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The idea that music only has seven notes is becoming less important in the age of rapidly evolving AI-generated content, as modern systems begin to copy not only music and arrangements but also the voices of performers. Sony has developed a system to determine the degree of borrowing in musical content. Sony Group's new AI model can identify which existing songs have been [β¦]
Vim 9.2 includes significant improvements to the Vim9 scripting language, an improved diff mode, comprehensive completion features, and platform-specific enhancements, including experimental Wayland support. Contextual search. set completeopt+=fuzzy enables fuzzy matching support, allowing greater control over how matches are displayed and their order. Wayland support. Full support for the Wayland user interface and clipboard. In Linux And [β¦]
Dave Airlie, maintainer of the graphics driver stack in the kernel LinuxRed Hat announced the implementation of an automated patch review system that uses the Claudio Opus 4.6 AI platform to review changes. The system was implemented as an experiment to evaluate the feasibility of using AI to optimize Red Hat employees' workflows. AI review covers changes submitted for inclusion in the subsystem [β¦]
Whonix 18.1, a distribution aimed at providing guaranteed anonymity, security, and privacy protection, is now available. The distribution is based on Debian GNU/Linux and uses Tor to ensure anonymity. The project's work is licensed under the GPLv3. Available for download are virtual machine images in .ova format for VirtualBox (2.6 GB with LXQt and 1.6 GB for console) and qcow2 for the hypervisor [β¦]
Phosh 0.53, a mobile desktop shell based on GNOME technologies and the GTK library, has been released. The environment was initially developed by Purism as an analogue of GNOME Shell for the Librem 5 smartphone, but then became one of the unofficial GNOME projects and is used in postmarketOS, Mobian, Droidian, some firmware for Pine64 devices, and the Fedora edition for smartphones. Phosh [β¦]
After two years of development, the Vim 9.2 text editor has been released. Vim's code is distributed under its own copyleft license, which is compatible with the GPL and allows unrestricted use, distribution, and repurposing of the code. A key feature of the Vim license is the reversion featureβimprovements implemented in third-party products must be re-incorporated into the original project if the Vim maintainer deems these improvements [β¦]
Historically, industrial robotics has focused on the use of highly specialized, primarily stationary robots, but in recent years, this trend has shifted toward "humanizing" them. The Chinese company Unitree demonstrated how a humanoid robot, the G1, controlled by the new UnifoLM-X1-0 model, assembles components for similar robots at the company's facility. According to the annotation for the video published by Unitree, it was not generated [β¦]
On February 11th, krep 2.0.0 was releasedβa high-performance, multithreaded, SIMD-optimized command-line string search utility. Key features: Depending on the pattern type, the Boyer-Moore-Horspool, Knuth-Morris-Pratt, or Aho-Corasick algorithms are used for optimal performance. Uses a memory-mapped file when processing large files. Automatic search distribution across available processor cores. SIMD optimization with support for SSE4.2, AVX2, and NEON. The utility is written [β¦]
A specialized release has been presented LinuxREMnux 8.0, a distribution designed for studying and reverse engineering malware code. REMnux allows you to create an isolated lab environment in which you can emulate the network service being attacked to study malware behavior under realistic conditions. The distribution is built on a package database. Ubuntu and includes tools for malware analysis, utilities for conducting [β¦]
Designed to be independent of Russian engines, the United Launch Alliance (ULA) Vulcan Centaur rocket completed its fourth flight on February 12, 2026, and its second for the Pentagon. Just 30 seconds later, an anomaly occurred on one of the side boostersβa flare and sparks near the nozzle, causing the rocket to spin around its axis. [β¦]
Graphic assets have been discovered in test builds of the One UI 9 user interface, providing the first reliable glimpse of the design of Samsung's new foldable smartphone. This device, which is being leaked under the working title "Wide Fold," is expected to feature a wider screen than other models in the lineup. Previously, information about the device was based on [β¦]
Micron Technology announced the launch of the Micron 9650, the world's first mass-produced solid-state drive supporting the PCIe 6.0 standard. The manufacturer emphasizes that the transition to PCIe 6.0 is a step up from PCIe 5.0 and doubles the throughput. Bandwidth is a limiting factor in artificial intelligence infrastructure, where [β¦]