RustConf recordings
The Rust Foundation has posted the recordings from RustConf 2026 in Montreal, Canada. Photos of the event are also available. LWN covered four talks from RustConf...
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[$] An update on the Sashiko patch-review system
Patch review has long been one of the limiting constraints for the kernel project (and most others); there just aren't enough people to properly review all...
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"Even if I knew how it would end, I would do it again": Hellblade developers Ninja Theory appear to have kicked off the redundancy process
Following Microsoft's recent reveal that Hellblade makers Ninja Theory would be facing closure, with two deals to buy them after their split from Xbox have fallen...
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The FPGA Chronicles: Open Source It
Last time, we looked at getting started with the GOWIN tools and a Tang Nano 20K FPGA. The software from GOWIN isn’t bad, but it isn’t...
Read moreAMD ROCm vs. Vulkan Performance For Lemonade Local AI Server With Llama.cpp
A Phoronix Premium reader recently inquired about seeing some new benchmarks of AI performance between Vulkan and AMD ROCm back-ends to see how the situation plays...
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Take $40 off the blistering Ryzen 7 9800X3D and get two freebies
Get some solid deals on X3D chips from Newegg. Buy a Ryzen 7 9800X3D for only $429 and Newegg throws in a free 240mm AIO and...
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AI glasses face their first major government crackdown
Norway wants time to write permanent rules for glasses that can record bystanders.
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GTA 6 writer says the series has never had "much focus on national politics" beyond GTA 4's war on terror, and the latest entry won't get "too specific"
Details about and dev chatter concerning GTA 6 continue to drip out as part of the marketing push towards its console launch in November. This time,...
Read morePicard 3.0 released
Version 3.0 of the MusicBrainz Picard tag editor has been released. "This release brings many changes, including an upgrade to Qt6, a completely new plugin system,...
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Tencent scores 100,000 offshore AI chip deal with Oracle for $7 billion despite climbing prices
Tencent is reportedly renting 100,000 AI chips from Oracle data centers in Southeast Asia for about $7 billion over five years.
Read moreMesa Developers Looking At A Formal Governance Model
The Mesa 3D driver stack has functioned well over the years without a formal governance model and just relying on an informal consensus approach for big...
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32GB dethrones 16GB as top RAM capacity in gaming rigs despite memory shortage
The September 2026 Steam Survey showed a surprising result despite extreme RAM pricing.
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