FFmpeg Lands Latest AVX-512 Optimization: 1.372x Faster In Pixel Format…
FFmpeg Lands Latest AVX-512 Optimization: 1.372x Faster In Pixel Format Conversion The latest hand-tuned code in the FFmpeg multimedia library for allowing better performance on today's modern Intel/A…
Legion Y700 Gen4 Tablet Powered By Snapdragon 8 Elite Seeing Linux Patches
Legion Y700 Gen4 Tablet Powered By Snapdragon 8 Elite Seeing Linux Patches The Legion Y700 Gen4 is an Android tablet that debuted last year and powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Elite chipset. This…
More ASUS Motherboards To Enjoy Working Sensor Monitoring With Linux 7.3
More ASUS Motherboards To Enjoy Working Sensor Monitoring With Linux 7.3 Thanks to the work of the open-source community, more ASUS desktop motherboards for Intel Core and AMD Ryzen systems are seeing…
Using AI makes people less likely to admit they don't know something
In 2026, AI still "hallucinates" and gives you wrong answers a good chunk of the time. Nevertheless, academics from French and Italian universities have found that access to AI advice suppresses criti…
'Grok Build' Coding Tool Open Sourced This Week, Promises to Respect Zero Data…
'Grok Build' Coding Tool Open Sourced This Week, Promises to Respect Zero Data Retention https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/19/034258/grok-build-coding-tool-open-sourced-this-week-promises-to-respe…
OpenAI Acknowledges GPT-5.6 May Accidentally Delete Files, Calls It 'Honest…
OpenAI Acknowledges GPT-5.6 May Accidentally Delete Files, Calls It 'Honest Mistake' https://developers.slashdot.org/story/26/07/19/0129228/openai-acknowledges-gpt-56-may-accidentally-delete-files-cal…
GNU Hurd Makes Progress On AArch64, Writing Translators In Rust
GNU Hurd Makes Progress On AArch64, Writing Translators In Rust The GNU Hurd project recently issued their Q2'2026 status report to outline recently development efforts. The Hurd is still happening!..…
France Orders ISPs to Block Access to Polymarket…
France Orders ISPs to Block Access to Polymarket https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/18/2224236/france-orders-isps-to-block-access-to-polymarket?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
How Microsoft's 'Little Workaround' Created a Major Threat to America's Defense…
How Microsoft's 'Little Workaround' Created a Major Threat to America's Defense Department https://yro.slashdot.org/story/26/07/18/0513229/how-microsofts-little-workaround-created-a-major-threat-to-am…
Next UK Prime Minister Drops Digital ID Scheme…
Next UK Prime Minister Drops Digital ID Scheme https://news.slashdot.org/story/26/07/18/2214208/next-uk-prime-minister-drops-digital-id-scheme?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
NVK Vulkan Performance Improving With Mesa 26.2 Against NVIDIA Proprietary…
NVK Vulkan Performance Improving With Mesa 26.2 Against NVIDIA Proprietary Driver The performance of the Nouveau kernel driver with the Mesa NVK Vulkan driver continues to improve each feature release…
Gen Z and Millennials are Buying CDs - Though Half Don't Have CD Players…
Gen Z and Millennials are Buying CDs - Though Half Don't Have CD Players https://entertainment.slashdot.org/story/26/07/18/1948235/gen-z-and-millennials-are-buying-cds---though-half-dont-have-cd-playe…
NextBSD Returns to Port Apple Source Onto FreeBSD…
NextBSD Returns to Port Apple Source Onto FreeBSD https://bsd.slashdot.org/story/26/07/18/1843243/nextbsd-returns-to-port-apple-source-onto-freebsd?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Will AI fix prior authorization—or make it worse?
Will AI fix prior authorization—or make it worse? The government is piloting a program that uses AI for insurance-coverage decisions. https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/07/will-ai-fix-prior-authorization…
CNBC's Jim Cramer Says He Needs 'Cold Hard' Proof AI Is Paying Off…
CNBC's Jim Cramer Says He Needs 'Cold Hard' Proof AI Is Paying Off https://slashdot.org/story/26/07/18/0812205/cnbcs-jim-cramer-says-he-needs-cold-hard-proof-ai-is-paying-off?utm_source=rss1.0mainlink…
Long After Pluto Fly-By, NASA's New Horizon's Probe Wakes Up Again, Starts…
Long After Pluto Fly-By, NASA's New Horizon's Probe Wakes Up Again, Starts Doing New Science https://science.slashdot.org/story/26/07/18/0537208/long-after-pluto-fly-by-nasas-new-horizons-probe-wakes-…
Union Fights Microsoft Over Layoffs at Game Studios…
Union Fights Microsoft Over Layoffs at Game Studios https://games.slashdot.org/story/26/07/18/0723247/union-fights-microsoft-over-layoffs-at-game-studios?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
The 'Death of the Stick Shift' is Almost Here for Americans…
The 'Death of the Stick Shift' is Almost Here for Americans https://tech.slashdot.org/story/26/07/18/0239231/the-death-of-the-stick-shift-is-almost-here-for-americans?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon
Java was a three-day hotfix away from dying horribly on stage
If there is a driving theme to The Java Story documentary, which debuted Friday on YouTube, it would be that even some of the most important and popular technologies come from humble beginnings. In th…
AMD Linux Graphics Driver Preps Fix For Apple Studio Display
AMD Linux Graphics Driver Preps Fix For Apple Studio Display This week's batch of AMDGPU Display Core "DC" updates arrived heavy with 70 new patches for improving that open-source display support for …
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