The past few Linux kernel cycles have chipped away at AF_ALG functionality for that interface for user-space programs to access the kernel's internal cryptography API. Linux has been dropping AF_ALG features like zero-copy support and offloading. AF_ALG was quickly deprecated in Linux 7.2 while now for Linux 7.3 it's being... Read more »

While Firefox 152+ already offers experimental JPEG-XL support, Mozilla formally announced today their plans for officially shipping JPEG-XL image format support in the Firefox web browser...... Read more »

Being halfway through the Linux 7.3 kernel merge window and prior to wrapping up and sending back the HP Z4 G6i workstation powered by the Xeon 678X Granite Rapids WS processor, I decided to run some benchmarks to see how Linux 7.3 Git is performing relative to the prior stable... Read more »

GNU Emacs 31.1 is out today as the newest feature release to this popular text editor...... Read more »

VKD3D 2.1 was released today by CodeWeavers' Henri Verbeet as the upstream Wine project for getting Direct3D 12 implemented over the Vulkan API...... Read more »

Coincidentally just days after AMD posted their big UALink patch series for Linux, Intel engineers today announced a proposal called DRM Fabric...... Read more »

With the in-development Linux 7.3 is support for discovering and enumerating support for several newer RISC-V ISA extensions. Plus there are improvements to its control flow integrity Shadow Stack handling, CPU context switch support for QoS tagging, using UEFI runtime services for restart and powering off, and other improvements...... Read more »

Merged last week for the Linux 7.3 kernel were all the hardware monitoring (HWMON) driver updates for Linux 7.3, which included supporting several more ASUS desktop motherboards, a few AIO liquid cooling products, more Lenovo system support, and per-CCD temperature monitoring on AMD EPYC 9005 server processors...... Read more »

Following the main set of memory management "MM" changes submitted for Linux 7.3, Andrew Morton sent in his "non-MM" pull request of the other patches he's been collecting from various developers for this next Linux kernel release. Standing out there were some improvements to the RAID 5/6 benchmark-based algorithm selection...... Read more »

The EFI updates were merged today for the in-development Linux 7.3 kernel. Most notable with the EFI updates is now enforcing a timeout foe EFI runtime service completions rather than potentially hanging indefinitely...... Read more »

The Direct Rendering Manager (DRM) subsystem updates have been merged for the ongoing Linux 7.3 merge window. There is a lot of exciting GPU kernel driver improvements this cycle ranging from some notable enhancements to old AMD Radeon graphics hardware up through enabling support for some next-generation AMD graphics IP... Read more »

Merged yesterday to the ReactOS code-base is initial support for Job Objects, which is an important milestone in the road to being able to run more modern Windows software under this open-source operating system striving for Windows driver/application compatibility...... Read more »

The NVDIMM and direct access (DAX) patches have been merged for the Linux 7.3 cycle. Most of the DAX/NVDIMM activity this cycle is on making preparations for the upcoming submission of Micron's FAMFS file-system...... Read more »

An AMD compiler engineer posted a patch on Saturday for the GNU Compiler Collection (GCC). The two-line patch adjusts the misprediction cost for Zen 4 and Zen 5 processors, which ends up yielding a 12% improvement in one SPEC CPU benchmark on Zen 5 and a 9% improvement on Zen... Read more »

Nvidia has entered early-stage discussions with Rebellions, a South Korean startup, on several possible forms of collaboration.... Read more »

IBM connected and cooled two cryogenic modules into a single environment, part of its plan to deliver fault-tolerant quantum computer.... Read more »

Marvell granted Google the right to buy up to $12.2bn worth of its shares as part of an expanded agreement covering semiconductor products.... Read more »

Attorneys general from 29 US states have accused Meta of designing Facebook and Instagram features that addict children and teenagers.... Read more »

Data sovereignty must be a priority to avoid cross-border data quarantines, says Boomi head of research Michael Bachman.... Read more »

Etched, a that builds inference clusters for AI workloads, has raised $700m in a funding round that values the business at $21bn.... Read more »

