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Intel NPU Driver for Linux is Now Available on the Snap Store
Canonical has put the official Linux Intel NPU driver on the Snap Store. The new Intel NPU Driver snap “bundles many components […] including device firmware, a user space driver and compiler, and an application to validate the user mode driver and...
2024-10-20 15:19
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K beats the 14900K by 13% in leaked Cinebench R23 multi-core benchmark — Ryzen 9 9950X still leads the pack by 4%
Intel's Core Ultra 9 285K leads the i9-14900K in multi core performance despite lacking Hyperthreading but might lose to the Ryzen 9 9950X.
2024-10-20 15:00
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Black Friday 2024: Nakamichi Shockwafe 7.1.4/7.2.4 Dolby Atmos soundbar & wireless subwoofer
Nakamichi has ushered in Black Friday early this year as its soundbars, from budget range all the way up to flagship tier, have hit the lowest prices. Read more...
2024-10-20 14:18
Purported Nvidia RTX 5090 powered on in an Indonesian factory — GeForce card booting Windows causes cheers among factory staff
A leaked footage from a validation factory in Indonesia gives us our first look at NVIDIA's flagship RTX 5090.
2024-10-20 13:30
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How to update Ubuntu 24.04 to 24.10
Running Ubuntu 24.04 but want the latest and greatest Ubuntu release? We show you how!
2024-10-20 13:13
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Hackers Exploit Roundcube Webmail XSS Vulnerability to Steal Login Credentials
Unknown threat actors have been observed attempting to exploit a now-patched security flaw in the open-source Roundcube webmail software as part of a phishing attack designed to steal user credentials. Russian cybersecurity company Positive Technologie...
2024-10-20 13:07
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Montech Air 903 Max Case Review: Maximum thermal performance on a budget
We tested Montech’s Air 903 Max with Intel’s i9-14900K and AMD’s Radeon RX 7900 GRE to test its thermal performance.
2024-10-20 13:00
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Gurman: Apple internally believes that it’s at least two years behind in AI development
According to the latest edition of Mark Gurman’s Power On newsletter, some employees at Apple believe that the company is around two years behind in artificial intelligence development. We also get some insight on a few internal studies, and a look a...
2024-10-20 12:29
DJI sues Pentagon over 'Chinese military company' designation — seeking to protect its business and reputation
The lawsuit shows DJI taking a proactive stance as it confronts increasing pressure from Congress to ban its drones from operating in the U.S.
2024-10-20 12:20
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Valve confirms the Steam Deck won't have annual releases — Steam Deck 2 on hold until a generational leap in compute performance takes place
A Steam Deck designer has confirmed that Valve will not follow an yearly release cycle for the Steam Deck.
2024-10-20 12:05
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Pimoroni Clipper 4G LTE Breakout Review: Easy IoT
Pimoroni’s Clipper 4G LTE brings easy to use 4G connectivity to the Raspberry Pi Pico 2.
2024-10-20 12:00
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MSI Corsair NVMe Gen4, Gen5 SSDs with heatsinks at up to 35% off
Aside from Corsair and Silicon Power NVMe Gen4 SSDs, you can also consider the MSI SPATIUM Gen5 drive which is back at its lowest price. Read more...
2024-10-20 10:00
Hashtag Jakarta EE #251
Hashtag Jakarta EE #251 Welcome to issue number two hundred and fifty-one of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Busy times in October. I am just back from the Java Community Process (JCP) Executive Committee (EC) meeting in Seattle, and spending the weekend at home ...
2024-10-20 09:59
Intel Posts Patch For Fixing/Boosting Lunar Lake Linux Performance On ASUS Laptops
Since purchasing an Intel Core Ultra Series 2 "Lunar Lake" laptop for Linux testing last month, the performance has been coming in below expectations. Among the tests were finding Xe2 graphics on Lunar Lake performing slower that under Windows 11 and i...
2024-10-20 09:18
Concerns Raised Over Bitwarden Moving Further Away From Open-Source
Several Phoronix readers have written in this Sunday over concerns of Bitwarden further moving away from open-source. Bitwarden is a password management service that leverages an encrypted vault and supports multiple clients/platforms. Bitwarden operat...
2024-10-20 08:54
Microsoft Weekly: bugs in Windows 11 24H2, new features for Windows 10, and more
Catch up with the latest stories from the world of Microsoft in this week's Microsoft Weekly news recap. Read more...
2024-10-20 08:00
ReiserFS File-System Expected To Be Removed With Linux 6.13
With ReiserFS having been deprecated for two years with plans to remove it in 2025, the upcoming Linux 6.13 cycle for what will be the first major kernel release of the new year and past the Linux 6.12 LTS kernel is expected to do just that... ReiserFS...
2024-10-20 06:53
Lightweight Guard Pages For Linux Showing 5x Speed-Up For Memory Mapping Invocations
Patches posted this week by Oracle's Lorenzo Stoakes are the latest attempt at lightweight guard pages for the Linux kernel...
2024-10-20 06:38
Audio Firmware Upstreamed For Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 On Linux
Qualcomm has upstreamed the audio firmware for the Qualcomm Snapdragon X1 "X1E80100" series laptop SoCs to linux-firmware.git...
2024-10-20 06:30
Alleged iPhone SE 4 dummy units shows up with a 'Plus' size option
Images of the alleged iPhone SE 4 dummy units have surfaced online, showing also a 'Plus' size model. Read more...
2024-10-20 06:20