Initial AMD RDNA5/GFX13 Code Sent Out For Mesa RADV & RadeonSI Drivers
After AMD posted GFX13 patches for the AMDGPU Linux driver earlier in the week, today they opened the Mesa merge request for introducing the very primitive GFX13 support for the RADV Vulkan and RadeonSI Gallium3D/OpenGL drivers… ⌘ Read more
FreeBSD Working To Establish An AI Policy After Polling Developers
The FreeBSD Project published its Q3’2026 status report on Tuesday that outlines a number of development initiatives to ongoing work around an AI policy for this BSD operating system… ⌘ Read more
GTA VI Is Now Available For Preloading
Ancient Slashdot reader Lank writes: GTA VI is now available for preloading. The download weighs in at a whopping 210+ gigabytes on the PS5! Start downloading now and remember to take Nov. 19th off from work. “On Xbox, preloads for digital versions went live at 12 a.m. GMT on November 10 for Series X and Series S, which translates to 7 p.m. EST / 6 p.m. CST / 5 p.m. MST / 4 p.m. PT on Monday, Nov … ⌘ Read more
AMD AOCC 6.0 Brings Zen 6 Optimizations, New “aof” Fortran Compiler, aoc / aoc++ Branding
With yesterday’s launch availability of the AMD EPYC 9006 “Venice” SP7 processors headlined by the incredibly fast EPYC 9996 and EPYC 9686F processors, AMD also launched AOCC 6.0 as the newest version of their in-house LLVM/Clang-based compiler stack… ⌘ Read more
Intel Releases New CPU Microcode To Fix A Variety Of Functional Issues
Intel on Tuesday released the microcode-20261110 package that ships updated CPU microcode binaries for recent Intel Core (Ultra) and Xeon processors. The updated CPU microcode is for Core Gen 13 “Raptor Lake” and newer while on the Xeon server side is for Sapphire Rapids and newer. This is also the first time Clearwater Forest has seen microcode updates… ⌘ Read more
Hand-drawn dino adventure Zid Journey gets a new trailer, set to arrive in Q2 2027
The dinosaurs are back! Zid Journey is the second game in the Zid and Zniw series: inspired by classic adventure games. It’s set to arrive in Q2 2027.
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Haiku OS Now Has A UFS Driver, Two & Three Finger Tap Gestures
The BeOS-inspired Haiku open-source operating system project has seen new work on drivers and other improvements during the course of October… ⌘ Read more
Devolver Digital trolling with its “first ever AAA game” - All Army Attack
When I first saw Devolver Digital tease a “AAA” game, I knew it would be a stupid troll joke - but the game All Army Attack does sound interesting.
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JetBrains renewed their support for Godot Engine through 2027
Good news for the cross-platform free and open source game engine, JetBrains have renewed their support through 2027.
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The incredible open source 3D creation suite Blender 5.3 is out with Vulkan by default
One of the best open source tools ever! One used by artists, game developers, movie studios and more - Blender 5.3 is officially out now.
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A Golden Wake: Roaring ‘20s Edition announced, a complete re-imagining of the 2014 adventure
A reimagining of the 2014 original from Grundislav Games, A Golden Wake: Roaring ‘20s Edition was recently revealed.
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Herd alien sheep in the slapstick co-op game Ranchonauts
Goldfire Studios, creators of survival adventure Arctic Awakening, have just revealed their upcoming game: Ranchonauts.
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Award-winning point and click Loco Motive adds Linux and macOS support
Along with full touch controls on Steam Deck, the award-winning point and click adventure game Loco Motive adds Linux and macOS support.
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US and Rest of World Must Follow China’s Lead On Green Energy, Says John Kerry
Longtime Slashdot reader AmiMoJo shares a report from The Guardian: China is leading the world in moving away from fossil fuels, and the rest of the globe – including the US – must now follow, the former US secretary of state John Kerry has told the Guardian, as Cop watchers wonder exactly how China is going to approac … ⌘ Read more
M John Harrison Becomes First Sci-Fi Author To Win Booker Prize
An anonymous reader quotes a report from The Guardian: Eighty-one-year-old M John Harrison has won the Booker prize for The End of Everything, a postapocalyptic novel set on a near-future Kent coast, becoming the oldest winner in the award’s history. Gaby Wood, chief executive of the Booker Prize Foundation, said that while plenty of previous winne … ⌘ Read more
Ubuntu 26.10 Begins Rolling Out upki Support For Certificate Revocation
With Ubuntu 26.10 that shipped in October there is a little talked about feature with upki revocation support beginning to roll out. Due to the late change, upki for certificate revocation was only enabled for Ubuntu 26.10’s curl package but with more plans ahead… ⌘ Read more
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@zyak@twtxt.z85b.xyz Ooo…
Thanks for the link!
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@notizblog@notiz.blog Thanks for this, I hadn’t heard about sodir.org before. I’m really excited about the specs and have high hopes for their uptake.
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How come no one ever talks about Mambos 1-4? Is there some big secret about them? Did they contain some forbidden dance steps or something?