Wispr, the US-based company behind the AI dictation tool Wispr Flow, has raised $280m in Series B funding at a $2bn valuation.... Read more »

Snowflake launches dynamic model routing in Cortex AI Gateway, allowing enterprises to optimise AI model selection, spend and efficiency.... Read more »

Hexaware introduces Zero Friction Enterprise, a framework combining AI, modernisation, and security to address friction across IT estates.... Read more »

Grand Theft Auto VI footage has been repeatedly leaked by self-declared hacktivist group CyberLeek for the past week, and the latest unsanctioned reveals have been focused on the most risque, M-rated areas of the game, including the strip club and nudist town. These leak releases are being voted on by those... Read more »

It’s been nearly two months since Sony announced that the future of PlayStation is going to be all-digital, sparking a furor amongst the gaming community. The company’s social media announcements have usually received hundreds of messages disapproving of the move to phase out discs, but the most serious pushback is... Read more »

SiFive introduced its BigSky SF-2U870 development platform today at Hot Chips 2026, delivering the first rackable 2U enterprise server driven by RISC-V hardware. Designed specifically for hyperscalers, chipmakers, and software vendors, the platform gives engineering teams a turnkey physical system to port enterprise code, profile workloads,... Read more »

Last week, the U.S. Army tested a self-driving Ford F-250 equipped with a shotgun-toting, drone-destroying turret during a live-fire exercise at Fort Bragg, bringing close-range defense to heavy engineering missions. The vehicle is part of Project Sandhills 2.0, an Army program used to develop self-driving platforms that navigate hazardous... Read more »

If you want to jump straight to the absolute ceiling of PC gaming performance without paying peak prices, Best Buy is running a massive markdown on HP's top-tier Omen 45L desktop configured with NVIDIA's flagship GeForce RTX 5090 graphics card. While still not cheap, Best Buy's discount slashes $2,200 off... Read more »

Cybersecurity researchers at Kaspersky have uncovered a malware downloader that targets Android-based automotive head units, marking the first documented case of malicious code explicitly engineered to compromise vehicle infotainment systems with the main intent of carrying out ad fraud. The discovered campaign basically disguises as legitimate... Read more »

Xiaomi has expanded its silicon independence by unveiling the XRing O3, a custom flagship mobile processor built on TSMC’s 3-nanometer process node with support for LPDDR6 memory. Early performance signs via AnTuTu are proving to be very promising as well. Xiaomi’s Xring O3 has achieved an AnTuTu score of 5.22... Read more »

Samsung appears ready to break away from its signature "floating lens" look on its next flagship Galaxy smartphone. Newly leaked CAD renders shared by tech leakers Ice Universe, Sonny Dickson, and Max Jambor suggest the upcoming Galaxy S27 Ultra will adopt a raised, rectangular camera arrangement on its rear panel... Read more »

If you were hoping Sony’s rumored PlayStation 6 handheld would make a splash as an affordable way to experience next-generation gaming, recent industry scuttlebutt may ruin your day. According to well-known hardware leaker KeplerL2, even hitting a $600 price point for the rumored handheld is "definitely not possible right now."... Read more »

Competitive gamers looking for a premium OLED display with a fast refresh rate can score a massive discount one of LG's fastest gaming monitors. For a limited time, the 27-inch LG UltraGear 27GX790A-B is discounted to $499.99 at Amazon (50% off, save $500), which nearly matches this display's all-time low... Read more »

When you look at a high-end product like the GPD WIN Max 3, you expect a price premium. It's not as slim and trim as the GPD WIN 5 sporting the same silicon, but the micro-laptop form factor of the WIN Max 3 means that it's considerably more useful for... Read more »

Nintendo is doing it again, taking furious legal action against Switch emulators. We've covered previous examples of this, back when Yuzu was targeted in March 2024 and the open-source Ryujinx followed in October 2024. Open-source Nintendo Switch emulator development took over after the original "big two" were taken down, but... Read more »

Razer is billing its new Huntsman V3 Pro Low-Profile Tenkeyless 8KHz as the world's first low-profile analog optical esports keyboard, and it might also qualify as the keyboard with the longest product name. If not, it certainly has to be a close second. Either way, this $229.99 wired deck combines... Read more »

