Open Source

GitHub suffers a cascading supply chain attack compromising CI/CD secrets
A sophisticated cascading supply chain attack has compromised multiple GitHub Actions, exposing critical CI/CD secrets across tens of thousands of repositories. The attack, which originally targeted the widely used “tj-actions/changed-files” utili...
2025-03-19 11:42
Another Round Of Rust Compiler Improvements Merged For GCC 15.1
A few days ago there was a batch of 145 patches merged for the upcoming GCC 15 compiler release to enhance the Rust "gccrs" front-end. That big set of patches merged the Polonius borrow checker and made other notable improvements. Today another 144 pat...
2025-03-19 11:28
Intel Wrapping Up Family 18 / Family 19 CPU Model Preparations Ahead Of Linux 6.15
Over the past year Intel has been working to prepare the Linux kernel for the end of the "Family 6" CPU era. There's been a big rework to the Intel CPU model handling within the Linux kernel given that "Family 6" has been in use since the 1990s and mov...
2025-03-19 10:20
SAP introduces Joule for Developers
SAP has added AI capabilities powered by its AI assistant, Joule, to SAP Build Process Automation and SAP Build apps, extending the existing AI capabilities in SAP Build Code and ABAP Cloud. The announcement at this week’s SAPInsider event in Las Ve...
2025-03-19 10:17
Astro with HTMX: Server-side rendering made easy
Astro.js is a well-thought-out and capable full-stack JavaScript platform that provides flexible technology choices on both the front and back end. It’s no surprise it currently has 50,000 stars on GitHub. Astro provides a structure to start with wh...
2025-03-19 09:00
You can build it on a Chromebook
I was a Windows guy from the very beginning. I used Windows 1.02 on my IBM PS/2 Model 25 back in the late 1980s. I was thrilled to build applications for Windows 3.1 using Turbo Pascal for Windows. I remember how fun it was to allocate a whopping 2G...
2025-03-19 09:00
Beyond The ROCm Software, AMD Has Been Making Great Strides In Documentation & Robust Containers
AMD recently allowed me some time with their AMD Accelerator Cloud (AAC) leveraging multiple Instinct MI300X accelerators. During this brief opportunity to try out their latest software advancements with the Instinct MI300X and the ROCm compute stack, ...
2025-03-19 08:56
Intel AVX10 Drops Optional 512-bit: No AVX10 256-bit Only E-Cores In The Future
Intel updated their AVX10 whitepaper and associated open-source compiler patches around this next Advanced Vector Extensions standard... While AVX10 had intended to allow either 256-bit or 612-bit modes depending upon processor capabilities, Intel has ...
2025-03-19 06:48
Linux 6.15 To Support The Airoha NPU - A RISC-V Network Processor Unit
Patches queued up this month into net-next ahead of the upcoming Linux 6.15 kernel merge window add support for the Airoha NPU... Not to be confused with the Neural Processing Unit (NPU) that is all the rage these days for helping with AI, the Airoha N...
2025-03-19 06:36
DRM Sync Object Optimizations Show Minor Benefit On The Steam Deck
Tvrtko Ursulin of Igalia has been working on some optimizations to the DRM synchronization object "drm_syncobj" code for slightly more efficient use on the CPU side...
2025-03-19 06:27
elementary OS 8.0.1 Released with Linux Kernel 6.11 from Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS
elementary OS 8.0.1 distribution is now available for download with Linux kernel 6.11 from Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS and many other changes. Here's what's new! The post elementary OS 8.0.1 Released with Linux Kernel 6.11 from Ubuntu 24.04.2 LTS appeared first...
2025-03-19 02:28
After 47 years, OpenVMS gets a package manager
As of the 18th of February, OpenVMS, known for its stability and high-availability, 47 years old and ported to 4 different CPU architecture, has a package manager! This article shows you how to use the package manager and talks about a few of its quirk...
2025-03-18 23:30
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Pebble unveils new devices, and strongly suggests you dump iOS for Android
It’s barely been two months after the announcement that Pebble would return with new watches, and they’re already here – well, sort of. Pebble has announced two new watches for preorder, the Core 2 Duo and the Core Time 2. The former is effective...
2025-03-18 21:47
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Oracle reveals five new features coming to Java
With JDK (Java Development Kit) 24 having just reached general availability, Oracle has given a sneak peek at Java features set to arrive in the not-too-distant future, ranging from enhanced primitive boxing to null-restricted value class types. Oracl...
2025-03-18 21:36
Oracle, Nvidia partner to add AI software into OCI services
Oracle and Nvidia are partnering to make the latter’s AI Enterprise software stack available via Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) services. Nvidia’s AI Enterprise stack will be available natively through the OCI Console and will be available anyw...
2025-03-18 20:00
Ubuntu now officially supports NVIDIA Jetson: powering the future of AI at the edge
Canonical announces the General Availability of Ubuntu for the NVIDIA® Jetson Orin™ for edge AI and robotics, bringing optimized performance, out-of-the-box compatibility, and an easy pathway to high-performance AI solutions for AI developers everyw...
2025-03-18 20:00