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An experimental release of an open implementation of the Win32 API - Wine 11.1 - took place. Since the release of 11.0, 22 bug reports have been closed and 209 changes have been made. Recall that starting with the 2.x branch, the Wine project switched to a version numbering scheme in which each stable release leads to an increase in the first digit of the version number (10.0.0, 11.0.0), and updates to [โฆ]
Last year, the launch of the first 16 low-orbit broadband internet satellites from Bureau 1440 (part of ICS Holding) into Earth orbit failed and was postponed until 2026. Now it has emerged that the launch may have been delayed due to a failure to produce the required number of satellites in a timely manner. In December of last [โฆ]
The next stable release of the Rust compiler and language standard has been published. The musl built-in library has been updated to version 1.2.5. Various *-linux-musl target platforms now ship with musl 1.2.5. This primarily affects static musl builds for x86_64, aarch64, and powerpc64le, which previously used version 1.2.3. This update includes several fixes and improvements, as well as one breaking change, [โฆ]
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Matheus Alves, a security researcher specializing in malware, has published an update to the Singularity project, which develops an open-source kernel rootkit. Linux, distributed under the MIT license. The project aims to demonstrate methods for concealing one's presence after gaining root access and maintaining the ability to perform privileged operations covertly. It is hoped that Singularity will be useful to security researchers for testing and development [โฆ]
Yesterday's investor optimism about Intel's ability to profit from the AI โโboom quickly evaporated after the release of official financial statistics. The company's management was forced to admit that it is failing to keep up with demand in the server segment, there are quality issues with the new process technologies, and customers will not decide to use Intel 14A technology until the end of 2026. Furthermore, as [โฆ]
Sony is preparing to release new vinyl record players for the first time since 2019. The PS-LX3BT and PS-LX5BT models are designed with ease of use in mind and support wired connections, as well as Hi-Res audio streaming via Bluetooth. Both new models feature automatic record playback at the touch of a button. The turntable automatically starts, raises and lowers the tonearm onto the record, [โฆ]
The ReactOS project is celebrating its 30th anniversary! Happy birthday, ReactOS! Today marks 30 years since the first commit to the ReactOS source tree. It's been such a long journey that many of our current contributors, including myself, weren't even born yet. Nevertheless, our mission is to provide "your favorite apps and drivers" Windows in the environment [โฆ]
Chawan is a text-based web browser and pager for Unix-like systems, focused on implementing modern web standards. Chawan strives to be self-contained, easy to use, and extensible. It includes features such as CSS, inline images in the terminal (optional; this feature requires editing the configuration), and JavaScript, all implemented through a small, independent browser engine. [โฆ]
Anthropic places a strong emphasis on communicating its mission and signature developments, such as the chatbot Claude, so this week it published a new version of its so-called "constitution," which explains its operating principles and the goals it is pursuing in its development. The document defines the ethical principles the company adheres to in developing Claude. They [โฆ]
The NexPhone is now available for pre-order almost 14 years after it was first announced, when it was planned to be based on Ubuntu for AndroidIn 2012, the plan was to offer the NexPhone with Ubuntu for Android as the sole operating system. It was supposed to connect to a number of additional devices, acting as a tablet, laptop [โฆ]
Fastfetch, a cross-platform command-line utility designed to display system information similar to neofetch, has been released as version 2.58. The project is written in C and is licensed under the MIT license. In the new version: The de.slowVersionDetection option has been removed. Slow version detection is now always enabled, as it is required for non-FHS-compliant distributions (e.g., NixOS; #2149, DE, Linux). She's still [โฆ]