Build and Train a 25M Parameter LLM From Scratch on Your CPU
You don't need a massive GPU cluster to learn how modern frontier AI works. In our new video on the freeCodeCamp.org YouTube channel, you will build,...
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Keep That Old Radio Alive With An ESP32
As the legacy AM broadcast bands fade away, what happens to the millions of devices built to receive them? Many of them will go into e-waste,...
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These are the best Prime Day deals I’ve found on tools I use to maintain my PC
You really do need all of these tools to keep your electronics in good order, and luckily they are all on offer.
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Best October Prime Day Deals to Shop Before the Sale Ends (2026)
Amazon Prime Big Deal Days are here, and we’ve tracked down the best discounts on all the gear our team recommends.
Read moreSteam Beta Now Defaults Non-Steam Windows Binaries To Using Proton
Valve released tonight a new Steam client beta that includes some notable improvements for Linux users...
Read moreMicrosoft Launches Surface Laptop Ultra, Surface RTX Spark Dev Box
Microsoft today launched its first two NVIDIA RTX Spark-powered systems, the Surface Laptop Ultra and Surface RTX Spark Dev box. Aimed at developers and other professionals,...
Read moreMicrosoft Issues First Release Of Their LiteBox Sandboxing Library OS
Back in February we featured LiteBox as a new Microsoft open-source project building out a Rust-based sandboxing Library OS. LiteBox leverages Linux virtualization security features and...
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NASA Selects GIMLI to Search the Marius Lunar Pit for a Potential Lunar Base Site
NASA has selected a Planetary Science Institute-led proposal to investigate whether a potentially large underground cave extends beyond the opening of a lunar pit.
Read more[$] LWN.net Weekly Edition for October 8, 2026
Inside this week's LWN.net Weekly Edition: Front: Kernel bugs; Gentoo's Chromium package; Rust smart pointers; Sashiko; Charon; LAVD scheduler; Python random-number modules. Briefs: OpenSSH 10.6; RustConf...
Read moreAI Makes “Open-Source, Clean Room” Implementations Of Adobe Photoshop & Premier In Rust
As an interesting demonstrator for the power of AI and potentially pressing legal challenges, Claude Code and AI agents have created "open-source, clean-room reimplementation" versions of...
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Efinix Sapphire RV64 SoC – Configurable RISC-V soft-cores with DDR3, LPDDR4x, and HyperRAM for Efinix FPGAs
Efinix has introduced the Sapphire RV64 SoC, a configurable 64-bit RISC-V soft-core processor designed for its Titanium and Trion FPGAs. It is based on the VexiiRiscv core...
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Microsoft event debuts new AI-friendly hardware and Windows changes
Get ready for more AI in your Windows and more AI on the desktop.
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