Despite the ongoing drive to polish and stabilize Windows 11, Microsoft's efforts are occasionally detoured by severe bugs. The latest known issue to stall Microsoft's progress is a problem where certain games become unresponsive, close without notice, display an error message, or even forcibly restart the entire machine. This issue... Read more »

If you went looking for Docker on your Synology NAS and couldn’t find it, nothing was removed. Synology renamed the package to Container Manager in DSM 7.2, and that rename is responsible for most of the confusion around this topic. Container Manager is Docker: it runs the same containers, it... Read more »

For about a decade, the answer to “what NAS should I buy for Plex” was simple: get an Intel Synology and let Quick Sync do the work. That answer died in 2025, when Synology moved its Plus lineup to AMD processors with no integrated GPU and took hardware transcoding with... Read more »

A year ago this wasn’t much of a debate. Synology DSM won on software, you paid a premium for it, and that was the end of the conversation. Since then UGOS Pro has had a full year of updates, Synology has made a few decisions that pushed people away, and... Read more »

UniFi runs my entire network, and I’ve been running UniFi’s NAS line since the original UNAS Pro launched. Right now I’m running the UNAS Pro 8 in parallel with a TrueNAS box, plus a Synology and a UGREEN unit I use for off-site backups. The UNAS is what I keep... Read more »

UGREEN went from “the charging cable company” to one of the most interesting NAS brands in about two years, and I’ve had NASync units in my own setup for most of that time. Two of them handle my actual backups: a DXP4800 Plus that turns on at 2 a.m. every... Read more »

Pi-hole runs on almost anything, which is good news and bad news. The good news is that you can install it on a Raspberry Pi, an Ubuntu server, a Proxmox LXC, in Docker, or on a NAS. The bad news is that the variety of installation methods makes it hard... Read more »

The UniFi Dream Machine Beast (UDMB) is Ubiquiti’s newest and most capable gateway in the Dream Machine lineup, priced at $1,499, and I just got my hands on it for a first look. It sits above the Dream Machine Pro Max ($599, which I’ve been running for close to two... Read more »

I’ve been running Synology NAS devices for over seven years, across the DS1019+, DS1821+, and DS923+. The place people get stuck before anything else even starts is finding the box on the network. You plug it in, the drive lights come on, and then nothing tells you what IP address... Read more »

HACS (Home Assistant Community Store) is what most people install right after getting Home Assistant running. It gives you access to community-built integrations, themes, and cards that aren’t in the official store. I run Home Assistant OS in a Proxmox VM, but the process is the same whether you’re on... Read more »

Dawarich is a self-hosted web app designed to replace Google Timeline (aka Google Location History). It enables you to: visualize your data on an interactive map, import your location history from Google Maps Timeline and Owntracks and explore statistics like the number of countries and cities visited, total distance traveled,... Read more »

Floppy is a self-hosted, all-in-one media tracker and personal media diary that serves as a broader alternative to Trakt, Letterboxd, and TV Time. It unifies tracking for movies, TV, anime, manga, books, comics, games, board games, music, and podcasts into one library, history, and set of stats, with features like... Read more »

On August 20, 2026, Dockhand switched from version 1.0.42 to the new 1.0.43 version. Dockhand fixes the following issues and adds new options: New – Compose validate – a preflight linter & validator for compose files New – Bitwarden Secrets Manager as a secret provider via an operator-installed bws client New... Read more »

On August 20, 2026, WordPress 7.1 code-named “Mary Lou” honors pioneering jazz pianist, arranger, and composer Mary Lou Williams was released to the public. This version is available for “download” from wordpress.org and not in the Synology Package Center. So, if you want to download and install WordPress 7.1 on your... Read more »

Silo Server is a self-hosted media streaming server for movies, shows, music, and books. Point it at your media folders and stream to devices at home or away, with automatic direct play, remuxing, and hardware-accelerated transcoding. It includes a full web client and admin interface, supports multiple household profiles with... Read more »