iOS 18.2: New features for your iPhone (other than AI)
iOS 18.2 is now available to everyone, and the update is headlined by major new Apple Intelligence features. While those Apple Intelligence features are garnering most of the attention, there are other notable features now available on your iPhone. mor...
HP-RT: HP’s real-time operating system from the ’90s
Every now and then I load OpenPA and browse around. Its creator and maintainer, Paul Weissmann, has been very active lately updating the site with new articles, even more information, and tons of other things, and it’s usually a joy to stumble upon s...
Python in Visual Studio Code – December 2024 Release
The December 2024 release of the Python and Jupyter extensions for Visual Studio Code are now available. This month's updates include a special review of docstring generation features from Pylance, the new Python Environments extension in preview, Pyla...
Google unveils Gemini 2.0 AI model for agentic era
Emphasizing a new AI model for the agentic era, Google has introduced Gemini 2.0, which the company calls its most capable model yet. Announced December 11, the Gemini 2.0 Flash experimental model will be available to all Gemini users. Gemini 2.0 is b...
OpenZFS 2.2.7 Released With Linux 6.12 Support, Many Fixes
While we are awaiting the release of OpenZFS 2.3 that has been seeing release candidates since early October, OpenZFS 2.2.7 is out today as the newest stable release of this ZFS file-system implementation for Linux and FreeBSD systems...
Apple Vision Pro apps get a 5G boost with visionOS 2.2
5G may not be the first thing that comes to mind when you think about Apple Vision Pro. After all, there’s no built-in cellular option. But it turns out iOS 18.2 and visionOS 2.2 introduce a low key 5G enhancement for Apple Vision Pro apps. more…
