Why benchmarks are key to AI progress
Benchmarks are often reduced to leaderboard standings in media coverage, but their role in AI development is far more critical. They are the backbone of model evaluation—guiding improvements, enabling reproducibility, and ensuring real-world appl...
The problem with AI agent-to-agent communication protocols
You know the routine: The IT industry, driven as much by vendor ambition as by necessity, develops many competing standards to solve a simple problem. Today’s culprit: agent-to-agent communication in AI. The recent rise of so-called “standards” ...
Intel Upstreams libsycl SYCL Runtime Library Into LLVM
For several years now Intel has been working on SYCL support within LLVM and various related efforts like the LLVM SPIR-V back-end as part of their oneAPI ambitions and Data Parallel C++ across their spectrum of hardware. The latest hitting upstream LL...
Python popularity boosted by AI coding assistants – Tiobe
Python, the highest-ranking language ever in the Tiobe index of programming language popularity, has been getting a boost from AI coding assistants, according to Tiobe. In the Tiobe index for July 2025, Python scored a rating of 26.98%, the highest ev...
Flameshot Screenshot App Gets First Major Update in 3 Years
Flameshot 13.0 marks the screenshot tool's first major update in over 3 years, adding Qt6 support, disabling Imgur uploads by default, and improving its tools. You're reading Flameshot Screenshot App Gets First Major Update in 3 Years, a blog post from...
Chrome 140 Plans to Enable Auto Wayland Detection
Chrome's Ozone backend will auto-detect Wayland on Linux from v140. This should fix issues with blurry text and UI elements when fractional scaling is active. You're reading Chrome 140 Plans to Enable Auto Wayland Detection, a blog post from OMG! Ubunt...
Chrome 140 Plans to Play Nicer with Wayland on Linux
Chrome's Ozone backend will auto-detect Wayland on Linux from v140. This should fix issues with blurry text and UI elements when fractional scaling is active. You're reading Chrome 140 Plans to Play Nicer with Wayland on Linux, a blog post from OMG! Ub...
Chrome Plans to Play Nicer with Wayland on Linux
Chrome's Ozone backend will auto-detect Wayland on Linux from v140. This should fix issues with blurry text and UI elements when fractional scaling is active. You're reading Chrome Plans to Play Nicer with Wayland on Linux, a blog post from OMG! Ubuntu...
