexchat (and xchat before). Probably a bad habbit of clinging...
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This Is the Blood Glucose Monitor Weâve Been Waiting For
Makers of smartwatches and other wearables have spent years trying to measure blood sugar without pricking your skin. The PreEvnt Isaac does just that, and you...
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AWS Previews Route 53 Global Resolver to Decouple DNS from Regional Failures
AWS previews Route 53 Global Resolver, using Anycast to decouple DNS from regional failures. It simplifies hybrid setups with unified public/private resolution, DoH/DoT, and Zero-Trust security....
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Is Craigslist the Last Real Place on the Internet?
Millennials are still using Craigslist to find jobs, love, and even to cast creative projectsâeschewing other AI- and algorithm-dominated online spaces. âThereâs a purity to it.â
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Article: Agentic Terminal – How Your Terminal Comes Alive with CLI Agents
In this article author Sachin Joglekar discusses the transformation of CLI terminals becoming agentic where developers can state goals while the AI agents plan, call tools,...
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Volvo says new EX60 has 400-mile range, charges up to 400 kW
Later this month, Volvo will unveil its new EX60 SUV. The Swedish automaker has adopted some of the latest trends in electric vehicle design for the...
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Penpot Is Experimenting With MCP Servers For AI-Powered Design Workflows
This article is a sponsored by Penpot Imagine that your Penpot file contains a full icon set in addition to the design itself, which uses some...
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Peacock Promo Codes: 16% Off January 2026
Stream your favorite shows for up to $80 off this month, and save on subscription plans with the latest Peacock TV coupons from WIRED.
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HelloFresh Coupon Codes: 55% Off + Free Meals
Get up to 55% off and free meal boxes using a HelloFresh coupon code today. Discover our best codes and discounts to let you save time...
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30% Off Tempur-Pedic Promo Codes | January 2026
Whether youâre looking to upgrade your mattress or swap out your bedding, browse our Tempur-Pedic coupons for up to $300 off and the best sleep of...
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Litter-Robot Promo Codes and Deals: Up to $150 Off
Get the latest Litter-Robot Discounts on Litter-Robot self-cleaning litter boxes, accessories, and more.
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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Fourier Transform
A talk, The Unreasonable Effectiveness of the Fourier Transform, was presented by [Joshua Wise] at Teardown 2025 in June last year. Click-through for the notes or...
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FOSS Weekly #26.02: Level Up in 2026, Liquorix Kernel, Open Source Apps from Web Browser and More
Keep on learning in, keep on Linux-ing. 2026 is your year of Linux.
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Why AI is both the problem and the cure for legacy codeÂ
AI may be the key to cracking legacy code. The post Why AI is both the problem and the cure for legacy code appeared first on...
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I Thought This Wikipedia App for Linux was Pointless (I Was Wrong)
I don’t need to tell you that this application is for the people who enjoy the free and open knowledge provided by Wikipedia.
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Co-Extrusion Carbon Fiber FDM Filament Investigated
After previously putting carbon fiber-reinforced PLA filament under the (electron) microscope, the [I built a thing] bloke is back with a new video involving PLA-CF, this...
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Ubuntu 25.04 Support Ends Next Week (Jan 15th)
Support for Ubuntu 25.04 âPlucky Puffinâ officially ends on 15th January 2026 â which for those of you reading in a timely fashion is next week!...
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A crew memberâs âmedical concernâ foils a planned spacewalk outside the ISS
A planned spacewalk outside the International Space Station has been postponed due to a “medical concern” with one of the crew members aboard the orbital complex,...
Weiterlesen[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for January 8, 2026
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition: Front: What to expect in 2026; LAVD scheduler; libpathrs; Questions for the TAB; Graphite; 2024 timeline. Briefs: shadow-utils 4.19.0; Android...
WeiterlesenFEX 2601 Brings Various Fixes, Improvements For Wine & DXVK/VKD3D-Proton
FEX, the open-source emulator for running x86 and x86_64 binaries on AArch64 (ARM64) Linux and that is sponsored by Valve and to be used by the...
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Disney Plus is getting vertical video
Disney Plus will be getting a vertical video feed later this year, Disney announced as part of its Global Tech & Data Showcase for advertisers at...
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How Neural Networks Work â Explained Using the Straight Line Equation y = ax + b
Did you know that every data scientist who builds a complex neural network starts with a fundamental question, âHow does the output change when the input...
