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Gurman: Apple smart home display will include iMac-like stand
In this weekend’s Power On newsletter, Mark Gurman from Bloomberg outlined some additional details for Apple’s upcoming smart home products, and it seems likely that there’ll be a throwback to one of Apple’s beloved computers – the iMac G4. m...
2024-10-27 12:51
How to deep link to a specific PDF page
If you're sharing a PDF of a long document and want to point to a particular page, here's how.
2024-10-27 12:35
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Nvidia RTX 50 mobile Device IDs have been leaked — Flagship RTX 5090 mobile rumored to sport the GB203 GPU
New entries at the PCI ID repository indicate that Nvidia's RTX 50 mobile family will feature GPUs from the RTX 5090M down to the RTX 5050M, but the premier will use the toned-down GB203 chip.
2024-10-27 12:23
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7 best sites to get cheap game keys — from big discounts on new games to free game codes, these are my picks
With hundreds of sites offering cheap Steam keys, discounted Xbox games, and budget-friendly bundles, how do you know which ones are legit and where to find the best deals on the latest titles? We’ve narrowed it down to 7 trusted sites for scoring ch...
2024-10-27 12:00
Hashtag Jakarta EE #252
Hashtag Jakarta EE #252 Welcome to issue number two hundred and fifty-two of Hashtag Jakarta EE! Open Community for Java 2024 has just ended, and I am now in Tokyo to speak at JJUG CCC 2024 Fall. This will be my last conference of a pretty busy Octobe...
2024-10-27 10:59
Surface Pro 12: Microsoft prepares Intel Lunar Lake Copilot PC with Windows 11
Microsoft is reportedly working on a new Surface Pro, possibly named Surface Pro 12 or Surface Pro 2025 Lunar Lake refresh. The naming is unclear, as Microsoft seems to be moving away from numbers in its branding. Still, with Intel's Lunar Lake availab...
2024-10-27 10:48
Microsoft Weekly: Windows Update gets faster and Windows Insiders get new builds
Catch up with the latest stories from the world of Microsoft in this week's Microsoft Weekly news recap. Read more...
2024-10-27 10:12
Sci-Fi's Leap to Reality: Are futuristic gadgets a dream or a dystopia?
From Men in Black's Neuralyzer to Minority Report's Precogs, sci-fi's wildest gadgets are closer to reality than we think, and leaping from the screen into our everyday lives, faster than expected! Read more...
2024-10-27 09:40
Linux Working On A Counter To Keep Track Of The Number Of Hung Tasks Since Boot
Sent out in original patch form this past week and already iterated to a second version this Sunday, a new proposal is underway to introduce "hung_task_detect_count" as a convenient means of tracking the number of times hung tasks are detected since bo...
2024-10-27 09:24
Linux 6.12-rc5 Disabling Intel's Linear Address Masking "LAM" Due To Security Concerns
Intel merged Linear Address Masking into the Linux kernel last year as a means of allowing user-space to store metadata within some bits of pointers without masking it out before use. LAM can be useful for virtual machines, sanitizers / profiling / mem...
2024-10-27 07:30
Intel's PCIe Cooling Driver Ready For Linux 6.13 To Reduce Bandwidth When Running Hot
For the past year Intel software engineers have been developing a PCIe cooling driver to reduce the PCIe link speed to cope with thermal issues. In the future with PCI Express 6.0 this driver may be further adapted to also reduce the PCIe link width wh...
2024-10-27 07:01
Linux NETFS Patches Help With CIFS Performance, Single Blob Objects
The Linux NETFS code as a network file-system helper library is seeing patches to help enhance the read performance for solutions like CIFS as well as adding single blob object support...
2024-10-27 06:27
DM-INLINECRYPT Being Worked On To Leverage Inline Block Device Encryption
In addition to Eric Biggers of Google being busy working on various crypto and hashing performance optimizations, the longtime Linux developer has also been working on "dm-inlinecrypt" for better leveraging inline block device encryption...
2024-10-27 06:15
These 3 Apple products will likely be discontinued next week
Apple is going to be launching the M4 Mac lineup next week in a series of press releases, which Apple marketing exec Greg Joswiak refers to as an “exciting week of announcements.” These are some Apple products you probably won’t be able to buy f...
2024-10-26 23:31
Windows 11 Enterprise/Edu may get Settings “Home” with Microsoft account ads
Microsoft debuted the Home section in Windows 11 23H2, which contains quick access to frequently used settings and some promotional stuff. That was fine in consumer editions, but now commercial editions might get the same treatment. The Settings app ha...
2024-10-26 22:44
Best Multicolor 3D Printers of 2024: Print the Rainbow
Take your 3D Printing to the next level... with color. We've tested and compared some of the top multicolor 3D printers to help you find the best option that fits your needs, whether you're a beginner or an expert maker.
2024-10-26 22:08
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Windows 11 24H2 KB5044384 install fails, Task Manager reporting issue and more
Windows 11 KB5044384 update is failing to install on Windows 11 24H2 due to numerous errors, including a weird bug where the update gets stuck at 40% and then fails due to the 0x800f0922, 0x800736b3, and 0x80242008 errors. We’re also seeing reports o...
2024-10-26 21:45
Z890 motherboards are having instability issues with Windows 11 24H2 — BIOS updates or disable iGPUd required to update Windows
Intel Z890 motherboards have issues with the latest Windows 11 update and Intel Xe iGPUs.
2024-10-26 19:31
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Indie App Spotlight: ‘Access’ is the missing piece to Apple’s new Passwords app
Welcome to Indie App Spotlight. This is a weekly 9to5Mac series where we showcase the latest apps in the indie app world. If you’re a developer and would like your app featured, get in contact. Access is a great companion app to Apple’s new Passw...
2024-10-26 19:30