Restoring the Soul of a 1940s Radio
Although we do often see projects that take antiques and replace some or all of their components with modern equipment, we can also sympathize with the...
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Paza: Introducing automatic speech recognition benchmarks and models for low resource languages
At a glance Microsoft Research releases PazaBench and Paza automatic speech recognition models, advancing speech technology for low resource languages. Human-centered pipeline for low-resource languages: Built...
Read moreMuseums incorporate “scent of the afterlife” into Egyptian exhibits
In 2023, scientists identified the compounds in the balms used to mummify the organs of an ancient Egyptian noblewoman, suggesting that the recipes were unusually complex...
Read moreLinux 7.0 Should Fix Nouveau For The Large Pages Support For Better NVK Performance
The Linux 6.19 merge window had introduced support for larger pages and compression with the Nouveau kernel driver, which ultimately should help provide a performance win...
Read moreDetecting Helium Leaks with Sound in a Physics-Based Sensor
Helium is inert, which makes it useful in a lot of different industries. But helium’s colorless and odorless non-reactivity also means traditional gas sensing methods don’t...
Read moreUbuntu 24.04.4 LTS HWE update is now available
The Ubuntu 24.04.4 LTS HWE update is now available to install. It brings Linux kernel 6.17, Mesa 25.2.7 and Wayland Protocols 1.45 to the current LTS....
Read moreLinkedIn Re-Architects Service Discovery: Replacing Zookeeper with Kafka and xDS at Scale
LinkedIn’s engineering team successfully upgraded its legacy ZooKeeper service discovery platform to enhance scalability and performance. By leveraging Apache Kafka and the xDS protocol, the new...
Read moreSystem76’s COSMIC Desktop Planning Vulkan Renderer, Improved Gaming Experience
Following December’s release of COSMIC Epoch 1 along with the Pop!_OS 24.04 release by System76, today they shared more of their feature plans for the next...
Read moreDirk Eddelbuettel: rfoaas 2.3.3: Limited Rebirth
The original FOAAS site provided a rather wide variety of REST access points, but it sadky is no more (while the old repo is still there)....
Read moreGNOME Shell & Mutter 50 Beta Releases Bring Stable VRR, Improved Frame Scheduling
Ahead of the imminent GNOME 50 beta release, the GNOME Shell and Mutter components have declared their “50.beta” releases to ship the latest bug fixes, memory...
Read moreNetflix Says if the HBO Merger Makes It Too Expensive, You Can Always Cancel
During a hearing at the US Senate, Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos said the company is working with the US government on guardrails against more price hikes.
Read more[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for February 5, 2026
Inside this week’s LWN.net Weekly Edition: Front: Sigil; Eurydice; Sub-schedulers for sched_ext; Swap table; Futex robust lists; Tyr. Briefs: openSUSE governance; Git 2.53.0; LibreOffice 26.2; Open...
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