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The best iPad deals you can get right now
Appleâs latest iPad Mini is on sale starting at $389.99 in select colors, including the cream-colored starlight shade. | Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge...
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Ford is getting ready to put AI assistants in its cars
The annual Consumer Electronics Show is currently raging in Las Vegas, and as has become traditional over the past decade, automakers and their suppliers now use...
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DIY Grid Dip Meter Teardown
You donât see them much anymore, but there was a time when any hobbyist who dealt with RF probably had a grid dip meter. The idea...
WeiterlesenNavigating secure AI deployment: Architecture for enhancing AI system security and safety
In the previous articles, we discussed how integrating AI into business-critical systems opens up enterprises to a new set of risks with AI security and AI...
WeiterlesenSmarter troubleshooting with the new MCP server for Red Hat Enterprise Linux (now in developer preview)
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) system administrators and developers have long relied on a specific set of tools to diagnose issues, combined with years of accumulated...
WeiterlesenA data model for Git (and other docs updates)
Hello! This past fall, I decided to take some time to work on Gitâs documentation. Iâve been thinking about working on open source docs for a...
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Fordâs AI voice assistant is coming later this year, L3 driving in 2028
Ford’s new AI-powered voice assistant will be rolling out to customers later this year, the company’s top software executive said at CES today. And in 2028,...
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Chase is taking over Appleâs credit card
On Wednesday evening, Apple announced that JPMorgan Chase will become the new issuer of Apple Card, replacing Goldman Sachs, which has backed the company’s credit cards...
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Blood for stonks
On December 31st, a brand-new account on Polymarket placed a bet: NicolĂĄs Maduro, the leader of Venezuela, would be out of office by the end of...
WeiterlesenTraces of Leonardo da Vinciâs DNA May Have Been Discovered on a Red Chalk Drawing Called âHoly Childâ
Researchers suggest that they have recovered sequences from ancient works and from letters that may belong to the Renaissance genius.
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Bluetti now charges power stations at up to 1200W in your car
This cutaway shows how the Bluetti Charger 2 can be integrated into your vehicle. | Image: Bluetti Bluetti’s latest car charger can quickly charge power stations...
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The best deals on MacBooks right now
Apple currently sells MacBooks equipped with its own M-series processors in a wide range of sizes and price points, all of which run the companyâs newest...
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Samsungâs Ballie home robot, once promised for summer 2025, gets grim update
Since 2020, Samsung has been dangling a yellow ball in front of us. That sphere is a robot named Ballie that Samsung has teased and demoed...
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Character.AI and Google settle teen suicide and self-harm suits
Character.AI and Google have reached settlements with several families whose teens harmed themselves or died by suicide after interacting with Character.AI‘s chatbots, according to new court...
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AI starts autonomously writing prescription refills in Utah
The state of Utah is allowing artificial intelligence to prescribe medication refills to patients without direct human oversight in a pilot program public advocates call “dangerous.”...
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The Apple AirPods Pro 3 Are $50 Off
Snag a relatively rare discount on Appleâs finest earbuds at Best Buy.
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Grok Is Generating Sexual Content Far More Graphic Than What’s on X
A WIRED review of outputs hosted on Grokâs official website shows itâs being used to create violent sexual images and videos, as well as content that...
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Amazfitâs stylish budget tracker is nearly matching its best price to date
The Amazfit Active 2 is a solid fitness tracker that could easily be mistaken for a smartwatch. | Photo: Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge Amazfit...
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Xâs deepfake machine is infuriating policymakers around the globe
X’s Grok chatbot hasn’t stopped accepting users’ requests to strip down women and, in some cases, apparent minors to AI-generated bikinis. According to some reports, the...
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From GitLab to Kilo Code
Weâre joined by Sid Sijbrandij, founder of GitLab who led the all-in-one coding platform all the way to IPO. In late 2022, Sid discovered that he...
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Facebook Survey Reveals Growing Adoption of Typed Python for Improved Code Quality and Flexibility
Conducted among over 1,200 respondents, Facebook’s 2025 Typed Python Survey highlights how and why Python developers have increasingly adopted the language’s type hinting system. The survey...
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Graphing Calculator Gets USB-C Upgrade
Unlike Texas Instruments, whose graphing calculators have famously not made technological improvements in decades despite keeping the same price tag, HP has made a few more...
WeiterlesenAMD Linux GPU Driver Improvement Coming For DP-HDMI Dongles
For those using a DisplayPort to HDMI dongle currently with the AMDGPU Linux kernel graphics driver may find some higher resolutions / modes unavailable. Fortunately, a...
