AMD is expanding its Ryzen AI Max+ lineup and adding a faster Ryzen 7 9850X3D gaming CPU. However, the company is touting massive AI performance leaps from its updated ROCm software stack as the bigger breakthrough.
Bosch is bringing generative AI to your kitchen counter. Its new Personal AI Barista uses Alexa Plus for voice-controlled coffee, while Bosch Cook AI promises to guide complex meals. Early tests, however, show the new tech is still a bit half-baked.
Microsoft has set a hard stop for several major products in 2026. Support for Windows 11 24H2 and Office 2021 ends on October 13th, 2026, forcing users to upgrade. The niche Windows 11 SE for education is also being discontinued.
Khadas is launching a unique competitor to the Microsoft Surface. The Mind XPlay is a 13-inch, 1440p tablet that gets its brains from a detachable Khadas Mind mini PC on its back.
The open-source RADV driver now supports new performance counters for AMD’s upcoming RDNA4 graphics architecture. This gives developers on Linux a crucial head start for profiling and optimization ahead of the hardware’s release.
At CES, accessory maker Hyper announced a premium haptic trackpad for Windows, a high-speed USB4 SSD enclosure, and new solid-state power banks. The TrackPad Pro, priced at $129, aims to bring Mac-level gesture control to the PC ecosystem with a 240Hz report rate and deep software customization.
A new open-source tool called Dockhand is taking aim at Portainer for Docker container management. It promises a less complex interface with better built-in monitoring, all while running in about 150MB of memory. The developer recently released the code, making it a free and transparent option.
KDE’s next big update is on the horizon. Plasma 6.6 is set to fix a common panel crash and, at long last, deliver proper screen mirroring for users on the Wayland display protocol.
Proprietary note-taking apps lock your data in their ecosystems, making it hard to leave. Plain text files offer a simple, fast, and permanent alternative that you fully control. Here’s why the switch might be worth it.
Six years after its initial announcement, the Reiser5 file-system remains in an “unstable” development state. The project promises a novel approach to parallel scaling using file-system means, but its progress has been glacial.
