Thunderbird Monthly Development Digest: September 2024
Hello Thunderbird Community! I’m Toby Pilling, a new team member and I’ve spent the last couple of months getting up to speed, and have really enjoyed meeting the team and members of the community virtually, and some in person! September is now ove...
2024-10-03 11:00
OpenAI updates API with model distillation, prompt caching abilities
In what can only be seen as OpenAI’s efforts to catch up with rivals, the ChatGPT-maker released several updates to its API to help ease the development of generative AI-based applications. These updates, introduced during its DevDay conference this...
2024-10-03 10:53
Intel doesn't have a tool to detect if a chip is affected by crashing errors yet — Intel Default Settings still recommended after patch is applied, but power limits can be raised
Intel hasn't yet found a reliable way to detect if a chip is affected by the Vmin Shift Instability and needs replacement.
2024-10-03 10:38
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How to use extension methods in C#
In the C# programming language, extension methods enable you to extend the functionality of existing types without modifying them or deriving new types from them using inheritance. You don’t need to create subclasses of existing classes or recompile...
2024-10-03 09:00
Understanding VBS Enclaves, Windows’ new security technology
Recently Microsoft announced efforts to improve security in its planned Recall AI assistant tool. Many of the details were not a surprise, as it built on familiar tools and services I’ve written about during the past few years, but the most importan...
2024-10-03 09:00
Fedora's Kernel Build Now Enabling Sched_Ext Support
Now that sched_ext was upstreamed into the mainline Linux kernel as part of the many great features in Linux 6.12, Fedora's kernel builds are prepared to enable this innovative scheduler feature that allows for new scheduling policies to be loaded via ...
2024-10-03 08:37
NVIDIA just debuted its new open-source advanced AI model with state-of-the-art capabilities to take on OpenAI's 'magical' GPT-4o
NVIDIA recently unveiled powerful open-source multimodal large language models (LLMs) dubbed NVLM 1.0 with the flagship model, NVLM-D-72B featuring up to 72 billion parameters.
2024-10-03 08:33
OpenAI's "collapse" fears reportedly date back to Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever's abrupt departure — beyond recent bankruptcy reports with projections of $5 billion in losses within the next 12 months
The departure of OpenAI Chief Scientist Ilya Sutskever raised concern among top officials in the firm behind the curtains. They reportedly tried to get the Chief Scientist back on the team by extending him a new and possibly lucrative deal, but their e...
2024-10-03 08:30
OpenAI tells investors not to invest in competing AI startups
After raising $6.6 billion in the latest funding round, OpenAI has asked its investors not to invest in competing startups such as Ilya Sutskever's SSI, Elon Musk's xAI, and Anthropic. Read more...
2024-10-03 08:16
Apple pulls another faulty update after reports of bricked Apple Watch
Apple pulled the latest watchOS 11.1 beta after user reports of bricked and frozen Apple Watch models. Read more...
2024-10-03 07:52
Microsoft posts workaround for Windows 11 24H2 Defender bug when upgraded from Home to Pro
Microsoft has published a workaround for IT admins on a Defender onboarding issue related to Windows 11 24H2 Home to Pro migration. Read more...
2024-10-03 07:36
Google Updates Patches For AutoFDO+Propeller Optimized Linux Kernel
Google engineers have been working on support for the Linux kernel to leverage AutoFDO feedback directed optimizations and Propeller optimizations when compiling the Linux kernel with LLVM/Clang. In turn this can help Linux systems see 2~10% better per...
2024-10-03 06:48
Giga Computing Announces GA On Their AmpereOne Servers
After years of AmpereComputing talking about AmpereOne AArch64 server processors, it looks like we are finally on the cusp of seeing broader availability of the processors and servers/motherboards for this ARM server platform up to 192 cores. At the en...
2024-10-03 06:17
NetworkManager 1.50 Released - Now Ensures Offensive Terms Don't Appear In Settings
NetworkManager 1.50 released on Wednesday as the newest version of this software commonly used on the Linux desktop for managing wired and wireless network connections...
2024-10-03 06:00
UXL Foundation Hosting Virtual oneAPI DevSummit 2024 Next Week
The Unified Acceleration Foundation (UXL Foundation), which was formed out of Intel's oneAPI software efforts, will be hosting a virtual developer summit...
2024-10-03 05:46
Amazon announces new Fire HD 8 tablets with improved camera, performance and more
Amazon has announced updated Fire HD 8 tablets with 50% more RAM, an upgraded camera, and longer battery life. Read more...
2024-10-03 05:30
Apple Search Ads expands to Turkey and 20 additional countries
Apple Search Ads is continuing its expansion into new geographic segments, following a successful rollout to Brazil earlier this year. Starting today, developers can start buying Apple Search Ads for placement in Turkey, and 20 additional countries. mo...
2024-10-03 05:00
Google Home for iPhone adding Favorites homescreen widget
After coming to Android earlier this year, Google Home now offers widgets that let you quickly control smart devices from your homescreen on iPhone and iPad. more…
2024-10-03 02:34