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Election Deniers Think the Venezuela Attack Is All About 2020
Conspiracy theorists claim the capture of Venezuelan president NicolĂĄs Maduro is proof that the Venezuelan government rigged the 2020 election in Joe Bidenâs favor.
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Warner Bros. sticks with Netflix merger, calls Paramountâs $108B bid âillusoryâ
The Warner Bros. Discovery board has unanimously voted to rebuff Paramount’s $108.4 billion offer and urged shareholders to reject the hostile takeover bid. The board is...
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Human Cognition Canât Keep Up With Modern Networks. Whatâs Next?
IBM, the venerable tech company, has been on an acquisition binge in the last few years, buying Red Hat and HashiCorp, and it recently announced plans...
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Gunnar Wolf: Artificial Intelligence âą Play or break the deck
This post is an unpublished review for Artificial Intelligence âą Play or break the deck As a little disclaimer, I usually review books or articles written...
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Testing Laughing Gas for Rocket Propellant
Nitrous oxideâs high-speed abilities donât end with racing cars, as itâs a powerful enough oxidizer to be a practical component of rocket propellant. Since [Markus Bindhammer]...
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Whatâs Going on With Smart Rings?
Ultrahuman smart rings currently canât be sold in the US. We caught up with the companyâs chief business officer to discuss whatâs next for ring-based health...
WeiterlesenEuropean Commission issues call for evidence on open source
The European Commission has opened a “call for evidence” to help shape its European Open Digital Ecosystem Strategy. The commission is looking to reduce its dependence...
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Lessons Learned From Real-World NoSQL Database Migrations
In âBattle-Tested Tips for a Better NoSQL Migration,â I shared my top strategies for planning, executing and de-risking a NoSQL database migration. I discussed key steps...
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Meet the IEEE Board-Nominated Candidates for President-Elect
The IEEE Board of Directors has nominated IEEE Senior Member David Alan Koehler and IEEE Life Fellow Manfred âFredâ J. Schindler as candidates for 2027 IEEE...
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Aigars Mahinovs: Sedan experience (BMW i5)
Two years of midsize electric sedan experience This February (2026) marks a full 10 years since I started working for BMW, and a key employment bonus...
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AI Models Are Starting to Learn by Asking Themselves Questions
An AI model that learns without human inputâby posing interesting queries for itselfâmight point the way to superintelligence.
WeiterlesenThe grief when AI writes most of the code
Iâm coming to terms with the high probability that AI will write most of my code which I ship to prod, going forward. It already does it faster,...
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Bose open-sources its SoundTouch home theater smart speakers ahead of end-of-life
Bose released the Application Programming Interface (API) documentation for its SoundTouch speakers today, putting a silver lining around the impending end-of-life (EoL) of the expensive home...
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From Guesswork to Guardrails: Kubernetes Container Rightsizing
In a Kubernetes cluster, CPU and memory requests are both a cost dial and a reliability dial. Theyâre how you tell the scheduler what a pod...
WeiterlesenIntel FSP Improvements With Core Ultra Series 3 “Panther Lake”
While for years open-source firmware enthusiasts have been after an open-source Firmware Support Package “FSP” for Intel CPUs and back during Raja Koduri’s tenure at Intel...
WeiterlesenRavi Dwivedi: Why my Riseup account got suspended (and reinstated)
Disclaimer: The goal of this post is not to attack Riseup. In fact, I love Riseup and support their work. Story Riseup is an email provider,...
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Expired certificate completely breaks macOS Logitech apps, user customizations
If you’re a Mac user with Logitech accessories and you’ve noticed that your settings and customizations seem to have gone away this week, you’re not alone....
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How Do PAL and NTSC Really Work?
Many projects on these pages do clever things with video. Whether itâs digital or analogue, itâs certain our community can push a humble microcontroller to the...
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Operations Shift: Assistants to Autonomous Multiagent Systems
AI assistants have become table stakes across modern enterprise operations. Drafting emails, summarizing interactions and surfacing next-best actions are no longer differentiators, they are expectations. But...
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SteamOS continues its slow spread across the PC gaming landscape
SteamOS’s slow march across the Windows-dominated PC gaming landscape is continuing to creep along. At CES this week, Lenovo announced it will launch a version of...