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@klaxzy@klaxzy.net Indeed it is, and apparently it’s the only numbered Mambo anyone is cleared to talk about.
I’m sure it doesn’t mean anything, and it’s not like there’s some huge conspiracy involving the military-industrial complex, the Illuminati, and the lizard people to control what mambos people know about, but…
I mean, if I disappear tomorrow, I’m sure it won’t be for having asked about the mambos… 😉
Google Fi Brings Back Network Switching With ‘Secondary’ Partner
Google Fi is bringing back network switching through an unnamed “secondary” 5G carrier. “Most users will be on the ‘Primary network,’ but Google Fi will automatically switch users to the ‘Secondary network’ if it meaningfully improves performance with so-called ‘smart thresholds’ for doing so,” reports 9to5Google. “At launch, there is no manual s … ⌘ Read more
Fireworks AI Confirms Wider Breach Affecting Notion AI Chats
Fireworks AI says its October breach was broader than initially disclosed, with attackers gaining access to customer account and billing information as well as some datasets, incomplete model weights and secrets. Notion, the popular productivity and note-taking app, disclosed that it was impacted in the breach but “fewer than 1% of Notion workspaces” were … ⌘ Read more
New York Launches Nation’s First State AI Testing Program
New York is launching a state-backed AI safety research center at Binghamton University that will independently study and test AI systems, develop safety and security techniques, and train researchers in responsible AI. “While the federal government fails to act, New York is leading the way on AI safety and holding big tech accountable,” New York Gov. Kathy Hoch … ⌘ Read more
Anthropic Launches New Workplace Features To Take On Microsoft and Google
An anonymous reader quotes a report from TechCrunch: Anthropic announced new workplace features on Tuesday, including Claude Meetings, which brings Claude into video calls to begin working on tasks while participants are still talking. The company also unveiled Claude Whiteboards and Claude Sheets. The launch of Anthropic’s new … ⌘ Read more
Starlink Mini 2 Adds a Swappable Battery, Wi-Fi 6
SpaceX has unveiled the Starlink Mini 2, equipping the company’s smallest satellite internet terminal with a removable 71Wh battery and Wi-Fi 6. Preorders are opening to select U.S. customers for $999, which includes a year of Roam Unlimited service. Shipments are expected to begin in mid-December. InterestingEngineering reports: The removable battery represents the biggest fun … ⌘ Read more
Nintendo Is Officially Investing In Game Preservation
Nintendo is hiring a digital archivist to help ensure the company’s historical records are “preserved for future generations.” The 12-month position is tasked with designing and implementing a “structured framework for organizing technical records, engineering documentation, source materials, and institutional knowledge related to legacy systems and platforms.” Polyg … ⌘ Read more
Blender 5.3 Released With Nvidia DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction, Vulkan Default
Blender 5.3 has been released with support for 3D Gaussian Splats, Nvidia DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction and Vulkan as the default graphics backend on Linux. Phoronix reports: Blender now allows importing Gaussian Splats from PLY, SPZ, and glTF files. Also new to Blender 5.3 is NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction support as a new … ⌘ Read more
AMD EPYC 9996 Benchmarks Show Unparalleled Performance With 256 Zen 6C Cores
Back in July AMD announced the EPYC 9006 “Venice” series at their Advancing AI event. Today they are announcing EPYC 9006 series Socket SP7 processor availability and with systems beginning to ship today from their OEM/ODM partners. With that we are also now allowed to begin sharing AMD EPYC 9006 performance benchmark figures. Back in July I expected EPYC 9006 to be a “grand slam” for performance… After hands-on with the 6th Gen EPYC processors … ⌘ Read more
AMD EPYC 9686F Linux Benchmarks: 96 Zen 6 Cores At Up To 5.3GHz
In addition to the AMD EPYC 9996 256-core CPU benchmarks out today in that dual socket configuration for a combined 512 cores / 1024 threads flagship Zen 6C server configuration, also tested recently at Phoronix was the EPYC 9686F part. The AMD EPYC 9686F is their new high-frequency Zen 6 part that features 96 cores / 192 threads at a boost clock of 5.3GHz! When the AMD EPYC 9686F they originally disclosed a 5.0GHz boost clock but with how well their product … ⌘ Read more
AMD Talks Up Their MEXT Software Amid RAM Crisis - Linux Support But Not Open-Source
This summer AMD acquired the company MEXT for their AI-powered predictive memory technology to make flash memory such as NVMe SSDs behave more like DRAM. AMD MEXT with EPYC servers allows for flash memory as DRAM tiering and uses a predictive AI engine for handling the tiering in an effective way. There is a Linux driver but this is one of the few offerings in the AMD space that isn’t open-source as part of their typical open ecosystem approach. … ⌘ Read more
AMD Confirms ACE With 7th Gen EPYC “Florence” While 8th Gen EPYC Is “Ravenna”
During the AMD briefings for 6th Gen EPYC SP7 availability, they did already tease next-gen EPYC processors… ⌘ Read more
Reddit Is Turning User Conversations Into AI-Powered Product Reviews
Reddit is rolling out an AI-powered shopping feature called “Reddit Reviews” that summarizes user conversations about products and turns them into dedicated reviews. TechCrunch reports: Reddit’s announcement points to its rules and its latest measures to combat automated abuse and spam, as well as its practice involving community moderato … ⌘ Read more
AMD EPYC Embedded 9006 Series SP7 Announced
In addition to today’s announcement of AMD EPYC 9006 SP7 availability, complete with reviews of the AMD EPYC 9996 256-core flagship and EPYC 9686F 96-core 5.3GHz part, AMD also announced the EPYC Embedded 9006 Series SP7 processors… ⌘ Read more
Blender 5.3 Released With NVIDIA DLSS 4.5 Ray Reconstruction, Vulkan Default
Blender 5.3 is out today as the newest stable release for this leading open-source 3D modeling software… ⌘ Read more
Massive scale RTS ‘Ashes of the Singularity II’ out now - review
Ashes of the Singularity II is out now from Oxide Games and Stardock Entertainment, here’s some of my thoughts on this massive RTS game.
