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AlmaLinux OS 9.5 Is Here as a Free Alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5  9to5Linux

AlmaLinux OS 9.5 Is Here as a Free Alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.5  9to5Linux

Linux Kernel 6.12: Real-time capabilities, hardware boosts, and more  Developer News

Google DeepMind and the Royal Society are co-hosting the AI for Science Forum to explore how AI is rapidly accelerating science.

Google DeepMind and the Royal Society are co-hosting the AI for Science Forum to explore how AI is rapidly accelerating science.

Google Scholar celebrates two decades of breaking down barriers to academic research and making it accessible to everyone, everywhere.Google Scholar celebrates two decades of breaking down barriers to academic research and making it accessible to everyone, everywhere.

Google.org announced a $20 million commitment to support AI for scientific breakthroughs. Learn more about what the commitment entailsGoogle.org announced a $20 million commitment to support AI for scientific breakthroughs. Learn more about what the commitment entails

The Belgian region of Flanders is rolling out personal data "pods" to 7 million citizens in a trial of World Wide Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee's vision for user-controlled data privacy. Five Belgian hospitals have begun storing patient visit information in the data pods, developed by Berners-Lee's startup Inrupt over the past five years. The system aims to help compliance with European privacy regulations by giving citizens control over their personal information, from medical records to social media posts. The initiative counters the current internet landscape dominated by major technology companies like Google and Meta, which store user data across their servers. Berners-Lee, who created the World Wide Web at CERN in 1989, advocates for returning data control to users through decentralized systems rather than leaving it vulnerable to harvesting by tech platforms and governments.

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An anonymous reader shares a report: Blizzard Entertainment first released World of Warcraft in November 2004, so The New York Times celebrated the anniversary by outlining the many ways we can still see the massively multiplayer online roleplaying game's influence's 20 years later. For one thing, while multiplayer games and early social networks such as MySpace already existed, WoW provided a real preview of a future where everyone would connect to friends and strangers online. For another, the game made billions of dollars with a business model combining monthly subscriptions with in-game purchases (including for pets and animals that players could ride), becoming a massive cash cow for Blizzard and pointing the way to future internet business models.

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New AMD ERAPS Feature Yields Additional Performance Gains On Zen 5  Phoronix

New AMD ERAPS Feature Yields Additional Performance Gains On Zen 5  Phoronix

10 lessons I've learned from the open-source community that aren't about tech  ZDNet

Apple has stopped selling its Lightning-to-3.5mm headphone jack adapter in the U.S. and most countries, with limited stock remaining only in select European markets. The $9 accessory, introduced with iPhone 7 in 2016 (after the "courageous" move to stop including the headphone jack in iPhones), allowed users to connect traditional headphones to Lightning port iPhones. The discontinuation comes as Apple transitions to USB-C ports across its iPhone lineup.

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We’re announcing Google Play’s Best of 2024 awards, celebrating the best apps, games and books of the year.We’re announcing Google Play’s Best of 2024 awards, celebrating the best apps, games and books of the year.

Donald Trump has named FCC Commissioner Brendan Carr to chair the U.S. communications regulator when he takes office in January 2025, citing Carr's stance against what Trump called "regulatory lawfare." Carr, a lawyer and longtime Republican who has served at the FCC under both Trump and Biden administrations, has emerged as a vocal critic of major social media companies' content moderation practices. "Humbled and honored" by the appointment, Carr pledged on X to "dismantle the censorship cartel." As the FCC's senior Republican commissioner, Carr has advocated for stricter oversight of technology companies, pushing for transparency rules on platforms like Google and Facebook, expanded rural broadband access, and tougher restrictions on Chinese-owned TikTok. Trump praised Carr as a "warrior for free speech" while announcing the appointment. During his campaign, Trump has said he would seek to revoke licenses of television networks he views as biased.

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Deepen your knowledge of Linux security  The Register

Deepen your knowledge of Linux security  The Register

Deepen your knowledge of Linux security  The Register

Deepen your knowledge of Linux security  The Register

Deepen your knowledge of Linux security  The Register

Deepen your knowledge of Linux security  The Register