Ontario government announces $1.2B in funding for post-secondary schools
Minister of Colleges and Universities Jill Dunlop announced more than $1.2 billion in new funding for post-secondary schools. The government is also extending a cap on tuition fees for in-province students for the next three years. ⌘ Read more
Red Wiggle Caterina Mete makes special announcement
Red Wiggle Caterina Mete is pregnant with identical twin girls. Her two little miracles have come after a long and challenging IVF journey and an anonymous donor from her fertility clinic. ⌘ Read more
Lupita Nyong’o was ‘living in a lot of pain and heartbreak’ after Selema Masekela split
The 12 Years a Slave actress candidly announced on Instagram in October that her relationship with the television host had been “suddenly and devastatingly extinguished by deception”. Explaining why she wrote such an honest post, Lupita told Porter magazine, “I was living in a lot of pain and heartbreak. I looked at the e … ⌘ Read more
The mission to recover bounty of ‘ncalculable value’ from legendary Caribbean shipwreck
Colombia’s government on Friday announced an expedition to remove items of “incalculable value” from the wreck of the legendary San Jose Galleon, which sank in 1708 while laden with gold, silver and emeralds estimated to be worth billions of dollars. ⌘ Read more
Israeli military proposes ‘plan for evacuating’ Gaza civilians
Israel’s military proposed a plan for evacuating civilians from “areas of fighting” in Gaza, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s office announced Monday, after he said a ground invasion of the Palestinian territory’s southern city Rafah was necessary. ⌘ Read more
Transport Secretary declines to say Lee Anderson remarks about Sadiq Khan were racist
Transport Secretary Mark Harper has declined to say whether MP Lee Anderson’s remarks about “Islamists” taking control of Sadiq Khan and London were racist despite being pressed repeatedly, reiterating only that they were “wrong”. Mr Harper was in Yorkshire to announce how transport funding redirected from the Government’s abandon … ⌘ Read more
Romeo Beckham confirms split from model girlfriend Mia Regan
The 21-year-old, who plays soccer for English Premier League team Brentford’s B team, had been dating the model since they were both 16, but both announced their split on Sunday. Romeo wrote on Instagram “Mooch (Mia’s nickname) and I have parted ways after 5 years of love, we still have a lot of respect for each other, and still hold a strong friendship and always will.”. … ⌘ Read more
Albo’s major housing promise under threat
One of Anthony Albanese’s major election promises is in doubt after the Greens announced plans to kill Labor’s Help to Buy scheme unless the government meets its demands. ⌘ Read more
Nourished By Time – Hand On Me
Baltimore’s Marcus Brown aka Nourished By Time put out my favorite album of 2023, and today NBT announces his brilliant new Catching Chickens EP (and XL Recordings debut) with a self-directed vid for lead single “ Hand On Me”… [Continue reading…](https://www.gorillavsbear.net/nourished-by-time-hand- … ⌘ Read more
Jessica Pratt announces new album Here in the Pitch + shares lead single “Life Is”
Jessica Pratt’s incredible new album Here in the Pitch -- her first in over five years and our favorite since her all-time-classic, self-titled 2011 debut – is coming in May on Mexican Summer/ [City Slang](https://cityslang.com/artists/jessica-pratt … ⌘ Read more
See 2-10x Faster File Operation Speeds with Synchronized File Shares in Docker Desktop
Learn about the latest Docker Desktop feature, synchronized file shares, which provides native file system performance, improving file operation speeds by 2-10x. ⌘ Read more
Streamline Dockerization with Docker Init GA
The Docker team announces the general availability of docker init, with support for multiple languages and stacks, making it simpler than ever to containerize your applications. ⌘ Read more
Banana Pi Announces BPI-F3 RISC-V Development Board with 2 TOPS AI Performance
The Banana Pi BPI-F3 is a development board powered by an 8-core RISC-V processor, capable of supporting up to 16GB of RAM memory. This open-source board stands out as the first to incorporate the RISC-V K1 chip, developed by SpacemiT Technologies Ltd., designed in accordance with the RISC-V Foundation RVA22 standards. As previously mentioned, the […] ⌘ Read more
Dehd – Mood Ring
Dehd announce their forthcoming album Poetry with a Glamhag-directed video for the super catchy lead single “ Mood Ring”… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more
(Updated) Milk-V Unveils World’s First RISC-V Open Source 10G Ethernet Switch
Milk-V recently released specifications for the Milk-V Vega which is described as the first RISC-V 10 Gigabit Ethernet Switch implemented on the FSL1030M network switch chip. The company also mentions that the device is built on an open-source Linux system. The product announcement highlights that the FSL91030M is based on the UX608 uCore by Nuclei […] ⌘ Read more
