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Apple standing up for Advanced Data Protection is way more important than it seems
Apple’s Advanced Data Protection (ADP) is a privacy feature very few people have been using. Non-techies had never heard of it, and even some geeks hadn’t enabled it. So Apple standing up to the UK government’s attack on ADP might not seem a big ...
2025-03-05 12:25
Nvidia's shortages are limiting PC GPU market growth, looming tariffs also impacting sales
GPU shipments grew by 6.2% late last year despite shortages, but researchers predict that the graphics card market will decrease by 1% annually from 2024 to 2028.
2025-03-05 12:22
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Photo of Elon Musk’s new gaming PC reveals odd component choices – is he rocking an RTX 4060?
A recent photo of Elon Musk’s DOGE gaming PC at the White House appears to show a badly-balanced build.
2025-03-05 11:56
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iOS 18.4 adding RCS support for Google Fi 
Apple yesterday released the latest iOS 18.4 beta and it enables support for RCS on Google Fi. iPhone users on the Google MVNO have been waiting for this improvement to Android-iOS messaging since September.  more…
2025-03-05 11:52
SwitchBot launches affordable and adjustable smart roller shades with Apple Home support
SwitchBot (makers of my ) have launched a new option in the smart blinds space, the SwitchBot Roller Shade. It is one of the cheaper smart blinds options on the market, and it even has an adjustable bar so it can fit many different window sizes. And if...
2025-03-05 10:35
Xen 4.20 Hypervisor Released With AMD Zen 5 Support, More Performance Optimizations
The Xen Project announced the availability today of the Xen 4.20 virtualization hypervisor...
2025-03-05 10:06
Firefox users slam Mozilla over controversial data privacy update — while ironically using "the biggest data-mining operating system in the world (aka Microsoft Windows)"
Mozilla recently shipped a controversial Firefox's Terms of Use update. It received backlash from users, raising concerns about its data privacy and sharing stance.
2025-03-05 09:55
AMD Radeon RX 9070 + RX 9070 XT Linux Performance
Last week AMD formally announced the Radeon RX 9070 series graphics cards that will begin shipping tomorrow at $549 for the Radeon RX 9070 and $599 for the RX 9070 XT. Today the review embargo is lifted so we can now share Linux performance benchmarks ...
2025-03-05 09:00
How to boost Python program performance with Zig
Python might not be the fastest of languages, but it has many advantages. Users enjoy Python’s convenience and development speed, as well as its broad ecosystem of libraries. Something else people appreciate about Python is how it bridges language e...
2025-03-05 09:00
The best Java and JVM language frameworks
Not long ago in this space, we compared the 10 best front-end JavaScript frameworks. Now we turn our piercing gaze to the ample supply of back-end frameworks, starting with frameworks built for Java and JVM languages. Learn about your options for stat...
2025-03-05 09:00
Why you should use dependency injection
A few weeks ago, I wrote about how a good software team will defer decisions as long as possible. Smart teams will design and build systems that don’t lock them into any particular implementation until it is utterly necessary. (And even then, if the...
2025-03-05 09:00
AMD Radeon RX 9070 Series Linux GPU Compute Performance
In addition to the Radeon RX 9070 series Linux gaming/graphics benchmarks with today's embargo lift, I've also spent some time working on some GPU compute benchmarks for these first RDNA4 graphics cards. Here is a look at some initial GPU compute bench...
2025-03-05 09:00
Latest X update for iOS introduces Communities timeline tabs, new sorting options and more
A new update is rolling out for X users on iOS that brings new filters for Communities, extra sorting options, and more. Read more...
2025-03-05 08:40
4 cool new projects to try in Copr for March 2025
This article series takes a closer look at interesting projects that recently landed in Copr. Copr is a build-system for anyone in the Fedora community. It hosts thousands of projects with a wide variety of purposes, targeting diverse groups of users....
2025-03-05 08:00
PowerToys fixes bug that won't let you create shortcuts, boosts Always on Top performance
PowerToys has fixed an annoying bug preventing users from creating shortcuts with the latest update. It also brings a performance boost. Read more...
2025-03-05 07:28
Samsung officially confirms stable One UI 7 update arriving in April
After so many months, Samsung has finally confirmed that the stable One UI 7 update will start rolling out fairly soon. Read more...
2025-03-05 07:12
Making Vulkan More Of A "Joy To Use" Discussed At Vulkanised 2025
In addition to Vulkan-powered AI / machine learning talks at last month's Vulkanised 2025 conference, another interesting topic at this annual Vulkan developer conference was around improving the Vulkan API and making it easier for new developers and m...
2025-03-05 06:57
FreeDesktop.org GitLab Will Be Down For Up To One Week Due To Cloud Migration
The FreeDesktop.org GitLab instance that is heavily relied upon for the development of the Mesa graphics drivers, Wayland, and many other Linux desktop projects will be down for up to one week later this month due to its cloud migration...
2025-03-05 06:40
Linux 6.15 Preparing Support For The XP-Pen Artist Pro 19, A Big 4K Drawing Tablet
Linux already supports a number of XP-Pen drawing tablets while the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel is set to include support for another one: the XP-Pen Artist Pro 19. This XP-Pen Artist Pro 19 is a big, 4K resolution display drawing tablet that retails fo...
2025-03-05 06:30
More Apple SoC DeviceTree Additions Being Upstreamed For Linux 6.15
Sven Peter continues work on upstreaming more of the Apple SoC support to the mainline Linux kernel. On the DeviceTree side following the DT support for Apple T2 SoCs sent out last month, another set of updates were submitted this week ahead of the Lin...
2025-03-05 06:13