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Release Notes for Safari Technology Preview 210
Safari Technology Preview Release 210 is now available for download for macOS Sequoia and macOS Sonoma.
2024-12-18 22:06
A quick look at OS/2’s built-in virtualisation
Most of us are aware that IBM’s OS/2 has excellent compatibility with DOS and Windows 3.x programs, to the point where OS/2 just ships with an entire installation of Windows 3.x built-in that you can run multiple instances of. In fact, to this day, A...
2024-12-18 21:35
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OpenAI rolls out upgrade to reasoning model, new dev tools
The release Tuesday by OpenAI of OpenA1 o1, its reasoning model, in API, along with three new sets of tools for developers, is a “smart move that keeps [it] in the corporate/enterprise conversation, as so many customers are shifting their focus towa...
2024-12-18 21:34
Tabnine code assistant now flags unlicensed code
Looking to minimize IP liability for generative AI output, Tabnine’s AI coding assistant now checks code for licensing restrictions. The Code Provenance and Attribution capability added to the tool enables enterprise developers to use large language...
2024-12-18 20:55
NetBSD 10.1 Released With Support For More Network Hardware, Better Ampere Altra Support
Building off the release of NetBSD 10.0 that arrived for Easter this year and incorporated a half-decade of work, NetBSD 10.1 is out right before Christmas as the first update to this BSD operating system series...
2024-12-18 19:11
CISA Tabletop Exercise Tests Open Source Security Response Procedures
By Brian Proffitt, VP of Marketing & Publicity, Apache Software Foundation  Planning for the future is an essential part of the human experience, but rarely do we think in terms of the worst-case scenario and what that really means for the people and ...
2024-12-18 16:39
AMD Preps Many Graphics Driver Updates For Linux 6.14, DRM Panic Support
AMD today sent out a first batch of "new stuff" feature patches to DRM-Next of new code for their AMDGPU kernel graphics driver and AMDKFD compute driver of material for the Linux 6.14 kernel cycle...
2024-12-18 15:29
Snippet: Snippet: How to register a block variation but hide it from the inserter
When defining a custom block, the inserter property in block.json can be used to control if the block is available to be inserted by the user or if it can only be added programmatically. In some cases, a custom block is overkill, and a block […]
2024-12-18 15:26
Snippet: How to register a block variation but hide it from the inserter
When defining a custom block, the inserter property in block.json can be used to control if the block is available to be inserted by the user or if it can only be added programmatically. In some cases, a custom block is overkill, and a block […]
2024-12-18 15:26
VMware Workstation Pro Update Brings Linux Fixes
Broadcom has released updates for VMware Workstation Pro for Windows and Linux, the first to arrive since the software became entirely free to use. Earlier this year, Broadcom made VMware Workstation Pro and its Mac equivalent Fusion Pro free for perso...
2024-12-18 15:21
Proposed Contractual Remedies in United States v. Google Threaten Vital Role of Independent Browsers
Giving people the ability to shape the internet and their experiences on it is at the heart of Mozilla’s Manifesto. This includes empowering people to choose how they search. On November 20, the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) filed propose...
2024-12-18 14:00
MemryX MX3 M.2 Module Delivers Nice AI Performance With A Great Software Experience
While there are a growing number of startups offering AI accelerators, many of them are more or less vaporware and the other big challenge even among those actually shipping products is their software stacks are very premature or an outright heaping me...
2024-12-18 11:00
What is patching automation?
In software, patches are updates that are designed to overcome problems, flaws or vulnerabilities in the programming. Patch management is the process of gathering and applying these patches to the target software, devices or systems.
2024-12-18 10:40
UEFI 2.11 Released With PI 1.9 Bringing LoongArch & RNG Additions
On Tuesday the UEFI Forum released the UEFI 2.11 specification alongside the Platform Initialization (PI) 1.9 specification...
2024-12-18 10:00
4 key concepts for Rust beginners
Few languages are as highly esteemed by developers as Rust, which promises robust memory safety without compromising speed. Rust also has a steep learning curve, though, and some of its programming concepts can feel like a barrier to knowing it well. ...
2024-12-18 09:00
You have a license to code
One of the coolest things about software development is that you don’t need anyone’s permission to do it. If you need an application for your business or personal use, there isn’t a single thing stopping you from learning to code and writing it...
2024-12-18 09:00
Build a server-side web app with .NET, C#, and HTMX
There are many stacks on the server side and one of the most longstanding and capable ones is the .NET platform using C#. .NET is broadly comparable to the Java platform, and over the years, the two have been competitors and mutual influencers. Each...
2024-12-18 09:00
EROFS Switches To Buffered I/O For File-Backed Mounts To Speed-Up Container Start Times
Back for the Linux 6.12 kernel EROFS introduced support for file-backed mounts to help with container and sandboxing use-cases. As part of the EROFS "fixes" merged yesterday to the Linux 6.13 kernel, file-backed mounts are now using buffered I/O by def...
2024-12-18 08:49