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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

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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

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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

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It's becoming obvious that relying on cloud storage is too risky for our most important files — Here's how offline backups can help

Here's what you can do to ensure your data doesn't get nuked if your cloud provider decides you're no longer a customer.

2025-08-18 11:02

Windows Central

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What makes a perfect video game intro? These 7 PC games are the best I've ever played that show you how first impressions are everything!

Some games have such powerful openings that they suck you in right away. Here are the seven best PC games with the most compelling intros.

2025-08-18 10:24

Windows Central

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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

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Raspberry Pi launches new 5″ Touch Display 2 at $40

Raspberry Pi has launched a 5" variant of the Touch Display 2. It joins the 7" variant launched last year and at a lower cost. Read more...

2025-08-18 09:24

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GNOME 49 Merges Late Mutter Change To Help Cursor Responsiveness With VRR

Merged today to Mutter ahead of next month's GNOME 49 release is an important improvement for those making use of Variable Rate Refresh (VRR)...

2025-08-18 09:12

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Illumos Cafe Hopes To Reinvigorate Interest In Illumos/OpenSolaris Derived Platforms

It's been 15 years already since the Illumos project was formed as based on the OpenSolaris codebase after Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems and closing down OpenSolaris. Illumos Cafe is a new effort akin to BSD Cafe aiming to be a resource and ...

2025-08-18 08:17

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Linux 6.17-rc2 is one of the smallest releases lately

Linus Torvalds has just released Linux 6.17-rc2. The founder was pleased this week as everything was without drama, but suspects a busier next week. Read more...

2025-08-18 06:26

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SDL3 Enhances Logic For Selecting The Most Performant Vulkan GPU

The SDL3 library that is widely-used by cross-platform games has landed new code for revising how it selects the high performance GPU in multi-GPU systems...

2025-08-18 06:22

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Intel Graphics Compiler 2.16 Fixes PyTorch For Battlemage GPUs, Adds BMG-G31 + WCL

Ahead of the next Intel Compute Runtime oneAPI/OpenCL release, a new version of the Intel Graphics Compiler "IGC" has been released for Windows and Linux...

2025-08-18 06:14

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Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2 5-Inch Released For $40

The newest hardware offering announced by Raspberry Pi today is a 5-inch variant of the Raspberry Pi Touch Display 2...

2025-08-18 05:52

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Google admits to anti-competitive conduct in Australia

Google has admitted to engaging in anti-competitive behavior in Australia because of search agreements it made with two telcos. Read more...

2025-08-18 05:12

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Scientists make running a car on zero metal possible with this new research

Korean researchers and scientists have built and run an electric motor using complete metal‑free technology. Read more...

2025-08-18 03:04

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iOS 26 tweaks iPhone Always On Display in a way you might not like

Apple’s Always On Display has been fairly consistent since it debuted on iPhone 14 Pro. With iOS 26, Apple has quietly changed how it works in a way that may not be obvious. more…

2025-08-18 01:52

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Here are three unusual Apple product announcements to look forward to this fall

Every fall, almost like clockwork – Apple runs through its course of annual product refreshes. Macs are almost a guarantee over the course of September and October. This year, though – there are a few uncommon product refreshes that we should be se...

2025-08-18 01:38

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Jeff Williams isn’t the last senior level executive exit coming for Apple

Who is the next senior level executive planning to leave Apple? Mark Gurman dropped a clue in his Power On newsletter this week. Responding to a question about Apple’s current succession plan, especially after Jeff Williams’ upcoming retirement, Gu...

2025-08-18 01:31

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Don’t count out an M4-powered Apple Vision Pro just yet

Earlier this week, it was reported that the next-gen Apple Vision Pro will come with the upcoming M5 chip and not the current M4. Not so fast, however, says the source of the M4-powered Apple Vision Pro. more…

2025-08-18 01:05

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Ubuntu devs plan “dangerous” daily builds – but what are they?

Name: Ubuntu Dangerous (subject to change). Age: Yet to be born. Appearance: A normal Ubuntu development build, but with hidden potential for total chaos. What’s this about? Ubuntu devs feel regular unstable daily builds are not risky enough, so they...

2025-08-18 00:13

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