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Europe Must Rethink Security As Big Tech Power Grows, EU Says
An anonymous reader quotes a report from Reuters: The European Union must rethink security to take into account challenges and risks posed by the growing power of major technology companies that go beyond traditional competition concerns, European Commission Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera said on Monday. “We need to review and to deepen our concep … ⌘ Read more
KORA Announced As Linux Desktop OS “For The Age of Intelligence”
Backed by Samsung, Square Enix, and others, KORA Systems announced KORA OS today as a Linux distribution built for the age of “intelligent PCs”… ⌘ Read more
Eight More Security Issues Made Public For The X.Org Server / XWayland
With the assistance of AI/LLMs, eight more security vulnerabilities were made public today for the X.Org Server. These issues also end up affecting the XWayland code too… ⌘ Read more
X.Org Security Advisory released for November 10th - multiple security issues in X.Org X server
A fresh X.Org Security Advisory has been released today, noting multiple security issues in X.Org X server. Here we go again huh?
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Longtime Linux Developer Steps Down From Some Roles Due To Patch Flood Caused By AI
Linux memory management expert Lorenzo Stoakes at Arm who has been contributing to the kernel since 2014 is stepping away from some reviewership roles within the Linux kernel due to all of the noise from the flood of kernel patches resulting fro AI/LLMs… ⌘ Read more
Proton Experimental gets fixes for Phantom Blade Zero, AION 2, The Forest and more
Valve released an early update to Proton Experimental to bring fixes for Windows games on Linux / SteamOS including Steam Deck, Steam Machine and Steam Frame.
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Mesa 26.3.0 arrives with many Linux graphics driver enhancements
While there’s no announcement for it yet, the Mesa 26.3.0 open source drivers release is tagged and out now. Bringing many enhancements for gamers!
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x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group Posts ACE v2 & AVX10.3 Specs, GCC Patches Ready
While there aren’t any processors released yet with AI Compute Extensions (ACE) or AVX10.2 quite yet, the x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group led by AMD and Intel have now posted their ACE v2 and AVX10.3 specifications… ⌘ Read more
Uber Is Launching Its Own Parking Reservation Service
Uber is launching Uber Parking, integrating technology from its SpotHero acquisition to let users find and reserve parking garages and lots directly through the Uber app. “You can also filter your results based on criteria like whether you want to self-park or use a valet, or other specific amenities,” adds Engadget. From the report: To book a spot, you’ll need to pro … ⌘ Read more
openSUSE Tumbleweed Transitioning To Agama Installer
With openSUSE Leap making use of the modern Agama installer developed by SUSE engineers, the rolling-release openSUSE Tumbleweed is now preparing to make the same transitioning in replacing the YaST Installer… ⌘ Read more
RPM v6 Format Approved For Fedora 46, ThinLTO Flag Rejected
With Fedora 45 having shipped last week, developers are turning more of their attention to Fedora 46 that will debut by the end of next April… ⌘ Read more
KDE Plasma 6.8.3 Released With Dozens Of Fixes
KDE Plasma 6.8.3 is out today as the newest bug-fix release for last month’s major Plasma 6.8 debut… ⌘ Read more
exfatprogs 1.4.4 Brings Speed-Up For Making New exFAT Filesystems
The exfatprogs 1.4.4 release was issued today for these user-space open-source programs for managing exFAT file-systems on Linux… ⌘ Read more
Upcoming isometric action rogue-lite Everrest is “Hades meets EarthBound”
Everrest looks like one to stick onto your wishlist and keep an eye on, if you like the sound of “Hades meets EarthBound” as the developer tells me.
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OpenZ is an open-source 3D fan remake of the RTS ‘Z’ (The Bitmap Brothers, 1996)
Anyone remember the classic strategy game Z from The Bitmap Brothers? A true and brutally difficult classic that’s been revived by fans in 3D.
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Dune: Awakening gets fully offline single-player in the latest update
Dune: Awakening developers delivered what they promised, as the game can now be played entirely offline in single-player.
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