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Linux Mint 22.2 Beta Increases Wayland Compatibility, UI Enhancements
The beta release of Linux Mint 22.2 "Zara" is now available for testing of this popular desktop Linux distribution built atop an Ubuntu 24.04 LTS base...
2025-08-12 06:06
WhatsApp's latest update is a huge "convenience" for group chats
The latest WhatsApp beta for Android expands access to a new feature that will boost convenience for group admins by reducing their workload. Read more...
2025-08-12 03:18
Elon Musk accuses Apple of favoring OpenAI in App Store rankings, promises legal action [U]
Elon Musk is (once again) going after Apple, this time accusing the company of an “unequivocal antitrust violation” for allegedly favoring OpenAI in the App Store’s AI rankings. Here are the details. more…
2025-08-12 02:06
Rust 1.89 underscores arguments to const generics
The Rust team has released Rust 1.89.0 stable, an update to the fast and safe programming language that features support for explicitly inferred arguments to const generics. The Rust release team announced the new version on August 7. Developers who ...
2025-08-12 01:13
Trump says Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and his Cabinet to discuss company's future this week, make proposals next week
President Donald Trump met with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan at the White House, days after calling for his resignation over alleged China-linked conflicts of interest, to discuss the company’s future amid its technology struggles.
2025-08-12 00:10
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Trump says Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and his Cabinet to discuss company's future this week, make proposals next week — Intel responds
President Donald Trump met with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan at the White House, days after calling for his resignation over alleged China-linked conflicts of interest, to discuss the company’s future amid its technology struggles.
2025-08-12 00:10
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Trump just handed Apple a huge fiscal Q4 gift
Stop us if you’ve heard this one before: just hours before a new wave of tariffs on Chinese goods was set to kick in, President Trump signed an executive order extending the pause by another 90 days. And this time, it’s especially good news for App...
2025-08-11 23:15
Microsoft Adds New Battery Limit Feature to Surface Devices — Here’s Why You Might Want It
Microsoft's flagship Snapdragon-powered devices can now enable an 80% charge limit directly from within Windows 11 thanks to the latest firmware updates.
2025-08-11 22:58
Surface Pro 11 and Surface Laptop 7 Gain New Battery-Charge Limit Features in Latest Firmware Update
Microsoft's flagship Snapdragon-powered devices can now enable an 80% charge limit directly from within Windows 11 thanks to the latest firmware updates.
2025-08-11 22:58
Intel CEO turns Trump around, but his job still hangs in the balance
Last week, President Trump called for the dismissal of Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan over “highly CONFLICTED” ties to China, further escalating an already difficult situation for the executive. Today, following a meeting, Trump appeared to soften his stance...
2025-08-11 22:27
New TETRA Radio Encryption Flaws Expose Law Enforcement Communications
Cybersecurity researchers have discovered a fresh set of security issues in the Terrestrial Trunked Radio (TETRA) communications protocol, including in its proprietary end-to-end encryption (E2EE) mechanism that exposes the system to replay and brute-f...
2025-08-11 22:02
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Google tests Safari-style script blocking in Chrome incognito on Windows 11 for private browsing
Google is testing a new feature called "Script blocking in Incognito" in Chrome for Windows (Windows 11/10) and Android. The post Google tests Safari-style script blocking in Chrome incognito on Windows 11 for private browsing appeared first on Windows...
2025-08-11 22:00
Matter 1.4.2 released with improved scenes, Wi-Fi-only commissioning, and more
Several months after launching Matter 1.4.1, the Connectivity Standards Alliance (CSA) is back with version 1.4.2, introducing Wi-Fi-only commissioning and other upgrades. Read more...
2025-08-11 21:56
“American National Security Principles Are Negotiable for the Right Fee” — Why NVIDIA and AMD Agreed to Pay the US Government 15% of China AI Chip Revenue
Just a couple of weeks after the US government rescinded the ban on NVIDIA's H20 AI chip sales to China, it was announced that both NVIDIA and AMD will hand over 15% of their revenue from specific AI GPUs in order to receive export licenses.
2025-08-11 21:56
KDE improves focus stealing prevention on Wayland
You click a link in your chat app, your browser with a hundred tabs comes to the front and opens that page. How hard can it be? Well, you probably know by now that Wayland, unlike X, doesn’t let one application force its idiot wishes on everyone else...
2025-08-11 21:39
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iOS 26 beta hints at upcoming AirPods live translation gesture
When Apple announced Live Translation at WWDC25, it highlighted use cases like FaceTime, phone calls, and messages. But one major use case was missing: real-world conversations. As it turns out, that was in the works too. more…
2025-08-11 21:25
Onkyo TX-RZ30 9.2 8K IMAX Enhance, Dolby Atmos/Vision, Dirac AVR back to lowest price
Onkyo TX-RZ30 9.2 channel 8K AVR with Dolby Atmos/Vision, IMAX Enhanced, DIRAC Live, and more features, is currently a great deal. Read more...
2025-08-11 21:16
GNOME 49 backlight changes
One of the things I’m working on at Red Hat is HDR support. HDR is inherently linked to luminance (brightness, but ignoring human perception) which makes it an important parameter for us that we would like to be in control of. ↫ Sebastian Wick A re...
2025-08-11 21:11
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