Announcing Docker Scout Software Supply Chain Solution for Open Source Projects
Docker is now providing a free Docker Scout Team subscription to all Docker-Sponsored Open Source (DSOS) program participants. ⌘ Read more
Jane Penny of TOPS announces her debut solo EP Surfacing + shares first single “Messages”
Jane Penny of Montreal band TOPS announces her beautiful and brilliant solo debut with lead single “ Messages”… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more
Mk.gee announces new album + shares “Dream Police”
We officially have our first AOTY contender of 2024… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more
Jetway Unveils 3.5” SBC with Dual 2.5GbE Ports and Triple 4K@60Hz Display Support
Jetway unveiled this week the JF35-ADN1 which is a 3.5” SubCompact single-board computer powered by the Intel Processor N97 CPU. This new embedded device aims at the field of industrial robotics payment systems, machine vision and beyond with its DDR5 memory support and extensive I/O interfaces. The product announcement highlights that the JF35-ADN1 is configurable […] ⌘ Read more
No Windows – Song 01
Edinburgh teenage duo No Windows announce their signing to Fat Possum with the wistful “meditation on loss” / lead single from their stellar forthcoming Point Nemo EP, coming in May… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more
Government launches illegal tobacco crackdown, as bikie ‘turf war’ on tobacco shops rages on
As another tobacco shop burns in Melbourne, the federal government announces a $188 million crackdown on the tobacco black market, hoping to stop imports before they reach the Australian border. ⌘ Read more
Rust Embedded Working Group Announces Embedded-HAL v1.0
The Rust Embedded Working Group has announced a significant milestone with the release of embedded-hal version 1.0, marking a new chapter in the Rust embedded ecosystem. This release, alongside companion crates like embedded-hal-bus, embedded-hal-async, and embedded-hal-nb, represents a culmination of efforts since 2020 to stabilize and refine the embedded-hal traits. Embedded-HAL is a Rust-based framework […] ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: Openfire 4.8.0 Released!
The Ignite Realtime community is happy to be able to announce the immediate availability of version 4.8.0 of Openfire, its cross-platform real-time collaboration server based on the XMPP protocol!
This is the first major release of Openfire in about two years, and that shows: 199 tickets have been closed against this release! As a fun fact: the oldest of these issues was raised in 2015, the youngest: three days ago. Some of the highlights in this relea … ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: WebPush support on your fluux.io instance
We’re excited to announce the latest enhancement to Fluux.io services – the integration of WebPush support. This significant update extends our services beyond
FCM/APNs, enabling push notifications for XMPP across various platforms. Now, our push notification capabilities are not li … ⌘ Read more
FireBeetle 2 Upgraded with RISC-V Based ESP32-C6 SoC Featuring Zigbee 3.0 and Thread 1.3 Connectivity
DFRobot has announced the launch of the updated FireBeetle 2, now incorporating the latest ESP32-C6 System-on-Chip from Espressif Systems. This enhanced development board integrates standard I/Os, includes comprehensive battery support, and offers advanced connectivity options with Zigbee 3.0 and Thread 1.3. Unlike the FireBeetle 2 (ESP32-S3) … ⌘ Read more
Shabazz Palaces – “Angela”
Shabazz Palaces follow up last year’s Robed in Rareness -- one of our favorite albums of 2023, mini or otherwise – with the announcement of another new “mini-album”, Exotic Birds of Prey… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more
Erika de Casier announces new album Still + shares “Lucky”
New Erika de Casier album coming! Check the vid for lead single “Lucky”… Continue reading… ⌘ Read more
ProcessOne: WebPush support on your fluux.io instance
We’re excited to announce the latest enhancement to Fluux.io services – the integration of WebPush support. This significant update extends our services beyond
FCM/APNs, enabling push notifications for XMPP across various platforms. Now, our push notification capabilities are not li … ⌘ Read more
Acer Teams Up with Qualcomm to Launch Advanced 5G and Wi-Fi 7 Routers
Acer today announced the launch of two innovative gaming routers: the Predator Connect X7 5G CPE and the Predator Connect T7 Wi-Fi 7 Mesh Router. These routers are powered by the Qualcomm Immersive Home Platform and feature tri-band Wi-Fi 7, designed for gaming and streaming experience with their robust, high-speed connectivity. The Predator Connect X7 […] ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: Happy Birthday, Jabber!
