Author: ProHoster

New article: Results of March 2024: is the time for generative freedom passing?

The period of euphoria sparkling with unbridled enthusiasm regarding generative AI lasted almost a year and a half - and now, it seems, it is beginning to give way to a time of calmer awareness: why, for what purpose and, most importantly, within what legal framework “smart” machines will help people. The benefit of practical applications of AI - not always positive, by the way - is being found more and more month by month Source: 3dnews.ru

libmui - library for MacOS Classic style interfaces

Hello ENT! A couple of days ago, the libmui library code was published, which allows you to create user interfaces reminiscent of the MacOS Classic operating system. The library's API is also inspired by this OS. The library is written in C and has a minimal set of dependencies. Work is supported only in X11 environments; the author does not plan to support Wayland. The code is published under the MIT license. Source: linux.org.ru

Embox v0.6.2

On April 2, 2024, the next version of the open real-time operating system Embox was released. Among the changes: The file subsystem has been significantly redesigned. Added support for the domestic RISC-V microcontroller k1921vg015. Added a utility for flashing the STM32 MK on the fly. Improved APIs for character and block devices. Improved support for some platforms including RasPi & STM32. Added new nocode annotation to Mybuild. Added […]

ROSA Fresh 12.5 distribution release

The company STC IT ROSA has released a corrective release of the freely distributed and community-developed distribution kit ROSA Fresh 12.5, built on the rosa2021.1 platform. Assemblies designed for the x86_64 platform in versions with KDE Plasma 5, GNOME, Xfce, LXQt and without GUI have been prepared for free download. Users who already have the ROSA Fresh 12 distribution installed will receive the update automatically. […]

The Ussury project is developing a new standard C library

The gradual adaptation of ONTL (Open NT Native Template Library) to the Linux operating system has begun (the ONTL project implements the standard C++11 library, which was used to create executable files for both the NativeAPI user space and the Windows OS kernel). The possibility of using C++ in the Linux kernel is not considered in principle, since it goes against the established tradition. A small part of C functions has been moved to the new […]

Databricks Opens Large DBRX Language Model Outperforms GPT-3.5 Benchmarks

Databricks announced the discovery of a large language model, DBRX, that can be used to create chatbots that answer questions in natural language, solve proposed mathematical problems, can generate content on a given topic, and generate code in various programming languages. The model was developed by Mosaic ML, which was acquired by Databricks for $1.3 billion. For training we used a cluster [...]

NASA tested semi-autonomous CADRE lunar reconnaissance rovers at the “Martian” test site

NASA, as part of the Artemis program, plans to lay the foundations for a long-term human presence on the Moon. To support this initiative, the agency is developing a series of semi-autonomous lunar rovers CADRE (Cooperative Autonomous Distributed Robotic Exploration). After testing engineering prototypes, NASA began testing full-scale models at the “Martian” test site at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. Image source: NASASource: 3dnews.ru

F******k gave Netflix access to users' personal correspondence

F******k is once again at the center of a scandal related to violations of user privacy - according to the lawsuit materials released on March 23, the company allegedly provided Netflix with access to users’ private messages since 2011 so that the platform could better select content. In a class action lawsuit filed back in April last year on behalf of two US citizens, Maximilian Klein […]