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Firefox 142 Adds New Tab Topics, Local AI in Extensions + More
Mozilla has released Firefox 142, rolling out several features aimed at improving both user experience and developer functionality — and yes, AI is involved too. Last month, Firefox 141 added AI to the browser’s existing Tab Groups feature, althoug...
2025-08-18 22:19
Firefox just got better for Chinese, Japanese and Korean speakers on Android
When Firefox users ask for better translation support, we make it happen. Thanks to your feedback on Mozilla Connect, Firefox now supports Chinese, Japanese, and Korean (often referred to as CJK) translation, both on desktop and Android. That means mil...
2025-08-18 20:54
New Linux Patches Allow Manipulating Out-Of-Memory Behavior Using BPF
Google engineer Roman Gushchin has proposed the ability for the Linux kernel to customize the out-of-memory "OOM" behavior using BPF programs...
2025-08-18 20:47
MS-DOS development resources
If you’re interested in developing for and programming on MS-DOS and other variants of the venerable operating system, SuperIlu has collected the various tools and applications they use and like for this very task. In case you’re wondering who Supe...
2025-08-18 20:43
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Understanding GNOME Shell’s focus stealing prevention
A week ago we talked about focus stealing prevention on KDE and Wayland, and this time we have a similar article, but detailing GNOME’s approach instead. Many of the underlying mechanisms are the same, of course, but since GNOME uses a different wind...
2025-08-18 20:35
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AMD "GFX1250" To Double The Number Of User SGPRs
We still don't have much confirmed information on AMD's GFX1250 that has come to light in recent months due to being developed for their AMDGPU shader compiler back-end within LLVM. AMD GFX1250 surfaced in LLVM activity and the past few months has been...
2025-08-18 19:34
Apache Software Foundation Announces Keynote Speakers for Community Over Code North America
ASF’s premier event dives into AI, security, data protection, geospatial intelligence, and next-generation search Wilmington, DE, August 18, 2025 –  The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the global home of open source software the world relies on,...
2025-08-18 19:00
The Apache Software Foundation Announces Keynote Speakers for Community Over Code North America
ASF’s premier event dives into AI, security, data protection, geospatial intelligence, and next-generation search Wilmington, DE, August 18, 2025 –  The Apache Software Foundation (ASF), the global home of open source software the world relies on,...
2025-08-18 19:00
AMD ZenDNN 5.1 Released For Enhancing AI Inference Performance On EPYC CPUs
Following the AMD ZenDNN 5.0 release from last year's EPYC Turin launch that brought big performance improvements for CPU-based inferencing with this open-source library compatible with Intel's oneDNN, today marks the availability of ZenDNN 5.1 as the ...
2025-08-18 16:18
Kdenlive 25.08 Preps For Future Hardware Acceleration Features
Kdenlive 25.08 is out today as the newest feature release for this KDE/Qt-aligned open-source video editor. In addition to a number of new features, there are also many bug fixes including more than 15 crash fixes...
2025-08-18 15:24
Smaller, Cheaper Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 Announced
Raspberry Pi, the company behind the iconic single-board computer (SBC) has unveiled a newer, smaller, and cheaper version of its touch display for Raspberry Pi. The Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 is now available in a 5-inch version costing a snip at $4...
2025-08-18 14:04
AMD SEV-SNP host support available on Ubuntu 25.04
Ubuntu 25.04 introduces full AMD SEV-SNP host support, making Ubuntu the first production-grade Linux distribution to deliver end-to-end confidential computing , from host to guest , without out-of-tree patches or experimental builds. With this release...
2025-08-18 14:01
Git 2.51 Released With More Changes Preparing For Git 3.0
Git 2.51 is out this Monday as the newest milestone for this widely-used, distributed version control system...
2025-08-18 13:17
Firefox 142 Web Browser Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New
Firefox 142 open-source web browser is now available for download with various new features and improvements. Here’s what’s new! The post Firefox 142 Web Browser Is Now Available for Download, Here’s What’s New appeared first on 9to5Linux - do...
2025-08-18 13:12
Google adds VM monitoring to Database Center amid enterprise demand
Google has updated its AI-powered database fleet management offering — Database Center — with the capability to monitor self-managed databases running on its own compute virtual machines (VMs). Several enterprises run their databases, such as Post...
2025-08-18 11:55
A Deep Dive Into The Power & Thermals For The Framework Desktop With AMD Ryzen AI Max
The Framework Desktop is a nifty and powerful mini PC powered by AMD Ryzen AI Max "Strix Halo". It's been a pleasure testing this small yet powerful Linux-friendly system that easily offers much better performance than the Intel Core Ultra 9 and superb...
2025-08-18 11:40
A journey of a thousand smiles: Questing Quokka
Embarking on a quest can be serious business – whether you’re going off on a family holiday or traveling the hills of Britain in search of the holy grail, our focus is very much affixed to the finish line. Every year, nearly 1 million people from a...
2025-08-18 11:23
AMD Posts Latest Linux Patches For Improving S5 Power Consumption
One of the areas worked on by AMD Linux engineers recently to better optimize the Linux kernel on AMD Ryzen platforms is for lowering the power consumption in S5 state due to some devices not being put into a low power state when the system is powered ...
2025-08-18 11:02
Firefox 142 Now Available - Allows Browser Extensions/Add-Ons To Use AI LLMs
The Firefox 142.0 release binaries are now available ahead of the official release announcement due out on Tuesday. Firefox 142 isn't bringing many notable changes but one is likely to cause some contention around Firefox Extensions...
2025-08-18 09:36