Today marks the 25th birthday of Jeremie Miller’s announcement of “a new project to create a complete open-source platform for Instant Messaging” on Slashdot.
How have things progressed since then!
By far most of the projects that we maintain here in the IgniteRealtime.org community make direct use of the XMPP protocol, which is the name used for t … ⌘ Read more
Docker 2023: Milestones, Updates, and What’s Next
Couldn’t keep up with the pace of Docker news and product announcements in 2023? We rounded up milestones, performance improvements, product announcements, new features, acquisitions, and more to help you catch up. ⌘ Read more
Docker whale-comes AtomicJar, maker of Testcontainers
We’re shifting testing “left” to help developers ship quality apps faster I’m thrilled to announce that Docker is whale-coming AtomicJar, the makers of Testcontainers, to the Docker family. With its support for Java, .NET, Node.js, and seven other programming languages together with its container-based testing automation, Testcontainers has become the de facto standard test framework […] ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: Smack 4.5.0-alpha2 released
We are happy to announce the release of the second alpha release of Smack’s upcoming 4.5 version.
This version fixes a nasty bug in Smack’s reactor, includes support for XMPP over WebSocket connections and much more. Even though Smack has a good test coverage, due its comprehensive unit test suite and integration test framework, we kindly ask you to test pre-releases and report feedback.
As always, [this Smack release is available via Maven C … ⌘ Read more
The Untitled Nerdy Chat Show kicks off next week! Be a part of it!
Buckle up, Buttercup. The Lunduke Journal has one heck of an announcement for you: Starting one week from today (Wednesday, December 13th at 12pm Central Time) a new, weekly, live chat show will kick off — the aptly named “Untitled Nerdy Chat Show”. ⌘ Read more
Announcing Builds View in Docker Desktop GA
Now generally available, the Builds view feature in Docker Desktop provides detailed insight into your build performance and usage. ⌘ Read more
Announcing the Docker AI/ML Hackathon 2023 Winners
Learn about the winners of the recent Docker AI/ML Hackathon, which encouraged participants to build innovative solutions with Docker technology. ⌘ Read more
NixOS 23.11 released
Hey everyone, we are figsoda and Ryan Lahfa,
the release managers for this stable release and we are very proud to announce the public availability of NixOS 23.11 “Tapir”.
This release will receive bugfixes and security updates for seven months (up until 2024-06-30).
- [Relea … ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: New Openfire plugin: Reporting Account Affiliations
I’m excited to announce a new Openfire plugin: the Reporting Account Affiliations Plugin!
This plugin implements a new prototype XMPP extension of the same name.
To quote the specification:
In practice, a server may not trust all accounts equally. For example, if a server offers anonymous access or open registration, it … ⌘ Read more
Ignite Realtime Blog: Smack 4.4.7 released
We are happy to announce the release of Smack 4.4.7. For a high-level overview of what’s changed in Smack 4.4.7, check out Smack’s changelog
As with the last release, 4.4,6, parts of the release where driven by feedback from the Jitsi folks.