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How to Build an AI-Powered Flutter App with Google Antigravity: A Hands-On Tutorial
As a Flutter developer whoâs building a cloud-based ecosystem for digital media lifecycle management, Iâm constantly looking for ways to speed up the transition from idea...
Weiterlesen[$] Lessons from creating a gaming-oriented scheduler
At the 2025 Linux Plumbers Conference (LPC), held in Tokyo in mid-December, Changwoo Min led a session on what he has learned while developing the “latency-criticality...
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Real-Time Systems for Web Developers: From Theory to a Live Go + React App
Many developers think that âreal-timeâ is about Websockets, Live data, or instant refreshes on web application dashboards. And although these concepts are closely related to what...
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Japanese nuclear plant operator fabricated seismic risk data
On Wednesday, Japan’s Nuclear Regulation Authority announced that it is halting the relicensing process for two reactors at the Hamaoka plant after revelations that the plant’s...
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Forget Predictions: Tech Leadersâ Actual 2026 Resolutions
People have strong feelings about New Yearâs resolutions. I know people who spend their entire December reflecting and then in January planning for the year ahead....
WeiterlesenDell Pro Max GB10 vs. AMD Ryzen AI Max+ Framework Desktop For Llama.cpp, OpenCL & Vulkan Compute
Over the past number of weeks the Dell Pro Max with GB10 has been undergoing a lot of testing at Phoronix. This NVIDIA GB10 powered mini...
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EVs remain a niche choice in the US, according to survey
The electric vehicle transition might not be moving ahead with the same gusto it showed in the early 2020s, but it’s still happening. According to Deloitte’s...
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Build a 2K Resolution MSLA 3D Resin Printer for Cheap
Have an old Android device collecting dust somewhere that youâd like to put to better use? [Electronoobs] shows us how to make a Masked Stereolithography Apparatus...
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New Records Reveal the Mess RFK Jr. Left When He Dumped a Dead Bear in Central Park
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he left a bear cubâs corpse in Central Park in 2014 to âbe fun.â Records newly obtained by WIRED show what...
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The Ancient Art of Nasal Rinsing Might Protect You From a Cold
New research has given credence to a 5,000-year-old practice.
Weiterlesen[$] 2025 Linux and free software timeline
Last year we revived the tradition of publishing a timeline of notable events from the previous year. Since that seemed to go over well, we decided...
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New battery idea gets lots of power out of unusual sulfur chemistry
Anyone paying attention to battery research sees sulfur come up frequently. That’s mostly because sulfur is a great storage material for lithium, and it could lead...
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Is Your AI Assistant Creating a Recursive Security Loop?
A recent survey by JetBrains of more than 23,000 developers found that nearly half (49%) now use AI regularly for coding and other development-related tasks. Among...
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We have a fossil closer to our split with Neanderthals and Denisovans
A group of 773,000-year-old hominin fossils from Morocco may shed new light on when our species branched off from the ancestors of Neanderthals and Denisovans. A...
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Venezuela Is the First Big Test for the Pentagonâs Influencer Press Corpsâand It’s Failing
Mainstream reporters are out at the Pentagon, and right-wing influencers are in. The results are predictable, and oddly reminiscent of Iraq Warâera warblogging.
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Breville Luxe Brewer Review (2025): Good Drip, Real Cold Brew
Like a lot of Breville’s best devices, the Luxe Brewer combines technical sophistication with easy single-button operation.
WeiterlesenIPFire 2.29 Core Update 199 released
The IPFire project, an open-source firewall Linux distribution, has released version 2.29 – Core Update 199. Notable changes in this release include an update to Linux...
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New CrowView Note 15.6 Fixes the Original Modelâs Biggest Flaw
Elecrow’s CrowView Note 15.6 addresses complaints from the original with a larger screen, USB-C charging, and expanded SBC support. Priced at $169. You’re reading New CrowView...
WeiterlesenNext-Gen AMD Server SoCs To Enjoy Firmware-Agnostic Platform Configuration Approach
Next-generation AMD server SoCs — presumably the AMD EPYC “Venice” on Zen 6 — is poised to introduce a firmware-agnostic platform configuration platform configuration change method/format....
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Distinct AI Models Seem To Converge On How They Encode Reality
Read a story about dogs, and you may remember it the next time you see one bounding through a park. Thatâs only possible because you have...
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Future CSS: :drag (and Maybe ::dragged-image?)
Now, I know what youâre thinking. Yet another CSS pseudo-class⊠But I think this suggestion is rather cool. Earlier this year, it was proposed to add a...
