Linux 7.3’s merge window is still open, but what’s already confirmed looks like the foundation for one of the more performance-heavy releases in a while. Btrfs direct I/O is pushing close to 95% of theoretical throughput, EXT4 is hitting 2.19 million IOPS on fast NVMe, and a KSM memory bugContinue Reading
SystemRescue 13.00 Released with Linux Kernel 6.18 LTS and Many Useful Improvements. SystemRescue 13.00 is now available. This is a significant update to the popular Arch-based live Linux distribution that many of us use for system repair and data rescue tasks. If you work with broken systems, need to recoverContinue Reading
As battery-electric commercial vehicles continue to evolve, engineers face growing challenges in designing power distribution architectures that are scalable, efficient, and easy to integrate. Traditional vehicle architectures often require multiple components for switching, protection, monitoring, communications, and control, increasing system complexity, validation effort, and development time. Modular, integrated approaches canContinue Reading
LG Energy Solution has started production at a 226-acre battery plant in Lansing, Michigan, that builds large-format cells for both energy storage systems (ESS) and electric vehicles. LG says the plant will have a capacity of 35 GWh per year at full-scale production. The Lansing plant makes lithium-iron phosphate (LFP)Continue Reading
Pros Rapid acceleration Intuitive infotainment Great packaging Cons Average braking performance Not available with a sunroof shade Some controls are a bit finicky Building cars is no cakewalk, especially for a brand-new automaker, but Rivian has been making it look easy so far. The electric vehicle brand’s first-ever model…Continue Reading
The Information reports that Nvidia has agreed to the purchase, citing one person with knowledge of the agreement. A separate Business Insider report is less definitive, saying the companies held serious talks at a valuation above $13 billion but had not signed an agreement. Neither Nvidia nor Hugging Face has…Read Entire Article…Continue Reading
Savannah Mayor Van R. Johnson II joins “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” to share why his Georgia city is keeping Flock cameras despite known misuse by police department employees., Savannah Mayor Van R. Johnson II joins “Elizabeth Vargas Reports” to share why his Georgia city is keeping Flock cameras despite known misuseContinue Reading
“Recent cases involving the misuse of automated license plate reader systems in Arizona and nationwide have raised concerns about the risks that come with the technology.”, “Recent cases involving the misuse of automated license plate reader systems in Arizona and nationwide have raised concerns about the risks that come withContinue Reading
Ubuntu 26.04.1 LTS is now available to download, the first of 5 point releases scheduled for the ‘Resolute Raccoon’ in the 3 years. The release doesn’t add new features, but brings a refreshed installation image (.iso) that includes all of the bug fixes, security patches and package updates released sinceContinue Reading
For most of the last two decades, a business laptop lived on a worker’s desk and rarely left the building. Today that assumption no longer holds. According to Gallup, more than three-quarters (78%) of employees now work fully or partially remotely. Gartner expects businesses to keep computing devices roughly 15%Continue Reading
The unpopular Paramount Warner Brothers merger should have been a perfect opportunity for Democrats to demonstrate they are finally serious about stuff like media consolidation, right wing propaganda, media reform, and antitrust after decades of policy incoherence. Instead, numerous prominent California Democrats have been buckling to Paramount demands aimed atContinue Reading
Multikernel Technologies has put out mklinux v7.0-mk2, the first public release of the multikernel Linux tree it’s been building since last year. The basic premise of the project is that one physical server can run several independent Linux kernels side by side, each with its own dedicated CPUs and memory.Continue Reading
TDF and Collabora have been at odds since April, when TDF’s Membership Committee kicked out every Collabora staffer and partner in one move, with more than 30 people dropped. That didn’t stop Collabora from shipping a range of new releases, with Collabora Office 26.04 being the most recent one, whereContinue Reading