Due to SMACK-927, we had to change the behavior of a certain kind of incoming stanzas listeners, namely the ones added with XMPPCo ... ⌘ [Read more](https://discourse.igniterealtime.org/t/smack-4-4-7-released/93357)
Linux Foundation shocks industry by announcing sub-Foundation which actually involves Linux
“This just doesn’t take advantage of their core strengths,” stated an analyst for Gartner ⌘ Read more
@prologic@twtxt.net the new product was GPTs. A way to create tailored bots for specific use cases. https://openai.com/blog/introducing-gpts (fun fact: I did an internal hackathon where we made something like this for $work onboarding. And I won a prize!)
The competed project is poe https://quorablog.quora.com/Introducing-creator-monetization-for-Poe which is basically the same idea. Make a AI bot tailored to a specific domain of knowledge. And monitize it.
The timing fits very well as openAI announced it just a few weeks ago.
@prologic@twtxt.net the going theory is that openAI announced a new product that pretty much blew up the project of one of the board members. So that board member got 3 others to vote to fire Sam.
Ignite Realtime Blog: Openfire 4.8.0 beta release!
It is exciting to be able to announce the immediate availability of the beta release of Openfire 4.8.0!
It has been 667 days ago since we released the 4.7.0. That was the last time that a release was made from the same source code branch. And, that shows: we have closed almost 180 issues against this release! I’ll reserve the details for a blogpost on the 4.8.0 (non-beta) release, but some of the highlights are:
- We’ve dropped support for Jav … ⌘ Read more
Accelerating Developer Velocity with Microsoft Dev Box and Docker Desktop
We’re pleased to announce our partnership with the Microsoft Dev Box team to streamline developer onboarding, environment set-up, security, and administration with Docker Desktop. ⌘ Read more
Universe 2023: Copilot transforms GitHub into the AI-powered developer platform
GitHub is announcing general availability of GitHub Copilot Chat and previews of the new GitHub Copilot Enterprise offering, new AI-powered security features, and the GitHub Copilot Partner Program.
The post [Universe 2023: Copilot transforms GitHub into the AI-powered developer platform](https://github.blog/2023-11-08-universe-2023-copilot-transforms-github-into-the-ai-powered- … ⌘ Read more
GitHub Game Off 2023 theme announcement
It’s the moment you’ve all been waiting for. Are you ready?
The post GitHub Game Off 2023 theme announcement appeared first on The GitHub Blog. ⌘ Read more
Highlights from DockerCon 2023: New Docker Local, Cloud, and AI/ML Innovations
DockerCon 2023 celebrated 10 years of Docker. We round up event announcements, including Docker Scout for the software supply chain, Docker Build, Debug, Docker AI, GenAI stack, OpenPubkey, a Udemy partnership, and more. Videos are available on-demand now on the DockerCon site and will be added to YouTube in the coming weeks. ⌘ Read more
Apple Event Scheduled for October 30, Grab a Cool Spooky Mac Wallpaper to Match
Apple has announced a special event for the evening of October 30, titled “Scary Fast”. The event is widely assumed to be focused on the Mac, due to the event webpage having an Apple logo that morphs into the Finder icon, perhaps with refreshed updates to the iMac and MacBook line. Obviously the name “Scary … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2023/10/24/apple-event-scheduled-fo … ⌘ Read more
China wine tariff review ‘no silver bullet’, but Australian producers hold hope for the future
Wine exports to China have dropped to a low of $10 million a year, but China’s announcement it will review tariffs on imports has given a glimmer of hope to the industry. ⌘ Read more
Beta 3 of iOS 17.1, iPadOS 17.1, MacOS Sonoma 14.1 Released for Testers
Apple has released the third beta versions of iOS 17.1, iPadOS 17.1, and MacOS Sonoma 14.1, for users who are enrolled in the beta testing programs for Apple system software. As usual, the betas are first available to developers, and then are soon followed by the same build for public beta testers. Apple announced several … [Read More](https://osxdaily.com/2023/10/10/beta-3-of-ios-17-1-ipados- … ⌘ Read more