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Computer scientist Yann LeCun: âIntelligence really is about learningâ
I arrive 10 minutes ahead of schedule from an early morning Eurostar and see Yann LeCun is already waiting for me, nestled between two plastic Christmas...
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The Rise and Fall of The In-Car Fax Machines
Once upon a time, a car phone was a great way to signal to the world that you were better than everybody else. It was a clear sign...
WeiterlesenThorsten Alteholz: My Debian Activities in December 2025
Debian LTS/ELTS This was my hundred-thirty-eighth month that I did some work for the Debian LTS initiative, started by Raphael Hertzog at Freexian. (As the LTS-...
WeiterlesenGoogle will now only release Android source code twice a year (Android Authority)
Android Authority reports that Google will be reducing the frequency of releases of code to the Android Open Source Project to only twice per year. A...
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Presentation: How to Build a Database Without a Server
Alex Seaton discusses the architecture of ArcticDB, a high-performance Python/C++ library that replaces traditional database servers with a thick-client model. He explains how to achieve atomicity...
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Review: Stranger Thingsâ frustrating finale didnât quite stick the landing
Stranger Things has finally come to an end and left us with some big complicated feels about how it all went down. Both of us (Jennifer...
WeiterlesenHow to Print and Export Man Pages to PDF in Linux and Unix
Learn how to convert man pages to PDF using man -t and ps2pdf. Complete guide with commands for Linux, BSD, and macOS. The post How to...
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Fedora 44 Will Be the First Distro to Adopt KDE's Plasma Login Manager
The move replaces SDDM but means giving up on custom login themes.
WeiterlesenSecurity updates for Wednesday
Security updates have been issued by AlmaLinux (resource-agents, ruby:3.3, thunderbird, and xorg-x11-server), Fedora (libpcap), Red Hat (brotli), Slackware (libsodium), SUSE (dcmtk, govulncheck-vulndb, libpcap, mozjs60, qemu, rsync,...
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These Hearing Aids Will Tune in to Your Brain
Imagine youâre at a bustling dinner party filled with laughter, music, and clinking silverware. Youâre trying to follow a conversation across the table, but every word...
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Deploying a hybrid approach to Web3 in the AI era
When the concept of âWeb 3.0â first emerged about a decade ago the idea was clear: Create a more user-controlled internet that lets you do everything...
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How to Build a Personal Python Learning Roadmap
If you want to learn Python or improve your skills, a detailed plan can help you gauge your current status and navigate toward a target goal....
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Debian's Data Protection Team is No More, Maybe You Can Help?
With no one left to handle data protection requests, the project is looking for new volunteers.
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The Download: war in Europe, and the company that wants to cool the planet
This is todayâs edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of whatâs going on in the world of technology. Europeâs drone-filled vision for...
WeiterlesenThe Wegmanâs Supermarket Chain Is Probably Using Facial Recognition
The New York City Wegmanâs is collecting biometric information about customers.
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Here are the launches and landings weâre most excited about in 2026
Last year delivered doses of drama and excitement in the space business, with a record number of launches, breathtaking vistas of other worlds, and a multitude...
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An RP2040 Powered ADS-B Receiver
If youâve ever heard the sound of an aircraft passing overhead and looked at an online plane tracker to try and figure out what it was,...
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Home Pilates Equipment for Studio-Quality Workouts (2026)
Hereâs everything that you should buy, skip, or splurge on for your at-home Pilates workout.
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The Best Cat Toys for Your Furry Friend (2026)
Based on years of testing with our cats, these are our favorite WIRED-approved, techy cat toys and furniture.
WeiterlesenLLMs contain a LOT of parameters. But whatâs a parameter?
MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand whatâs coming next. You can read more from...
WeiterlesenRadeon RADV Vulkan Driver Is On The Verge Of Another Big Ray-Tracing Performance Gain
Natalie Vock as one of the open-source developers on Valve’s Linux graphics team has been spearheading another big ray-tracing performance improvement for the AMD Radeon Vulkan...
WeiterlesenCompiler-Based Context & Locking Analysis On Deck For Linux 7.0 Paired With Clang 22+
A new feature in the queue for likely introduction with the next version of the Linux kernel (Linux 6.20~7.0) is compiler-based context and locking analysis. This...
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The man who made India digital isnât done yet
Nandan Nilekani canât stop trying to push India into the future. He started nearly 30 years ago, masterminding an ongoing experiment in technological state capacity that...
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