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Nvidia RTX 5090 beats RTX Pro 6000 in tests after shunt mod to a staggering 800W — consumer flagship barely scrapes past the $10,000 Pro despite eye-watering power modification
An Asus ROG Astral LC RTX 5090 has been shunt modded, resulting in its performance eclipsing the $10,000 RTX Pro 6000
2025-06-23 11:33
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Denmark will stick with Windows — government still plans to ditch Microsoft Office
Denmark's Ministry of Digital Affairs will switch from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice but does not plan to replace Windows with Linux.
2025-06-23 11:25
qBittorrent 5.1.1 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Improves Wayland Support
qBittorrent 5.1.1 open-source BitTorrent client is now available for download with various bug fixes and improvements. Here’s what’s new! The post qBittorrent 5.1.1 Open-Source BitTorrent Client Improves Wayland Support appeared first on 9to5Linux...
2025-06-23 11:12
The Lenovo Legion Go 2 gets its first release date tease, which could be accurate — but treat with the biggest pinch of salt
A regional Lenovo social media account has claimed to know when the Legion Go 2 will be released, but as always, this shouldn't be gospel.
2025-06-23 11:00
Firefox 140 Released With "Unload Tab", CSS Custom Highlighting API
Mozilla Firefox 140 release binaries are available today as what's going to be the web browser project's next Extended Support Release (ESR) version...
2025-06-23 10:20
Billionaire slams 'Tesla Cultists' for praising Robotaxi, says it's 5+ years behind Waymo
Tesla's Robotaxi service is now live, but one of the company's fiercest critics is calling out loyal fans for hyping what He views as a supervised beta, behind the competition. Read more...
2025-06-23 10:02
Intel details 18A process technology — takes on TSMC 2nm with 30% density gain and 25% faster generational performance
Intel has fully detailed its 18A (1.8nm-class) process at VLSI 2025, highlighting major performance, power, and density improvements enabled by RibbonFET transistors and PowerVia backside power delivery.
2025-06-23 09:59
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IPFire Linux Firewall Now Ships with Support for the WireGuard VPN Protocol
IPFire 2.29 Core Update 195 Linux firewall distribution is now available for download with support for the WireGuard VPN protocol and other updates. Here’s what’s new! The post IPFire Linux Firewall Now Ships with Support for the WireGuard VPN Pro...
2025-06-23 09:57
Summer Game Fest had a bit of a "weird" vibe this year — an extremely mixed bag of weak presentations and interesting titles
Summer Game Fest 2025 was an extremely mixed bag for me, with some high highs and some low lows, within and without.
2025-06-23 09:11
GIMP 3.1.2 Released As First Step Toward GIMP 3.2
GIMP 3.1.2 was just released as the first development version on the road toward GIMP 3.2 stable...
2025-06-23 09:05
How to succeed (or fail) with AI-driven development
Artificial intelligence (AI) continues to permeate seemingly every aspect of business, including software development. AI-augmented development involves using generative AI to support various stages of the software development lifecycle, including des...
2025-06-23 09:00
Devops debt: The hidden tax on innovation
Your devops teams are likely wasting half their time on work that delivers zero business value. According to our 2025 State of Java Survey & Report, 62% of organizations report that dead code is hampering their devops productivity, while 33% admit the...
2025-06-23 09:00
Why AI projects fail, and how developers can help them succeed
Even as we emerge from generative AI’s tire-kicking phase, it’s still true that many (most?) enterprise artificial intelligence and machine learning projects will derail before delivering real value. Despite skyrocketing investment in AI, the majo...
2025-06-23 09:00
Fair DRM Scheduler Looking Good For Better Fairness & Scheduling Of GPU Clients
Being worked on for a while has been a "Fair" DRM scheduler inspired by Linux's CFS scheduler and aiming for better performance and scheduling behavior between multiple GPU interactive clients sharing GPU resources...
2025-06-23 08:55
Ubuntu could get a new trash icon soon, if everyone can agree
The trash icon in Ubuntu could be getting a face lift soon. The community is creating new designs and one of them could be picked for a future Ubuntu release. Read more...
2025-06-23 08:54
UEFI SBAT Support Coming Together Ahead Of Linux 6.17
Support for UEFI Secure Boot Advanced Targeting "SBAT" looks like it could be buttoned up in the mainline kernel for the upcoming Linux 6.17 cycle...
2025-06-23 08:40
OpenAI takes down all traces of Jony Ive "io" deal following court order
A Google-adjacent company's trademark lawsuit over the name "io" has forced OpenAI to pull all promo materials for its Jony Ive hardware deal. Read more...
2025-06-23 08:10
System insights with command-line tools: free and vmstat
In this fifth article of the “System insights with command-line tools” series we explore free and vmstat, two small utilities that reveal a surprising amount about your Linux system’s health. free gives you an instant snapshot of how RAM and swap...
2025-06-23 08:00
Someone wrote a script to block 'brainrot' content online using an $8 smart plug
A person has hacked together a script that connects to an $8 plug and uses it as a physical switch to block certain websites. Read more...
2025-06-23 07:38
RADV Driver Lands VK_EXT_shader_float8 Support
The Mesa Radeon Vulkan driver "RADV" is now the first Mesa in-tree driver supporting 8-bit floating point use within shaders via the new VK_EXT_shader_float8 extension...
2025-06-23 06:29