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U.S. Military Is Using Laser Weapons In Battle
Prototype laser air defense systems deployed by the U.S. Army have taken out enemy drones in the Middle East, an Army official told Forbes.
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Winamp is not going open source. Here's what it is doing - and why
To refresh its once iconic Windows media player, Winamp is kind of, sort of opening up the source code. See what that means for users and developers.
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Nintendo Confirms It Will Announce Switch Successor Console ‘Within This Fiscal Year’ - IGN
Nintendo has said it will finally announce its Switch successor console “within this fiscal year”, so at some point before March 31, 2025. New Nintendo Direct confirmed.
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Microsoft stoops to new low with ads in Windows 11, as PC Manager tool suggests your system needs ‘repairing’ if you don’t use Bing
PC Manager app is only available in some regions, but could come to the US eventually
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Where are floppy disks today? Planes, trains, and all these other places
No, really! Floppy drives still live on in many surprising places, and not just the homes of die-hard techies.
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Everything you wanted to know about SELinux but were afraid to run
When you need to run Linux in an especially secure environment, SELinux is the answer. But getting SELinux up-and-running takes a lot of know how.
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VFCFinder Highlights Security Patches in Open Source Software
VFCFinder analyzes commit histories to pinpoint the most likely commits associated with vulnerability fixes.
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Are all Linux vendor kernels insecure? A new study says yes, but there's a fix
All vendor kernels are plagued with security vulnerabilities, according to a CIQ whitepaper. Will the Linux community ever accept upstream stable kernels?
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Three Reasons DevOps Should Consider Rocky Linux 9.4
The new version of Rocky Linux includes security improvements, better cloud images, and the latest developer tools.
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How Red Hat is embracing AI to make sysadmin lives easier
The open-source giant's AI work is all about integrating the entire Red Hat software family into a smart, easy-to-manage stack. Here's what each one does and how they fit together.
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Does More Money Improve Open Source Security?
It sounds simple: If you pay developers more money they'll improve the quality and security of their code. The evidence isn't so clear.
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IBM open-sources its Granite AI models - and they mean business
Many companies claim to have open-sourced their LLMs, but IBM actually did it. Here's how.
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That time when Microsoft bought and killed Nokia phone unit
When bad management meets bad software, even great hardware is useless
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Update your Chrome browser ASAP. Google has confirmed a zero-day exploited in the wild
A new Chrome JavaScript security hole is nasty, so don't waste any time patching your systems.
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Did IBM make a $6.4 billion blunder by buying HashiCorp?
HashiCorp's programs are ideal fit for IBM/Red Hat's software lines, but why buy the company when the software's free and open?
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Novel LLMjacking Attacks Target Cloud-Based AI Models
It was probably inevitable. Threat researchers detected bad actors using stolen credentials to target LLMs, with the eventual goal of selling the access to other hackers.
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Apple's worst ad ever?
For a marketing company that doubles as a tech company, Apple's latest iPad Pro is incredibly tone-deaf.
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Google Continues Mixing Generative AI into Cybersecurity
The new Google Threat Intelligence cloud service draws from Mandiant, VirusTotal, and its own insights and combines them with generative AI.
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The best indoor TV antenna of 2024: Expert tested
These are the best antennas I've tested that give you a cheap and easy way to watch free live TV.
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We Looked At All The Recent Evidence On Mobile Phone Bans In Schools – This Is What We Found
Mobile phones are currently banned in all Australian state schools and many Catholic and independent schools around the country. This is part of a global trend over more than a decad…