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Saturday July 5, 2025. 10:36 AM
Possibility of joining IRIS² remote as Britain grapples with fiscal squeeze A UK minister has told Parliament that joining Europe's answer to Starlink — Elon Musk's satellite-based mobile internet service — would be a 'stretch' given the nation's current financial...
Reuters: The European Union's landmark rules on AI will be rolled out according to the legal timeline in the legislation, the European Commission said on Friday, dismissing calls from some companies and countries for a pause. Google owner Alphabet, Facebook owner Meta and...
Since the disastrous launch of the RTX 50 series, NVIDIA has been unable to escape negative headlines: scalper bots are snatching GPUs away from consumers before official sales even begin, power connectors continue to melt, with no fix in sight, marketing is becoming...
Redox continues to make progress, and as another month has passed us by, it’s time for another monthly update. This past month, the focus has been on UNIX domain sockets, which are needed for Redox’ goal of running Wayland. As we continue to move forward with our plans for...
All of this to say: value is complicated. The Pi 5 is much more compact and slightly more power efficient (especially at idle) compared to the cheapest N1XX Intel systems. The Intel systems are better suited for a desktop use case. The Pi 5 can be run off PoE power, for...
President Donald Trump's administration plans to restrict shipments of AI chips from the likes of Nvidia to Malaysia and Thailand, part of an effort to crack down on suspected semiconductor smuggling into China. Bloomberg: A draft rule from the Commerce Department seeks to...
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. The MocaccinoOS development team has announced the release of MocaccinoOS 1.8.3, a minor update of the project's minimalist, Gentoo-based Linux distribution with a custom package manager called 'Luet' and a...
A new study analyzing data from more than 60 previous research projects has found evidence that there is 'no safe amount' of processed meat consumption -- so much so that even small daily portions are being linked to increased disease risk. The research, published Monday in...
The DistroWatch news feed is brought to you by TUXEDO COMPUTERS. Antônio Vinicius Menezes Medeiros has announced the release of Linux Kamarada 15.6, an updated version of the project's general-purpose, openSUSE-based distribution. This new build updates the GNOME desktop to ...
Moderna's mRNA-based seasonal flu vaccine proved 27% more effective at preventing influenza infections than standard flu shots in a Phase 3 trial involving nearly 41,000 people aged 50 and above, the firm said this week. The company announced that mRNA-1010 had an overall...
US President Donald Trump today signed what he called his “One Big Beautiful Bill” during Fourth of July celebrations at the White House, after it squeaked through the House of Representatives Thursday afternoon in a 218 – 214 vote. But the bill was missing what had...
UK Science and Technology Secretary Peter Kyle has written to the UK's national institute for AI to tell its bosses to refocus on defense and security. BBC: In a letter, Kyle said boosting the UK's AI capabilities was 'critical' to national security and should be at the core ...
Friday July 4, 2025. 11:00 PM
An anonymous reader shares a report: The sweeping layoffs announced by Microsoft this week have been especially hard on its gaming studios, but one Xbox executive has a solution to 'help reduce the emotional and cognitive load that comes with job loss': seek advice from AI...
TL;DR: Enjoy high-quality sound and a stylish look thanks to Kim Kardashian's signature Beats Pill, now on sale for $89.99 (reg. $149.99). With warmer days ahead, it's time to even out last summer's tan lines. Whether you're going on a hike or lounging on the beach, you're...
A recent bug report filed against Ubuntu’s upgrading tool confirmed a major change with regards to the RISC-V requirements for the upcoming Ubuntu 25.10 release — most existing RISC-V devices will not be able to run Ubuntu 25.10. How come? ↫ Joey Sneddon at...
Amiga lore is full of exciting tales. Many of them are retold to demonstrate how the incompetence of Commodore’s management destroyed a platform that, by rights, was destined for success. Coulda, shoulda, and the Amiga woulda risen as rightful ruler of all other computer plat...
Windows 11 has finally overtaken the market share of its predecessor, with just three months remaining until Microsoft discontinues support for Windows 10. From a report: As of today, July's StatCounter figures show the market share of Windows 11 at 50.24 percent, with...
It's the Fourth of July, and in the wake of the House passing the ugly stupid bill yesterday, I'm inclined to 'celebrate' America in the only way that makes sense to me right now — by listening to John Prine on repeat, and particularly Prine's classic protest song, 'Flag...
Software developer Anton Zaides argues that software engineers have had it easy over the decades and the 'best profession' on earth deserved the wake up call. He writes:It's not just one of the hardest times, it's also one of the most exciting. I'm hugely optimistic about...
Shira Perlmutter lost her job after her office published report on generative AI and fair use limits The former head of the US Copyright Office has pushed back against arguments from President Donald Trump's team that her dismissal was lawful.…
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